Intensive advising during high school and college significantly increases bachelor's degree attainment among lower-income students, from Andrew C. Barr and Benjamin L. Castleman https://www.nber.org/papers/w33921

Come teach at Grinnell! We are hiring for a one-year position, pretty open as to field! www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing....

This is why we should be open about our salaries. The taboo around talking about money hurts us as workers.

John Holbein@johnholbein1.bsky.social · 2y ago

What happened when public universities in 🇨🇦 started publicizing faculty salaries? ... ... ... The salary gap between men and women declined by 20-40% as a direct result. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...

Overleaf withdrawal? Deep breaths! Check your priorities list! Helpful tip below to keep going, if you still want to...

Ebehi Iyoha@ebehi.org · 2y ago

With @overleaf.com down, here's a quick tip to keep working. If you're already syncing overleaf with Dropbox, you can still find your files in Dropbox/Apps/Overleaf Install the latex extension in vscode or download an editor like texstudio. Should take 15 mins or less to get set up! #econsky

Rereading Alan Krueger’s work on measuring subjective well-being, I’m compelled to share with urgency: if you are struggling, you are not alone. Each of us has at least one professional contact whose success, productivity, smile, and thoughtfulness belie an interior life of deep sadness. (1/2)

Join us at Grinnell College Economics! We have a search for a tenure-track position in financial economics, broadly defined. You'd teach advanced analysis courses in your specific field(s)/interests-e.g., Corporate Finance, Accounting, Asset Pricing, Mechanism Design www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing....

And I’ve made one for economists studying Religion & Culture — please let me know who else I can add! go.bsky.app/6Myd6F8

Riley Acton@riacton.bsky.social · 2y ago

I’ve made a Women in Econ starter pack (s/o @vinisingh.bsky.social for sparking the idea!). Share, follow, and comment below if you’d like to be added! go.bsky.app/LqBPkQZ

What do Economics, Culture, and Religion have in common, you ask? More and more economists working on issues at their intersection! Here's a Starter Pack -- incomplete, please let me know if I've missed you! go.bsky.app/6Myd6F8

So happy to contribute to Vox Dev with my amazing co-authors @hnmansour.bsky.social & @pamemedinaq.bsky.social. We discuss the main results of our papers on the gendered effects of import competition in Peru in this column. voxdev.org/topic/firms-...

The gendered effects of import competition in Peru

Chinese import competition in Peru had adverse effects on employment in the short term, which dissipates for men, but is long-lasting for low-educated women in the tradable sector

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