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Yana van der Meulen Rodgers

@yanarodgers.bsky.social

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Professor at Rutgers U. Labor, health, and dev’t economics. Associate Editor Feminist Economics, World Development, GW&O. Board member @aeacswep.bsky.social. Mom, runner. #Econsky

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Tatyana Deryugina @tderyugina.bsky.social · Aug 26

OK, who wants to help me draft & distribute a letter of support for Lisa Cook & Central Bank independence?

I already have a first draft & a bunch of academics' emails

If you want to help get this going, email me ([email protected])

www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

Why Trump’s offensive against the Fed's Lisa Cook is a ‘five-alarm fire’

At issue is an attempted White House power grab that ignores the rule of law and puts global economic stability at risk.

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HealthBegins @healthbegins.bsky.social · Jul 25

We have evidence abortion bans harm women, now evidence it harms the economy. These bans need to be repealed ASAP.

The costs of restricting abortion? More than $130 billion per year. www.motherjones.com/politics/202... by @juliannemcshane.bsky.social via @motherjones.com CC @yanarodgers.bsky.social

The costs of restricting abortion? More than $130 billion per year.

A new report quantifies the costs of rising abortion restrictions three years after Dobbs.

www.motherjones.com

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Feminist Economics @feministeconomics.bsky.social · Jul 25

📌Featured in the Global Reproductive Justice issue: Annie McGrew & @yanarodgers.bsky.social reflect on why employers subsidize employee access to fertility-regulating technologies and whether this enhances or undermines reproductive justice.
🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Reposted by Yana van der Meulen Rodgers, Ulrich Kaiser

ECON5k @econ5k.bsky.social · Nov 10

2025 #ECON5k is coming! Updated website here: sites.google.com/view/econ5k. Details+link to t-shirts. 5 colors this year!

Follow this account for more details + running celebration December + info about group runs at the meetings in SF!

+Contact [email protected] to be added to email list.

Economists running @econ5k.bsky.social [email protected]

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LSE Press @lsepress.bsky.social · Nov 19

A valuable article on @lseimpactblog.bsky.social for academics considering moving to Bluesky - worth sharing with your networks 📶 #AcademicSky

LSE Impact Blog @lseimpactblog.bsky.social · Nov 18

💥New: How to get started with academic Bluesky

👨‍💻 @nedpotter.bsky.social #AcademicSky #PhDSky

How to get started with academic Bluesky

As prominent individual and institutional accounts eschew Twitter/X for new social media platforms, Bluesky is having a moment. Drawing on the experience of colleagues on the platform, Ned Potter, …

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Dario Sansone @sansoneecon.bsky.social · Nov 18

🏳️‍🌈The Economics of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity 🏳️‍⚧️

I am thrilled to see my paper with Lee Badgett, Kitt Carpenter, and Maxine Lee published in the Journal of Economic Literature! @aeajournals.bsky.social

www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...

A Review of the Economics of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity

(September 2024) - This article reviews the growing literature on the economics of sexual orientation and gender identity, a field that did not exist thirty years ago. We summarize, evaluate, and synt...

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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · Nov 23

New #EconConf Feed aims to display posts of all big econ conferences.

#APPAM2024 & #SEA2024 are active now. In a few weeks, #ASSA2025 #LERA2025 posts will be active & display. Later, others.

In conference leadership & want it included? DM me & tell me the hashtag.
bsky.app/profile/did:...

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Irene van Staveren @irenevstaveren.bsky.social · Nov 15

Great banner from @lnvh.nl for a protest against a government that pretends to steer on cost-benefit analysis

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AEA Committee on Professional Climate @aeacpc.bsky.social · Dec 31

Heading to the AEA Chairs' Workshop Jan 4? No? Then this survey is for you. Yes? Then this survey is also for you! **Chairs** we need you to make our profession better. **Check your email** for a brief Qualtrics survey sent on December 18 from the AEA for discussion at the Chairs' Workshop.

Best and Worst Practices in Econ Departments: A Working Session for Chairs

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Ina Ganguli @inaganguli.bsky.social · Jan 3

Had a great run with @yanarodgers.bsky.social and @dbergstresser.bsky.social! We even saw the “Goldin” Gate Bridge 🌁😊

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CSWEP @aeacswep.bsky.social · Jan 24

Meet @aeacswep.bsky.social new Board Member:
@yanarodgers.bsky.social (Eastern Rep) is Professor in the Department of Labor Studies and Employment Relations at Rutgers University. To read her full bio, visit our website: aeaweb.org/about-aea/co...

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Miriam Bankovsky @miriambankovsky.bsky.social · Jul 4

Roundtable at @iaffofficial.bsky.social on my new book: Economics and the Family: A Social and Political History (Cambridge University Press). Thank you for the discussion @rgbetancourt.bsky.social @yanarodgers.bsky.social Nancy Folbre and Mariel Gruppi

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Izaskun Zuazu @izaskunzuazu.bsky.social · Jun 29

🚨Working paper alert🚨🏳️‍🌈 #EconSky #LGBTQ+economics Proud to share our working @yanarodgers.bsky.social in which we empirically analyze whether LGBTQ+ women suffer more severe mental health consequences during the pandemic www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-6...

