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Danila Serra @danilaserra-eco.bsky.social · 6d

As my sabbatical visit to BU ends, I say goodbye to all the wonderful Boston-based people who have welcome me.

Ending the semester with a classic:
#selfiewithsue
@dynarski.bsky.social

Caitlin Myers @caitlinmyers.bsky.social · 7d

Applications are OPEN for CSWEP’s 2026 CeMENT Mentoring Workshop! 🎉 Come get feedback on your research, practical advice for navigating the tenure track, and a community that will lift you up.

Details & application here 👉 www.aeaweb.org/about-aea/co...

@aeacswep.bsky.social #EconSky

CeMENT: Mentoring for Junior Faculty

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Anna Stansbury @annastansbury.bsky.social · 14d

Tight labor markets in the last decade reduced US community college enrollment.

Super interesting pic here showing just how countercyclical community college enrollment is (as compared to basically non-cyclical 4 year college enrollment)

From @joshua-goodman.com & Winkelman new NBER WP

Joshua Goodman @joshua-goodman.com · 14d

Community college enrollment has been declining since 2009/10. The optimal policy response to this depends on the root of this decline.

I'm thrilled @nber.org today released my working paper with Harvard PhD Joe Winkelmann titled:

"Labor Market Strength and Declining Community College Enrollment"

CSWEP @aeacswep.bsky.social · 20d

CSWEP News Issue IV, "Focus on Fertility" by @caitlinmyers.bsky.social is out now. www.aeaweb.org/content/file...

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Danila Serra @danilaserra-eco.bsky.social · 26d

Stay tuned for follow-up, where we conduct an RCT involving vulnerable women in this area - half abducted as children - to assess the impact of:

1) cash only

2) cash+group life-skill training

3) cash+group mental health counseling

W/ @eeshani.bsky.social & @mirandainez.bsky.social

David Evans @daveevansphd.bsky.social · 26d

What's the long-term impact of being abducted during an armed conflict? editorialexpress.com/cgi-bin/conf... In Uganda, 20 years after the conflict: "Formerly abducted women still exhibit significantly higher rates of depression and perceived stress, heightened stress responses..."

Danila Serra @danilaserra-eco.bsky.social · 26d

Thanks @daveevansphd.bsky.social !

The most challenging fieldwork, but such important (and sad) findings.

Plugging @mirandainez.bsky.social who has done more work on men & women who were abducted as children. She studies how this childhood trauma impacts IPV later in life #econjobmarket

David Evans @daveevansphd.bsky.social · 26d

What's the long-term impact of being abducted during an armed conflict? editorialexpress.com/cgi-bin/conf... In Uganda, 20 years after the conflict: "Formerly abducted women still exhibit significantly higher rates of depression and perceived stress, heightened stress responses..."

David Evans @daveevansphd.bsky.social · 26d

What's the long-term impact of being abducted during an armed conflict? editorialexpress.com/cgi-bin/conf... In Uganda, 20 years after the conflict: "Formerly abducted women still exhibit significantly higher rates of depression and perceived stress, heightened stress responses..."

Danila Serra @danilaserra-eco.bsky.social · Nov 13

Mechanisms?
@mirandainez collected original data & conducted lab-in-the-field experiments:

‼️Poor mental health of abducted women ⬆️ victimization

‼️Low social status associated w/ abduction ⬆️

‼️Shared history of trauma ⬆️ empathy & ⬇️ violence

Interested?
Interview her!

(Fin)

Danila Serra @danilaserra-eco.bsky.social · Nov 13

🚨Some of @mirandainez’s most striking findings are:

1) Women who were abducted as children are between 50 and 100% more likely to be victims of severe violence

2) Having a spouse who shares the abduction trauma mitigates the risk of severe violence

Why? [3/n]

Danila Serra @danilaserra-eco.bsky.social · Nov 13

As many boys & girls were abducted in Uganda in the 80s and 90s but later returned, @mirandainez is able to look at how own & partner’s trauma interact in determining IPV.

