Jason Cook

Assistant Professor - @MarrinerIns. Public economist studying the US safety net. ⛷️ 🚴 🧗‍♀️ he/him

[Jason Cook @EconJason]

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

[UCD Poverty & Inequality Research @povertyresearch]

📢 NEW POLICY BRIEF 📢

"Many WIC beneficiaries went at least one month without redeeming anything. This cyclicality and inconsistency were likely due in part to administrative burden."

— Marianne Bitler, @EconJason, @Seojung_Oh & Paige Rowberry

https://t.co/AggC9QFd0T

[Kirill Borusyak @borusyak]

A few more words about the "Practical Guide to Shift-Share Instruments" that we just posted (w/ @instrumenthull, @XJaravel)

We tried to make it useful to wide groups of readers: new users of shift-share IVs, experienced users, and those who didn't even know they were users (1/N)

[Xavier Jaravel @XJaravel]

1/5 Looking for a clear and gentle intro to shift-share instruments?

I'm excited to release today our "practice guide to shift-share instruments" with @borusyak and @instrumenthull, forthcoming at the Journal of Economic Perspectives @AEAjournals 👇👇👇👇👇

[CESifo @CESifoNetwork]

The Effect of Means-Tested Transfers on Work: Evidence from Quasi-Randomly Assigned SNAP Caseworkers | @EconJason @ChloeNEast
#econtwitter
https://t.co/klHeY0ZDm9

[Jason Cook @EconJason]

@SEAsheltie @JPubEcon @MarrinerIns Exactly!

[John B. Holbein @JohnHolbein1]

Switching to race-blind admissions lotteries increases racial segregation.

Segregation arising from mandated race-blind admissions causes student achievement and college attendance rates to decline.

[Jason Cook @EconJason]

@JohnHolbein1 Thanks John!

[Jason Cook @EconJason]

@SEAsheltie @JPubEcon @MarrinerIns Separate lotteries for black and non-black students (their language)

[Journal of Public Economics @JPubEcon]

Just published in @JPubEcon:

"Race-blind admissions, school segregation, and student outcomes"

By @EconJason (@MarrinerIns)

https://t.co/skXmMQaTZj

[Jason Cook @EconJason]

Happy to share that my paper, "Race-blind admissions, school segregation, and student outcomes" is now out at @JPubEcon!

It has been a long journey (my paper would be a third grader this year), but I'm thrilled at the outcome!

https://t.co/jVn5BSCRDB

[Jason Cook @EconJason]

@ChloeNEast Terrible, so sorry

[Jason Cook @EconJason]

@ChloeNEast Happy birthday!!!!

[Jason Cook @EconJason]

Cc: @florianederer @SHamiltonian

[Jason Cook @EconJason]

It's that time of year again! WBEC (@MarrinerIns) is accepting papers for our annual ski conference at
@Snowbird February 27 - March 1, 2025! Please send us your papers on topics in business economics, public, labor, and theory. Hope to see you there!

[Jason Cook @EconJason]

Submit papers to [email protected]

The deadline for submissions is Friday, October 4, 2024.

-Bringing family is encouraged (professional child care is provided during evenings)

Conference Info: https://t.co/GTTvwQIUve

[Jason Cook @EconJason]

@JSockin @cornellilr Congrats! Cornell is amazing!

[Analisa Packham @analisapackham]

I would like to extend my best wishes to all, even the haters, on this special first week of me being an associate professor

[Dr. Chloe N. East she/her @chloeneast.bsky.social @ChloeNEast]

My paper w @David_E_Simon on the safety net for job losers is forthcoming @JPubEcon!

Results can be summed up in a few figures & access is free for 50 days👇

32% of lost earnings replaced by public benefits (mostly UI) & this reduces poverty by 18pp, but regressive at bottom

[Jason Cook @EconJason]

@benconomics So glad everyone was okay

[Nicolas R. Ziebarth @NicolasZiebarth]

Wrapping up #NBERSI w/ important work by @ChloeNEast & @EconJason on labor supply and SNAP disenrollment effects of work requirements.

Not much evidence for increased labor supply but rather large drops in enrollment as a consequence