Dr. Alicia Sasser Modestino

Professor at Northeastern University researching public policy issues affecting labor, housing, and health care markets. All ideas are my own.

[Dr. Alicia Sasser Modestino @SasserModestino]

As the incoming Director of the @dukakiscenter I will be hosting our annual policy convening on Thursday, May 14th

𝑵𝒐𝒘 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝑲𝒏𝒐𝒘: 𝑯𝒐𝒏𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑳𝒊𝒇𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑳𝒆𝒈𝒂𝒄𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝑲𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒚 𝑫𝒖𝒌𝒂𝒌𝒊𝒔

🎟️ Register here
https://t.co/4I7DSraxFl

[Dr. Alicia Sasser Modestino @SasserModestino]

Excited to share my decades-long work on summer youth employment programs at this Arnold ventures public safety boot camp in Philadelphia! Extra bonus to make new friends and see old ones while also running around Philly and visiting my favorite landmarks!

[Dr. Alicia Sasser Modestino @SasserModestino]

Had me some good Back To School night vibes at the start of Lexi’s high school experience! Great to see old friends & make new ones! Plus I love the way cell phones are stowed during classtime & AI use is reserved for specific tasks to limit interference with learning… Let’s Go!

[Dr. Alicia Sasser Modestino @SasserModestino]

Excited to start this academic year visiting @MITEcon ! Looking forward to interacting with students, faculty & staff in the Stone Center on Inequality & Shaping the Future of Work on all things labor economics, #AI & public policy!
@NUEcon
@NU_PolicySchool

[Dr. Alicia Sasser Modestino @SasserModestino]

My take on what the #JobsReport suggests about AI & entry level tech workers

Spoiler: 1st step on the career ladder is eroding esp for junior coders

Bottom line: experiential learning (co-op) teaches new grads AI skills in context to skip that 1st rung

https://t.co/aY9xZrTYHL

[J-PAL North America @JPAL_NA]

📣Join our team at J-PAL North America📣
@JPAL_NA is #hiring two Policy Associates based in Cambridge, MA. Please share with your networks & apply by September 2!

https://t.co/v4B7DbgT3k

[Dr. Alicia Sasser Modestino @SasserModestino]

So well-deserved… congratulations @davidautor ! Looking forward to hanging out with you at MIT this semester & talking about all things #AI 🦾

[TIME @TIME]

TIME’s new cover: Announcing the 2026 TIME100 AI, the world's most influential people in artificial intelligence https://t.co/ZnPVMdeJwe

[David Autor @davidautor]

The latest Substack article from the Stone Center (linked below) covers findings from my recent paper with @DAcemogluMIT, Keelan Beirne, and Andrew Scott on demographic change and the macroeconomy.

[NBC10 Boston @NBC10Boston]

A group of boys from Bridgewater, Massachusetts, is going to the Little League World Series. https://t.co/Wpe92T1q2K

[Dr. Alicia Sasser Modestino @SasserModestino]

So grateful that she is in her happy place for the next two weeks - no phone, no worries - just great friends making great memories! #sleepawaycamp

[Bilge Erten @BilgeErten]

My wonderful colleague @SasserModestino presenting impressive work on summer employment programs in Boston -- large effects on reducing violent crimes.
@NUEcon @NU_PolicySchool @Northeastern

[Sebastián Ramírez @SebastianRamRa1]

First time attending @nberpubs SI, I'm leaving incredibly grateful. Inspiring to see so many researchers whose work I've admired for years, and to learn from their ideas and conversations. Looking forward to many more opportunities like this. @SasserModestino #EconTwitter

[Dukakis Center for Urban and Regional Policy @dukakiscenter]

This is joint work with Aria Golestani, Brandon Turchan, Sebastian Ramirez, @BenStruhl & Anthony Braga at the UPenn Crime and Justice Policy Lab.
You can find the paper here:
https://t.co/cOlG2MP0KJ

[Dukakis Center for Urban and Regional Policy @dukakiscenter]

Excited to present the long-term impacts of #SummerJobs programs on youth violence @nberpubs
-27% ⬇️in for males & -79% ⬇️ for high-risk youth
-52% ⬇️ in arrests with prior co-offending peers
-effects double when youth get a second summer!
@NUEcon @NU_PolicySchool @NUGlobalNews

[Dr. Alicia Sasser Modestino @SasserModestino]

@Northeastern in the house @nberpubs !!!!
@NUEcon
@NU_PolicySchool

[Bilge Erten @BilgeErten]

Thrilled to see our paper out at AEJ: Economic Policy today:
https://t.co/YpgP1DKbVP

@Northeastern @NUEcon @NUCSSH

[Dr. Alicia Sasser Modestino @SasserModestino]

Amazing work presented by my colleague
@Prof_Nishith_P
@nberpubs crime meeting
showing the real-world impacts of an innovative police training on improving the reporting of gender based violence in India!
@NUEcon

[Nishith Prakash @Prof_Nishith_P]

Honored that our paper, Debiasing Law Enforcement Officers: Evidence from an Expressive Arts Intervention in India, will be presented at the @nberpubs Summer Institute 2026 (Economics of Crime). Looking forward to the discussion!

@NUEcon @NU_PolicySchool @ResearchAtNU

[Shantanu Khanna @Shantanu__K]

Delighted to see this out. Enjoyed working on this with incredible coauthors.

[Dr. Alicia Sasser Modestino @SasserModestino]

Guess who just got cleared to startrunning after a long, slow, 7-month long recovering from rupturing her ACL, tearing her MCL, and tearing her meniscus ?!? This girl right here 👇👇👇👇👇👇👇
I even got new running shoes to celebrate – wish me luck! 💪🏃‍♀️🔥

[Emily Oster @ProfEmilyOster]

Stop freaking out so much about the diarrhea parasite

https://t.co/qmO48RFQkH