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Bar chart showing the average hours per day spent reading for personal interest, annual averages, by age, 2024

It’s Read Across America Day! #BLSData #ReadAcrossAmericaDay www.bls.gov/opub/ted/202...

A graph of data center vs office construction, showing data centers basically tied with offices

The US now spends basically as much on data center construction as on office construction

Call for Papers for 2027 SGE@ASSA Sessions. SGE will sponsor 7 sessions at the 2027 ASSA Annual Meeting on January 3–5, 2027 in Washington DC. The submission deadline is Friday, May 1, 2026.
www.sge-econ.org/2026/02/18/c...

Looking for a way to get more involved with the Society of Government Economists? Nominations for the board of directors are being accepted through March 3rd. It’s a great group! www.sge-econ.org/about/electi...

#productivity

It's nice to have a standing desk at work. I'm trying to spend more of my day standing now.

Bar chart showing labor force participation rate of civilian noninstitutional population ages 16 to 75 by presence of work-limiting health condition or difficulty and disability status, July 2024.

27.1 percent of people with a work-limiting difficulty participated in the labor force in July 2024 www.bls.gov/opub/ted/202... #BLSdata

Awesome!

One week left to write that abstract for the annual SGE conference.

My manuscript "The Economics of Noncompete Clauses" is now out in the Journal of Economic Perspectives.

Few topics have garnered more debate and policy attention over the last few years. This article brings us up to speed on the debate and the current answers.

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Life-Cycle Effects of Women's Education on their Careers and Children Increased women’s college attendance delivers wage and job-quality gains that grow over the life cycle, alongside improvements in children’s early-life health.

New Census Working Paper: "Life-Cycle Effects of Women's Education on their Careers and Children" by Na'ama Shenhav and Danielle H. Sandler
www.census.gov/library/work...

What is the impact of AI on productivity? Reconciling the micro and the macro evidence

New post: What is the impact of AI on productivity?

I review all of the studies and data that I can find and try to provide a synthesis.

A disagreement emerges: micro studies find positive benefits but these benefits are yet to show up in the macro data.

aleximas.substack.com/p/what-is-th... 🧵

🆕 Free online course on private enterprise, productivity & economic growth by STEG & PEDL (@cepr.org)

Through 14 lectures, you can learn from leading researchers on one of the central questions of economic development, how to increase productivity.

Register here: cepr-org.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

The annual call for @nber.org nominations has been released, so if you're a researcher hoping to become affiliated, reach out to existing affiliates to get nominated.

If you're an existing affiliate, advocate for talented researchers, particularly those with networks not already full of NBER folks.

Come join us this spring 🌸🌸🌸 in DC on April 17th for the Society of Government Economists Annual Conference. All are welcome.

SEA-Session Organization 2026 SEA-Sessions 2026: Melanie Guldi, Orgul Ozturk, Manan Roy, and Mayra Pineda Torres Organizers We will be organizing sessions on the topics of Maternal & Infant Health, and Reproductive Health; Economi...

I am co-organizing sessions for the 2026 Southern Economics Association Annual conference in Houston in November. Looking for Maternal & Infant Health, Fertility & Family formation, and other Health and Labor topics. Fill out the form by March 14th. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Remarks by Janet L. Yellen on receiving the inaugural Janet L. Yellen Award for Excellence in Public Service from CSWEP | Brookings Speech by former Fed Chair and Treasury Secretary Yellen, upon receiving the inaugural Janet L. Yellen Award for Excellence in Public Service from CSWEP.

Remarks by Janet L. Yellen on receiving the inaugural Janet L. Yellen Award for Excellence in Public Service from CSWEP www.brookings.edu/articles/rem...

I remember @mlheggeness.bsky.social telling me about the idea for this book at an AEA meeting three (?) years ago. Excited to dig in (and not *only* for the Taylor references).

The AEA has posted eight "Recent Developments" lectures exploring highly topical issues in economics, presented by the best scholars in the field:

www.aeaweb.org/conference/w...

Well worth a watch!

For accessibility please include alt text in posts with images. There's even a setting that reminds you. So tired of the inaccessible posts especially with so much going on. Is there a hashtag to get this out there?

And please stop using passive voice. #Accessibility #DisabilitySky

The Jan. 2026 issue of the @jpolecon.bsky.social should be of great interest to anyone interested in the well being of young people.

www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/jpe/2026...

#ASSA2026 That’s a wrap! See you all in DC next year.

#econsky - new books to read in 2026 by Misty Heggeness and Nancy Folbre

#ASSA2026 Joseph Bommarito talking about the Care Board Dashboard - www.thecareboard.org
check it out! @mlheggeness.bsky.social ‘s brain child

#ASSA2026 Donna Ginther accepting the Carolyn Shaw Bell Award

#ASSA2026 Janet Yellen accepting the Janet L. Yellen Award for Excellence in Public Service @aeacswep.bsky.social luncheon

#ASSA2026 picked up a work of art by @mlheggeness.bsky.social

#ASSA2026 It’s time for the SGE Sessions in the convention center 303-A. You’ve got to be on time! 8 am sharp.

You need an SGE pen. Available at all our sessions.