Kasey Buckles
@kaseybuckles.bsky.social
Professor of Economics at Notre Dame. NBER, IZA, & CSWEP. Make the Child Tax Credit permanent.
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Can I just say that 👏 this 👏 is 👏 not 👏 it?
A policy that simultaneously devalues caregiving by suggesting one can do their job alongside providing care and devalues (mostly women's) work by implying one can easily manage care responsibilities while getting work done.
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A policy that simultaneously devalues caregiving by suggesting one can do their job alongside providing care and devalues (mostly women's) work by implying one can easily manage care responsibilities while getting work done.
events.in.gov/event/govern...
Governor Braun Announces "Family First Workplace” Policy to Support Working Families
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December 9, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Can I just say that 👏 this 👏 is 👏 not 👏 it?
A policy that simultaneously devalues caregiving by suggesting one can do their job alongside providing care and devalues (mostly women's) work by implying one can easily manage care responsibilities while getting work done.
events.in.gov/event/govern...
A policy that simultaneously devalues caregiving by suggesting one can do their job alongside providing care and devalues (mostly women's) work by implying one can easily manage care responsibilities while getting work done.
events.in.gov/event/govern...
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The application portal for CSWEP's CeMENTWorkshop in Chicago, IL is open. #econsky www.aeaweb.org/about-aea/co...
CeMENT: Mentoring for Junior Faculty
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December 5, 2025 at 1:29 PM
The application portal for CSWEP's CeMENTWorkshop in Chicago, IL is open. #econsky www.aeaweb.org/about-aea/co...
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‘For policy, it means shifting the question from “How can we change or reverse current trends?” to “How can societies remain prosperous, equitable, and sustainable under conditions of low fertility, population aging and, in many places, population decline?”’
Yes! That’s the right question.
Yes! That’s the right question.
The demographic future that we do not know about
The demographic future of the planet has rarely been as questioned as it is today. For much of the 20th century, the demographic transition theory provided a clear narrative: With modernization and de...
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December 2, 2025 at 12:35 PM
‘For policy, it means shifting the question from “How can we change or reverse current trends?” to “How can societies remain prosperous, equitable, and sustainable under conditions of low fertility, population aging and, in many places, population decline?”’
Yes! That’s the right question.
Yes! That’s the right question.
We're hiring an endowed chair in economic demography--please apply, or pass along to good candidates!
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December 1, 2025 at 2:57 PM
We're hiring an endowed chair in economic demography--please apply, or pass along to good candidates!
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I used to feel bad
for the aunt cleaning up
while everyone else talked
but now I know
she just wanted to be alone
for the aunt cleaning up
while everyone else talked
but now I know
she just wanted to be alone
November 27, 2025 at 9:02 PM
I used to feel bad
for the aunt cleaning up
while everyone else talked
but now I know
she just wanted to be alone
for the aunt cleaning up
while everyone else talked
but now I know
she just wanted to be alone
The democrats should pay people to stand in the toy and Christmas decor aisles and complain audibly about tariffs
(I have been doing this for free)
(I have been doing this for free)
November 26, 2025 at 1:54 PM
The democrats should pay people to stand in the toy and Christmas decor aisles and complain audibly about tariffs
(I have been doing this for free)
(I have been doing this for free)
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Y’all, this CSWEP newsletter is a banger. Five women economists generously share their stories about navigating family and career. 🔥 @jialanw.bsky.social @kmpjones.bsky.social Sarah Hamersma, Kosali Simon, and Sarah Baird. It was an honor to "edit" (which mostly involved sitting back for good reads)
CSWEP News Issue IV, "Focus on Fertility" by @caitlinmyers.bsky.social is out now. www.aeaweb.org/content/file...
