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Caroline Krafft
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Economist, Associate Prof. @ Humphrey School of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota Development/Labor/Education/Gender/ECD/Inequality in the Middle East and North Africa.

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Caroline Krafft @ckrafftc.bsky.social · Mar 10
📣 New paper "Do employers discriminate against married women? Evidence from a field experiment in Egypt" published in the Journal of Development Economics! #EconSky #menasky

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
ABSTRACT This research submitted fictitious resumes to online job postings in Egypt, randomizing gender and marital status. More job postings explicitly required men (14 per cent) than women (4 per cent). Despite the gender discrimination in postings, women were only slightly less likely to receive callbacks than men, with only a small difference between single and married women. Differences in callbacks by sex and marital status were not statistically significant. Women and especially married women were, however, particularly likely to be asked for more information rather than scheduled for an interview.

Reposted by Caroline Krafft

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Seema Jayachandran @seema.bsky.social · 11h
Grumpy opinion:
Too many young development economists are working on behavioral econ questions that are unimportant for development. The topics are amenable to small experiments that can nail mechanisms and demonstrate smarts via a clever design. The profession over-rewards those attributes.

Reposted by Caroline Krafft

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Prof Phoebe Barnard @phoebebarnard.bsky.social · 1d
Trump et al turn on everyone they don't like, without any knowledge, insight, or even economic data - like Somali Americans (kstp.com/kstp-news/to...).

And, being Trump et al, also without reservation, respect for the law or human decency. See donation orgs under @zaynabmmohamed.bsky.social 's post

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Caroline Krafft @ckrafftc.bsky.social · 2d
📣 New @unu-wider.bsky.social working paper "How do childhood environments contribute to intergenerational economic mobility?: Evidence from 25 years of panel data in Egypt" w/Ragui Assaad and Ruotong Li! www.wider.unu.edu/publication/... #EconSky
UNU-WIDER : Working Paper : How do childhood environments contribute to intergenerational economic mobility?
How do childhood environments contribute to intergenerational economic mobility? This paper explores the relative roles of family background (parents’ wages, income, and wealth during the early years)...
www.wider.unu.edu

Reposted by Caroline Krafft

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Karla Ward @silentscreatch.bsky.social · 2d
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Why child deaths under age 5 will likely rise for the first time this century : Goats and Soda

www.npr.org/sections/goa...
For the first time this century, child deaths under age 5 will likely rise. Why?
A dramatic drop in mortality for youngsters under age 5 has been one of the great accomplishments in global health. But estimates suggest that in 2025 child deaths will go up.
www.npr.org

Reposted by Anna O. Law, Caroline Krafft, Jonathan Hopkin , and 4 more

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 2d
I really can't emphasize enough that if you care about local politics, all you gotta do is show up. Just a regular schmegular person showing up. Literally just show up consistently in person and within a remarkably short amount of time, you will have a shocking amount of influence.

Reposted by Caroline Krafft

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mspwhistles.bsky.social @mspwhistles.bsky.social · 2d
Neighbors: if you need 1-2 whistles, please pick them up at one of these great neighborhood businesses hosting whistles!

Minneapolis: Bichota Coffee, May Day Cafe, Sisters Sludge Coffee, Nice Time Market, Moon Palace, Arbieter, A Bar of Their Own, Bench Pressed, Boneshaker Books, Color Wheel

1/2

Reposted by Caroline Krafft

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CIDRAP @cidrap.bsky.social · 3d
Follow CIDRAP News reporter @cvdall.bsky.social , who is live-tweeting #ACIP proceedings today

Reposted by Caroline Krafft

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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 3d
POTUS: I am sending ICE to Minnesota

[monkey's paw curls]
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Reposted by Caroline Krafft, Todd Pugatch

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VoxDev @voxdev.bsky.social · 3d
📢 Our new VoxDevLit on EdTech is out now!

Senior Editor @singhabhi.bsky.social & Co-Editors @lnavarrosola.bsky.social @iies.su.se & Philip Oreopoulos, summarise everything you need to know about EdTech.

Read & download here: voxdev.org/voxdevlit/ed...
Education Technology
Policy Priorities for EdTech in LMICsAvoid hardware-first approaches. These have consistently failed and are expensive.Prioritise interventions with strong evidence of cost-effective impact:Personalis...
voxdev.org

Reposted by Caroline Krafft, Christian E. Weller

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Patrick Fenelon @patrickfenelon.bsky.social · 4d
I'm going to sound like a broken record by the way I keep mentioning how 95% of Somalis in the Twin Cities metro area are US citizens, but very few mainstream outlets are pointing this out.

This should be very basic stuff for any news organization.

Reposted by Elizabeth Saunders, Caroline Krafft, Erika Franklin Fowler , and 5 more

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 4d
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The Onion is accepting applicants for our writing, video and graphics fellowships.

Fellowships last six months, pay well, and provide full benefits.

You can apply at theonion.com/fellowship.
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Reposted by Caroline Krafft, David Chester, Charles T. Mathewes

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Erin Westgate @erinwestgate.bsky.social · 4d
Academic accommodations in college more than doubled between 2011 and 2024 (4% -> 10%) and is driven by students getting accommodations for mental health conditions - job market paper by @alvinchristian.bsky.social

Reposted by Seema Jayachandran, Caroline Krafft

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VoxDev @voxdev.bsky.social · 4d
🆕 Women’s power at home

In today's podcast, @seema.bsky.social @princetondevo.bsky.social & Alessandra Voena discuss what economic research has taught us about women’s power in the household: voxdev.org/topic/instit...

Reposted by Brad R. Humphreys, Caroline Krafft, Michael Kevane

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CNN @cnn.com · 4d
Larry Summers has been banned for life from the American Economic Association, a professional organization for economists, with more than 17,000 members, over his ties to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Larry Summers receives lifetime ban from prestigious economic association over Epstein ties | CNN Business
Larry Summers has been banned for life from the American Economic Association, a professional organization for economists, with more than 17,000 members, over his ties to the late sex offender Jeffrey...
www.cnn.com

Reposted by Archon Fung, Richard S.J. Tol, Nicholas A. Christakis , and 22 more

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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 4d
After becoming a congressional leader, a politician’s stock portfolio beats out those of peers by 47 (!!!) percentage points a year through trades timed around bills and firms that later get government contracts

www.nber.org/papers/w34524

via @florianederer.bsky.social
"Captain Gains" on Capitol Hill Shang-Jin Wei & Yifan Zhou WORKING PAPER 34524 DOI 10.3386/w34524 ISSUE DATE November 2025 Using transaction-level data on US congressional stock trades, we find that lawmakers who later ascend to leadership positions perform similarly to matched peers beforehand but outperform them by 47 percentage points annually after ascension. Leaders' superior performance arises through two mechanisms. The political influence channel is reflected in higher returns when their party controls the chamber, sales of stocks preceding regulatory actions, and purchase of stocks whose firms receiving more government contracts and favorable party support on bills. The corporate access channel is reflected in stock trades that predict subsequent corporate news and greater returns on donor-owned or home-state firms. 令 1 1 -9 -8 -7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 1 2 3 4 5 7 8 9 Year Figure 2: Estimated dynamic quasi-difference-in-differences coefficient, di, of equation(3), with vertical dashed lines representing 90 percent confidence intervals. The point estimate of the year in which the lawmaker became a congressional leader (Year 0) is normalized to zero. BHAR over the 250 days following each trade is the dependent variable and calculated using the Fama-French five-factor plus momentum as the benchmark model.

Reposted by Caroline Krafft, Karen Benjamin Guzzo, Yue Qian

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Anna R. Haskins @annarhaskins.bsky.social · 4d
RSF call for papers! Special issue in celebration of 25 years of the FFCWS @ffcws.bsky.social! Call open to the full range of datasets and methods in servive to studying contemporary families! www.russellsage.org/publications...
Request for Articles - Future of Families and Child Wellbeing Study: 25th Anniversary | Russell Sage Foundation
www.russellsage.org

Reposted by Caroline Krafft, Sara Wallace Goodman, Timothy D. McBride

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Sarah Gollust @sarahgollust.bsky.social · 5d
Somali people are my neighbors, students, and friends. These attacks are despicable.

Reposted by Caroline Krafft

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City of Minneapolis @minneapolismn.gov · 5d
Minneapolis has the most vibrant Somali-American community in the nation. The City works every day to ensure Minneapolis is a welcoming place for all, regardless of immigration status. Read more: https://www.minneapolismn.gov/news/2025/december/city-response/

Reposted by Caroline Krafft, Karen Benjamin Guzzo

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Ben Casselman @bencasselman.bsky.social · 5d
Excellent piece from the always-excellent @josephpolitano.bsky.social on why no one should be citing Current Population Data on immigration levels, and why it's a problem that we don't have better data on this crucial question. #EconSky
www.apricitas.io/p/america-is...
America is Flying Blind on Immigration
Nobody Knows How Many Immigrant Workers Have Left the US Amidst Trump's Mass Deportations. That's Incredibly Bad.
www.apricitas.io

Reposted by Joanna Bryson, Robb Willer, Caroline Krafft

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 6d
My bipartisan IRS MATH Act with Senator Bill Cassidy is now law.

Now, if you mess up your taxes, the IRS has to tell you where you made a mistake and how to fix it.

No more spending a fortune on lawyers or hours to find errors.

That means fewer headaches and more money in your pocket.

