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Martha Bailey

@marthajbailey.bsky.social

Professor of Economics, UCLA

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Can Women Really 'Have It All?' A Working Mom and Economist Reveals Why Not (Exclusive) In an exclusive excerpt from her new book 'Having It All,' (out Sept. 23), Wharton professor and economist Corinne Low, Ph.D., explains why so many working moms feel like they're failing on all fronts...

People magazine has an exclusive excerpt of my book today, one week and one day until pub!!
people.com/why-women-ca...

16.09.2025 02:14 β€” πŸ‘ 26    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Open letter Click here to add your signature. An Open Letter from Economists in Support of Governor Lisa Cook and Federal Reserve Independence To the President, Members of Congress, and the American public: We wr...

I signed an open letter from economists supporting Fed independence & Governor Lisa Cook

Letter: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Add your name by Monday: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

31.08.2025 21:23 β€” πŸ‘ 567    πŸ” 153    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 10
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Signature page for Open Letter of Support of Governor Lisa Cook and Federal Reserve Independence By filling out the form below, you are asking your signature to be added to this open letter.

I signed an open letter from economists supporting Fed independence & Gov. Lisa Cook. Add your name by Monday: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... |

Letter: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

31.08.2025 23:51 β€” πŸ‘ 63    πŸ” 21    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 4

This letter is not particularly controversial in its assertions and the topic of central bank independence is extremely important. Takes about 4.5 minutes to read and sign (if you agree.) Looks like the number of signatories is up since Tatyana's post, but Economics needs YOU!

31.08.2025 21:18 β€” πŸ‘ 28    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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πŸ“’Call for paper for #AlpPop 2026 is out with awesome #skinotes confirmed @marthajbailey.bsky.social and Arnout Van De Rijt.
Please send your paper bocconi.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6t… by September 21.

11.07.2025 13:09 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A growing body of research suggests reproductive health care has intergenerational effects on the well-being of children, from @marthajbailey.bsky.social https://www.nber.org/papers/w33970

05.07.2025 22:00 β€” πŸ‘ 26    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
NBER_Bailey_AR_combined.pdf

Interesting review paper by @marthajbailey.bsky.social on fertility
drive.google.com/file/d/1smVT...

30.06.2025 09:21 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Please join CCPR for our 2025 Reception at PAA at 6:00 PM EST at the Marriott Marquis, BeerLab (901 Massachusetts Ave NW, Washington, DC). This event is hosted by Michigan, UCLA, Washington, Wisconsin-Madison and Brown. #PAA2025 @popassocamerica.bsky.social @um-psc.bsky.social

11.04.2025 17:05 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Congratulations @marthajbailey.bsky.social on winning the 2024 IPUMS CPS Research Award for her paper on how 1963 Equal Pay Act decreased the #GenderGap: tinyurl.com/4uadhx78

@bryanstuart.bsky.social @um-psc.bsky.social @ccpratucla.bsky.social @ipums.bsky.social @qjeharvard.bsky.social #PayEquity

08.04.2025 15:03 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Delighted that this double podcast where I speak with
@marthajbailey.bsky.social and @gtwodtke.bsky.social speaks with Natasha Quadlin is now live, where we cover both the progress made in gender inequality in the last 60 years as well as reasons for persisting differences.

28.02.2025 00:35 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Sixty years after equal pay laws and the women’s movement transformed opportunities for women, gender inequality persists in new forms.

Today’s episode features @UCLA Professors @marthajbailey.bsky.social and Natasha Quadlin.

Listen every other Monday:
Website: bit.ly/3YdiCkj

24.02.2025 17:34 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Opinion | Trump’s Tariff War Is Being Fought to Lower Taxes for the Wealthy President Trump is remaking the tax code to favor the well-off even more, and cloaking these changes in a veneer of nationalism.

Great piece by @kclausing.bsky.social on how tariffs help shift tax burden to the poor. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/o...

21.02.2025 14:28 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Research Officer (Centre for Macroeconomics) Research Officer (Centre for Macroeconomics), , <p style="text-align: center;"><em><span>LSE is committed to building a diverse, equitable and truly inclusive university</span></em></p> <p style="text...

I am opening a postdoc position connected to the FamilyMacro research project at the LSE. This is a one-year position that could be extended for two more years. If interested, please contact me!

#EconSky @cfmuk.bsky.social

jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...

