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Kasey Buckles @kaseybuckles.bsky.social · Nov 21

🤩 Women and non-binary senior economists--CSWEP has a new event and we want you there!

We will be hosting a Reception for Senior Economists in San Antonio on Jan. 6. Come for an evening of community & celebration.

Co-sponsored by the Dallas Fed. Details & registration below. @aeacswep.bsky.social

American Economic Association

www.aeaweb.org

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Elaine Hill 📈📉 @elainelhill.bsky.social · Apr 22

thanks @kaseybuckles.bsky.social !!

Elaine Hill 📈📉 @elainelhill.bsky.social · Apr 22

If you have NCHS restricted natality data and don't want to painstakenly deal with the changing file structures over time-- check out this resource!

Florencia Torche @ftorche.bsky.social · Apr 16

** Researchers using US Natality Data: Code to read & label restricted-access CDC natality data into Stata/R now includes 2019–2023 (in addition to 2010–18): florenciatorche.github.io/ReadNatality...
Please share—no need for us all to write the same code!
Thanks to @RussellSageFdn for funding

Reading Natality Data

florenciatorche.github.io

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Elaine Hill 📈📉 @elainelhill.bsky.social · Apr 21

I just received updated restricted access NCHS natality (birth records) files through 2023. Does anyone have their code that they used to harmonize the files across years that they could share?

#EconSky #healthpolicy

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Elaine Hill 📈📉 @elainelhill.bsky.social · Apr 21

We are still considering candidates-- please apply!

#econsky #healthpolicy #hsr

Elaine Hill 📈📉 @elainelhill.bsky.social · Mar 6

We are hiring! HSR, health policy, health Econ

jobs.academyhealth.org/jobs/view/as...

Happy to chat!

#econsky #policysky

jobs.academyhealth.org

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Florencia Torche @ftorche.bsky.social · Apr 16

** Researchers using US Natality Data: Code to read & label restricted-access CDC natality data into Stata/R now includes 2019–2023 (in addition to 2010–18): florenciatorche.github.io/ReadNatality...
Please share—no need for us all to write the same code!
Thanks to @RussellSageFdn for funding

Reading Natality Data

florenciatorche.github.io

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Leya @leyamohsin.bsky.social · Mar 14

🚨red alert 🚨 for education researchers!

#edusky #econsky

AERA @aeraedresearch.bsky.social · Mar 14

AERA has just learned that all restricted-use NCES data licenses will be cancelled, possibly as early as March 20. We urgently request that all AERA members and others in the research community with restricted-use licenses take these two actions: www.aera.net/Research-Pol...

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AERA @aeraedresearch.bsky.social · Mar 14

AERA has just learned that all restricted-use NCES data licenses will be cancelled, possibly as early as March 20. We urgently request that all AERA members and others in the research community with restricted-use licenses take these two actions: www.aera.net/Research-Pol...

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Elaine Hill 📈📉 @elainelhill.bsky.social · Mar 14

Please apply!

#healthpolicy #econsky

Elaine Hill 📈📉 @elainelhill.bsky.social · Mar 6

We are hiring! HSR, health policy, health Econ

jobs.academyhealth.org/jobs/view/as...

Happy to chat!

#econsky #policysky

jobs.academyhealth.org

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Julian Reif @julianreif.bsky.social · Mar 7

The 2025 Midwest Health Economics Conference will be held at Notre Dame, September 4-5. Paper submissions are due by May 15. This is a fantastic conference, you can submit your papers here:
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Elaine Hill 📈📉 @elainelhill.bsky.social · Mar 6

We are hiring! HSR, health policy, health Econ

jobs.academyhealth.org/jobs/view/as...

Happy to chat!

#econsky #policysky

jobs.academyhealth.org

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ClimateFran @climatefran.bsky.social · Mar 6

The Virtual Seminar on Climate Economics - always a highlight of my week - is moving to @cepr.org. A great line-up of upcoming speakers, beginning with Redfin's @hatethegamebook.com on March 20th.

Sign up here to register for the webinars: cepr.org/events/event...

#EconSky

Virtual Seminar on Climate Economics

The Virtual Seminar on Climate Economics is open to those interested in academic research on the economic implications of climate-related issues.

cepr.org

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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · Mar 5

#EconConf #EconSky
It's that time again. Papers by researchers with and without NBER affiliations, by early career scholars, and by researchers from under-represented groups, are welcome.
conference.nber.org/confsubmit/b...

Submission: Summer Institute 2025, Page 1 of 2 - MyNBERNBER: National Bureau of Economic Research

conference.nber.org

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UR CTSI @ur-ctsi.bsky.social · Feb 24

For #HeartMonth we're highlighting #HeartHealth researchers.

With UR CTSI pilot funding, Julie Ryan Wolf, PhD, MPH, & @elainelhill.bsky.social are examining patient 'care paths' (sequences of healthcare events) to understand racial inequities among older adults with chronic heart or lung disease.