Through fieldwork in a very difficult setting she studies married abducted/not-abducted men & women.[2/n]

Danila Serra @danilaserra-eco.bsky.social · Nov 13

📣Job Candidate Alert🚨

I am @mirandainez.bsky.social’s co-chair at TAMU Econ w/ @eckelc.bsky.social

Her JMP is a super interesting analysis of the impacts of childhood victimization on domestic violence in adulthood, leveraging the quasi-randomness of child abductions in Uganda in 80s & 90s [1/n]

Miranda Lambert @mirandainez.bsky.social · Nov 12

I'm on the #EconJobMarket!🥳 My research examines how childhood trauma from violence shapes household violence in adulthood. My #EconJMP asks: How do trauma histories interact with their partners' experiences to shape intimate partner violence and violence against children? 🧵

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1g0MKAJeczm5NYjduWR-gRAi2phErgDcG/view?usp=drive_link

Miranda Lambert @mirandainez.bsky.social · Nov 12

I'm on the #EconJobMarket!🥳 My research examines how childhood trauma from violence shapes household violence in adulthood. My #EconJMP asks: How do trauma histories interact with their partners' experiences to shape intimate partner violence and violence against children? 🧵

chloe gibbs @chloergibbs.bsky.social · Nov 7

📣 BUT IS IT ECONOMICS?

*New at EJ* “Research Similarity and Women in Academia,” Piera Bello, Alessandra Casarico & @deboranozza.bsky.social, on role of research similarity btw applicants & selection committees for academic promotions, and the implications for gender diversity: tinyurl.com/mrd8cpkf

Screenshot of abstract of paper:
We investigate the extent to which research similarity between senior and junior researchers is related to promotion in academia and study implications for gender diversity among academic staff. Using data on the universe of job applications for tenure track assistant professor positions in economics in Italy, and applying NLP techniques (i.e., document embeddings) to the abstract of each publication of the scholars in our dataset, we propose a novel measure of research similarity that can capture the closeness in research topics, methodologies or policy relevance between candidates and members of selection committees. We show that the degree of similarity is strongly associated with the probability of winning. Moreover, while there are no gender differences in mean similarity, the maximum similarity with selection committee members is lower for female candidates. This gender gap disappears when similarity is calculated focusing only on female committee members. The results suggest that similarity bias in male-dominated environments may have implications for gender and research diversity.

Melissa Gentry @melissadgentry.bsky.social · Nov 7

I am excited to announce I am on the #EconJobMarket this year! 🎉 My research explores economic barriers for people with disabilities at the intersection of labor, public, and health economics.

My #EconJMP examines how reliable transportation transforms outcomes for this population. 🧵1/6

Photo shows the title page for an academic paper titled "Driving Inclusion: The Effect of Improved Transportation for People with Disabilities" by Melissa Gentry.

The abstract is as follows: People with disabilities face substantial barriers to economic and social participation. I explore the extent to which these barriers are overcome by the availability of reliable and flexible transportation, which may serve as ``reliability insurance'' in case other modes of transit fail. Leveraging the roll-out of Uber, I use a stacked difference-in-differences approach to show that the availability of reliable and flexible transportation leads to improvements in social and economic participation through increased marriage rates and labor force participation, and reduced reliance on public assistance. The reduction in public assistance outweighs expected rideshare costs, lending support to the recent push towards public-private partnerships in the transportation space.

Danila Serra @danilaserra-eco.bsky.social · Nov 2

Congratulations to my former student Daniel Gomez-Vasquez!

Very proud advisor over here🎉🎉🎉
#econsky

American Society of Hispanic Economists @asheassa.bsky.social · Oct 31

The American Society of Hispanic Economists (ASHE) is pleased to recognize Dr. Daniel Gómez-Vásquez, Assistant Professor of Economics at the College of the Holy Cross, as the recipient of the 2025 ASHE Dissertation Award.
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The American Society of Hispanic Economists (ASHE) is pleased to recognize Dr. Daniel Gómez-Vásquez, Assistant Professor of Economics at the College of the Holy Cross, as the recipient of the 2025… | ...

The American Society of Hispanic Economists (ASHE) is pleased to recognize Dr. Daniel Gómez-Vásquez, Assistant Professor of Economics at the College of the Holy Cross, as the recipient of the 2025 ASH...

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American Society of Hispanic Economists @asheassa.bsky.social · Oct 31

The American Society of Hispanic Economists (ASHE) is pleased to recognize Dr. Daniel Gómez-Vásquez, Assistant Professor of Economics at the College of the Holy Cross, as the recipient of the 2025 ASHE Dissertation Award.
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The American Society of Hispanic Economists (ASHE) is pleased to recognize Dr. Daniel Gómez-Vásquez, Assistant Professor of Economics at the College of the Holy Cross, as the recipient of the 2025… | ...

The American Society of Hispanic Economists (ASHE) is pleased to recognize Dr. Daniel Gómez-Vásquez, Assistant Professor of Economics at the College of the Holy Cross, as the recipient of the 2025 ASH...

