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Emily Beam @ebeam.bsky.social · Aug 21

My partner and I were tired of the hand-wringing about trans kids playing sports when, at the end of the day, it's just. a. game.

So, we wrote an op-ed :) Thanks, @usatoday.com!

www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...

We've squeezed the fun out of youth sports. There's a better way. | Opinion

When just 28% of children meet recommended activity guidelines, promoting low-cost, low-stakes, inclusive sports participation can help all kids.

www.usatoday.com

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Emily Beam @ebeam.bsky.social · Nov 22

If you have $ but no time or patience, I found Parseur (app.parseur.com) to work very well.

app.parseur.com

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Emily Beam @ebeam.bsky.social · Nov 16

Awesome, will do! (And thanks for this paper!)

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Emily Beam @ebeam.bsky.social · Nov 14

(Also saw your super interesting nurseries paper! We have related work in Kenya- would love yo pick your brain at some point :)

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Emily Beam @ebeam.bsky.social · Nov 14

Awesome! I’m coming back from a JPAL MENA/IZA conference, and this trend (around women’s falling LFP) came up a lot - can’t wait to read :)

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Julian Reif @julianreif.bsky.social · Oct 26

Great website with LaTeX templates for slides, papers, and referee reports

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Emily Beam @ebeam.bsky.social · Oct 27

Image frame! 🔥 these are great!

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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · Oct 17

"What immigration does for innovation"

Nice interview with economic historian Petra Moser and labor economist Jennifer Hunt, on @wgbh.org —> blogs.wgbh.org/innovation-h...

Innovation Hub | Great Minds, Great Conversations | What Immigration Does For Innovation

Hunt Moser Immigrants

blogs.wgbh.org

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Emily Beam @ebeam.bsky.social · Oct 20

Also make sure you’re ready for the overall demand shock in your household economy.

We let our then-5yo keep his research money from COVID-time child development studies and suddenly he was FLUSH WITH CASH and it got weird.

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Emily Beam @ebeam.bsky.social · Oct 17

Thinking about all the ways I would NEVER send a card celebrating weight loss

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Emily Beam @ebeam.bsky.social · Oct 11

I really liked her recent book, Career and Family!

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Emily Beam @ebeam.bsky.social · Oct 11

Am I the only one who had to request their own article via ILL? I forgot during my special, thanks-for-your-labor-enjoy-your-article-"free for 50 days" version 😩 #EconSky 📉📈

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Emily Beam @ebeam.bsky.social · Oct 11

hi! 👋 Although we're not /directly/ in the same area, her work on women's work and earnings has been SO influential on my own!

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Emily Beam @ebeam.bsky.social · Oct 9

Pro tip if you are a person with those fun handy tracker things on all your possessions. They work best with batteries. 😭

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Emily Beam @ebeam.bsky.social · Sep 28

Thanks! I’m really interested in this idea of workspaces/domains - it seems very promising!

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Emily Beam @ebeam.bsky.social · Sep 28

Good motivation for me to actually open it - it's been staring me down on my desktop for a good week :)

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