Trump told donors he will crush pro-Palestinian protests, deport demonstrators washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/…

Removing a previously obtained criminal record does not improve labor market outcomes, on avg, w/ the exception of participation in gig work through online platforms.

Harris Policy's Dmitri Koustas, Amanda Agan, Andy Garin, Alexandre Mas, & Crystal Yang.

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Martha Fiehn It's not surprising to me and it's not surprising that it's surprising to you (for good reason!) and I think this fact is coloring a lot of the discussion of the Experiment

Very proud of our student Sakshi Bhardwaj! Sorry I couldn’t be there to celebrate!

Fortunate and grateful to have had the opportunity to be advised by an amazing team of advisors! Huge thanks to Ben Marx, Andy Garin, Mark Borgschulte, and the Econ faculty at University of Illinois

Wage insurance, which subsidizes trade-displaced workers reemployed at a lower wage, shortens unemployment durations, increases long-term earnings, and is self-financing, from Ben Hyman, Brian K. Kovak, and Adam Leive nber.org/papers/w32464

My first publication as lead author! Have a look!

We are hosting a conference on housing research at Notre Dame this October! Ed Glaeser will be the keynote speaker. Submit papers by June 30 at this link:

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Very excited to finally share our draft “Wage Insurance for Displaced Workers” w/ Brian Kovak & Adam Leive, on the effects of a novel US social insurance program targeting workers displaced by structural economic shocks---wage insurance (WI). Link: nber.org/papers/w32464 /1

This is a really useful chart for thinking about wage & hours violations - it's easy to assume these are just as simple as straight underpayment, but often it's other things - work after clocking out, not getting tips, pay deductions for training or uniform, etc

1/8 – New research from Shift finds that labor standards violations are extremely common in the California service sector @DannyJSchneider kristen harknett David Weil Harvard Kennedy School Malcolm Wiener Center for Social Policy: shift.hks.harvard.edu/compliance-and…

I think this is the best first year academic advice thread I’ve ever read. Ten years in for me and I’m a hard agree on all of it.

In the spirit of the olden days of #EconTwitter , I thought I’d write down some notes on finishing up my first year on the tenure track (in a liberal arts setting) in economics. These will be in no particular order and kind of stream of conscious. Let’s have a convo about it! 1/N

The Kobeissi Letter BLS is not removing coffee from the Consumer Price Index. Because of changes in the way items (such as coffee) are packaged, we sometimes discontinue specific package size categories. Indexes and average price data for coffee are still being published. data.bls.gov/timeseries/APU…

Joe Biden can turn the race around by embracing aughts Canadian indie rock — Broken Social Scene, New Pornographers, Metric, Stars, Feist, Destroyer — it’s the agenda America needs.

Many renters spend 30% of their incomes on rent, why?

You, a normal person: rent too high

Me, who got an B+ in first year microeconomics:

Cobb-Douglas preferences, alpha on housing=.3

Episode 105: Amanda Agan on how sealing criminal records affects employment.

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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!

Sealing criminal records from employer background checks has a limited impact on employment rates and earnings, from @amandayagan, Andy Garin, Dmitri Koustas, Alex Mas, and Crystal Yang nber.org/papers/w32394

The 'increase in gig work' apparent in tax data seems to reflect a change in taxpayer reporting behavior, not an actual change in the amount of gig work happening in the economy.

New NBER paper by Andy Garin Emilie Jackson & Dmitri Koustas.

nber.org/papers/w32368