We're hiring! Looking for an Assistant Professor in International Trade/Trade Policy. We are committed to excellence in teaching/research and offer a 2/2 teaching load. 1/n
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Andrea La Nauze, Liam Falconer and I study @ThePurpleAir network in new research. Wildfire pollution increases air monitoring especially in wealthy areas. This suggests a role for public policy to improve monitoring in areas with strong environmental justice concerns.
Delayed thread about last week's 4th annual Liberal Arts Colleges Public and Labor (LAC-PaL) workshop, hosted by @real_eric_ohrn and his terrific @GrinnellCollege colleagues @econandie, Logan Lee, @mmpaker, & @tmcgav. 1/n
We are very excited to kick-off the BEDI Conference 2024!
May 31- Jun 2
We have an amazing set of speakers lined up. Check out the conference program below.
https://t.co/FYAm6mMvVP
Thanks to @AmandaYAgan for visiting @Smith_Economics today and presenting her really interesting paper "Removing the Mark: Labor Market Impacts of Criminal Record Remediation."
A terrific group of @Smith_Economics students presented their research at #EEA2024 last week - from L to R: Sydney Jacobs, Izzy Zheng, Parunjodhi Munisamy, Betty Pu, and Chris Zhang:
Many thanks to Jon Denton-Schneider of @ClarkUniversity for visiting @Smith_Economics last Friday, and presenting his work "Rags to Rags: The Effects of the New Poor Law across Three Generations," joint with @JenniferMayo25.
BREAKING NEWS
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2023 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel to Claudia Goldin “for having advanced our understanding of women’s labour market outcomes.”
#NobelPrize
Work requirements come from the idea that people work less if they receive government support.
But do these programs actually reduce work? In a new WP, @ChloeNEast and I show that for most SNAP (food stamp) recipients this is in fact NOT what happens.
https://t.co/K4GmcD3w0C
Publication alert: @Smith_Economics Prof @vis_taraz & coauthors (incl former Smith Prof Maggie Liu) have an article in the new issue of AEJ-Policy: "Climate Change and Labor Reallocation: Evidence from Six Decades of the Indian Census"
https://t.co/ALLr7dwfti
New publication alert! My paper w/@LShoreSheppard & @taraelizwatson now available online @JPAM. Punchline: A more generous safety net reduces psychological distress among single mothers. https://t.co/nf3Q9gdyaS 1/