New in AEA Journals: Prof. Rucker Johnson leverages the staggered roll-out of California’s school funding reform + age cutoffs for Transitional Kindergarten to investigate how public pre-K expansions and increased funding improve learning outcomes: buff.ly/3VGV7xV

ICYMI: our event on cash assistance & child well-being with Urban Institute featured a compelling keynote conversation with Michael Bennet!

🎥Check out the event recording to revisit his remarks: youtu.be/QedrjML2pSQ?t=…

In a new white paper, Prof. Rucker Johnson and Ary Amerikaner unpack how school integration is inextricably linked to the equitable provision of school resources and emphasize the need for a recommitment to integrated & well-resourced public schools.

Read it here:
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How do firm strategies around bargaining for workers influence wages? Findings from Sydnee Caldwell, Ingrid Haegele, & Jörg Heining suggest that market factors predict firm strategies better than firm characteristics: buff.ly/3yMGfpT

'I've worked in various capacities with CSHE for almost 25 years, and am deeply honored to have the opportunity to lead it” Congrats to our colleague Jesse Rothstein on his appointment as director of UC Berkeley Center for Studies in Higher Education: gspp.berkeley.edu/research-and-i…

Congratulations Hadar Avivi 🎗, recipient of the 2024 Award for Excellence in Research on Economic Inequality! Presented by O-Lab + UC Berkeley James M. and Cathleen D. Stone Center, the prize honors the best dissertation on economic inequality & opportunity.

We can’t wait to see what you do next Princeton Economics UCL Economics!

Last week’s webinar with Urban Institute on cash assistance for children featured compelling remarks from Michael Bennet, insightful conversations between policy practitioners, + exciting new research.

Check out this Spotlight on Poverty spotlight to learn more:
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Great new piece on positive long-term impacts of food stamps (now SNAP) on children, including reduced crime and increased life expectancy. Provides more evidence to support investments in social safety net. academic.oup.com/restud/article…

By Martha Bailey Hilary Hoynes Maya Rossin-Slater

🔔Today at 10AM PDT: with the help of leading researchers, policymakers, & practitioners, we’ll explore how programs like the #CTC & #EITC can support better outcomes for families with children.

Register now to tune into our webinar w/ Urban Institute:
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The effects of corporate tax cuts depend on how tax burdens are passed on, writes Howard Gleckman in Tax Policy Center.

Read the full article featuring research from Gabriel Zucman:

How can researchers + practitioners foster partnerships to advance evidence-based cash assistance programs? Don’t miss a panel ft. Dr. Mona, Luke Shaefer, Aparna Ramesh, + Jesse Rothstein at our May 23 webinar with Urban Institute: buff.ly/3UXxXnt

Today, May 17th, marks the 70th Anniversary of the landmark Brown v Board of Education ruling. As we commemorate & highlight the continued work needed to reclaim the promise of Brown, I’m pleased to share this newly-released paper (w/Ary Amerikaner)

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After an early-stage rejection in the patent application process, women are 3.6-6.9 percentage points less likely to continue than men, accounting for >50% of the issued patent gender gap, find A.A. Oren Reshef Gauri Subramani in The MIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social: direct.mit.edu/rest/article-a…

Join us on 5/23 to hear from Michael Tubbs, Founder Mayors for a Guaranteed Income, and Natalie Foster, President Economic Security Project, at our upcoming webinar with Urban Institute! Don’t miss this exciting fireside chat moderated by Jason DeParle – register now:
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🔍What evidence do we have on long-term effects of cash benefits? Tune in to our 5/23 webinar to hear Lisa A. Gennetian, Katherine Rittenhouse The LBJ School, & Kevin Werner Urban Institute present work on how economic support can promote child well-being. olab.berkeley.edu/olab-events/ur…

What are the limitations of using state UI wage records to evaluate employment + training programs? Hilary Hoynes, Mark van Dok, + Cynthia Miller find that using in-state data misses more workers in the long term as people relocate.

Read the MDRC report:
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