19.02.2025 14:35 β€” πŸ‘ 32    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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#PacDev2025 will be jointly hosted by UCLA and USC in Los Angeles β˜€οΈπŸ˜Ž Please register to attend ASAP using this link (the deadline to pay the *reduced* rate is coming up soon ⏰): dtspayment.usc.edu/OnlinePaymen...

06.02.2025 17:47 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Fantastic conference organized by my colleagues. πŸ‘‡Deadline coming up soon!

06.02.2025 19:56 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Holy forking shirt balls

"Denial of a wanted abortion has both immediate and lasting effects. It increases a woman’s risk of death by 2.5 p.p within nine months, mainly due to unsafe abortion procedures, and raises the likelihood of carrying the pregnancy to term by 31 p.p. "

30.01.2025 23:10 β€” πŸ‘ 335    πŸ” 163    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 4
CSWEP Call for Abstracts

Submit now for CSWEP's sessions at the 2026 AEA meetings. Sessions will be on:
β€’ Economics of Gender in the Economics Profession
β€’ Gender and Climate Justice
β€’ Gender, Working from Home and Female Labor Supply
β€’ Economic Theory
β€’ Global Economy
@aeacswep.bsky.social

27.01.2025 22:04 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2
American Economic Association: JOE Listings - August 1, 2024 - January 31, 2025

#Econsky I am excited to announce two new post-doctoral positions at UCLA. One on the m-carestudy.org and the other on the life-m.org project. Please apply!

www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing....

08.01.2025 17:39 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Huihuang Zhu (@huihuangzhu.bsky.social) Remarkably, all subgroups benefit from the program, including the low-performing students who do not take AP classes. Sorting by achievement seems to allow teachers to better target students'…

Tracking in US high schools benefits all students: on average, students gain $1000 in earnings. The introduction of AP courses also benefits lower achievement students who do not take AP, presumably through more targeted attention from teachers. #EconSky

22.11.2024 17:10 β€” πŸ‘ 50    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

Huihuang is a fantastic PhD student and job market candidate from UCLA. And this paper is πŸ”₯

23.11.2024 11:16 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Home - Summer School in Advanced Economics The Summer School in Advanced Economics aims to bring together postgraduates, Ph.D. students, and young researchers interested in acquiring modern specialized knowledge in theoretical and empirical ec...

❗6th Summer School in Advanced Economics.
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➑️Where: Spetses Island, Greece.

➑️When: 22-27 June 2025.

▢️ Instructors: Jeff Wooldridge
@jmwooldridge.bsky.social
and myself,
@pedrosantanna.bsky.social

We will cover a lot!

For more info‡️

14.11.2024 17:01 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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It’s hard to overstate how much people hate inflationβ€”and the lasting scars this recent surge caused. People across the board, even Democrats, mainly blamed the government (see the figureπŸ‘‡). Check the summary 🧡for "Why do we dislike inflation?" here: x.com/S_Stantcheva...

12.11.2024 16:20 β€” πŸ‘ 113    πŸ” 35    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 7

It's the Great Migration (#EconTwitter to #EconSky)

12.11.2024 19:51 β€” πŸ‘ 143    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

Now arriving at #EconSky !

Several of our finest mindsβ€”> @lkatz42.bsky.social @susanathey.bsky.social @dacemoglumit.bsky.social et (many) al.!

And our top journalsβ€”> @qjeharvard.bsky.social @jpolecon.bsky.social @reveconstudies.bsky.social @aeajournals.bsky.social

Tell your colleagues it's time.

15.11.2024 14:28 β€” πŸ‘ 73    πŸ” 35    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I made a starter pack of government economists.

go.bsky.app/K7fAcMi

18.09.2024 00:34 β€” πŸ‘ 131    πŸ” 57    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 10

For those attending APPAM this coming week:

Join Arnold Ventures, the Russell Sage Foundation, Equitable Growth, & the Policy Academies for a big, fun, joint reception on FRIDAY 11/22, 6:30-8:30, at Fogo de ChΓ£o (very close to the conference hotel). πŸ₯³

pages.equitablegrowth.org/2024-APPAM-R...

16.11.2024 15:35 β€” πŸ‘ 39    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 5

I started a starter pack of economists working on gender. It's sparsely populated, so please point out people I've missed.
go.bsky.app/P6kvUEe

11.11.2024 12:12 β€” πŸ‘ 335    πŸ” 117    πŸ’¬ 77    πŸ“Œ 4

I just joined :)

16.11.2024 15:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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