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Shooshan Danagoulian @shooshan.bsky.social · Dec 10

Health #EconSky 📉📈 I am looking for someone who has worked with the CPS ASEC data and can tell me about the health insurance questions and all the ways it breaks down in 2014. Looking for advice on how to work with it. Suggest papers to read and personal experience too.

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Michael L. Barnett @mlbarnett.bsky.social · Dec 5

hi #EconSky - my grad student and I have a disparities-themed abstract to submit to ASHEcon and are looking for a panel - anyone need another abstract?

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AEA Information @aeainformation.bsky.social · Dec 5

The AEA Summer Fellows Program application portal is now open. #econsky aeaweb.org/about-aea/co...

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Built In Buffalo @builtinbuffalo.bsky.social · Dec 2

It’s a rebuild year, they said. It’s the Jets division in 2024, they said.

#Bills | #BillsMafia | #GoBills | #SFvsBUF | #BuiltInBuffalo

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Elaine Hill 📈📉 @elainelhill.bsky.social · Nov 30

If I am taking them seriously and I have mentored 50 students, then 2%-tile is the top student, right? 5% is the top 2.5 students? Do partial students count?

Also, there were schools that have "exceptional" and "outstanding" as the top %tile and others that the highest I can go is "very good" 😝

Elaine Hill 📈📉 @elainelhill.bsky.social · Nov 30

still see you... and me...😝

it's not just the writing of the letters-- it takes me an unmentionable amount of time to submit each one

Elaine Hill 📈📉 @elainelhill.bsky.social · Nov 28

All you mentors out there-- I see you-- scrambling to write great letters for PhD applications before Dec 1.

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Elaine Hill 📈📉 @elainelhill.bsky.social · Nov 28

All you mentors out there-- I see you-- scrambling to write great letters for PhD applications before Dec 1.

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Elaine Hill 📈📉 @elainelhill.bsky.social · Nov 27

Wondered the same. And even though I do google docs fine, I for the life of me cannot get people to initiate new google docs in a folder structure I have created in our shared folder 🫣

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Tyler Simko @simko.bsky.social · Nov 25

Thanks @mirya.bsky.social! See descriptives on when / where nationally salient partisan language appears in local politics (“climate change,” “gun control,” etc.). Identifiably partisan language is (1) common, (2) especially in larger cities, and (3) local D / R “slant” correlates with pres. vote.

Figure shows the relationship between the number of time members of Congress use certain partisan phrases, and how often those phrases are used in local government meetings.

Plot shows city-level distributions of partisan language in local political meetings.

Two figures showing patterns in the appearance of partisan language in local government meetings. Nationally salient terms are used more often in large places. The “slant” of partisan language that leans Democratic or Republican is correlated with local presidential voting patterns.

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Martin Lukk @martinlukk.bsky.social · Nov 25

PSA: Grad students can sign up for a GitHub Education account and get free unlimited access to GitHub Co-Pilot. It plugs in directly to RStudio and is extremely handy. #rstats

Students - GitHub Education

GitHub is where people build software. More than 100 million people use GitHub to discover, fork, and contribute to over 420 million projects.

github.com

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CJ Libassi @clibassi.bsky.social · Nov 24

Okay, I made an updated version of the guide "Python Packages for Applied Economists" to reorganize a bit, incorporate suggestions, and put it on Github like a grownup: github.com/clibassi/pyt...

Comments welcome!

GitHub - clibassi/python-packages-for-applied-economists: A curated collection of Python packages for applied economists, organized by functionality to support econometric analysis, data management, v...

A curated collection of Python packages for applied economists, organized by functionality to support econometric analysis, data management, visualization, and specialized tasks. - clibassi/python-...

github.com

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Brad Shapiro @btshapir.bsky.social · Nov 24

Now that I seem to have gotten new followers interested in my editor takes,

If you're asked to do a referee report and you're not sure if you have enough time, just quickly reply to the editor that you don't have time. Do not let the request languish.

Ghosting a request is the worst option.

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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · Nov 23

New feed just dropped!

A place to find or discuss social science funding opportunities. Aggregates posts that include #FundSocSci.

If you see opportunities to share, post with #FundSocSci. Pin feed to browse.

Envisioned by & co-moderated @judychevalier.bsky.social.
bsky.app/profile/did:...

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Bhash Mazumder @bhashmazumder.bsky.social · Nov 23

Ok, I tried making a starter pack on intergenerational mobility. I'm sure I've missed many folks so please let me know if you want to be added: go.bsky.app/DvGG8zV

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Arrianna Marie Planey, PhD MA @arrianna-planey.bsky.social · Nov 23

#thread with great grant writing tips

Felicity Enders, PhD, MPH @felicityenders.bsky.social · Nov 23

As a grant reviewer, what do you really wish people would do/not do?

Not big things, like find a significant question/innovative method/be consistent with aims

Little things, like bold each acronym the first time it’s used.

Add your pet peeves ⬇️
#HiddenCurriculum #Research

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Zoë McLaren, PhD @zoemclaren.bsky.social · Nov 23

We should start using the #ASHEcon2025 hashtag now to facilitate finding papers for organized sessions.

I’m organizing a session on economic outcomes related to disability, long covid, chronic illness.

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