Sandy Black

Professor of Economics at the University of Texas at Austin and Former Member of Obama's Council of Economic Advisers
Poverty is a policy choice.

[Sandy Black @Econ_Sandy]

@HA_Farkas @DukeU @McMasterEcon 🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳

[Hannah Farkas @HA_Farkas]

Job market update: I am thrilled to share that I’ll be doing a postdoc at @DukeU Nicholas School before joining @McMasterEcon as an Assistant Professor!

Incredibly grateful to those who have helped me along the way, and so excited for these next steps.

[Opportunity & Inclusive Growth Institute @OIGInstitute]

Scholars studying economic opportunity & inclusive growth up to 8 years post-PhD: We invite you to apply to our early career researchers’ workshop in Minneapolis on 11/14. Great opportunity for paper development. Please share with your networks! https://t.co/AtLxVaHU6H

[Jeff Denning @JeffDenning]

Today we released our new NBER working paper: "Easy A's, Less Pay: The Long-Term Effects of Grade Inflation."

Joint work with Rachel Nesbit, Nolan Pope, and Merrill Warnick.

Grades in U.S. high schools have risen steadily over the past several decades, but the effect is unknown

[Sandy Black @Econ_Sandy]

Kate Musen (@khmusen) has a super impressive portfolio of work on investing in vulnerable children--her JMP examines the effect of extended foster care. Be sure to check it out at https://t.co/QNSCS1FSQ9!

[Sandy Black @Econ_Sandy]

Hannah's JMP shows that, when the minimum wage increases, schedule unpredictability goes up too. Perhaps not surprising (but hard to show)--as the wage goes up, workers pay in other ways. She has a number of very cool and important papers! https://t.co/JTn2VOwiGc

[Hannah Farkas @HA_Farkas]

Excited to see my JMP cited in the Economist—it highlights the tradeoffs workers could face with a higher minimum wage and suggests more worker protections like Fair Workweek laws could be important alongside minimum wage increases

https://t.co/ZSwtIYetgs

[Sandy Black @Econ_Sandy]

Hannah's JMP shows that, when the minimum wage increases, schedule unpredictability goes up too. Perhaps not surprising (but hard to show)--as the wage goes up, workers pay in other ways. She has a number of very cool and important papers! https://t.co/JTn2VOwiGc

[Hannah Farkas @HA_Farkas]

Excited to see my JMP cited in the Economist—it highlights the tradeoffs workers could face with a higher minimum wage and suggests more worker protections like Fair Workweek laws could be important alongside minimum wage increases

https://t.co/ZSwtIYetgs

[Robert Metcalfe @RDMetcalfe]

The first is Hannah Farkas.
JMP: "The Economic Incidence of Schedule Unpredictability in Hourly Work"
Website: https://t.co/uCukD1c7ED
Interests: Environmental Econ, Labor Econ

[Robert Metcalfe @RDMetcalfe]

Meet our outstanding 2025–26 economics job market candidates from @SipaSusdev & @ColumbiaSIPA!

We have two exceptional scholars on this year’s AP market — both bring awesome research agendas and energy to the market.

[Sandy Black @Econ_Sandy]

Society of Labor Economists (SoLE) Annual Conference will be in Denver May 1-2--you can now submit! Deadline for submissions is October 31--it should be a great conference!
https://t.co/L5Nq8CZiGI

[Sandy Black @Econ_Sandy]

Just a reminder to submit your papers to SoLE!!! It will be a great conference, with not-to-be-missed keynotes by Janet Currie, Kerwin Charles, and Jeff Smith! Avoid FOMO and submit! 🥳

[Sandy Black @Econ_Sandy]

Society of Labor Economists (SoLE) Annual Conference will be in Denver May 1-2--you can now submit! Deadline for submissions is October 31--it should be a great conference!
https://t.co/L5Nq8CZiGI

[Jacob Bastian @JacobBastian25]

Submit that new research project of yours and I will see you in Denver.

Will be a great conference!

[Laura Wherry @LaurawherryR]

Be sure to submit your papers on health and the labor market‼️‼️‼️

[Sandy Black @Econ_Sandy]

Society of Labor Economists (SoLE) Annual Conference will be in Denver May 1-2--you can now submit! Deadline for submissions is October 31--it should be a great conference!
https://t.co/L5Nq8CZiGI

[JEEA @JEEA_News]

Check out the June 2025 issue (23,3) of @JEEA_News Journal of @EEANews @OUPAcademic

https://t.co/ClS8d0lwlx

Teaching materials available: https://t.co/tCzfSWh4Lu

[Sandy Black @Econ_Sandy]

Looking forward to giving some advice for young economists--things I wish I had known when I was young!--and answering questions. Come join us!

[AMIE @econmentoring]

📢📢Register for the Keynote Lectures at AMIE's 4th Workshop in Applied Micro!

Professor Sandra Black (@Econ_Sandy) - April 28 - link: https://t.co/fSYeHQD8JF

Professor Rema Hanna (@rema_nadeem ) - April 29 - link: https://t.co/W9XH9Kp4DT

[AMIE @econmentoring]

📢📢Register for the Keynote Lectures at AMIE's 4th Workshop in Applied Micro!

Professor Sandra Black (@Econ_Sandy) - April 28 - link: https://t.co/fSYeHQD8JF

Professor Rema Hanna (@rema_nadeem ) - April 29 - link: https://t.co/W9XH9Kp4DT

[Tarikua Erda @TarikuaErda]

Job market update: Excited to share that I'll be doing a postdoc @NYUStern before starting as an Assistant Prof of Finance at Stern-@NYUAbuDhabi in Fall 2026!

Thrilled to join this vibrant research community + be closer to Addis, where I grew up and became fascinated by the entrepreneurship, env't & labor issues I now study!

[Annenberg Institute at Brown @AnnenbergInst]

📢 #EdWorkingPapers: College isn’t just a student investment—it reshapes family finances, affecting parents’ debt, borrowing decisions, and credit scores.

🔍 Authors: @palaashbhargava, @Econ_Sandy, @JeffDenning, @RobertFairlie6, & Oded Gurantz

📄 https://t.co/vjO5aYPljk