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Marianne Bitler 🏳️‍🌈

@mpbitler.bsky.social

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bi+, she/her/hers. Economist. My personal opinions. I study the safety net, health, education, & econ. demography. @nberpubs, @IZA_Bonn, .

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Population Association of America @popassocamerica.bsky.social · Feb 1

PAA and the Association of Population Centers express alarm about recent events in which federal agencies have been purging scientific and statistical data from publicly available portals and websites. Read our full statement: www.populationassociation.org/blogs/paa-we...

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Marianne Bitler 🏳️‍🌈 @mpbitler.bsky.social · Jun 29

Inspiring trans rally in Arkansas this weekend. For pride, be an ally to your trans/NB/GNC people.

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AEA Information @aeainformation.bsky.social · May 13

The slate of candidates for the 2025 AEA election has been announced. Balloting will open on August 1, 2025. #econsky www.aeaweb.org/news/2025-ae...

Slate of Candidates for the 2025 AEA Election

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nicolemaestas.bsky.social @nicolemaestas.bsky.social · Mar 2

Urge congressional leaders to restore funding for SSA's Retirement and Disability Research Consortium. Read and sign the letter here:

Individual: form.jotform.com/250574954215...
Organization: form.jotform.com/250574414595...

Individual Sign-on to PAA SSA Letter

Please click the link to complete this form.

form.jotform.com

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Julian Reif @julianreif.bsky.social · Feb 10

..."These changes are far ranging and if they are not reversed they will have very important consequences for NIH-funded research generally and for the NBER in particular."

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AEA Data Editor @aeadata.bsky.social · Feb 4

A version has been preserved by a kind soul at doi.org/10.3886/E217...

CDC National Youth Risk Behavior Survey 2015-2023

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Becker Friedman Institute for Economics @beckerfriedman.bsky.social · Jan 29

HIRING: The Chicago Federal Statistical Research Data Center (FSRDC) anticipates hiring a Research Administrator for their branch lab located on the University of Chicago campus. More info & application here: job-boards.greenhouse.io/universityof...

#EconSky #EconJobMarket

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Jon Rothbaum @jlrothbaum.bsky.social · Jan 29

*new research from NEWS project*
Using linked survey, census, admin and commercial data, we aim to produce the best estimates of income & poverty in the US.

We find disposable median hhld income is 7.1% higher and SPM poverty is 2.4pp lower than 2018 survey-based estimates. (1/n)

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CSWEP @aeacswep.bsky.social · Jan 28

Based on feedback from past participants, potential applicants, and mentors, the CeMENT workshop will now be held June 30 - July 2, 2025, at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. To apply, go to: www.aeaweb.org/about-aea/co...
Deadline to apply is March 15.

CeMENT: Mentoring for Junior Faculty

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · Jan 23

The assault on NIH is a test for how the national media covers the Trump admin: Trump is shutting down medical research!

That is easy to communicate. Will they treat it as a 5 alarm fire in a way that forces the government to respond, or will they downplay & caveat it?

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Marianne Bitler 🏳️‍🌈 @mpbitler.bsky.social · Nov 13

IMHO, many economists also do not pay as much attention as they ought to to how the data were collected, what they are representative of, and what patterns of missingness there are. This is true for administrative and proprietary data as well as survey data.

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Dennis Alexis Valin Dittrich @davdittrich.economicscience.net · Oct 24

📉📈 via @ckrafftc

Research in Labor Economics (RLE) is planning a volume highlighting research on New Developments in Labor Economics. The editors Solomon Polachek and @ben_elsner are soliciting up to ten new papers showcasing new developments in #laborEconomics. … 1/2

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS:
Research in Labor Economics (RLE)

Submission Deadline
November 29, 2024
Notification Deadline
December 15, 2024
Research in Labor Economics (RLE) is planning to publish a volume highlighting research on New Developments in Labor Economics.

The editors Solomon Polachek (SUNY Binghamton and IZA) and Benjamin Elsner (University College Dublin and IZA) are soliciting up to ten new papers showcasing new developments in labor economics. They welcome submissions tackling new questions as well as submissions that look at traditional labor economics questions with new methods and/or interesting new data.

