Corina Mommaerts

[NBER @nberpubs]

Employer-side wage subsidies aim to boost hiring of disadvantaged workers. New evidence from the largest US program shows that most subsidized hires would have happened anyway, from Manisha Jain, @cmommaerts, and @Jeff_Weaver_ https://t.co/N5dGNJbmiT

[Econometrica @ecmaEditors]

Workplace disabilities don't have to end careers. New research analyzing Oregon workers compensation shows that subsidizing firms to accommodate injured workers boosts employment & earnings and creates welfare gains across the board. @cmommaerts @rennstep https://t.co/h7MKwyVnbr

[Florian Ederer @florianederer]

The US spends billions every year on the WOTC.

What does it do? NOTHING.

"We find null effects on hiring, employment, and earnings across all specifications. Employers hire the same workers as in the absence of subsidies, and subsidies operate as a pure transfer to the firms."

[Corina Mommaerts @cmommaerts]

@chenssteve Thanks for the thread and the links!

[Corina Mommaerts @cmommaerts]

@ChloeEast2 @callyrgf Love that podcast!

[Corina Mommaerts @cmommaerts]

@JaminSpeer @_loismiller Not true, I check dog twitter more often than I care to admit.

[Corina Mommaerts @cmommaerts]

@_loismiller @JaminSpeer Hi guys! Fun to see these twitteractions.

[Corina Mommaerts @cmommaerts]

@JaminSpeer This somehow feels like a metaphor for my life.

[Corina Mommaerts @cmommaerts]

@DavidCGrabowski @judith_graham I've been wondering about this too. Perhaps visitor logs exist for some nursing homes?

[Corina Mommaerts @cmommaerts]

@JaminSpeer Does that mean you want to move.... *north*???

[christina rotondo @christinaroto]

my mom put oil on her bird feeder to keep squirrels from stealing the bird food and

[David Marcus @davidimarcus]

The em dash is a drug

[Corina Mommaerts @cmommaerts]

@rennstep @mzgrosz @rtmilton The end of an era!

[Michael Lens @mc_lens]

Owls were born on my colleague’s windowsill a few weeks ago and I. Just. Can’t. Even.

[ian bremmer @ianbremmer]

Mind blown.

[NBC Olympics & Paralympics @NBCOlympics]

This may be the most dramatic thing to happen at the #WinterOlympics so far.