Economist studying social mobility. @WestPointSOSH associate prof and @iza_bonn fellow, visiting @econ_empresaUPF 2023-24. Views are my own.
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Warning!! Selfies are coming 📸 Here with @ElaineLiuEcon, @alexaptsmith and Emilia Simeonova
Also starting on Thursday, Children's Health, Well-being, and Human Capital. Click on the link to learn more.
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#bseforum @ccalsamig @Gabri_EllaConti @MeltemDaysal @LibertadGonLu
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Liberal Arts College Labor and Public folks: submit to 4th annual LAC-PaL workshop - June 24-25 at Grinnell. Keynote by Matt Notowidigdo. Deadline extended to this Friday 3/15, apply using this form:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…
@real_eric_ohrn @ProfNoto
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Forthcoming in REStud:
"Is the Social Safety Net a Long-Term Investment? Large-Scale Evidence From the Food Stamps Program" by @martha_j_bailey, @HilaryHoynes, @maya_rossin, & @reed_walker
doi.org/10.1093/restud/rdad0…
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Getting child-related tax credits soon after childbirth can have enduring benefits, including higher earnings for children as adults. For Early Learning Nation, I look at why receiving cash during the first few months of life can matter so so much. earlylearningnation.com/2024…
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Just tweeting this AER paper by Hoekstra and Sloan on police use of force and racial bias for no particular reason aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.12…
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The House overwhelmingly (w/169 Rs!) passed the Child Tax Credit/corporate tax bill. Instead of fast-tracking it, some in the Senate are trying to extract a pound of flesh– eliminating the “lookback” provision
Bipartisan proponents of the bill should welcome this debate
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More discussion of the CTC expansion's impact on labor supply by @TaxPolicyCenter
Comparison to EITC work incentives is apt. Wyden-Smith expansion makes the two credits look very similar.
taxpolicycenter.org/taxvox/n…
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New Tax Policy Center estimates show that the plan unveiled in the Senate Finance Committee Wednesday to temporarily expand the Child Tax Credit would benefit children in families in the lowest income quintiles. tpc.io/3U5r9V5
ALT Figure showing the distribution of major CTC provisions in the Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act of 2024. 51% of families with children in the lowest quintile of the income distribution receive a tax cut as well as 23.1% in the second.
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Programa de primera infancia de calidad en EEUU redujo en un 20% la probabilidad de cometer un crimen antes de los 35 años, con impactos mayores en distritos más pobres. Por @alexaptsmith, Andrew Barr y John Anders. aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.12…
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Our paper is officially out today! "Taking It to the Limit: Effects of Increased Student Loan Availability on Attainment, Earnings, and Financial Well-Being"
Expanding student loan access increased graduation, earnings, and decreased delinquency
The December 2023 issue of the American Economic Review (113, 12) is now available online at aeaweb.org/issues/743.
Last day to apply!
🚨🚨Hey #EconTwitter, come work HERE!🚨🚨
@WestPointSOSH Econ is hiring 2 tenure track assistant profs in applied micro (advanced assistants and associates also encouraged to apply).
aeaweb.org/joe/listing.php?J…
Why join us? Let me give you a few reasons...
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A number of people have reached out because they would like to add their signature to the "IZA letter", even if the letters have been sent. Given the demand, we decided to re-open signatures. If you are a fellow or affiliate, request access and you will receive a link.
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See the resignation letter of @josh_t_dean of Chicago Booth, who served on the briq task force meant to address the crisis xitter.cf/josh_t_dean/status/172…. Dean resigned because briq and IZA had lost his trust
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As of now, 678 IZA Fellows have pledged to resign from IZA on 1 Jan 2024 if Armin Falk becomes its head bit.ly/47dfWFv
Armin Falk brushes off these concerns bit.ly/49UNhaf
His view appears to be that the ship must go down with its captain. Is that leadership?
An open letter from 436 Fellows of IZA to the Deutsche Post Foundation + the Rectorate of the University of Bonn objecting to the appointment of Armin Falk as IZA's head. If the appointment stands, all 436 Fellows will resign from IZA on 1 Jan 2024
bit.ly/47dfWFv
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Why did we call for Armin Falk to step aside from IZA leadership ( xitter.cf/davidautor/status/1724…)? We took no stand on the serious allegations against Falk. We underscored instead that he grossly mishandled those allegations, leading to the dissolution of briq
An open letter from 436 Fellows of IZA to the Deutsche Post Foundation + the Rectorate of the University of Bonn objecting to the appointment of Armin Falk as IZA's head. If the appointment stands, all 436 Fellows will resign from IZA on 1 Jan 2024
bit.ly/47dfWFv
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Now at 568 signatures! Not too late for fellows/affiliates to sign! Just reach out to any signatory for the link if you did not receive it by email.
This is an open letter from 436 IZA fellows to the Deutsche Post Foundation and the Rectorate of the University of Bonn, in response to the new leadership announcement at IZA. docs.google.com/document/d/1…
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Support and spending for our veterans have greatly contributed to the success of the All-Volunteer Force. But is an increasingly generous disability compensation program the best way to help veterans and to inspire young adults to serve? See my op-ed with @markduggan_econ 👇
As we honor military veterans today, you may find of interest my new op-ed in The Hill with Kyle Greenberg at West Point connecting the explosive growth in veterans’ disability to declines in veterans’ employment and our crisis in military recruiting: thehill.com/opinion/national…
🚨🚨Hey #EconTwitter, come work HERE!🚨🚨
@WestPointSOSH Econ is hiring 2 tenure track assistant profs in applied micro (advanced assistants and associates also encouraged to apply).
aeaweb.org/joe/listing.php?J…
Why join us? Let me give you a few reasons...
Do you want access to great data?
OEMA located within @WestPointSOSH has loads of admin data, including monthly records on servicemembers going back to 1990, with the potential to link to post-service education, credit, and labor market outcomes. See oema.army.mil/.