The editors seek to publish papers from a broad range of topics, for example:

The impact of new technologies on the labor market
New findings on the influence of labor market institutions
New developments in research on migration
Measuring labor market dynamics with new data
Taxation, labor supply, and inequality
Education, skill formation, and the labor market
Gender and the labor market
New developments in personnel economics
In order to meet the publication deadline, please submit a detailed abstract (full papers are even more desirable) by November 29, 2024, to the RLE website:

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CPIPR @popresearchctrs.bsky.social · Oct 3

Researchers: Have you ever wondered how to best provide your input on draft Federal gov't regulations or policies? How to maneuver the Federal Register Notice process to give a public comment?
OMB's Office of Info. & Regulatory Affairs is hosting a training on how to write effective public comments

Meeting Registration - Zoom

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CSWEP @aeacswep.bsky.social · Oct 3

DCSWEP and SGE are co-sponsoring virtual mentoring event - Jobs for Economists: Beyond Academia, targeted toward graduate students interested in pursuing non-academic careers in the field of economics. Oct 14 @ Noon EDT. To register, us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
@aeacswep.bsky.social

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Jobs for Economists: Beyond Academia. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.

us02web.zoom.us

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Marianne Bitler 🏳️‍🌈 @mpbitler.bsky.social · Sep 24

AEA's CSQIEP is launching a new round of our standing 1 on 1 mentoring program for queer PhD students/early career folks. Find out more/apply here to be a mentee or a mentor by 10/15: sites.google.com/view/csqiep-...
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CSQIEP Mentoring

Thank you for your interest in participating in the Committee on the Status of LGBTQ+ Individuals in the Economics Profession (CSQIEP) Mentorship Program. Below, you will find a description of this pr...

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Marianne Bitler 🏳️‍🌈 @mpbitler.bsky.social · Sep 24

9/23 is bisexual+ visibility day. According to Gallup, this includes a large share of Gen Zers and of college students. Be kind to them fellow academics. It includes some of us "olds" too.

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Sarah Jacobson @sarahjacobson.bsky.social · Sep 22

Hi all! The @aeainformation.bsky.social CSMGEP holds a great event at ASSA that brings together junior scholars who identify as URM along with senior leaders in the field for networking. Apply by Nov 1! Info here:
www.aeaweb.org/about-aea/co...
Please share with your networks. #EconSky

Small Group Breakfast Meeting for URM Scholars

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martalachowska.bsky.social @martalachowska.bsky.social · Jul 12

The deadline to apply to the W.E. Upjohn Institute’s dissertation award is soon! Please apply if your dissertation is on policy-relevant & employment-related issues! Link: upjohn.org/sites/defaul...
#EconSky @upjohninstitute.bsky.social @aaronsojourner.org

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Prof Keith Marzilli Ericson @profericson.bsky.social · Mar 11

🚨New working paper!🚨 Non-Binary Gender Economics. Gender econ has almost exclusively measured gender as binary. But 1+ million people in US identify as non-binary. Nat'l Academies + American Psych Assn recommend better measurement of gender v. bio sex. www.nber.org/papers/w32222 Thread: (1/n)

Non-Binary Gender Economics

Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...

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Marianne Bitler 🏳️‍🌈 @mpbitler.bsky.social · Feb 23

Great opportunity @ U Wisc.'s Center for Demography & Ecology! CALL FOR APPLICATIONS! We invite U.S.-based scholars from underrepresented populations to apply to our 2024-2025 Visiting Scholars Program! Short app:
cde.wisc.edu/research/cde...

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Marianne Bitler 🏳️‍🌈 @mpbitler.bsky.social · Feb 8

NBER training opportunity led by Jetson Leder-Luis (BU) and Sebastian Tello Trillo (UVA, @sebastiantt.bsky.social) for grad students who want to study health and aging economics, and who come from an under-represented or non-traditional group. See the link for more info: www.nber.org/calls-papers...

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Marianne Bitler 🏳️‍🌈 @mpbitler.bsky.social · Sep 23

Today is #BiVisibilityDay. Fellow academics, Gallup's recent poll suggests 15% of Gen Z (their definition, born 1997-2003) are bisexual. Be kind to your queer students. Bi+/pan students, you aren't alone in the academy (bi+ woman professor from Gen X here).

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Marianne Bitler 🏳️‍🌈 @mpbitler.bsky.social · Jun 21

Good to be here-thanks Jonah!

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