Ariel Ortiz-Bobea

That’s what I imagined. I hope you keep at it. To me this is such a fundamental aspect of science. We (researchers) think we are immune to all sorts of biases, but we are subject to path dependence and what others before us chose to explore and “found” to be true.

We're going through the second 100-year shock to the academic job market in the past 5 years

We need candidates for AEA directors and presidents to be talking about concrete things like this, not how many top articles, cites or awards they have.

Update on the state of the job market courtesy of a nudge by @gottliebecon.bsky.social

It's bad!

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Eva, cool study. I imagine you've had this in the works for quite a while. So congrats!

One point that I don't know if you can address here (or later) is to what extend people use previous published results as priors. i.e. does confidence and/or accuracy increase the more mature a literature is?

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Enough time for catcher to take a selfie

That was a poor pitch down the middle! You can’t do that with that guy

“If you can afford it”

Serious scholars have examined what happens when we change the number of H1-B visas issued.

Cities that get more H1-B immigrants subsequently see the wages of natives *rise* substantially.

Skilled immigrants bring new ideas, fill labor shortages and make us all more productive.

Submission: 8th Annual NBER Environmental and Energy Policy and the Economy Conference, Page 1 of 2 - MyNBER

Hey, #EconSky! Got a policy-relevant paper that you want folks in DC to see? Present & publish it with NBER's Environmental and Energy Policy and the Economy.

Submission deadline is Oct 20.

Conference is in DC on May 21, 2026.

More details below.

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Congrats from an Australia-loving academic!

just read the settlement is for $3k per title 😳

First time seeing people out protesting against the government and congress in Watkins Glen, NY

Just added my signature to the letter.

This is a no brainer.

It’s wild we’re having a conversation about US central bank independence in 2025. But here we are.

Please read and consider adding your signature.

Congratulations Val!!

Opinion | Trump Wants You to Believe Climate Change Isn’t Dangerous A Trump administration proposal runs counter to both basic logic and a growing mountain of science documenting direct harms from climate change.

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Is it more effective if the experts cited respond jointly? separately? Is it better to respond by chapter? Who is considered to have a more "legitimacy" in submitting comments? How are comments weighted in the review process? Is there evidence that the comments make a difference?

Are there lawyers out there who have written about the most effective way to submit comments to government reports like the recent DOE one?

E.P.A. Is Said to Draft a Plan to End Its Ability to Fight Climate Change

I have written about this before, when it was suggested as a possibility shortly after the inauguration. A quick summary here--in short, there's little clever or thoughtful about it, though there is some legal strategy at work, however cynical.

1/n

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/c...

Our paper is officially out 🎉

We argue that climate clubs show promise:

- A climate club with coordinated penalties could curb 68% of excess emissions from free-riding

-Unilateral carbon tariffs? Not nearly as effective

Academia drastically affects your body weight composition … you bulk up on thick skin!

I'd love to fund studies of interventions that reduce real-time pollution exposure, in the US, on outcomes related to violence and criminal behavior.

(There is strong evidence that such exposure increases violence in real time; the next question is how much interventions can mitigate this effect.)

Yeah makes sense… you may also have holidays in Dec that could alter driving and traffic.

Thanks for sharing. Any ideas why December is lower than Jan and Feb which are colder months?

Telling prospective PhD students that they should not worry about stating their research interests on their statement was not in my bingo card for 2025.

Trump Has Cut Science Funding to Its Lowest Level in Decades The lag in funding extends far beyond D.E.I. initiatives, affecting almost every area of science: chemistry, computing, engineering, materials and more.

Trump Has Cut Science Funding to Its Lowest Level in Decades www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Facing lawsuit, USDA says it will restore climate change-related webpages The U.S. Department of Agriculture has agreed to restore webpages related to climate change after it was sued earlier this year over the deletions.

Who, us, delete #climate info?

USDA has agreed to restore climate change-related webpages to its websites after it was sued over their deletions by the Northeast Organic Farming Association of NY and others,
@melinawalling.bsky.social reports:

no guns?

Don’t know. Note the report cannot be “cancelled” by the executive but the law does not explicitly require external experts or give details about their selection

As I understand it the executive can fire us w/o reason (we’re not paid btw) but they have to produce the NCA report at least every 4 yrs