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Valerie Mueller

@valmuellerasu.bsky.social

8.5K followers 2.4K following 590 posts

Professor at ASU #DevEcon #EnvironEcon #AgEcon #EnvironDemography #PoliticalEcon Non-resident fellow at IFPRI Member of AERE Org Board of Directors Deputy Editor at Climatic Change

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Valerie Mueller @valmuellerasu.bsky.social · 11h

I was thinking of doing something similar.

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Cassandra Cotton @cassandracotton.bsky.social · 11h

Excited to finally share my new paper (w/Raphaël Charron-Chénier) out in BJS! Staying Apart for the Kids looks at how older adults consider preserving family wealth in their new relationships. Drawing on my interviews with mid/late-life daters, we show how accumulated wealth shapes dating decisions.

Staying Apart for the Kids? Older American Daters and the Preservation of Family Wealth

Romantic repartnering in later life has received substantial scholarly and public attention in light of population aging and changes in family dynamics. In the United States, the importance of househ...

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Valerie Mueller @valmuellerasu.bsky.social · 12h

How does that work?

Valerie Mueller @valmuellerasu.bsky.social · 12h

How do you translate that into points?

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ROCKWOOL Foundation Berlin @rfberlin.bsky.social · 15h

🚨 We are hiring!
📂 RFBerlin invites applications for Postdoctoral Fellow positions in Economics.
⏰ Application deadline: November 15.
More info: www.rfberlin.com/job/postdoct...
👉 Apply here or share with your network: econjobmarket.org/positions/11...
#EconSky #EconJobMarket

Postdoctoral Fellow in Economics

The ROCKWOOL Foundation Berlin (RFBerlin) invites applications for postdoctoral fellow positions in economics. The initial contract is for two years, with the possibility of renewal for up to six year...

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Valerie Mueller @valmuellerasu.bsky.social · 15h

Give yourself a break. It takes time to adapt and it’ll probably evolve into something better.

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Valerie Mueller @valmuellerasu.bsky.social · 15h

Makes a lot of sense.

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Valerie Mueller @valmuellerasu.bsky.social · 15h

I’m planning to do the same thing when I get back. I want to learn how this approach works since I teach a similar class. Did you change homework formats? Are they still required?

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Centre for Economic Performance @cep-lse.bsky.social · 17h

Nice work if you can get it? The distribution of employment and earnings during the early years of the clean energy transition

By @jmcolmer.bsky.social, Eva Lyubich and John Voorheis

Read: cep.lse.ac.uk/pubs/d...

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Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science, Oxford University @oxforddemsci.bsky.social · 1d

🎓 Join us for a 4 year fully funded PhD in Health Data Science @Oxford

📊 Predicting Health Outcomes
🔗 www.demography.ox.ac.uk/dphil-opport...

🗣️ The Natural Language of Health and Social Care
🔗 www.demography.ox.ac.uk/dphil-opport...

Contact @crahal.com for a chat

DPhil Opportunity: Predicting Health Outcomes at the Population Level

Project DescriptionInequalities in health are pervasive and persistent. But what if we could predict adverse health outcomes before they occur, and intervene to prevent them? The possibility of highly...

www.demography.ox.ac.uk

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Kasey Buckles @kaseybuckles.bsky.social · 1d

The Economic Demography Workshop will be on May 6, at the PAAs in St. Louis. See the call for papers 👇

Thanks to co-chairs @hnmansour.bsky.social & @mguldi.bsky.social !

EDW Call for Papers 2026.pdf

drive.google.com

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Steven S Smith @profstevensmith.bsky.social · 1d

Who is thinking that Democrats are not demanding enough as conditions for supporting a CR? And what about the appropriation bills to follow?

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Reposted by Diane Coyle, Valerie Mueller, Clark Gray

NBER @nber.org · 1d

Characterizing the potential and limits of using satellite imagery and machine learning technology to measure ground conditions, from Proctor, Carleton, Chong, Fransen, Greenhill, Katz, Murayama, Sherman, Tseng, Druckenmiller, and Hsiang https://www.nber.org/papers/w34315

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Valerie Mueller @valmuellerasu.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you.

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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 1d

That impact analysis has been done, by leading independent experts.

Here it is, open-access in the @thelancet.com —>
doi.org/10.1016/S014...

"The complete defunding of USAID would cause an estimated 2,450,000 all-age deaths annually."

Two. And a half. Million. Deaths. Each year.

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Valerie Mueller @valmuellerasu.bsky.social · 1d

The old Twitter got me through a rough patch at work. If people had not DM’d me about their experiences, I would not have been empowered to advocate for myself.

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 2d

Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?

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Laura Helmuth @laurahelmuth.bsky.social · 1d

Six of the nine Nobel Prize winners this year work in the U.S.
Three of the six were born outside the U.S., which is the pattern most years. No country has benefited more from welcoming immigrants from around the world.
www.nobelprize.org

The official website of the Nobel Prize - NobelPrize.org

The Nobel Prize rewards science, humanism and peace efforts. This is one of the central concepts in the will of Alfred Nobel, and it also permeates the outreach activities that have been developed for...

www.nobelprize.org

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Reposted by Anna O. Law, Christian Odendahl, Elizabeth Stokoe , and 9 more Anna O. Law, Christian Odendahl, Elizabeth Stokoe, Richard Waite, Valerie Mueller, Justin Lewis, James Goodwin, Tom Stoppard, Robert Proctor, Brian L. Frye, Nicolai von Ondarza, Nathan P. Kalmoe

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 2d

Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?

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Reposted by Philip N. Cohen, Valerie Mueller, Karen Benjamin Guzzo , and 1 more Philip N. Cohen, Valerie Mueller, Karen Benjamin Guzzo, Lauren Hersch Nicholas

Jenn Dowd @drjenndowd.bsky.social · 2d

The acting CDC director has now approved ACIP recs allowing anyone 6 months+ to receive an updated Covid-19 shot after discussing w/ their provider. If you are on the fence about getting an updated shot, read my in-depth take on the evidence we've accumulated on these vaccines. #publichealth

Do additional COVID vaccines really help?

We've accumulated a lot of scientific evidence in the last few years.

open.substack.com

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Valerie Mueller @valmuellerasu.bsky.social · 2d

Pretty convincing

Reposted by Scott L. Greer, Valerie Mueller, Shelly Lundberg , and 3 more Scott L. Greer, Valerie Mueller, Shelly Lundberg, Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham, Juan Moreno‐Cruz, Evan Roberts

Seema Jayachandran @seema.bsky.social · 2d

We just spent 6 months to add 1 figure to this paper. Some people said, "Couples aren't prioritizing men's careers. Men just have better earnings opportunities when moving."

Earnings effects of moves for couples on the left, singles on the right. Negligible gap between single men and women.

Event study coefficients that show that men's earnings rise more than women's among couples following a cross-commuting zone move (left panels). The pattern is muted or reverses among single men and single women (right panels).

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Helsinki Institute for Demography and Population Health @pophel.bsky.social · 2d

🚨Job alert!🚨

Helsinki Institute for Demography and Population Health is recruiting 2 postdocs. Join our team and investigate social inequalities in health!

jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...

#postdoc #demography #socialsciences #socialdata

Two Postdoctoral Researchers on Health Inequalities

jobs.helsinki.fi

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Reposted by Dave O’Brien, Valerie Mueller, Sophie Woodward , and 1 more Dave O’Brien, Valerie Mueller, Sophie Woodward, Matthew Waites

University of Manchester Sociology Department @uomsociology.bsky.social · 2d

VACANCY: Lecturer in Sociology (13 months, starting Jan 2026)
Closing date: 20 Oct 2025

Teaching PG modules on ‘Social Theory: Structure, Relations & Interaction’ & ‘Research Design’.
@britsoci.bsky.social @uomsoss.bsky.social
www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 2d

"Forty-five percent" of US construction firms "report experiencing project delays due to shortages of their own, or subcontractors' workers."

A growing economic debacle. It does not have to be this way. Wise and visionary public policy can channel migration into lawful, orderly pathways.

Construction Workforce Shortages Are Leading Cause Of Project Delays As Immigration Enforcement Affects Nearly 1/3 Of Firms

92 Percent of Construction Firms Report Having a Hard Time Finding Workers to Hire, As 45 Percent of Firms Say Labor Shortages are Causing Project Delays, New Nationwide Industry Survey Finds

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Valerie Mueller @valmuellerasu.bsky.social · 2d

An observation while on sabbatical, living in CET Time Zone. I get a lot more academic content on this site. I'm wondering how much more I've been missing out on by sleeping in the US.

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Reposted by Philip N. Cohen, Rebecca Sear, Cameron Campbell , and 4 more Philip N. Cohen, Rebecca Sear, Cameron Campbell, Valerie Mueller, Patrick Präg, Alice Reid, David W. Lawson

Hampton Gaddy @hggaddy.bsky.social · 3d

🚨 The Economist has been telling you for years that polygamy causes civil war by locking men out of marriage. A new article with @rebeccasear.bsky.social and @anthrolog.bsky.social explains that the demography of marriage markets doesn't actually work that way. 🧵

www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

High rates of polygyny do not lock large proportions of men out of the marriage market | PNAS

There is a widespread belief, in both the scholarly literature and the popular press, that polygyny prevents large numbers of men from marrying by ...

www.pnas.org

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Reposted by Anna O. Law, Valerie Mueller, David R. Miller

Bruno J. Navarro @brunojnavarro.bsky.social · 3d

A plane carrying a group of Southeast Asian migrants deported from the United States landed in the African nation of Eswatini early Monday, a lawyer for two of the deportees told The Associated Press.

Plane carrying deportees from the US arrives in the African nation of Eswatini, lawyer says

A plane carrying a group of Southeast Asian migrants deported from the United States has landed in the African nation of Eswatini. That's according to a U.S.

apnews.com

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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 3d

The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship "invests in the graduate education of 30 New Americans—immigrants and children of immigrants—poised to significantly contribute to U.S. society, culture, or their academic field. Fellows receive up to $90,000 in financial support over two years."

Why Become a Fellow – Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans

Apply for a Paul & Daisy Soros fellowship and become one of the thirty New Americans— immigrants or the children of immigrants—who are pursuing graduate

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Reposted by Jörg Peters, Jörg Oechssler, Valerie Mueller

Professor Dr Richard S.J. Tol FREcon MAE @richardtol.bsky.social · 4d

Some more words on Energy Economics open.substack.com/pub/richardt...

Autopsy

Lessons for editors

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Reposted by Valerie Mueller, Todd Pugatch, Clark Gray

Rafiuddin (Rafi) Najam @rnajam.bsky.social · 7d

Exciting news. We are hiring a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Public Policy. Focus areas: environmental policy, international development, or poverty.
Link:
unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/307...

Submission Deadline: November 3, 2025.
Don’t hesitate to reach out with any questions.

Assistant Professor

This position is located in the Department of Public Policy within the College of Arts and Sciences. This tenure-track position includes 40% teaching, 40% research, and 20% service to the department. ...

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