Sandy Black

I’m glad Marisa mentioned this. In certain circles there is - correctly! - laser focus on this catastrophe but it can be hard to get the story through to people, in no small part because it’s so upsetting and bleak and enraging that some deep part of people shuts down and rejects it.

This is horrific. And it is happening under our watch (and, even worse, with our assistance).

Opinion | Columbia’s Administrators Are Fooling Themselves

A timely and trenchant piece by Suresh Naidu. When future generations sift through the wreckage of our era, they’ll find it strewn with the institutional and personal failures of leaders both great and small.

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/o...

Walking on campus, I was just thinking how hard it is to be a grad student. It was by far the hardest thing I have done professionally, and there were many days (and nights!) when I was certain I would never come up with a job market paper (or, any paper, really). Grad students, hang in there!🤗

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Efficacy of Safety Net Work Requirements for Parents | Econofact Do work requirements increase work? Do they take benefits away from the neediest households? Evidence of the impact of SNAP work requirements on families.

My coauthor @jasonbcook.bsky.social & I recently showed that making parents of younger children comply with SNAP Work Requirements does nothing but take food away from the neediest families.

These parents don't work any more because they face barriers to work.

econofact.org/efficacy-of-...

Such a great new issue of @aeacswep.bsky.social CSWEP newsletter--strongly recommend all young researchers check it out! (In general, I find the CSWEP newsletter to have great advice!)

RFK Jr says "Only very sick kids should die from measles.”

Umm, NO.

No one should die from measles. If everyone got vaccinated, it could have been eradicated. But thanks to your misinformation, here we are. #medsky

Join us April 28 & 29 for the 4th Workshop in Applied Micro for PhD students!

Make sure to REGISTER for Day 1 and Day 2 sessions and Keynote Lectures:
sites.google.com/view/amie-4t...

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AMIE Workshop Description The Association for Mentoring and Inclusion in Economics (AMIE) is pleased to announce that the 4th Workshop in Applied Microeconomics, for PhD students. Workshop Dates: 28th ...

The AMIE Workshop is kicking off now!

Join us for a fantastic day of papers and a keynote by Professor Sandra Black.

🔗 sites.google.com/view/amie-4t...

Registration for AMIE's 4th Workshop in Applied Microeconomics is now open!

📆 Date: 28th & 29th April
📍 Location: Zoom (Registration link available on website linked below!)

Please find the schedule & registration links here: sites.google.com/view/amie-4t...

We look forward to your participation!

I am going to be giving a keynote lecture (online) on April 28 at 12:30 (EDT--New York) with my advice for young economists.

Register here for the keynote and get more information about the conference, which looks like a great lineup!

sites.google.com/view/amie-4t...

@econmentoring.bsky.social

"The university will not surrender its independence or relinquish its constitutional rights. Neither Harvard nor any other private university can allow itself to be taken over by the
federal government. "

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JM update: So excited to head to NYU Stern for a postdoc before starting as an AP of Finance at Stern @ NYU-Abu Dhabi in Fall 2026!

Thrilled to join this vibrant research community + be closer to Addis, where I grew up and became fascinated by the entrepreneurship, env't & labor issues I now study!

#EconConf

Opportunity & Inclusive Growth Institute Call for papers, submit by April 11, 2025 2025 Institute Research Conference November 13-14, 2025, Minneapolis, Minnesota The Institute Research Conference showcases a range of frontier-style research related to the Institute's mission of supporting the Fed's dual mandate through research into sources of economic opportunity and inclusive growth.

It’s that time – time to submit your paper to our annual Institute Research Conference! Join colleagues for broad scholarly discussion around research on enhancing economic opportunity and inclusive growth. Learn about the event + submission criteria here: bit.ly/3wiLpn8

Mississippi State Univ. is hiring a tenure-track Econ Assistant Prof w/ August start!

Open field; pref. for applied micro & teaching PhD Micro I & II (Micro II this fall).

Apply: MSU site & www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing.php?JOE_ID=2025-01_111475768

Please repost—it's an off-cycle search. Thanks!

Brownstone buildings at Teachers College looking west toward Riverside Church. Creative Commons photo by Bohao Zhao

#edusky colleagues, higher ed or K-12, please share. We are at Columbia, but we know that this struggle matters for education across the lifespan.

A Statement from Teachers College Faculty on the Attack on American Education

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

Congratulations Reka!!! @rjuhasz.bsky.social

A reminder: Tomorrow's employment report will not tell us much, if anything, about the impact of Trump/Musk on the economy. It will reflect the number of people on payroll in the pay period that included February 12, so anyone fired in early/mid February will still be counted as employed.

How are parents affected by their kid going to college? How are they affected when their kid gets a scholarship or grant?

New working paper with @palaashbhargava.bsky.social @econsandy.bsky.social @odedgurantz.bsky.social and Rob Fairlie

www.nber.org/papers/w33497

We were all crying!

If you want to be a great mentor, listen to Sandy Black’s presentation at the CSWEP lunch at AEAs.

Check out Sandy Black's congratulatory video and her presentation at: aeaweb.org/about-aea/co...

Maryam's speech is NOT to be missed. Her story (and courage) is completely inspiring!!! (As my sister said at the ceremony, "Well, aren't you glad you didn't have to follow her!")

As promised, an exciting announcement by @econmentoring.bsky.social ! 🗣️

#EconSky PhD students working in Applied Micro:

Make sure to submit your paper for the 4th Workshop we are co-organizing!! Profs @econsandy.bsky.social and Rema Hanna are our keynote speakers. Please share widely!

Submission: Economics of Education Program Meeting, Page 1 of 2 - MyNBERNBER: National Bureau of Economic Research

Call for papers: Econ of Ed @nberpubs.bsky.social Spring Meeting at Stanford.

Submissions are welcome from researchers with and without NBER affiliations, from early career scholars, and from researchers from under-represented groups. #EconConf

www.nber.org/confsubmit/b...

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The Society of Labor Economists has a mentoring program for early-career scholars. The deadline for this year's program (for Ph.D.s in 2020 and later) is February 14. Apply now!
www.sole-jole.org/index.php?op...