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Med cannabis law adoption induces sustained reductions in pain-medication use, esp opioids, among commercially insured patients. On avg, patients prescribed opioids drop by over 100 per 10,000 enrollees qrtrly within 4 yrs after policy adoption.(1/3)

Wow. This is the paper I have been waiting for. Mobile apps are brain rot, with meaningfully bad economic consequences for those who overuse them.

Weekly links October 17: statistical power, good descriptives, nice graphs, publishing metrics, and more…

This week's links include a mini-symposium on power calculations, what makes for good descriptive work, publishing tips for econometrics, making nice dot charts, and more... blogs.worldbank.org/en/impacteva...

Pink and mauve flyer titled “Women in Economics Across the Nation.” It advertises a Zoom networking event for undergraduate economics students on Wednesday, October 29, with times listed as 5 PM PT, 6 PM MT, 7 PM CT, and 8 PM ET. The left side includes a QR code for registration. The right side describes that students can join alumni breakout rooms featuring speakers from the public sector, private sector, and graduate school, who will share career advice and experiences.

#EconSky Two weeks from tomorrow, the Women in Economics Leadership Network (spearheaded by Janine Wilson at UC Davis) will host our annual virtual networking event! Please share with your students! It is open to ALL.

Register here: ucdavis.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_....

Congratulations to Phillippe Aghion for being (co)awarded the @nobelprize.bsky.social in Economic Sciences!

Last year he delivered our annual Prais Lecture on the economic impact of #AI

If you were not there or haven't watch it back, well worth play catch-up 👇

niesr.ac.uk/event/prais-...

Growing the Field What is the 2025 Nobel Prize in Economics about?

New Substack post: the Nobel Prize goes to an economic historian and two economists of growth trying to answer the question, where do new technologies come from?

someunpleasant.substack.com/p/growing-th...

SAVE THE DATE!

The 2026 Society of Government Economists Annual Conference will be held at American University Washington College of Law on Friday, April 17, 2026.

More info 👇

Stay tuned for the Call for Papers!

🌍 WEBINAR
The Global Economic Impacts of Tariff Wars

📅 Sept 17 | 12–1:30 PM ET
🎤 Dr. Warwick McKibbin (ANU, Peterson Institute, CEPR)

Learn how tariffs reshape economies worldwide-from inflation & employment to trade balances & financial markets-drawing on new Peterson Inst. research.

In our podcasts we like to recommend books and here are some of our recommendations from our latest, including books by Nancy Folbre, Marilyn Waring, @devikadutt.bsky.social @ingridhk.bsky.social, @cacrisalves.bsky.social, @surbhikesar.bsky.social, @timjackson.org.uk & @clubofrome.org. #EconSky

Congrats!

It's been 2 years (+ 1 month) since I left academia. In case anyone is wondering, I have zero regrets. Indeed, I'm living my best life and am so happy I made the leap.

If you're considering leaving too, here are some thoughts on how to explore your options/find a job you'll love...

Opening the Black Box: Task and Skill Mix and Productivity Dispersion Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...

www.nber.org/papers/w30620

Thrilled to receive this #NBER-CRIW volume in the mail today with my chapter on Opening the Black Box: Task and Skill Mix and Productivity Dispersion. #econsky #productivity

Very pleased that our local projections dif-in-dif paper is now out in the Journal of Applied Econometrics. Joint with @dgirardi.bsky.social, Jorda, and Taylor.

It's a tool that we think many applied economists will find useful (indeed many already have).

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With the recent diff-in-diffs upheaval, you may have asked:

When can I get away with using two-way fixed effects?

If so, check out this new working paper!

It proposes tests for differences in dynamic treatment effects over cohorts, which allows you to explore when TWFE is likely to be biased.

Why is caregiving so hard in America? The answers emerge in a new film A new documentary on PBS shows what it's like to care for adult family members and recounts the history of caregiving policy in the U.S. revealing why those caring for family are often on their own.

A new documentary on PBS shows what it's like to care for adult family members and recounts the history of caregiving policy in the U.S. revealing why those caring for family are often on their own.

Summer hours start at 5am

If you have a chance go to Ottolenghi Chelsea.

Terrific news! So happy for you.

"Mothers are more affected by the school year than are fathers."

"During the school year, mothers sleep less, spend more time caring for others, and have less time for eating, free time, and exercise. Fathers experience fewer and mostly smaller changes."

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Difference-in-Differences (DiD) | Training with Prof. Clément de Chaisemartin - YouTube Join Prof. Clément de Chaisemartin in this in-depth training on Difference-in-Differences (DiD) — a powerful econometric tool for causal inference and policy...

Great course with Clement De Chaisemartin on difference-in-differences methods:

youtube.com/playlist?lis...

##EconSky 📉📈

www.sge-econ.org/2025/04/26/t...

Opinion | Dads Are Spending More Time With Their Kids Post-Pandemic Dads started spending more time with their kids and realized they liked it.

Exciting new article by Jessica Grose on American dads & the time they spend with their kids using data from the Care Board! www.nytimes.com/2025/04/30/o...

I've added 43 new tips to my book, bringing the total to 140.

You can download "Quick Stata Tips" and the accompanying .do file for free at toddrjones.com/quickstatati....

ATTN ECONOMISTS: Looking to advance your research?
Submit to SGE@ASSA Sessions before May 2nd!📝⭐️

JOE is still open for posting jobs! It's one of the things we, the AEA committee on the job market, would like to officially encourage especially given the current environment
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The Care Board: A New Tool for Understanding the Care Economy

Check out our new blog post about how to use The Care Board! Explore care statistics across life stages, understand our methodology, and download data for your research and advocacy work. thecareboard.ku.edu/blogs/care-b...

Congratulations to Grace Wahba for winning the 2025 International Prize in Statistics, in recognition of her ground-breaking work on smoothing splines, which has transformed modern data analysis and machine learning 👏👏👏

Read more: rss.org.uk/news-publica...

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