Todd Pugatch
@toddpugatch.bsky.social
education and development economist at University at Buffalo @ubuffalo.bsky.social, dad, Red Sox fan
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At least we know the Senate won't have to give him the third degree -- he's already got one you see.
(Also, what a sad state of affairs.)
(Also, what a sad state of affairs.)
November 25, 2025 at 5:17 PM
At least we know the Senate won't have to give him the third degree -- he's already got one you see.
(Also, what a sad state of affairs.)
(Also, what a sad state of affairs.)
Publication lags in economics be like
Mere decades after the passing of Maria Montessori, we have the first large-scale RCT results of Montessori preschool. Seems pretty good.
www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...
www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...
November 24, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Publication lags in economics be like
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privatize the gains and socialize the costs ftw.
November 24, 2025 at 10:06 PM
privatize the gains and socialize the costs ftw.
Most of their waking hours??? Schools aren’t open for most of a kid’s waking hours even on school days.
America’s children seem to be struggling. But the broad national conversation around children’s mental health seems to ignore the environment where children spend most of their waking hours: school, writes Jia Lynn Yang. nyti.ms/49IQpbz
November 24, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Most of their waking hours??? Schools aren’t open for most of a kid’s waking hours even on school days.
NGO/Development organization!? Dave is CGD just your side hustle?
November 24, 2025 at 8:46 PM
NGO/Development organization!? Dave is CGD just your side hustle?
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ADEA is seeking a Founding Executive Director to shape and lead FLIGHT, a new catalytic funding initiative to support African governments to implement proven foundational learning interventions at scale.
Learn more: adeanet.org/en/call-appl...
Learn more: adeanet.org/en/call-appl...
November 24, 2025 at 1:55 PM
ADEA is seeking a Founding Executive Director to shape and lead FLIGHT, a new catalytic funding initiative to support African governments to implement proven foundational learning interventions at scale.
Learn more: adeanet.org/en/call-appl...
Learn more: adeanet.org/en/call-appl...
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Update on the state of the job market courtesy of a nudge by @gottliebecon.bsky.social
It's bad!
paulgp.com/2025/11/24/j...
It's bad!
paulgp.com/2025/11/24/j...
Economics Job Market Update: November 2025 - A Historic Low
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November 24, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Update on the state of the job market courtesy of a nudge by @gottliebecon.bsky.social
It's bad!
paulgp.com/2025/11/24/j...
It's bad!
paulgp.com/2025/11/24/j...
Wow, that's me!
UB Economics is proud to spotlight one of our fantastic faculty members - Dr. Todd Pugatch!
Check out the link to learn more about Dr. Pugatch and his advice for #UBuffalo students!
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November 24, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Wow, that's me!
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An editor's single wish... decline any request but please do so promptly
Recently did around 30 requests to ppl who'd published very similar papers to the one I needed reviews for. 3 declines, 25 no response. Please at least decline guys it slows stuff down so much otherwise.
I'm still relatively new to this journal associate editor business, but it already sucks… I've had a paper on my desk for more than a month now:
Reviewers invited: 12
Of those…
Declined: 5
No response: 7
Reviewers invited: 12
Of those…
Declined: 5
No response: 7
November 24, 2025 at 7:54 AM
An editor's single wish... decline any request but please do so promptly
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Looking forward to the next iteration of this work, “F- it, we’re doing four robustnesses.”
New paper: Triply Robust Panel Estimators (TROP) by @susanathey.bsky.social @guidoimbens.bsky.social Zhaonan Qu @vivianodavide.bsky.social.
arxiv.org/pdf/2508.21536
arxiv.org/pdf/2508.21536
November 23, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Looking forward to the next iteration of this work, “F- it, we’re doing four robustnesses.”
Reviewing another cross-country regression paper
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November 22, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Reviewing another cross-country regression paper
Yikes. Not that it makes you feel any better, but that's far down my list of troubling developments at Texas universities in the past year.
November 21, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Yikes. Not that it makes you feel any better, but that's far down my list of troubling developments at Texas universities in the past year.
OK, that's different...here I haven't seen the same encroachments into faculty teaching.
November 21, 2025 at 4:06 PM
OK, that's different...here I haven't seen the same encroachments into faculty teaching.
I dunno...our admin is also Team AI but I distinguish their interest in AI research $ from an endorsement of uninhibited AI use for student academic work.
November 21, 2025 at 3:46 PM
I dunno...our admin is also Team AI but I distinguish their interest in AI research $ from an endorsement of uninhibited AI use for student academic work.
