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Lucie Schmidt

@luciegschmidt.bsky.social

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Robert A. Woods Professor of Economics at Smith College and NBER; Labor economist working on US social safety net/health/economics of family. she/her #firstgen

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Lauren Bauer @laurenhlb.bsky.social · May 22

New @hamiltonproject.org research by @lizananat.bsky.social @agpines.bsky.social & Olivia Howard finds that work requirements penalize low-income workers for something they can’t control: employer-driven volatility in employment and hours.

www.brookings.edu/articles/wor...

Work requirements penalize workers in volatile occupations

Elizabeth Ananat, Anna Gassman-Pines, and Olivia Howard warn that work requirements, such as those Congress is currently considering adding or expanding in means-tested programs, penalize low-income w...

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Lucie Schmidt @luciegschmidt.bsky.social · May 16

Congratulations, Flora!

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David Wessel @davidmwessel.bsky.social · May 16

The Earned Income Tax Credit at 50: Past, present & future. June 3. 10 AM EDT.Jacob Bastian of Rutgers, Jim Sullivan of Notre Dame, Henrik Kleven of Princeton, Hilary Hoynes of UC-Berkeley. Hutchins Center. @brookings.edu In-person & livestreamed. @brookings.edu www.brookings.edu/events/the-e...

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Karen Benjamin Guzzo @karenguzzo.bsky.social · May 15

Instead of promoting a baby bonus as a way to help new parents afford to take time off from work or settle a hospital bill (see excerpt from a recent blog post), we could actually, you know, have a paid parental leave program and universal health care. 1/

By contrast, baby bonuses—which we both support—would begin reaching parents soon after the president’s signature graced the final bill. Members of Congress could cut gauzy ads featuring parents who received upfront assistance upon the birth of a new child. They could point to parents newly able to afford diapers, take time off work, even commit to welcoming an unplanned pregnancy. Couples weighing whether or not to try for a baby would hear from friends, sisters, coworkers, from all walks of life, about the baby bonus that helped them settle their hospital bill.

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Lauren Bauer @laurenhlb.bsky.social · May 8

Rumor has it that SNAP work requirement waivers are on the chopping block. Waivers are a critical safety valve for turning off work reqs when local economic conditions warrant. An oldy but goody analysis on how waivers help SNAP respond to a recession.

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How do work requirement waivers help SNAP respond to a recession? - The Hamilton Project

Work requirements impede SNAP’s dual role as a safety net and automatic stabilizer. This economic analysis provides new evidence about how waivers to these rules functioned during the Great Recession ...

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Matthias Doepke @mdoepke.bsky.social · Apr 23

30 years after arriving in the US, I just resigned from Northwestern and we sold our house.

We are an American family, I became a citizen in 2014, and until recently did not expect to ever leave. But now, this no longer feels like the right place to raise a family and pursue a research career.

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Stone Center for Inequality Dynamics @umichstonecid.bsky.social · Apr 9

ICYMI: Check out @lizananat.bsky.social Elizabeth Ananat’s, Mallya Professor of Women and Economics, Barnard College, presentation, “Schedule Volatility in Hourly Service Work: Evidence and Implications for Federal Income-Support Policies.” #academicsky
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Elizabeth Ananat: Schedule Volatility in Hourly Service Work

YouTube video by Stone Center for Inequality Dynamics

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Economic Policy Institute @epi.org · Feb 5

Here's some of what's covered in the dashboard:
🔹 Annual wages for the top 1% and bottom 90% of wage earners
🔹 Racial and gender wage gaps
🔹 Unemployment rates, including by state
🔹 Poverty rates
🔹 Inflation rates
🔹 Union membership rates and the union wage premium

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Ben Zipperer @benzipperer.org · Feb 5

We just released an enormous trove of US labor market data, all compiled from government surveys, now under threat

The @epi.org State of Working America Data Library provides comprehensive data on the US jobs and wages, with detailed cuts by demographics, over time and across states

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Time series graph of the US real median hourly wage in 2024 dollars, by race

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Kasey Buckles @kaseybuckles.bsky.social · Jan 27

Submit now for CSWEP's sessions at the 2026 AEA meetings. Sessions will be on:
• Economics of Gender in the Economics Profession
• Gender and Climate Justice
• Gender, Working from Home and Female Labor Supply
• Economic Theory
• Global Economy
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CSWEP Call for Abstracts

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Sabrina Wulff Pabilonia @sabrinapabilonia.bsky.social · Jan 16

🌟New working paper alert🌟

Victoria Vernon and I have a new working paper out on “Couples’ Remote Work Arrangements and Labor Supply.” (A🧵). www.bls.gov/osmr/researc...

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Couples’ Remote Work Arrangements and Labor Supply

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Reposted by Jason M. Fletcher, Matt Sutton, Edward C. Norton , and 5 more Jason M. Fletcher, Matt Sutton, Edward C. Norton, Nancy Devlin, Reiner Leidl, John A. Graves, Laura Wherry, Lucie Schmidt

Health Economics @hec-wiley.bsky.social · Jan 15

Hello World! The Editorial Board of Health Economics is pleased to announce that we are now live on the happier, friendlier, and all-together Blue-er place. Please follow us (and repost) for updates on articles and journal issues as they come out.

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Thomas Jørgensen @tjeconomics.bsky.social · Jan 15

Do contraceptive use and abortion behavior respond to income shocks?

Yes.

In new research we document that Danish women use oral contraceptives and abortions as a way to resude fertility after a reform reduced their child benefits.

