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Emily Beam

@ebeam.bsky.social

Development economist, associate prof at UVM. πŸš΄β€β™€οΈπŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ

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We've squeezed the fun out of youth sports. There's a better way. | Opinion When just 28% of children meet recommended activity guidelines, promoting low-cost, low-stakes, inclusive sports participation can help all kids.

My partner and I were tired of the hand-wringing about trans kids playing sports when, at the end of the day, it's just. a. game.

So, we wrote an op-ed :) Thanks, @usatoday.com!

www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...

21.08.2025 12:11 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

If you have $ but no time or patience, I found Parseur (app.parseur.com) to work very well.

22.11.2024 17:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Awesome, will do! (And thanks for this paper!)

16.11.2024 14:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

(Also saw your super interesting nurseries paper! We have related work in Kenya- would love yo pick your brain at some point :)

14.11.2024 07:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Awesome! I’m coming back from a JPAL MENA/IZA conference, and this trend (around women’s falling LFP) came up a lot - can’t wait to read :)

14.11.2024 07:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Great website with LaTeX templates for slides, papers, and referee reports

26.10.2023 20:05 β€” πŸ‘ 39    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Image frame! πŸ”₯ these are great!

27.10.2023 12:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Innovation Hub | Great Minds, Great Conversations | What Immigration Does For Innovation Hunt Moser Immigrants

"What immigration does for innovation"

Nice interview with economic historian Petra Moser and labor economist Jennifer Hunt, on @wgbh.org β€”> blogs.wgbh.org/innovation-h...

17.10.2023 13:46 β€” πŸ‘ 38    πŸ” 22    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Also make sure you’re ready for the overall demand shock in your household economy.

We let our then-5yo keep his research money from COVID-time child development studies and suddenly he was FLUSH WITH CASH and it got weird.

20.10.2023 11:57 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Thinking about all the ways I would NEVER send a card celebrating weight loss

17.10.2023 20:34 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I really liked her recent book, Career and Family!

11.10.2023 21:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Am I the only one who had to request their own article via ILL? I forgot during my special, thanks-for-your-labor-enjoy-your-article-"free for 50 days" version 😩 #EconSky πŸ“‰πŸ“ˆ

11.10.2023 01:01 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

hi! πŸ‘‹ Although we're not /directly/ in the same area, her work on women's work and earnings has been SO influential on my own!

11.10.2023 00:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Pro tip if you are a person with those fun handy tracker things on all your possessions. They work best with batteries. 😭

09.10.2023 19:52 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks! I’m really interested in this idea of workspaces/domains - it seems very promising!

28.09.2023 18:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Good motivation for me to actually open it - it's been staring me down on my desktop for a good week :)

28.09.2023 17:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

It’s all happening

27.09.2023 01:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ’― I harassed everyone I knew with U.S. colonial empire facts for a solid month. It’s fantastic.

27.09.2023 01:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I had to download it manually, but it was there waiting for me! 🎁

27.09.2023 01:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Oooh and it’s looking so good 😎

27.09.2023 01:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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It’s in the app update too! (Dropped a few hrs ago) @andrew.heiss.phd is just a trailblazer

27.09.2023 01:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

#Econsky πŸ“ˆπŸ“‰:?What are your top recommendations for cool RCT papers with null effects? πŸ“š (I know there has been discussions about this before; I keep bookmarking and losing them. Maybe by starting this thread, I can easily locate them later). TIA!

26.09.2023 15:05 β€” πŸ‘ 45    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 19    πŸ“Œ 2

go all in on tertile! 🐒 (and am learning this term exactly ... now)

21.09.2023 13:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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