Reposted by Caroline Krafft

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Random paper from RePEc @random-repec-paper.bsky.social · 7d
The Impact of Forced Displacement on Host Communities. A Review of the Empirical Literature in Economics
by Verme, Paolo & Schuettler, Kirsten (2020)
IDEAS/RePEc link
to RePEc:zbw:glodps:583
ideas.repec.org

Reposted by Caroline Krafft, Robert C. Richards, Michael W. Kraus , and 2 more

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Trevon Logan @trevondlogan.bsky.social · 7d
The NBER Race and Stratification Working Group will have its annual meeting on Friday, March 27, 2026. @franciscaantman.bsky.social, Bocar Ba, Robynn Cox and I are organizing the program. Submit your paper by the December 11, 2025 deadline! @nber.org #Econsky www.nber.org/conferences/...
Economics of Race and Stratification, Spring 2026
www.nber.org

Reposted by Caroline Krafft

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Trevon Logan @trevondlogan.bsky.social · 9d
In this season of hyper-consumerism, it is important to note that Black Americans regularly protested establishments that would not treat them equally and promoted those that did. The Green Book Project archives this rich history. greenbookproject.osu.edu #GreenBookProject
#CommunityMap #EconSky

Reposted by Nicholas A. Christakis, Scott L. Greer, Caroline Krafft , and 5 more

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Yonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 9d
Interesting new working paper that studies chains of movers after the construction of a new apartment building in Honolulu.

Paper finds that the project resulted in the opening up other, lower cost, housing on the island, benefiting the housing market overall.
uhero.hawaii.edu

Reposted by Caroline Krafft

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Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist) @fisherdanar.bsky.social · 9d
Correction: bsky.app/profile/eliz...
elizabethbitmeehan.com Elizabeth (Bit) Meehan, PhD @elizabethbitmeehan.com · 10d
FYI: law and science, political science, and sociology all still have DDRIG programs run outside of the NSF but funded by NSF. The rest of these programs unfortunately do not.

I run the political science DDRIG.
killgrove.bsky.social Kristina Killgrove @killgrove.bsky.social · 11d
NEW from me - NSF cancels grant scheme for social science research.

Seems the NSF quietly archived ALL calls for DDRIG grants in the SBE directorate. This is a massive blow for PhD students wanting to do cutting-edge social science research. 🏺🧪

Reposted by Caroline Krafft, Raquel Fonseca

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NBER @nber.org · 10d
Curriculum shapes more than skills as taking STEM in high school boosts tech careers—but also shifts politics as boys grow more conservative and girls more progressive, from Robert Ainsworth, Rajeev H. Dehejia, Andrei Munteanu, Cristian Pop-Eleches, and Miguel Urquiola www.nber.org/papers/w34502

Reposted by Caroline Krafft, Juan Cole, Zen Faulkes , and 2 more

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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 10d
Nearly every mechanism that made my career possible—Ford, NSF, Harvard BiGS—is gone or on the way to the chopping block.
epopppp.bsky.social Beth Popp Berman @epopppp.bsky.social · 10d
This means NSF dissertation improvement grants in the social sciences are simply...not happening.
killgrove.bsky.social Kristina Killgrove @killgrove.bsky.social · 11d
NEW from me - NSF cancels grant scheme for social science research.

Seems the NSF quietly archived ALL calls for DDRIG grants in the SBE directorate. This is a massive blow for PhD students wanting to do cutting-edge social science research. 🏺🧪

Reposted by Kevin J. Anchukaitis, Tom Clark, Mark J. Brandt , and 15 more

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Beth Popp Berman @epopppp.bsky.social · 10d
This means NSF dissertation improvement grants in the social sciences are simply...not happening.
killgrove.bsky.social Kristina Killgrove @killgrove.bsky.social · 11d
NEW from me - NSF cancels grant scheme for social science research.

Seems the NSF quietly archived ALL calls for DDRIG grants in the SBE directorate. This is a massive blow for PhD students wanting to do cutting-edge social science research. 🏺🧪
Today's biggest science news: Doomed comet explodes | Comet 3I/ATLAS course alteration | Dark matter detected?
Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2025: Your daily feed of the biggest discoveries and breakthroughs making headlines.
www.livescience.com

Reposted by Caroline Krafft, Karen Benjamin Guzzo, Aaron Sojourner , and 1 more

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Aaron Schwartz @aschwartz.bsky.social · 11d
🚨New Paper🚨 US doctors are paid very different amounts for treating different patients—even when providing identical services.

How much less are physicians paid for treating non-White patients?

In @jamahealthforum.com, we offer the 1st national estimates. (1/7)

jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Payments to Physician Practices and Incentives to Serve Different Racial and Ethnic Groups
This study measures disparities across patient racial and ethnic groups in per-visit payment to physician practices from health insurers and other sources, adjusted for visit content, geographic marke...
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