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Sydnee Caldwell
@SydneeCaldwell
Labor economist. Assistant professor @BerkeleyHaas (EAP) & @BerkeleyEcon
Berkeley, CA
Joined June 2009
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    Replying to @Austan_Goolsbee and @NobelPrize
    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....
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    Awesome coverage of @arindube & his important work on the minimum wage
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    labor economist presenting a public finance paper. what could possibly go wrong?
    .@SydneeCaldwell dives into one of the weirdest aspects of our weird tax system: refunds and the effects of their uncertainty
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    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
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    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…
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    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)
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    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!
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    Beyond thrilled to have Carolyn (@carolyn_sms) join us at @BerkeleyHaas @berkeleyecon (after her post-doc). Looking forward to being colleagues!
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    Reminder to apply for our pre-doctoral research assistant position at UC Berkeley!
    🚨🚨 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/… Please share/retweet 🙏 #EconTwitter
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    Afternoon celebration with the labor group! Congratulations David! Looking forward to more wine together!!
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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…
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    Great interview with @snaidunl on democracy and monopsony
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    Had a great time at #SED2023 in beautiful Cartagena
    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 #SED2023
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    Fantastic paper on the min. wage by Cengiz, @arindube , Lindner & Zipperer officially forthcoming at the QJE
    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…