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November 25, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Y’all, this CSWEP newsletter is a banger. Five women economists generously share their stories about navigating family and career. 🔥 @jialanw.bsky.social @kmpjones.bsky.social Sarah Hamersma, Kosali Simon, and Sarah Baird. It was an honor to "edit" (which mostly involved sitting back for good reads)
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I don't understand how anyone can watch how blatantly Grok is manipulated to answer the way ownership desires it to and then act like the other LLM chatbots couldn't possibly be similarly but less obviously compromised to produce responses in whatever way corporate interests and priorities dictate.
November 23, 2025 at 7:13 PM
I don't understand how anyone can watch how blatantly Grok is manipulated to answer the way ownership desires it to and then act like the other LLM chatbots couldn't possibly be similarly but less obviously compromised to produce responses in whatever way corporate interests and priorities dictate.
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CSWEP strongly condemns Larry Summers’ behavior as revealed in the email correspondence with the late Jeffrey Epstein. While abuse of power in the economics profession is not new, rarely has the intent behind such abuse been so clearly stated.
November 19, 2025 at 7:25 PM
CSWEP strongly condemns Larry Summers’ behavior as revealed in the email correspondence with the late Jeffrey Epstein. While abuse of power in the economics profession is not new, rarely has the intent behind such abuse been so clearly stated.
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Few things bug me more than higher ed leaders saying that we lost our mission and lost the trust of the public, when we have actually been the target of a decades-long smear campaign by the right wing that worked. The moment we’re losing our mission is right now, in capitulation.
November 19, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Few things bug me more than higher ed leaders saying that we lost our mission and lost the trust of the public, when we have actually been the target of a decades-long smear campaign by the right wing that worked. The moment we’re losing our mission is right now, in capitulation.
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It all would have been much easier if, as would have happened if we were remotely a serious country, it all ended with the Access Hollywood interview.
November 13, 2025 at 3:46 AM
It all would have been much easier if, as would have happened if we were remotely a serious country, it all ended with the Access Hollywood interview.
One of the delights of fall is getting my coats out again and finding fun stuff in the pockets. It’s like little gifts from the past!
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November 8, 2025 at 12:30 AM
One of the delights of fall is getting my coats out again and finding fun stuff in the pockets. It’s like little gifts from the past!
🎟️🍬💵
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Our grad students are in the Halloween spirit @ndecon.bsky.social
October 31, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Our grad students are in the Halloween spirit @ndecon.bsky.social
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this rocks. when indiana edu killed the student newspaper, Purdue stepped up, printed the forbidden issue, drove it to Bloomington and stocked the boxes.
October 18, 2025 at 6:27 PM
this rocks. when indiana edu killed the student newspaper, Purdue stepped up, printed the forbidden issue, drove it to Bloomington and stocked the boxes.
Happy to have the chance to set the record straight, alongside one of the best in the biz @karenguzzo.bsky.social
Yesterday's IVF press conference was full of inaccurate claims. @kaseybuckles.bsky.social and I try to correct some of those claims in this @newsweek.com piece.
White House issues warning over US fertility rate
Robert F. Kennedy Jr deemed declining U.S. fertility rates a "national security threat," saying birth rates are not high enough to stabilize the population.
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October 17, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Happy to have the chance to set the record straight, alongside one of the best in the biz @karenguzzo.bsky.social
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Yesterday's IVF press conference was full of inaccurate claims. @kaseybuckles.bsky.social and I try to correct some of those claims in this @newsweek.com piece.
White House issues warning over US fertility rate
Robert F. Kennedy Jr deemed declining U.S. fertility rates a "national security threat," saying birth rates are not high enough to stabilize the population.
www.newsweek.com
October 17, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Yesterday's IVF press conference was full of inaccurate claims. @kaseybuckles.bsky.social and I try to correct some of those claims in this @newsweek.com piece.
RFK Jr says something stupid and now I have to spend part of my morning saying that no, girls aren’t hitting puberty six years earlier 🙄
(and anyway, wouldn’t that increase fertility rates?)
(and anyway, wouldn’t that increase fertility rates?)
