Frank Schilbach

Do Financial Concerns Make Workers Less Productive?* Abstract. Workers who are worried about their personal finances may find it hard to focus at work. If so, reducing financial concerns could increase produc

As this govt shutdown continues and many federal workers are forced to work without pay, I’m thinking about this paper by Kaur et al (2024)

When workers feel financial pressure at home, their decisions in the workplace take a hit

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What are the best practices for ensuring subject comprehension in lab or field experiments? Can you recommend any research papers or guides? #econsky

Open letter Click here to add your signature. An Open Letter from Economists in Support of Governor Lisa Cook and Federal Reserve Independence To the President, Members of Congress, and the American public: We wr...

Over 125 economists signed the open letter calling on the President, Congress, and the American public to uphold the principles of Federal Reserve independence and not remove Lisa Cook without due process.

There's still time to sign! And please share.

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A New Way to Reduce Children’s Deaths: Cash

Great NYT write up of our new results on child mortality and cash transfers in Kenya:
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/18/h...

Cash transfers improve sleep quality for household heads but not other family members, revealing how financial pressures burden those responsible for providing.

Read today's article to learn more:

Excited that Tufts is hosting NEUDC this fall!

Spread the word and send us your finest work by Aug 17.

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Is it "good" or "bad" when skilled people leave low-income countries? We summarized the evidence in favor of "brain gain" vs. "brain drain": www.science.org/doi/epdf/10....
Ungated PDF: johanneshaushofer.com/research

Lives Versus Livelihoods: The Impact of the Great Recession on Mortality and Welfare*

Recently accepted by #QJE, “Lives Versus Livelihoods: The Impact of the Great Recession on Mortality and Welfare,” by Finkelstein, Notowidigdo (@profnoto.bsky.social), Schilbach, and Zhang: doi.org/10.1093/qje/...

Do recessions reduce mortality?

Very excited about this @econimate.bsky.social video on our paper!

Do recessions impact mortality?

Amy Finkelstein (MIT), @profnoto.bsky.social (Chicago Booth), @fschilbach.bsky.social (MIT) & @jzhangecon.bsky.social (Duke Sanford) on the welfare consequences of the Great Recession:

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I appreciate that the Tufts University School of Arts and Sciences has this prominently placed at the top of their main webpage right now. as.tufts.edu

In "Colluding Against Environmental Regulation," we study collusion among firms against imperfectly monitored environmental regulation, applied to a case study about automakers and diesel vehicle emissions. With Jorge Alé-Chilet, Cuicui Chen, and Mathias Reynaert.
@reveconstudies.bsky.social

🚨 Attention for those who had USAID funding terminated....

Open letter by 700+ Jewish faculty in US on Trump's Columbia funding cuts, supposedly against antisemitism: "Not on our behalf. Harming US Universities does not protect Jewish people. Cutting funding for research does not protect Jewish people. Punishing researchers does not protect Jewish people."

Welcome to Bluesky, my Tufts colleague @jingli-econ.bsky.social ! Jing has a new NBER working paper out today on political ideology and EVs:

Thank you to @charlesjkenny.bsky.social, @justsand.bsky.social and others @cgdev.org whose careful data work underpins this important and devastating article by @nickkristof.bsky.social in @nytimes.com. A great eg of combining data with the human face of that data.

This is very important. If you’re still out there saying that they’re coming after X, Y or Z “because of woke”, then you’re part of the problem.

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Fantastic conference on field experiments in economics and business!

Your dignity honors the bravery of the Ukrainian people.

Be strong, be brave, be fearless.
You are never alone, dear President Zelenskyy.

We will continue working with you for a just and lasting peace.

Welcome message for Simon Jäger, featuring a portrait and titled 'Associate Professor of Economics and Public Affairs at Princeton Economics'.

Princeton Econ welcomes Simon Jäger (@simonjaeger.bsky.social), a leading labor economist, to the department and the Industrial Relations Section. Jäger studies labor markets, inequality, worker representation, and wage dynamics.

Read more about his research and appointment: bit.ly/43ij3Ng

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ONLY 4 DAYS TO SUBMIT to the 2025 Behavioral Science & Policy Association (BSPA) virtual conference. Submit by February 21 for short presentations. Conference is May 1-2. Check out details and submit:

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If you are American, please stop what you are doing and contact your representative.

Regardless of who you voted for, tell your representative that you expect them to protect our capacity for research on cancer, Alzheimer’s, and other crucial science.

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Our "Discrimination in the Formation of Academic Networks: A Field Experiment on #EconTwitter" with Pedro Sant'Anna and @brunoferman.bsky.social is now forthcoming in the

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Do Financial Concerns Make Workers Less Productive?* Abstract. Workers who are worried about their personal finances may find it hard to focus at work. If so, reducing financial concerns could increase produc

#QJE Feb 2025, #12, “Do Financial Concerns Make Workers Less Productive,” by Kaur, Mullainathan (@sendhil.bsky.social), Oh, and Schilbach (@fschilbach.bsky.social): doi.org/10.1093/qje/...

🚨 Christmas WP Alert 🚨
New study explores the causal impact of correcting misperceived gender norms on mothers' employment attitudes and expectations. Using a field experiment with German mothers of young children, we find three key results:
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Inspired by @tapiorasanen.bsky.social, here is a starter pack for economists conducting field experiments 🤓🫶

Please let me know who is missing – and share widely! 🚀

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Yes! We talk about this briefly in our conclusion: