@econsandy.bsky.social
Professor of Economics at the University of Texas at Austin and Former Member of Obama's Council of Economic Advisers, animal-lover. Health Insurance is a human right. Poverty is a policy choice.
And cheese-head Amos, of course!
26.02.2026 16:25 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Wisconsin is very lucky to get you! 🤩
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I am so excited to share that I will be joining the La Follette School of Public Affairs at the University of Wisconsin–Madison as an assistant professor in Fall 2027, after spending the 2026–2027 academic year as a Frank H.T. Rhodes Postdoctoral Fellow at the Cornell Population Center!
25.02.2026 23:04 — 👍 58 🔁 2 💬 11 📌 0
📢 Call for papers:
CESifo Area Conference on Economics of Education
co-organized w/ Eric Hanushek (Stanford)
🏛️ 11-12 Sept 2026, Munich
🧑🏫 Keynote: John List (Chicago) @johnlist.bsky.social
👉 www.ifo.de/en/cesifo/ev...
⏰ Deadline: 11 May 2026
🖼️ Past programs:
sites.google.com/view/woessma...
Wide childhood measles vaccination ⬆️ Americans personal earnings by about $450 per person per year.
Estimate contrasts long-run adult earnings of people who grew up just before vs after measles vax rolled out decades ago.
Burning our present & future, for what?
www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
Kate Musen has a super impressive portfolio of work-be sure to check it out at katemusen.com!
02.12.2025 02:35 — 👍 15 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 1
I'm on the #EconJobMarket! I study how policies and childhood environments shape outcomes of low-income & vulnerable kids.
In my JMP, I study the effects of allowing youth who would have aged out of foster care at 18 to stay until 21—offering support their peers not in foster care get from parents.
Hannah's work shows that, when the minimum wage increases, schedule unpredictability goes up too. Perhaps not surprising (but very hard to show)--as the wage goes up, workers pay in other ways. She is on the market and has a number of very cool and important papers!
hannahfarkas.github.io
Kate Musen has a super impressive portfolio of work-be sure to check it out at katemusen.com!
02.12.2025 02:35 — 👍 15 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 1argh!
01.12.2025 18:57 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Want to help some of the most vulnerable young people in society get on in life?
Then extend the age at which young adults leave foster care, says this fascinating new US study by @khmusen.bsky.social
The effects - particularly on employment rates - are significant.
katemusen.com/uploads/jmp....
Hannah also finds a tradeoff between schedule unpredictability and wages: when the minimum wage is increased, scheduling unpredictability increases too.
Suggests another margin that firms are able to cut costs on when minimum wages increase.
(parallels with our work on workplace injuries).
2. Firms pass demand risk onto workers: Hannah shows that on bad-weather days (when fewer people come to buy things from these retail & hospitality businesses), there are more last-minute shift cancellations.
In most jobs, the firm bears the risk of demand shocks unless extreme (-> layoffs).
This is a fascinating paper. It's the first (afaik) to actually document food&drink&retail scheduling unpredictability using actual firm data.
It illustrates v clearly why unpredictable scheduling makes these jobs so difficult:
Check out Hannah awesome JMP on job schedule unpredictability and how minimum wage policy affects such unpredictability: hannahfarkas.github.io/files/The_Ec...
25.11.2025 16:12 — 👍 18 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 1
Excited to see my JMP cited in the Economist—it highlights the tradeoffs workers could face with a higher minimum wage and suggests more worker protections like Fair Workweek laws could be important alongside minimum wage increases
www.economist.com/finance-and-...
Hannah's work shows that, when the minimum wage increases, schedule unpredictability goes up too. Perhaps not surprising (but very hard to show)--as the wage goes up, workers pay in other ways. She is on the market and has a number of very cool and important papers!
hannahfarkas.github.io
Hey, #EconSky!
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics is here @usbls.bsky.social!
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I’m on the #EconJobMarket! I study labor, extreme weather adaptation, and inequality.
My JMP addresses an under-studied aspect of the labor market: schedule unpredictability among hourly workers in the service sector.
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SoLE deadline extended until Monday morning!
*If the U.S. government shutdown is affecting your ability to access data/materials to finish your paper, please submit a long abstract with the understanding that you will post an updated paper when you are able and note that in the abstract!
Society of Labor Economists (SoLE) Annual Conference will be May 1-2, 2026 in Denver, Colorado. Submission portal is now open! Deadline for submissions is October 31--don't forget to submit! It will be a great conference! (organized by me and @jrothst.bsky.social)
mailchi.mp/sole-jole/so...
What’s spooky about Oct 31? 👻🎃 It is the deadline for SOLE! I’m on the scientific committee so pls send lots of great submissions for me to look through!!!!
22.10.2025 12:30 — 👍 8 🔁 8 💬 1 📌 0
So excited to be working with @jrothst.bsky.social and the amazing program committee to make this year's SoLE annual meeting the best ever-don't forget to submit your paper so you can join us there!
www.sole-jole.org/2026-program...
Just a reminder to submit your papers to SoLE!!! It will be a great conference, with not-to-be-missed keynotes by Janet Currie, Kerwin Charles, and Jeff Smith! Avoid FOMO and submit!
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The @newyorkfed.bsky.social will hold a webinar on Demystifying A Career Path in Economics
Econ is such a flexible degree that students are often overcome by the Paradox of Choice. Learn more here.
Wednesday, September 24
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Learn more and register: cvent.me/kYye3K
If you'll be on the #EconJobMarket this coming year, you may want to join this webinar by @aereorg.bsky.social, titled, "Navigating Uncertain Waters: Advice for the Current Job Market," with Min Gong & @adrienneohler.bsky.social. 29 Sept 2025 @ 11am ET.
22.08.2025 13:03 — 👍 26 🔁 22 💬 1 📌 1
Submit that new research project of yours and I will see you in Denver.
Will be a great conference!
Among my favorite conferences!
Note the October 31 submission deadline 👇🏽
Society of Labor Economists (SoLE) Annual Conference will be May 1-2, 2026 in Denver, Colorado. Submission portal is now open! Deadline for submissions is October 31--don't forget to submit! It will be a great conference! (organized by me and @jrothst.bsky.social)
mailchi.mp/sole-jole/so...
A monthly employment report isn't a privilege. It's the law.
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h/t @claudia-sahm.bsky.social