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ACLU @aclu.org · 5h

BREAKING: A federal judge has temporarily blocked President Trump from deploying federalized National Guard troops into Chicago.

This ruling reinforces what we already knew: It is illegal for the president to use manufactured emergencies to send soldiers into our cities.

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Dan Garrett @danggarret.bsky.social · 9h

I have been thinking this year will be a particularly rough year for economists seeking employment, and this new data tool from the AEA definitely shows that is the case with 1/3 less listings than the same time last year, basically matching COVID lows.

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John Cawley @johncawley.bsky.social · 9h

Three big announcements concerning new data from the AEA on the #EconJobMarket

First, there are now live dashboards on AEA JOE that show the # of jobs listed on JOE each week, with comparisons to recent years. These will be updated weekly.
www.aeaweb.org/about-aea/co...

#EconSky
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JOE Openings by Week - Pre-ASSA

www.aeaweb.org

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Miami University Economics @miamiecon.bsky.social · 10h

Be sure to check out a recent podcast Professor Riley Acton
was on discussing some of her recent work. (@riacton.bsky.social)

Riley Acton @riacton.bsky.social · 14h

I'm on the Stats + Stories podcast today talking about this research: statsandstories.net/education1/c....

Thanks for having me on, @rompenni.bsky.social & John Bailer!

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Brendan Cantwell @cantb.bsky.social · 11h

RIP the null hypothesis

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: "It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."

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Riley Acton @riacton.bsky.social · 14h

I'm on the Stats + Stories podcast today talking about this research: statsandstories.net/education1/c....

Thanks for having me on, @rompenni.bsky.social & John Bailer!

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Riley Acton @riacton.bsky.social · 14h

I'm on the Stats + Stories podcast today talking about this research: statsandstories.net/education1/c....

Thanks for having me on, @rompenni.bsky.social & John Bailer!

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Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham @paulgp.com · 1d

Posted a short blog post with updated data (and public repo with data) of current state of Econ job market:

paulgp.com/2025/10/08/j...

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eric gonzalez juenke @egojunk.bsky.social · 1d

If you aren't failing you aren't trying. Grad students and new faculty: the most prolific scholars are also the most prolific at getting rejected. Rejections suck but they are a big part of the publication process.

Mirya R. Holman @mirya.bsky.social · 1d

Here are my published articles in each year and the number of times each was rejected before publication

A scatterplot of the number of rejections (y axis) by year (x axis)

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John Cawley @johncawley.bsky.social · 2d

Many thanks to Jim Flynn @jimflynn9.bsky.social for interviewing me for the ASHEcon Newsletter @ashecon.bsky.social. It was fun to chat about risky health behaviors, priorities for ASHEcon, the #EconJobMarket, and even favorite movie/book/teams. #EconSky

www.ashecon.org/activities/n...

John Cawley Interview – ASHEcon

www.ashecon.org

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Joshua Goodman @joshua-goodman.com · 2d

🚨Important paper alert🚨

"Who Wants to Be a Teacher in America?"

"Lower interest among men, students of color, and high-achieving students... Recommenders rate students interested in teaching as having lower intellectual promise... but greater concern for others."

edworkingpapers.com/ai25-1285

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Elisa Taveras @elisatp.bsky.social · 3d

Happy to share my new working paper, "𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗘𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗼𝘆𝗲𝗿 𝗕𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗳𝘀: 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗘𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗛𝗶𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻", coauthored with Ozlem Tonguc (Binghamton University), Maria Zhu (Syracuse University) and Nicola Miller (Binghamton University) #Econsky

www.elisataveras.com/s/Taveras_et...

www.elisataveras.com

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Miami University Economics @miamiecon.bsky.social · 3d

We had a wonderful fall Economics Advisory Board (EAB) meeting. Board members got to engage with many faculty, administration, and students. We also had a wonderful board meeting with those both in person and virtual.

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Miami University Economics @miamiecon.bsky.social · 3d

Women in Economics is hosting their Alumni Career Panel this Wednesday, October 8th, at 6:00 P.M. in FSB 1006. Be sure to join them to connect with alumni & learn about how pursuing Economics can provide endless opportunities across industries! All are welcome

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Riley Acton @riacton.bsky.social · 5d

@packlesshepherd.bsky.social has been tracking it. Trending better than the peak COVID market (2020-2021), but that’s a very low bar… bsky.app/profile/pack...

David Van Dijcke @packlesshepherd.bsky.social · 12d

Another "good" week on the US academic job market #econsky #econbluesky
davidvandijcke.com/joe_tracker/

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Mirya R. Holman @mirya.bsky.social · 6d

"Full-day kindergarten expansions were responsible for as much as 24 percent of the growth in employment of mothers with kindergartenaged children in this time frame."

