Angela Cools

Assistant Professor of Economics @DavidsonCollege, alumna @CornellEcon and @pomonacollege

[Vot-ER @Vot_ER_org]

Have a busy schedule? Early voting is one way to make sure you can still advocate for your community. #ElectionDay is approaching fast. Don’t let a packed schedule keep you from voting.

Find out if, where, and how you can vote early in your state: https://t.co/JEabEvLcgE

#VotER

[Wesley Harris @WesleyHarrisNC]

Just got done voting early at South County Regional Library! Early voting is easy and convenient and runs until November 2nd, so get out and make your voice heard! #ncpol

[Angela Cools @AngelaCools]

Want to support voting? Offer to watch someone's kid while they vote!

[Angela Cools @AngelaCools]

Excited that my paper “Parents, Infants, and Voter Turnout” is now out (and open access) in @QJPS! I provide some of the first evidence on how having an infant affects turnout in the U.S. Here are the coefficients on child age from a linear probability model of female turnout:

[Krzysztof Karbownik @chriskarbownik]

New WP w/ @AngelaCools, Grooms, O'Keefe, @joepricebyu & @AnthonySWray: https://t.co/liY43upBAL. Using sibling fixed effects & full census counts, we show remarkably stable first-born premiums in occupational, inergenerational, & social outcomes for 1835-1910 (male) birth cohorts.

[Chris Marsicano @ChrisMarsicano]

Hey @DavidsonCollege!

It’s 8:47 AM ET on Nov 8, 2022, have you voted yet?

If you’re registered at 209 Ridge Rd, vote at Davidson K-8. Go to Main Street, take a left. When you get to FlatIron, take the left fork onto South St. Keep walking until you see DK-8 on your left.

[Angela Cools @AngelaCools]

Great work by colleague @smokeefe_ with @ekose86 @Mafe_Rosales_R !

[NBER @nberpubs]

Featured in the latest issue of The Bulletin on Health: Community Health Centers Improved Infant Health, https://t.co/WuNfUFC1R0

[Esra Kose @ekose86]

A great summary of our paper is published in the NBER Bulletin of Health: https://t.co/VLE3pijqei

@smokeefe_ @Mafe_Rosales_R

[Angela Cools @AngelaCools]

@MEHCarney Congratulations!!

[Judd Kessler @juddkessler]

A 🧵about "The Gender Gap in Self-Promotion," my paper with @christine_exley that is coming out in the #QJE.

We give subjects a math and science test. First, they guess their score. We then ask them subjective questions about how well they think they did on the test.

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[Betsey Stevenson @BetseyStevenson]

7.9K jobs were added in childcare. That is way too little to close the enormous gap that remains in childcare services.

[Angela Cools @AngelaCools]

Come work with us!

[Jennifer Doleac @jenniferdoleac]

🎉 New working paper! 🎉

“Registering Returning Citizens to Vote”

This is joint work with an amazing interdisciplinary team: @l_eckhouse @kindlyplease @AlliPatter @hlw_phd @ArielRWhite

https://t.co/4TXsFs6K0Z

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[Ellora Derenoncourt @EDerenoncourt]

It's hard to capture in words just how grateful I am to see this in print. And I'm grateful to the countless mentors, friends, & loved ones who've supported me along the way. A bit on what this work means to me and what I hope it can mean to the world. 1/7 https://t.co/24MhaarZZf

[Angela Cools @AngelaCools]

@GarrettMAA Interesting! Parents of young kids likely have a greater stake in policy decisions now, but they have even less time! Turnout effects could likely go in either direction.

[Angela Cools @AngelaCools]

Excited that my paper “Parents, Infants, and Voter Turnout” is now out (and open access) in @QJPS! I provide some of the first evidence on how having an infant affects turnout in the U.S. Here are the coefficients on child age from a linear probability model of female turnout:

[Angela Cools @AngelaCools]

@PastoorIsabel I actually don’t find a significant effect at age -1. I argue this provides evidence that the effect is coming from having young children rather than from baseline turnout differences between parents and non-parents.

[Angela Cools @AngelaCools]

@slungaardmumma Since many couples vote together, the bump up in fathers’ turnout could also mostly be driven by mothers.

[Angela Cools @AngelaCools]

@slungaardmumma Thanks for asking! It is hard to pin down. There is also a bump up for fathers when children reach school age. If fathers are less time constrained, it suggests investment in public services may be important.

[Angela Cools @AngelaCools]

@PastoorIsabel @qjps It means that a child will be born next year. Thanks for asking!

[Angela Cools @AngelaCools]

Correction: Meant to tag @qjps_editors! #qjps

[Angela Cools @AngelaCools]

How can policy address this gap? Using reforms in Oregon and Washington and a triple-difference strategy, I show that the introduction of universal vote-by-mail substantially increases new mothers’ relative turnout! See the full paper here: https://t.co/89ElgOAtta.