Sarah Robinson

health & public economics | assistant professor at Claremont McKenna College

[Sarah Robinson @RobinsonSarah_]

Thank you @jenniferdoleac for sharing my JMP!

She wasn’t kidding when she said she would find everyone — it was < 1 hour from me posting the draft to joining this amazing thread. Whatever method/system she’s using is 🔥

[Jennifer Doleac @jenniferdoleac]

Sarah Robinson

JMP: "Do Firms Avoid Health Insurance Mandates? Evidence from the Self-Funding of Employer Plans"

Website: https://t.co/gyN9xnyIqy

[Sarah Robinson @RobinsonSarah_]

@charlotteeffect In this paper, we looked at state tax rates, firm-specific discretionary tax breaks, and tax revenues — and reached similar conclusions! (link to ungated version is also on my website) https://t.co/hwJWIHciWK

[Sarah Robinson @RobinsonSarah_]

@cawley_john Any chance some of it could be explained by number of jobs per posting?

Maybe it’s becoming more common to just post one JOE ad with multiple links to HR application portals. Or maybe to consolidate searches into fewer years.

[Journal of Public Economics @JPubEcon]

Just published in @JPubEcon:

"One Hundred Years of U.S. State Taxation"

By Sarah Robinson & Alisa Tazhitdinova

[Sarah Robinson @RobinsonSarah_]

@patio11 Why does buying a house require a wire transfer? (Is it *because* wire transfers are exempt from Regulation E?)

[Kirill Borusyak @borusyak]

Simple presentation advice to JMCs:
1) Show the current slide # but hide the total # of slides
2) Gradually uncover parts of the slide but don't use semi-transparent text for what's about to be shown

Audiences should focus on the current moment, rather than worrying what's next

[Daniel Firoozi @DanielFiroozi]

Claremont McKenna College is hiring 3 tenure-track faculty in econ.

-Assistant/Associate in Macro: Finance, Trade, Monetary, History, etc
-Assistant/Associate in Enviro, Resource, Energy
-Assistant in Micro: Dev, Urban, IO

Ads going on JOE soon! Please share with your networks!

[Sarah Robinson @RobinsonSarah_]

@Mark_Meiselbach @NIMHgov Congratulations!!

[Sarah Robinson @RobinsonSarah_]

@emily_hoeven When I was facing the same decision, I learned that the fine for double parking was actually less than the permit! Completely non-sensical

[Sarah Robinson @RobinsonSarah_]

@LWallossek @UniOslo Congratulations!!

[Sarah Robinson @RobinsonSarah_]

@KelsiGHobbs I was just thinking this might be useful for me to do, and now I will! Thanks so much for the nudge & making it easy by sharing your questions

[Sarah Robinson @RobinsonSarah_]

@AnthonyLeeZhang I have been confused about the difference between macroecon and agent-based modeling for a long time now! Glad to hear that there isn’t one

[Sarah Robinson @RobinsonSarah_]

@AgnesCallard If you’re ok with not exactly 50/50, you could do the thing on odd dates (1st, 3rd, 5th, etc.). And then at least a calendar would help!

[NBER @nberpubs]

Examining C-section rates across US counties finds that outcomes are better in areas with higher C-section rates but that C-section decisions are less responsive to underlying risks for Black mothers, from @RobinsonSarah_, @royer_heather, and Silver https://t.co/8tLAMUrVHf

[Sarah Robinson @RobinsonSarah_]

@jacobgellman I’m a single issue voter, and that issue is no more changes in FIPS codes in the middle of the dataset

[Sarah Robinson @RobinsonSarah_]

@snarkademic @ThePhDPlace Thank you!

[Sarah Robinson @RobinsonSarah_]

@kevinrinz Super interesting! I kept wondering throughout if this could be driven by ADHD? Prescriptions appear to be on the rise, even in the prime age group, and I’m not sure if CPS would also be including self-diagnoses

[Sarah Robinson @RobinsonSarah_]

@arpitrage Also on the other side! If you have a large-scale battery, need rules for recharging AND rules for when to deploy energy from the battery (e.g., when the grid is expensive)

[NBER @nberpubs]

Altogether, economic needs, state politics, institutional rules, neighbor competition, and demographics explain less than 20% of variation in state tax policies, from @Robinsonsarah_ and Alisa Tazhitdinova https://t.co/3S6KZCOF3W