David A. Jaeger (econ)
@davidajaeger.bsky.social
•Econ Prof, Director of MPP Program at U of St Andrews
•President-Elect, European Society for Population Economics
•🇺🇸 Born/bred, NJ/NYC
•Labor, education, immigration, conflict, applied 'metrics + some nice pictures.
•Posts orthogonal to my employer(s)
•President-Elect, European Society for Population Economics
•🇺🇸 Born/bred, NJ/NYC
•Labor, education, immigration, conflict, applied 'metrics + some nice pictures.
•Posts orthogonal to my employer(s)
Apple AirTag?
February 2, 2026 at 7:49 PM
Apple AirTag?
Keynotes by @corinnelow.com, Imran Rasul, and ESPE President Adeline Delavande.
As President-Elect I have the honor of being program chair.
As President-Elect I have the honor of being program chair.
January 27, 2026 at 9:43 PM
Keynotes by @corinnelow.com, Imran Rasul, and ESPE President Adeline Delavande.
As President-Elect I have the honor of being program chair.
As President-Elect I have the honor of being program chair.
There's a little less than a week until 1 February, when submissions to this year's ESPE conference in Helsinki (11-13 June) are due!
More info here: espe2026.org
Submit papers here: app.oxfordabstracts.com/stages/79627...
More info here: espe2026.org
Submit papers here: app.oxfordabstracts.com/stages/79627...
January 27, 2026 at 9:31 PM
There's a little less than a week until 1 February, when submissions to this year's ESPE conference in Helsinki (11-13 June) are due!
More info here: espe2026.org
Submit papers here: app.oxfordabstracts.com/stages/79627...
More info here: espe2026.org
Submit papers here: app.oxfordabstracts.com/stages/79627...
One week to go to submit to what I promise will be an outstanding and fun conference.
@lindseymacmillan.bsky.social, @nilsbraakmann.bsky.social, and I look forward to reading your paper!
@lindseymacmillan.bsky.social, @nilsbraakmann.bsky.social, and I look forward to reading your paper!
Why not take a break from marking and submit a paper to the Fifth Annual SaNE Conference in Applied Microeconomics?
5-7 May 26 at Crieff Hydro in Perthshire. Prof Steve Machin will give the keynote.
Submissions are welcome from everywhere, and the deadline is 31 January 2026 (but why wait?)
5-7 May 26 at Crieff Hydro in Perthshire. Prof Steve Machin will give the keynote.
Submissions are welcome from everywhere, and the deadline is 31 January 2026 (but why wait?)
January 24, 2026 at 9:37 AM
One week to go to submit to what I promise will be an outstanding and fun conference.
@lindseymacmillan.bsky.social, @nilsbraakmann.bsky.social, and I look forward to reading your paper!
@lindseymacmillan.bsky.social, @nilsbraakmann.bsky.social, and I look forward to reading your paper!
Good evening, Crail.
January 17, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Good evening, Crail.
Good morning Crail and the Isle of May!
You could live here, too. Job positings in the comments.
You could live here, too. Job positings in the comments.
January 15, 2026 at 10:39 AM
Good morning Crail and the Isle of May!
You could live here, too. Job positings in the comments.
You could live here, too. Job positings in the comments.
Finally closed my Spotify account. Good riddance.
January 11, 2026 at 11:28 AM
Finally closed my Spotify account. Good riddance.
The Business School at St Andrews has posted a nice piece about the Master of Public Policy Programme. Not my favorite picture, tbh, but a few good quotes from yours truly. Econ graduates should also find the programme to be of interest.
businessschoolnews.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2026/01/08/c...
businessschoolnews.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2026/01/08/c...
January 8, 2026 at 10:57 AM
The Business School at St Andrews has posted a nice piece about the Master of Public Policy Programme. Not my favorite picture, tbh, but a few good quotes from yours truly. Econ graduates should also find the programme to be of interest.
businessschoolnews.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2026/01/08/c...
businessschoolnews.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2026/01/08/c...
@corinnelow.com and Imran Rasul will give keynote addresses and Adeline Delavande will give the Presidential Address. I'm the program chair.
Looking forward to seeing you in Helsinki!
Looking forward to seeing you in Helsinki!
January 4, 2026 at 3:04 PM
@corinnelow.com and Imran Rasul will give keynote addresses and Adeline Delavande will give the Presidential Address. I'm the program chair.
Looking forward to seeing you in Helsinki!
Looking forward to seeing you in Helsinki!