AEA Journals @aeajournals.bsky.social · 6d

Forthcoming in AEJ: Economic Policy: "A Matter of Time? Measuring Effects of Public Schooling Expansions on Families" by Chloe R. Gibbs, Jocelyn Wikle, and Riley Wilson. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...

A Matter of Time? Measuring Effects of Public Schooling Expansions on Families

(Forthcoming Article) - We leverage pronounced changes in the availability of public schooling for young children— through duration expansions to the kindergarten day—to better understand how an impli...

www.aeaweb.org

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Seema Jayachandran @seema.bsky.social · 6d

For econ JM candidates:

@princetondevo.bsky.social is hiring for a 1-year postdoc with a start date in summer 2026. The only responsibility is to be an active participant in our Princeton development econ seminars and to continue pursuing your great independent research.

Apply by Nov 24.

puwebp.princeton.edu

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Riley Acton @riacton.bsky.social · 6d

Great paper by @chloergibbs.bsky.social & coauthors showing huge effects of all-day kindergarten on maternal labor supply 👇

And another big hit for the @luciegschmidt.bsky.social 2021 CeMENT group! (Go Jocelyn!) 👏

AEA Journals @aeajournals.bsky.social · 6d

Forthcoming in AEJ: Economic Policy: "A Matter of Time? Measuring Effects of Public Schooling Expansions on Families" by Chloe R. Gibbs, Jocelyn Wikle, and Riley Wilson. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...

A Matter of Time? Measuring Effects of Public Schooling Expansions on Families

(Forthcoming Article) - We leverage pronounced changes in the availability of public schooling for young children— through duration expansions to the kindergarten day—to better understand how an impli...

www.aeaweb.org

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 6d

Well, if only there were a large supply of foreign students who would happily pay a premium price to get access to American higher education.

Connor Ewing @cmewing.bsky.social · 6d

"'There simply aren’t enough students to go around,' said Nathan Grawe, an economist at Carleton College in Minnesota. But the effects of the demographic cliff, he noted, 'won’t be evenly distributed.'"

U.S. Colleges Are About to See a Big Decline in Applicants

Forget a lot of what you thought you knew about higher education.

nymag.com

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Riley Acton @riacton.bsky.social · 6d

See also @joshua-goodman.com & @abbyfrancis.bsky.social’s work using MA admin data: edworkingpapers.com/ai25-1233

(my sense is that there are no perfect data on this, but as @andrewavit.bsky.social says, researchers can sometimes combine sources to get at important questions!)

School Enrollment Shifts Five Years After the Pandemic

The pandemic induced a substantial enrollment shift away from public schools in fall 2020 and a partial return of students in fall 2021, leaving longer-term impacts unclear. We use Massachusetts state...

edworkingpapers.com

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Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham @paulgp.com · 6d

Is there any administrative data that examines transitions from public to private school and vice versa for primary and secondary students? Particularly over time?

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Riley Acton @riacton.bsky.social · 7d

There you go sounding like an economist again, Kevin...

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Daphna Bassok @dbassok.bsky.social · 9d

Super excited to host Arne Duncan and Diane Schanzenbach at #AEFP2026! Remember: you now have til Monday to submit your conference proposals! @aefpweb.bsky.social

AEFP @aefpweb.bsky.social · 13d

We are excited to announce our keynote for #AEFP2026: Arne Duncan in conversation with Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach 🎉 We hope to see you in Chicago!

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Kevin Reuning @reuning.bsky.social · 7d

This appears to be the "Compact" that the Trump administration is demanding universities sign in order to get preferential funding, etc.

Heidi Kitrosser @heidikitrosser.bsky.social · 7d

I just saw a copy. Will send it in a series of screenshots to protect the source.

COMPACT FOR ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE IN HIGHER EDUCATION
INTRODUCTION
American higher education is the envy of the world and represents a key strategic benefit for our Nation. In turn, the U.S. university system benefits in a variety of ways from its extraordinary relationship with the U.S. government. These include (i) access to student loans, grant programs, and federal contracts; (ii) funding for research directly or indirectly; (iii) approval of student and other visas in connection with university matriculation and instruction; and (iv) preferential treatment under the tax code. To advance the national interest arising out of this unique relationship, this Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education represents the priorities of the U.S. government in its engagements with universities that benefit from the relationship. Institutions of higher education are free to develop models and values other than those below, if the institution elects to forego federal benefits.
1 – EQUALITY IN ADMISSIONS
Discriminatory admissions processes reflect a fundamental misunderstanding not only of Civil Rights law and the U.S. Constitution, but of the damaging impacts such practices have on individuals and our Nation as a whole. Treating certain groups as categorically incapable of performing — and therefore in need of preferential treatment — perpetuates a dangerous badge of inferiority, destroys confidence, and does nothing to identify or solve the most pressing challenges for aspiring young people.

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Kevin Reuning @reuning.bsky.social · 7d

Does anyone have the full text of the "Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education"?

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