Matt Knepper

Assistant Professor of Economics at UGA. Studying discrimination, bargaining power, healthcare reform. UNC—UCSD—BEA—UGA

[Matt Knepper @MathKnepper]

@alexoimas Arctic Monkeys (2018), Zeppelin, Radiohead

[NBER @nberpubs]

Unemployment Insurance benefit cuts result in employment growth, but also in a decline in starting salaries, from Gordon Dahl and Matthew M. Knepper https://t.co/5Du7rUwman

[Matt Knepper @MathKnepper]

@alexoimas @KirbyKNielsen @aislinnbohren I’m still learning to keep my balance on land, let alone the sea!

[Equitable Growth @equitablegrowth]

In a column out today, our @LipstickEcon looks at new research from @mathknepper and Gordon Dahl that investigates the link between external economic conditions and the risk of retaliation for reporting sexual harassment: https://t.co/J6T2UJK5kv

[Matt Knepper @MathKnepper]

@MGindelsky @LipstickEcon @equitablegrowth Thanks Marina!

[Kate Bahn @LipstickEcon]

🚨 New research on sexual harassment 🚨 by @mathknepper and Gordon Dahl out today on @equitablegrowth: https://t.co/Ye5ASC6CUt

And my writeup of the findings on how the threat of retaliation increases during downturns and how income supports can help: https://t.co/gQrAJOrV5S

[Matt Johnson @mslater_johnson]

This @publicintegrity article is consistent with my (newly updated!) paper w/ @AmandaGrittner: we find that the onset of immigration enforcement increased minimum wage violations among Hispanic workers. See thread on first draft 👇; Link to updated paper: https://t.co/ULToHZ79jZ

[Colin @ColinD_Sullivan]

Do patients discriminate against doctors on the basis of race and gender? #EconTwitter check out this exciting new field experiment from @alex8chan! 1/4

https://t.co/Z6n4pxBFfC

[NBER @nberpubs]

Limited job options and less generous unemployment insurance benefits exacerbate underreporting of workplace sexual harassment, from Gordon B. Dahl and Matthew M. Knepper https://t.co/oFwjrd3Qir

[Econometrica @ecmaEditors]

How does learning depend on peoples’ models of information and others' prefs/beliefs? Presents general framework for predicting how people learn when they have different models + biases. Characterizes long-run beliefs & whether they perpetually disagree https://t.co/jl9651Njs9

[Matt Knepper @MathKnepper]

@evanpstarr Of course Evan, it is a fantastic paper!

[Matt Knepper @MathKnepper]

@LipstickEcon Thanks Kate! Glad you enjoyed the talk. We’re planning to release a draft later this month. Would also love to include it in the @equitablegrowth working paper series!

[AlineButikofer @AlineButikofer]

Happy to have our paper on the employment effects of the 2007 FDA black box warning on antidepressants out in JHE now: https://t.co/XUBHK89JgI
The best part is that I got to work with Chris Cronin @NotreDame and Meghan Skira @universityofga.

[Karthik Muralidharan @karthik_econ]

Delighted to see @UCSanDiego lead the way in designing and implementing a large-scale COVID-19 test and trace program across students, staff, and faculty as a key first step towards safely reopening the campus in the Fall: https://t.co/ntZIfmIUnS

[Matt Knepper @MathKnepper]

@susleec @TerryCollege Thank you Susan!!

[Matt Knepper @MathKnepper]

I am absolutely ecstatic to announce that I will be joining the Department of Economics @TerryCollege at the University of Georgia as an Assistant Professor this Fall! I can’t wait to join such a wonderful group of scholars and human beings.

[Matt Knepper @MathKnepper]

@jeffreypclemens @TerryCollege Thanks Jeff!! The UCSD Applied Micro conference you had organized last October was incredibly helpful for me (and timely!)

[Matt Knepper @MathKnepper]

@rtoutkou @TerryCollege Thanks Rob!! Will do.

[Matt Knepper @MathKnepper]

@rtoutkou @TerryCollege Thank you Rob! Looking forward to meeting you and the rest of my new Bulldogs family as well!