Four weeks & a day left to submit a paper to the fantastic European Society for Population Economics meetings in Helsinki, 11-13 June 2026. ESPE is a friendly and useful place to present, with great social events.
More info: espe2026.org
Submit a paper: app.oxfordabstracts.com/stages/79627...
More info: espe2026.org
Submit a paper: app.oxfordabstracts.com/stages/79627...
January 4, 2026 at 3:04 PM
Four weeks & a day left to submit a paper to the fantastic European Society for Population Economics meetings in Helsinki, 11-13 June 2026. ESPE is a friendly and useful place to present, with great social events.
More info: espe2026.org
Submit a paper: app.oxfordabstracts.com/stages/79627...
More info: espe2026.org
Submit a paper: app.oxfordabstracts.com/stages/79627...
Good morning, Pittenweem!
January 4, 2026 at 11:55 AM
Good morning, Pittenweem!
well, 2026 is off to a great start. unfathomable.
January 3, 2026 at 5:00 PM
well, 2026 is off to a great start. unfathomable.
Good morning, Crail!
January 3, 2026 at 11:51 AM
Good morning, Crail!
Prof Steve Machin (LSE) will give the keynote.
And at £400 for two nights accommodation and all meals, it's a bargain! @nilsbraakmann.bsky.social , @lindseymacmillan.bsky.social , and I are the program committee, and we're all nice people. So why not submit today?
And at £400 for two nights accommodation and all meals, it's a bargain! @nilsbraakmann.bsky.social , @lindseymacmillan.bsky.social , and I are the program committee, and we're all nice people. So why not submit today?
January 2, 2026 at 6:43 PM
Prof Steve Machin (LSE) will give the keynote.
And at £400 for two nights accommodation and all meals, it's a bargain! @nilsbraakmann.bsky.social , @lindseymacmillan.bsky.social , and I are the program committee, and we're all nice people. So why not submit today?
And at £400 for two nights accommodation and all meals, it's a bargain! @nilsbraakmann.bsky.social , @lindseymacmillan.bsky.social , and I are the program committee, and we're all nice people. So why not submit today?
Your marking is done. Family visits are over. The excesses of New Year's Eve have been salved w/ aspirin and sleep. Next semester hasn't started yet. Thus... the perfect time to submit a paper to the Fifth Annual SaNE in Applied Microeconomics!
applied-microecon.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/sane-worksho...
applied-microecon.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/sane-worksho...
University of St Andrews Applied Microeconomics Cluster
applied-microecon.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk
January 2, 2026 at 6:43 PM
Your marking is done. Family visits are over. The excesses of New Year's Eve have been salved w/ aspirin and sleep. Next semester hasn't started yet. Thus... the perfect time to submit a paper to the Fifth Annual SaNE in Applied Microeconomics!
applied-microecon.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/sane-worksho...
applied-microecon.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/sane-worksho...
Happy New Year, Crail! Frohes neues Jahr!
January 1, 2026 at 11:40 AM
Happy New Year, Crail! Frohes neues Jahr!
Happy New Year‘s Eve, Crail! Here’s to a great 2025 and an even better 2026! Guten Rutsch ins neue Jahr!
December 31, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Happy New Year‘s Eve, Crail! Here’s to a great 2025 and an even better 2026! Guten Rutsch ins neue Jahr!
If there was a test involving the unobservables, I think it would be different.
December 21, 2025 at 4:40 PM
If there was a test involving the unobservables, I think it would be different.
That was even true before the paper got published, so we changed the title on the published version:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Problems with Instrumental Variables Estimation when the Correlation between the Instruments and the Endogenous Explanatory Variable is Weak
We draw attention to two problems associated with the use of instrumental variables (IV), the importance of which for empirical work has not been fully appreciated. First, the use of instruments ...
www.tandfonline.com
December 21, 2025 at 12:31 PM
That was even true before the paper got published, so we changed the title on the published version:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Because it’s about unobservables, with no direct test statistic, unlike weak instruments and finite sample bias.
December 21, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Because it’s about unobservables, with no direct test statistic, unlike weak instruments and finite sample bias.
Here's a link to the MPP programme: www.st-andrews.ac.uk/subjects/eco...
Master of Public Policy (MPP)
Learn cutting-edge data analysis to address policy challenges of the 21st century.
www.st-andrews.ac.uk
December 21, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Here's a link to the MPP programme: www.st-andrews.ac.uk/subjects/eco...