He was also objectively bad. Look at Figure 5A of our paper. The random detour on the waterfront was, I am told, not part of the route. Unclear Josh knows that's the trip receipt I chose to put in....
NEW PAPER: Scott Nelson (@ChicagoBooth), Dan Waldinger (NYU) and I just updated our paper, “Tax Refund Uncertainty: Evidence and Welfare Implications”. (LINK) THREAD 1/10
Great coverage of economics at @UCBerkeley. Completely agree w/ @rothstein_jesse: “If you want to do labor economics, or public [policy] economics, you can make the case that Berkeley is the place to come." prospect.org/economy/berkel…
REMINDER: Gregor Jarosch, @Schoefer_B , Isaac Sorkin and I are organizing a Stanford Institute for Theoretical Economics (SITE) session on the Micro and Macro of Labor Markets on 8/6-8/7 August 6 at Stanford.
Submission due 5/15 here: economics.stanford.edu/site/paper-sub… (scroll down)
Very grateful to @UpjohnInstitute for supporting my research (stay tuned for joint work w/ @HaegeleIngrid!)
Congratulations to all of the other awardees -- I'm excited to see all of the #ECRA papers!
🚨🚨 We are looking for pre-doctoral research assistants at UC Berkeley 🚨🚨
Great opportunity for those planning to pursue a Ph.D. in Economics. Details here: ocf.berkeley.edu/~pereztruglia/…
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For monopsony researchers -- the new ILR Review has (1) a review article by Alan Manning and (2) A meta-analysis by Anna Sokolova & Todd Sorensen. Ungated.
January 2021 issue! Articles and book reviews on monopsony, labor markets, underemployment, job-search outcomes, cross-border mergers, industrial policy in China, occupational licensing, union commitment, the sweatshop regime in India, and more
journals.sagepub.com/toc/ilra/curre…
So very grateful for everyone who attended this year’s @SEDmeeting in beautiful Cartagena! Non of this would have been possible without your wonderful papers, positive attitude, and great energy. Three days I will never forget. 1/4
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Pleased to announce that our paper quantifying the overall effect of US minimum wages on low-wage jobs is now forthcoming at the Quarterly Journal of Economics.
Here's the current version: dropbox.com/s/9lotsq60qfw4…