LGBTQ+ Women and Mental Health during the COVID-19 Pandemic

We analyze whether the pandemic and its containment policies affected the mental health of women differently by their sexual orientation and gender identity. Using a sample of 26 European Union countr...

www.researchsquare.com

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Izaskun Zuazu @izaskunzuazu.bsky.social · Jun 10

I will be presenting the paper "LGBTQ+ women and mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic" (joint work with @yanarodgers.bsky.social ) at SEHO conf tomorrow 15:00-17:00 in Zaragoza @unizar.es

Yana van der Meulen Rodgers @yanarodgers.bsky.social · May 6

Feminist economist Susan Feiner’s brave sister Emily Feiner is making global headlines for standing up for freedom of voice and democracy at a local town hall meeting and getting forcibly removed by a bunch of officers. #Econsky eu.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

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Irene van Staveren @irenevstaveren.bsky.social · May 2

My Dutch-American friend @yanarodgers.bsky.social is reading my column book today while enjoying the sunshine. For those interested, such short pieces may make a good holiday reading 😊

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · Jan 31

The Demographic and Health Surveys, a major effort supported by USAID and widely used across the world, are also not currently available.

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Women in Economics Initiative @womeninecon.bsky.social · Feb 18

📣📣 The Women in Economics (WiE) Index 2024 is out!

Launched in 2019, it tracks women's leadership in the academic, private and public sector worldwide.

For the first time in six years, we see a slight general improvement in women's representation!

🔗 www.women-in-economics.com/copy-of-index

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Yana van der Meulen Rodgers @yanarodgers.bsky.social · Feb 17

The Federal Reserve is not as independent from the executive branch as we’d like to think. The NY Fed just cancelled this Thursday’s @aeacswep.bsky.social reception at #EEA2025 and withdrew from our summer fellowship program. Both support women and underrepresented groups in economics. #EconSky

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Jessica Leight @leightjessica.bsky.social · Feb 14

If you're looking to break from doomscrolling at end of week - check out this fascinating new special issue in @FeministEcon edited by @BilgeErten @DuvvuryN @bilgeerten.bsky.social + Ramnarain on perspectives on conflict, disaster + violence against women #econtwitter #econsky

Yana van der Meulen Rodgers @yanarodgers.bsky.social · Jan 24

Thank you @aeacswep.bsky.social for the opportunity to organize CSWEP panels at the annual EEA conference and to contribute to CSWEP’s hugely important mentoring and training programs.

CSWEP @aeacswep.bsky.social · Jan 24

Meet @aeacswep.bsky.social new Board Member:
@yanarodgers.bsky.social (Eastern Rep) is Professor in the Department of Labor Studies and Employment Relations at Rutgers University. To read her full bio, visit our website: aeaweb.org/about-aea/co...

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Yana van der Meulen Rodgers @yanarodgers.bsky.social · Jan 14

What’s wrong with describing your female PhD student as “careful” but your male student as “superb”? Find out in this new paper by Beverly Hirtle and Anna Kovner on gender and race/ethnicity biases in rec letters for Econ job mkt candidates. #Econsky @newyorkfed.bsky.social @richmondfed.bsky.social

Demographic Differences in Letters of Recommendation for Economics Ph.D. Students - FEDERAL RESERVE BANK of NEW YORK

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CSWEP @aeacswep.bsky.social · Nov 12

@aeacswep.bsky.social announces Sandra E. Black as the 2024 Carolyn Shaw Bell Award winner! Visit aeaweb.org/about-aea/co... for the full announcement. Congratulations to @econsandy.bsky.social

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Ina Ganguli @inaganguli.bsky.social · Jan 6

Congrats!! Award winning strava art 🏅
#Econ5k awards ceremony is up:
youtu.be/0miW6gUyek4

Yana van der Meulen Rodgers @yanarodgers.bsky.social · Jan 3

Running during a break from #ASSA2025 is such a great way to see the sights and catch up with #Econ5k friends @inaganguli.bsky.social and @dbergstresser.bsky.social

Ina Ganguli @inaganguli.bsky.social · Jan 3

Had a great run with @yanarodgers.bsky.social and @dbergstresser.bsky.social! We even saw the “Goldin” Gate Bridge 🌁😊

Yana van der Meulen Rodgers @yanarodgers.bsky.social · Jan 3

Happening right now at #ASSA2025. A fascinating AEA session on the impact of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion policies.

Yana van der Meulen Rodgers @yanarodgers.bsky.social · Jan 1

Wonderful photos!

Yana van der Meulen Rodgers @yanarodgers.bsky.social · Dec 31

@aeacedpc.bsky.social and @aeacswep.bsky.social are working hard to improve the economics profession. Econ dept chairs, be sure to complete the survey emailed to you, and if you are going to #ASSA2025, please attend this inaugural session on best and worst practices in econ departments. #EconSky

AEA Committee on Professional Climate @aeacpc.bsky.social · Dec 31

Heading to the AEA Chairs' Workshop Jan 4? No? Then this survey is for you. Yes? Then this survey is also for you! **Chairs** we need you to make our profession better. **Check your email** for a brief Qualtrics survey sent on December 18 from the AEA for discussion at the Chairs' Workshop.

Best and Worst Practices in Econ Departments: A Working Session for Chairs

Yana van der Meulen Rodgers @yanarodgers.bsky.social · Dec 31

Misty a big yes, let’s trade messages about schedules and figure out a time to meet 💕