October 17, 2025 at 2:07 PM
RFK Jr says something stupid and now I have to spend part of my morning saying that no, girls aren’t hitting puberty six years earlier 🙄
(and anyway, wouldn’t that increase fertility rates?)
(and anyway, wouldn’t that increase fertility rates?)
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Mike Johnson has now had the House adjourned for 72 of the last 84 days.
Epstein Shutdown.
Epstein Shutdown.
October 15, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Mike Johnson has now had the House adjourned for 72 of the last 84 days.
Epstein Shutdown.
Epstein Shutdown.
The Economic Demography Workshop will be on May 6, at the PAAs in St. Louis. See the call for papers 👇
Thanks to co-chairs @hnmansour.bsky.social & @mguldi.bsky.social !
Thanks to co-chairs @hnmansour.bsky.social & @mguldi.bsky.social !
EDW Call for Papers 2026.pdf
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October 8, 2025 at 6:30 PM
The Economic Demography Workshop will be on May 6, at the PAAs in St. Louis. See the call for papers 👇
Thanks to co-chairs @hnmansour.bsky.social & @mguldi.bsky.social !
Thanks to co-chairs @hnmansour.bsky.social & @mguldi.bsky.social !
My old Reds Cabbage Patch doll (Barth Willie) is very happy today
September 29, 2025 at 1:49 AM
My old Reds Cabbage Patch doll (Barth Willie) is very happy today
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New CSWEP newsletter focused on visibility in the economics profession:
Christine Exley on self-promotion,
Olga Stoddard on professional visibility,
Corinne Low on public scholarship and how to write and publish a trade press book,
Khoa Vu on social media and its professional uses.
Christine Exley on self-promotion,
Olga Stoddard on professional visibility,
Corinne Low on public scholarship and how to write and publish a trade press book,
Khoa Vu on social media and its professional uses.
The 2025 @aeacswep.bsky.social News Issue III “Focus on Visibility and Voice in the Economics Profession” by Olga Shurchkov is now available at: www.aeaweb.org/content/file...
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September 23, 2025 at 9:38 PM
New CSWEP newsletter focused on visibility in the economics profession:
Christine Exley on self-promotion,
Olga Stoddard on professional visibility,
Corinne Low on public scholarship and how to write and publish a trade press book,
Khoa Vu on social media and its professional uses.
Christine Exley on self-promotion,
Olga Stoddard on professional visibility,
Corinne Low on public scholarship and how to write and publish a trade press book,
Khoa Vu on social media and its professional uses.
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Senior Economics major Andrew Brooks is a drum major with the Notre Dame Band. Yesterday, he brought his mace to class and let Prof. Kasey Buckles @kaseybuckles.bsky.social hold it!
September 18, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Senior Economics major Andrew Brooks is a drum major with the Notre Dame Band. Yesterday, he brought his mace to class and let Prof. Kasey Buckles @kaseybuckles.bsky.social hold it!
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Huh an awful lot of rhetoric shifted from Old Testament to New Testament over the past few hours
September 12, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Huh an awful lot of rhetoric shifted from Old Testament to New Testament over the past few hours
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Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook won a round in federal court in her bid to keep her job despite President Trump's effort to fire her.
Federal judge blocks Trump from firing Fed Governor Lisa Cook, for now
Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook won a round in federal court in her bid to keep her job despite President Trump's effort to fire her.
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September 10, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook won a round in federal court in her bid to keep her job despite President Trump's effort to fire her.
🎂🎉 Lucky 13 is William Cockriel's fascinating paper on the introduction of the McKay stitcher, which dramatically changed shoe production in the late 19th century. Using the Census Tree, he shows that the most exposed shoemakers and their children lost 2.2 and 1.9 years of wages, respectively.
September 10, 2025 at 6:50 PM
🎂🎉 Lucky 13 is William Cockriel's fascinating paper on the introduction of the McKay stitcher, which dramatically changed shoe production in the late 19th century. Using the Census Tree, he shows that the most exposed shoemakers and their children lost 2.2 and 1.9 years of wages, respectively.