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Danila Serra @danilaserra-eco.bsky.social · Oct 26

This was a fantastic conference that I was lucky to participate in.
Thanks to @alexeble.bsky.social @ashleyywong.bsky.social and the other organizers. I learned a lot!

Alex Eble @alexeble.bsky.social · Oct 24

Happening now here at @barnardcollege.bsky.social: the second incarnation of the Gender in the Global Economy Conference.

Program attached - more updates to come!

Alex Eble @alexeble.bsky.social · Oct 24

Happening now here at @barnardcollege.bsky.social: the second incarnation of the Gender in the Global Economy Conference.

Program attached - more updates to come!

NOVAFRICA @novafrica.bsky.social · Oct 14

🚀 Applications are open for the #PhD in #Economics at @NovaSBE !

Shape the future of #DevelopmentEconomics with hands-on research, full funding and collaboration with NOVAFRICA researchers.

🔗 Apply: www.novasbe.unl.pt/en/programs/...
🔗 More about NOVAFRICA: novafrica.org

Danila Serra @danilaserra-eco.bsky.social · Aug 13

Looking forward to participating in the BIG Forum event at @biglabnd.bsky.social next month!

BIG Lab @biglabnd.bsky.social · Aug 13

The Building Inclusive Growth (BIG) Forum is September 25-26 at Notre Dame. We'll have talks by @danilaserra-eco.bsky.social @deankarlan.bsky.social @tedmiguel.bsky.social @novosad.bsky.social and @taryndinkelman.bsky.social. #econsky
Register now! 👇

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BIG Lab @biglabnd.bsky.social · Aug 13

The Building Inclusive Growth (BIG) Forum is September 25-26 at Notre Dame. We'll have talks by @danilaserra-eco.bsky.social @deankarlan.bsky.social @tedmiguel.bsky.social @novosad.bsky.social and @taryndinkelman.bsky.social. #econsky
Register now! 👇

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Laura K Gee @laurakgee.bsky.social · Jul 27

Seeing co-authors (@amandayagan.bsky.social‬ Bo Cowgill Jonathan Meer) IN PERSON, seeing my @aeacswep.bsky.social Mid-Career mentoring buddy (@danilaserra-eco.bsky.social) and CeMent mentee (Amanda Chuan), and all sorts of other shenanigans that won't be posted here

Laura K Gee @laurakgee.bsky.social · Jul 27

Another great @nber.org summer institute has come and gone. Highlights were a great dinner with the crowd from Children/Families

Danila Serra @danilaserra-eco.bsky.social · Jun 24

Thank you to all who replied. I got the data I needed!

Danila Serra @danilaserra-eco.bsky.social · Jun 24

#EconSky

Does anybody have DHS data for Bangladesh?

Or is there a webpage where somebody managed to save previously available DHS data?

Thank you for your help!

Danila Serra @danilaserra-eco.bsky.social · Jun 24

#EconSky

Does anybody have DHS data for Bangladesh?

Or is there a webpage where somebody managed to save previously available DHS data?

Thank you for your help!

Joshua Goodman @joshua-goodman.com · Jun 11

Re-upping my advice about how to write a good title and abstract for an academic paper, appropriately called:

"How to Write a Title and Abstract"

Feel free to share this thread, which will focus on titles.

#EconSky #AcademicSky

Dean Yang @deanyang.bsky.social · Jun 6

Great overview by @um-psc.bsky.social of our new review in @science.org about brain gain!

#EconSky #Migration

UM Population Studies Center @um-psc.bsky.social · Jun 6

👀 Smaller, lower-income countries often rue the loss of high-skilled workers who emigrate for greater opportunities, but PSC's @deanyang.bsky.social @umfordschool.bsky.social et al find this out-migration often comes with positive feedback loops for countries of origin. myumi.ch/rAwer #EconSky

As India responded to international demand for IT workers, more people acquired skills than emigrated-- raising the number of people with those skills at home.

Danila Serra @danilaserra-eco.bsky.social · May 30

I gave a keynote address today at the AEA CTREE conference and I used my hands A LOT!

(My husband was in the audience for the first time ever, and took photographic evidence of my insane use of Italian hands!🤷‍♀️)

Danila Serra @danilaserra-eco.bsky.social · May 8

In Palo Alto for a talk and so glad I was able to see Kalena last night (despite flight cancellations and rescheduling)

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