Every day, companies around the world make millions of decisions that shape the world we live in. For Professor Ezra Oberfield studying these decisions is crucial to furthering our understanding of economic growth. bit.ly/42IIsNH

Dredging up an old tweet (thanks Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham!) I had saved to ask: is there something like this for relatively recent economics "top" journal articles (top defined loosely)? Trying to show grad students what applied methodologies are common.

I am planning to host an event at SOLE for attendees who are interested in the economics of crime. If you will be at SOLE and this sounds like you and you haven’t heard from me already can you drop me a line?

Congrats CJARS and Mike Mueller-Smith 🏳️‍🌈. Cannot wait to dig in!

This super thorough paper uses multiple natural experiments + incredible administrative data to measure how sealing criminal records affects employment (FCRA rules and Clean Slate policies). Punchline: if you care about this issue, it's probably time to look for other options.

Hope you enjoy this podcast covering our new NBER WP on criminal record remediation policies and employment: nber.org/papers/w32394 I am trying for the Probable Causation 5-timers club jacket, which Jennifer Doleac promises will be a thing!

Grateful to Philadelphia DAO for their help with this project. The DATA Lab is a model for practitioner-researcher collaborations! Check them out!

Listen to this excellent Probable Causation podcast episode with Amanda Agan and host Jennifer Doleac. Fascinating results! probablecausation.com/podcasts/episo…

HCEO member Amanda Agan and colleagues find consistent evidence that removing a criminal offense from records does not improve labor market outcomes. Gig work through online platforms is an exception. nber.org/papers/w32394

We are very excited to kick-off the BEDI Conference 2024! May 31- Jun 2 We have an amazing set of speakers lined up. Check out the conference program below. bediconference.org

Forthcoming in AER: Insights: "The Labor Market Impacts of Reducing Felony Convictions" by Amanda Agan, Andy Garin, Dmitri Koustas, Alex Mas, & Crystal Yang aeaweb.org/articles?id=10…

Really appreciated this thoughtful and expansive review of Shadows of Doubt by Amanda Agan, much more than a review really, covers a lot of interesting ground

Also you can BE the organizer at the conference! If nothing is happening then just shout “meet at the bar at 5pm” or wherever, send everyone an email. Everyone is always looking for places to go or to know what others are doing. If there are no plans YOU can make it happen!

Forthcoming in JOLE: "Do less informative college admission exams reduce earnings inequality? Evidence from Colombia" by Evan Riehl journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/72… Chicago Journals #EconTwitter