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Our grad students are in the Halloween spirit @ndecon.bsky.social

NOTRE DAME FED & FISCAL CHALLENGE CLUB ​​By participating in three national competitions each year, our award-winning team deepens knowledge of economic principles through experiential learning. In weekly meetings over bagels, we...

Congratulations to the members of our Fed Challenge team. Based on video submissions from teams in the region, they were just selected as one of three semifinalists in the Chicago Fed district @chicagofed.bsky.social. fedandfiscalchallengend.weebly.com

Do Medical Treatments Work for Work? Evidence from Breast Cancer Patients (November 2025) - We investigate the effects of radiation therapy on the mortality and economic outcomes of breast cancer patients. We implement a 2SLS strategy within a difference-in-difference frame...

Out in the most recent edition of American Economic Journal: Economic Policy @aeajournals.bsky.social, "Do Medical Treatments Work for Work? Evidence from Breast Cancer Patients," from our colleague Bill Evans (along with Daysal, Pedersen, and Trandafir). www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...

Strategic mobilization of voters Organized public demonstrations of voter support for policy issues through rallies and petitions are mechanisms by which interest groups sometimes see…

Last, but not least, "Strategic mobilization of voters" by David Raiha (with Guy Holburn), published in Games and Economic Behavior. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

The Consumption Origins of Business Cycles: Lessons from Sectoral Dynamics (October 2025) - We measure the impact of household consumption shocks on aggregate fluctuations. These shocks affect household consumption directly, and production and prices indirectly through their...

Next up, "The Consumption Origins of Business Cycles: Lessons from Sectoral Dynamics" in AEJ: Macro @aeajournals.bsky.social by Christian Matthes @cmatthes.bsky.social and Felipe Schwartzman. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...

The colonial legacy in India: How persistent are the effects of historical institutions? Using updated data, we analyze the long-run effects of two British colonial institutions established in India. Iyer (2010) showed that areas under dir…

Next, Lakshmi Iyer and current graduate student Coleson Weir @colesonweir.bsky.social "The colonial legacy in India: How persistent are the effects of historical institutions?" Published in the Journal of Development Economics. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

First up: "Reducing Parent-School Information Gaps and Improving Education Outcomes: Evidence from High-Frequency Text Messages" in the Journal of Human Resources @j-humanresources.bsky.social @taryndinkelman.bsky.social jhr.uwpress.org/content/earl...

We have completed another semi-regular update of our featured faculty publications wall in the department. This go-round, we are highlighting publications from Taryn Dinkelman @taryndinkelman.bsky.social; Lakshmi Iyer + grad student @colesonweir.bsky.social; @cmatthes.bsky.social; and Davin Raiha.

How '16 and Pregnant' contributed to dropping teenage birth rates “16 and Pregnant," on the air from 2009 to 2014, led to more searches and tweets regarding birth control and abortion, and ultimately led to a 5.7% reduction in teen births

Melissa Kearney was on @npr.org not once but twice yesterday! Go here for a longer conversation with Melissa on the "Here and Now": www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2...

People are having fewer kids. Their choice is transforming the world's economy The global economic system developed in an era of rapid population growth. With aging populations and people deciding to have smaller families, economists are raising concerns about future prosperity.

Our colleague Melissa Kearney was featured on @npr.org yesterday to discuss the economic implications of fertility declines. www.npr.org/2025/10/27/n...

How will the shutdown impact the U.S. economy? Plus: Two of the largest timber land companies have merged...

Our colleague Jeff Campbell was recently interviewed by "Cheddar's Big Business This Week" about the current government shutdown. bbtw.cheddar.com/p/how-will-t...

Our dedicated staff have decorated the department for Halloween

ReStud Tour @reveconstudies.bsky.social

White House issues warning over US fertility rate Robert F. Kennedy Jr deemed declining U.S. fertility rates a "national security threat," saying birth rates are not high enough to stabilize the population.

Our colleague Kasey Buckles is quoted extensively in this Newsweek article @newsweek.com @kaseybuckles.bsky.social www.newsweek.com/white-house-....

We are very excited to be hosting the Review of Economic Studies @reveconstudies.bsky.social North American Tour this coming Monday (October 20). Agenda below!

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Last week, we had a great panel discussion for our Women in Economics Club featuring our colleague Kasey Buckles, @kaseybuckles.bsky.social, and our former colleague Abigail Wozniak of the @oiginstitute.bsky.social. See below for some photos:

Jim Sullivan on 'Dilexi Te': ‘Love for the poor must move us to act — and to act wisely’ Jim Sullivan, professor of economics and co-founder and director of the Wilson Sheehan Lab for Economic Opportunities (LEO), sees Pope Leo’s first...

Our colleague Jim Sullivan, director of LEO, offered some commentary on Pope Leo's recent apostolic exhortation, Delexi Ti. Sullivan said: "the care of the poor is not peripheral to the Church, but central to her life.” news.nd.edu/news/jim-sul...

Prosecutorial Reform and Local Crime Rates Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...

New @nber.org working paper form our colleague Lauren Schechter (with Agan, Doleac, Harvey, and Kyriazis), "Prosecutorial Reform and Local Crime Rates." Check it out: www.nber.org/papers/w34364

New IZA working paper from two of our colleagues (David Phillips, @phillipsecon.bsky.social and Patrick Turner) and one of our former undergrad students (Emily Merola). “Reversing the School to Prison Pipeline: The Impact of an Adult High School Program” www.iza.org/publications...

Anthony Kies graduated with a BA in Economics in 2021. He is now a research analyst with CastleArk Management, LLC. www.linkedin.com/in/anthony-k...

Gabe Gelke with a BA in Economics in 2023, and is now a second-year law student at Villanova. www.linkedin.com/in/gabriel-g...

Hannah Edwards graduated this past spring with a double major in finance and economics. She is now an analyst with Cornerstone Research. www.linkedin.com/in/hmedwards...

Henry Downes completed his PhD earlier this year and is now an assistant professor of economics at the University of Georgia. henrymdownes.com

We have completed our semi-regular update of our Featured Alumni wall. This go-round, we are highlighting four distinguished alums: Henry Downes, Hannah Edwards, Gabe Gelke, and Anthony Kies.

Photo of our colleague Jeff Campbell and former graduate student Isabel Goedl-Hanisch at a @cepr.org conference in Switzerland.

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Our colleague Larry Marsh (emeritus) was honored this past weekend at the Midwest Econometrics Group meetings for his visionary leadership. Larry was the founder of the group many years ago!

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Great day of tailgating yesterday!

Happening this afternoon! @artslettersnd.bsky.social

Work from our colleague Melissa Kearney is highlighted in the October edition of the NBER digest @nber.org

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