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EEA @eeanews.bsky.social · Jan 15

📢 #EconSky
Full info: eea2025.org
@ecqe.bsky.social @eayeconomists.bsky.social

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LIS Cross-National Data Center in Luxembourg @lisdata.bsky.social · Jan 15

First post on Bsky! Hello world!
👇Since December 2024 the LIS & LWS databases contain more than 1000 datasets. This enables research on more than 30 Mio. households and 90 Mio individuals.
Explore our databases here: www.lisdatacenter.org/our-data/ #LISdata #inequality #poverty #research

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Lucie Schmidt @luciegschmidt.bsky.social · Jan 15

The ANNALS of the AAPSS issue in honor of Becky Blank is live! journals.sagepub.com/toc/anna/711/1

My contribution (joint w/ Paul Courant & Julia Yates) was a labor of love: Understanding the Social Safety Net: Lessons from the Work of Rebecca Blank

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Essen Health Conference @eshconference.bsky.social · Jan 15

Welcome to the Bluesky account of the Essen Health Conference - where Health meets Labour and Education Economics!
Watch this space for all information about your favourite annual conference.

#Econbluesky #healthecon #econsky #labourecon #EconConf #ehc2025

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CSAE @oxfordcsae.bsky.social · Jan 14

Applications are open for the Graduate Applications International Network (GAIN) programme 2025!

Information sharing, mentoring & financial support for African students interested in graduate school in economics & related fields.

➡️ Apply: gain-network.net/participants
🗓️ Deadline: 16 February 2025

Apply to GAIN — GAIN

We are looking for extremely motivated individuals who aim to apply to graduate programs at top institutions worldwide and eventually pursue a PhD in economics and other social sciences. We strongly e...

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Rita Hamad @ritahamad.bsky.social · Jan 9

In my latest paper @jama.com w/ colleagues Sara Bleich & Ben Sommers @harvardchanschool.bsky.social, we discuss concerns re: safety net policies under new administration, e.g. ⬆️ enrollment barriers and ⬇️benefits.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... @donmoyn.bsky.social @povertyscholar.bsky.social

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · Dec 29

RIP Jimmy Carter: underrated President, our best ex-President, and a person of extraordinary integrity. wapo.st/3VYcU4C

Jimmy Carter, 39th president and Nobel Peace Prize winner, dies at 100, his son says

The tenacious Southerner was turned out of office after one term. But he had a brilliant post-presidential career as a champion of health, peace and democracy.

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Lucie Schmidt @luciegschmidt.bsky.social · Dec 18

Ray Caraher’s JMP looks at the Texas 6-week ban that predated Dobbs, and finds that it significantly increased infant mortality:

www.raymondcaraher.com/research-pos...

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Climent Quintana-Domeque @climent.bsky.social · Dec 13

🚨 Exciting news! The 3rd #Diversity & #HumanCapital Workshop @uofebusiness.bsky.social returns June 16–17, 2025 🎉 Keynote speakers: Josh Angrist, Patricia Cortes & Imran Rasul. Call for Papers will be out soon. Stay tuned! tinyurl.com/yc8h2nkr

#econsky #economics @uniofexeternews.bsky.social

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Lucie Schmidt @luciegschmidt.bsky.social · Dec 11

Virtual Econ of Public Policy Seminar (VEPPS) continues on Mon 12/16 at 2pm ET with @sakshibhardwaj.bsky.social

"Income During Infancy Reduces Criminal Activity for Fathers and Children: Evidence from a Discontinuity in Tax Benefits"

More info: www.lucieschmidt.com/vepps-seminar

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VEPPS Seminar — Lucie Schmidt

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Trevon Logan @trevondlogan.bsky.social · Dec 2

The Race and Stratification Working Group at NBER will have its annual meeting on Friday, April 4, 2025! Dania Francis, Vicki Bogan, Ellora Derenoncourt and I are organizing the program. Submit your paper before the December 19, 2024 deadline! conference.nber.org/confsubmit/b...

Submission: Race and Stratification Working Group, Page 1 of 2 - MyNBERNBER: National Bureau of Economic Research

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Laura Wherry @laurawherryr.bsky.social · Nov 25

Excited to see this WP by @mpbitler.bsky.social and Ted Figinski - new evidence on the long-term effects of Food Stamps using admin data, plus cool analyses of how the program built onto existing infrastructure in the Commodity Distribution Program #EconSky www.nber.org/papers/w3318...

Long-Run Effects of Food Assistance: Evidence from the Food Stamp Program and Administrative Data

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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Lucie Schmidt @luciegschmidt.bsky.social · Nov 22

Late to the party, but at the airport getting ready to head to National Harbor for @appam.bsky.social. Hopefully will see many of you tomorrow!

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Lucie Schmidt @luciegschmidt.bsky.social · Nov 22

The Sadie Collective is on Bluesky!

The Sadie Collective @sadiecollective.bsky.social · Nov 20

It's only been a few hours and we're already at 100 followers! Thank you Bluesky community 🦋💟

#economics #blackgirlmagic

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Jessica Leight @leightjessica.bsky.social · Nov 22

Just re-upping this #econsky: I currently have more mentors than mentees/students (can probably match another 10-11 students from LMICs who would like feedback on a research paper from a senior scholar.) Fill out the form here if interested! forms.gle/ekvvoEKBLYQM...

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Jess Hoel @jesshoel.bsky.social · Nov 22

Hey #EconSky #TeachEcon, what's a good podcast on growth that my Principles of Macro students would like?

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Krista Ruffini @kristaruffini.bsky.social · Nov 22

📈📉 Just published in @jpube.bsky.social with @laurenhlb.bsky.social & Diane Schanzenbach: We examine how 1-time, in-kind food vouchers thru Pandemic EBT affected family well-being 1/N

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The effects of lump-sum food benefits during the COVID-19 pandemic on spending, hardship, and health

This paper examines how providing families with lump-sum in-kind assistance during the pandemic affected food hardship, economic well-being, and mater…

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