Forthcoming in AEJ: Macroeconomics: "The Geography of Consumption and Local Economic Shocks: The Case of the Great Recession" by Abe Dunn and Mahsa Gholizadeh. aeaweb.org/articles?id=10…

📢1/9 New NBER with Sabrina Wulff Pabilonia!📢 'Paid sick leave & childcare' We study the impact of recent state paid sick leave mandates on childcare provision👇 nber.org/papers/w32710?…

Paid sick leave continues to be the low intensity policy that makes a meaningful impact for working families. Looking forward to digging into this new paper from Catherine Maclean (@jcmecon.bsky.social) and Sabrina Wulff Pabilonia ⬇️

State paid sick leave mandates increase parental time spent providing childcare by 4.9 percent, from Catherine Maclean (@jcmecon.bsky.social) and Sabrina Wulff Pabilonia nber.org/papers/w32710

Excited to learn that my and Rebecca Hsu's paper on unemployment insurance generosity and intimate partner violence was just conditionally accepted at the Review of Economics of the Household #REHO. Below is a short thread describing the results. 1/6

New user-friendly care economy statistics coming soon...

.Cecilia Rouse's 2024M NBER Martin Feldstein Lecture: Lessons for Economists from the Pandemic. VIDEO youtu.be/0wqQWcq1CWo?si… The Brookings Institution

The latest Journal of Economic Perspectives issue has 3 fascinating articles on how economics can better attract a wider set of students than it has been. aeaweb.org/issues/773 The articles are...

How does paid sick leave impact parents? Catherine Maclean (@jcmecon.bsky.social) of George Mason University and Sabrina Wulff Pabilonia of BLS-Labor Statistics find parents in areas with mandatory paid sick leave worked fewer minutes and spent almost 5% more time on childcare. Read more in the Week in Review. buff.ly/3LS83MA

I'm very happy to see this finally published at JEBO👇 We show that reducing visa barriers via the Conrad 30 Waiver program boosts the supply of foreign physicians in underserved U.S. areas. No evidence of crowding out U.S.-trained doctors. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

🛜🔔REGISTER NOW for a panel on Broadband and Economics with Dr. James Prieger on Mon, Aug 19th 🛜 Access to broadband―high-speed internet service―is essential for economic growth. Dr. Prieger will explore the economic impacts of the broadband industry and the NTIA BEAD program

Don't miss your chance to apply for the CSWEP 2025 CeMENT workshops, which aim to mentor junior faculty! Sign up by August 15 at aeaweb.org/about-aea/comm….

SGE Seminar on September 18th @ 12:00pm ET - Career Trajectories and Earnings Gap in the Government: Evidence from Research - mailchi.mp/ec4e02553ab4/s…

CORRECTED: SGE Seminar on September 18th @ 12:00pm ET - Career Trajectories and Earnings Gap in the Government: Evidence from Research - mailchi.mp/801614f04e8a/s…

Got the exciting news that our paper "Zooming to Class" is out in print today! During the Pandemic, Department of Social Sciences at West Point allowed us to randomize cadets to online of F2F class sections. We found that Covid online learning had large negative effects on outcomes. aeaweb.org/articles?id=10…

Society of Government Economists will be holding their annual conference Friday April 4, 2025 at American University. Save the Date!

Now is the time to apply for the many initiatives launched by the AEA to promote diversity and inclusion in the economics profession. Grants, awards, and other opportunities are available! For more information, visit aeaweb.org/about-aea/comm….

Gotta love how detailed US economic data is—ever wanted to know what bowling alley labor productivity looks like? Well, here you go!

Thank you Schar School for the great summary of joint work with Rahi Abouk Sungbin Park & #JohnEarle🙏 We study the impacts of #Covid vaccine mandates on employment in the healthcare industry schar.gmu.edu/news/2024-09/n…

🙏Thanks so much to Courtney Vinopal at HR Brew ☕️ for doing a wonderful job covering a recent NBER joint with Sabrina Wulff Pabilonia on paid sick leave & childcare!🙏 We find that state paid sick leave policies ⬆️ childcare provision by families 👇 hr-brew.com/stories/2024/0…