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Training a single teacher (the "gender focal point") in each school in Mozambique reduced sexual abuse of girls by school staff by 67%
November 21, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Training a single teacher (the "gender focal point") in each school in Mozambique reduced sexual abuse of girls by school staff by 67%
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For Harvard and for Economics, the problem in the Summers/Epstein exchanges isn't Epstein, it's Summers./1
November 20, 2025 at 8:22 PM
For Harvard and for Economics, the problem in the Summers/Epstein exchanges isn't Epstein, it's Summers./1
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🚨Attention! AshEcon call for papers! 🚨
www.ashecon.org/2026-minneap...
Due date for abstracts: December 10, 2025
I'm the Program Chair for Health and Development, so would like to encourage global health scholars in particular
Some tips for prospective authors in thread below
www.ashecon.org/2026-minneap...
Due date for abstracts: December 10, 2025
I'm the Program Chair for Health and Development, so would like to encourage global health scholars in particular
Some tips for prospective authors in thread below
2026 Call for Abstracts – ASHEcon
www.ashecon.org
November 20, 2025 at 7:55 PM
🚨Attention! AshEcon call for papers! 🚨
www.ashecon.org/2026-minneap...
Due date for abstracts: December 10, 2025
I'm the Program Chair for Health and Development, so would like to encourage global health scholars in particular
Some tips for prospective authors in thread below
www.ashecon.org/2026-minneap...
Due date for abstracts: December 10, 2025
I'm the Program Chair for Health and Development, so would like to encourage global health scholars in particular
Some tips for prospective authors in thread below
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Stay tuned for follow-up, where we conduct an RCT involving vulnerable women in this area - half abducted as children - to assess the impact of:
1) cash only
2) cash+group life-skill training
3) cash+group mental health counseling
W/ @eeshani.bsky.social & @mirandainez.bsky.social
1) cash only
2) cash+group life-skill training
3) cash+group mental health counseling
W/ @eeshani.bsky.social & @mirandainez.bsky.social
What's the long-term impact of being abducted during an armed conflict? editorialexpress.com/cgi-bin/conf... In Uganda, 20 years after the conflict: "Formerly abducted women still exhibit significantly higher rates of depression and perceived stress, heightened stress responses..."
November 19, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Stay tuned for follow-up, where we conduct an RCT involving vulnerable women in this area - half abducted as children - to assess the impact of:
1) cash only
2) cash+group life-skill training
3) cash+group mental health counseling
W/ @eeshani.bsky.social & @mirandainez.bsky.social
1) cash only
2) cash+group life-skill training
3) cash+group mental health counseling
W/ @eeshani.bsky.social & @mirandainez.bsky.social
This is wild: "Sorry for my lengthy relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. Anyway, last class we were talking about consumer surplus..."
Larry Summers discusses his “statement of regret” for his disturbing messages to Jeffrey Epstein with Harvard students
November 19, 2025 at 7:44 PM
This is wild: "Sorry for my lengthy relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. Anyway, last class we were talking about consumer surplus..."
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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.
boost enrollment with this one weird trick
November 19, 2025 at 2:54 PM
boost enrollment with this one weird trick
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Indonesia built 6,000 secondary schools and you'll never guess what happened to enrolment rates next
cesarlgm.github.io/documents/pa...
cesarlgm.github.io/documents/pa...
November 19, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Indonesia built 6,000 secondary schools and you'll never guess what happened to enrolment rates next
cesarlgm.github.io/documents/pa...
cesarlgm.github.io/documents/pa...
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📢 New postdoc opportunity at Annenberg!
The Annenberg Institute is seeking a postdoctoral research associate for a 2‐year appointment to join a diverse community of scholars committed to educational equity and improvement!
More info here: annenberg.brown.edu/opportunitie...
The Annenberg Institute is seeking a postdoctoral research associate for a 2‐year appointment to join a diverse community of scholars committed to educational equity and improvement!
More info here: annenberg.brown.edu/opportunitie...
November 18, 2025 at 6:40 PM
📢 New postdoc opportunity at Annenberg!
The Annenberg Institute is seeking a postdoctoral research associate for a 2‐year appointment to join a diverse community of scholars committed to educational equity and improvement!
More info here: annenberg.brown.edu/opportunitie...
The Annenberg Institute is seeking a postdoctoral research associate for a 2‐year appointment to join a diverse community of scholars committed to educational equity and improvement!
More info here: annenberg.brown.edu/opportunitie...
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Using data to allocate teachers more carefully keeps children advancing in school. documents.worldbank.org/en/publicati...
November 18, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Using data to allocate teachers more carefully keeps children advancing in school. documents.worldbank.org/en/publicati...