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Shelly Lundberg
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Professor of Economics and Demography at University of California Santa Barbara. sjlundberg.weebly.com

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Shelly J. Lundberg is an economist and currently holds the positions of Leonard Broom Professor of Demography at the University of California, Santa Barbara, where she serves as associate director of the Broom Center for Demography. Lundberg is one of the world's leading population economists. .. more

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Shelly Lundberg @shellyjlundberg.bsky.social · Mar 30
My UCSB Faculty Research Lecture on "How Economics Discovered Women."

Warning but not apology: There are a lot of opinions.
Sorry about the cough--pollen season arrived early this year.

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Faculty Research Lecture clipped HD (from Bobcat).mp4
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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 15h
The Virginia Senate just told UVA it’s not getting state funding if it accepts the compact since UVA exists to serve Virginia, its residents, & their interests—not be a tool of the federal govt. Scoop from our student newspaper, who’ve been doing vital reporting www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2025...
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Kim Weeden @weedenkim.bsky.social · 21h
If highly selective universities, meaning those that admit <=10% of applicants, selected only on HS GPA, 63% of incoming students would be women. Wouldn't change much if considered test scores.

Trump's "compact" would hurt young men, and esp. young white men.

I doubt Linda "A1" McMahon knows this.
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Leafia Ye @leafiaye.bsky.social · 22h
We are building a new pop center at UofT and will hold our first mini-conference on Nov 6 - come join us!!

Exhibit 1: amazing speaker line-up - featuring friends around the world to discuss why demography/pop center matters! 🤓

Exhibit 2: the iconic castle where this conference will take place 🏰 ✨
The speaker line-up for the Toronto Population Network's first mini-conference (Ridhi Kashyap, Oxford; Elizabeth Dhuey, UofToronto; Emilio Parrado, UPenn; Katherine Curtis, Wisconsin; Rachel Margolis, Western; Sarah Flood, Minnesota Pop Center; Shelley Clark, McGill) The conference venue - Hart House, University of Toronto
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Shelly Lundberg @shellyjlundberg.bsky.social · 1d
Motivated reasoning is very powerful in economics. But focused and creative empirical research wins.
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Seema Jayachandran @seema.bsky.social · 3d
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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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 1d
Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...
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New York Attorney General Letitia James @newyorkstateag.bsky.social · 1d
This is nothing more than a continuation of the president’s desperate weaponization of our justice system.

I am not fearful — I am fearless.

We will fight these baseless charges aggressively, and my office will continue to fiercely protect New Yorkers and their rights..
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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 1d
Pentagon warns Toronto ‘dangerously close’ to winning World Series
Pentagon warns Toronto ‘dangerously close’ to winning World Series
WASHINGTON D.C. - Following last night's elimination of the New York Yankees, the United States Department of War has advised the White House that the Toronto Blue Jays are "perilously close" to acqui...
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Prof. Jennie Roe-mick 🏳️‍🌈 @romich.bsky.social · 2d
Wow. My University of Washington colleague Amy Hagopian was expelled from APHA for her pro-Palestinan advocacy. 🧵

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What to Do When Your Professional Association Breaks Your Heart
BY AMY HAGOPIAN Public health professionals are charged with responding to humanitarian crises. When hospitals are bombed, when children are deliberately starved, when doctors are assassinated, we’…
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Seema Jayachandran @seema.bsky.social · 3d
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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Shelly Lundberg @shellyjlundberg.bsky.social · 5d
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Balkinization: The Art of Replacing the Law with the Deal
A group blog on constitutional law, theory, and politics
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Shelly Lundberg @shellyjlundberg.bsky.social · 5d
This is a must-read for anyone reporting on the Trump regime's proposed deal with 9 universities. Conclusion: "Universities’ only proper response to this “compact”...is to offer absolutely nothing." Don't miss the speculation about why these 9--prestigious enough but potentially soft targets.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 5d
Joseph Fishkin offers the best analysis so far of the Trump extortion "compact" proposed to nine universities. balkin.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-...
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 5d
Joseph Fishkin offers the best analysis so far of the Trump extortion "compact" proposed to nine universities. balkin.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-...
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Shelly Lundberg @shellyjlundberg.bsky.social · 6d
Re restraining order preventing regime mobilization of Oregon National Guard in Portland.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 6d
Judge Immergut quotes James Madison from the
Records of the Federal Convention of 1787: “A standing
military force, with an overgrown Executive will not long be safe companions to liberty. The
means of defence [against] foreign danger, have been always the instruments of tyranny at
home.”
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 6d
Judge Immergut quotes James Madison from the
Records of the Federal Convention of 1787: “A standing
military force, with an overgrown Executive will not long be safe companions to liberty. The
means of defence [against] foreign danger, have been always the instruments of tyranny at
home.”
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Philip N Cohen @philipncohen.com · 7d
Chemerinsky: The Trump extortion demands are unconstitutional as well as odious (gift link). Me: Any school that signs must be shunned, faculty affected must walk. No room for this.
Opinion | Trump’s ‘Compact’ With Universities Is Just Extortion
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Shelly Lundberg @shellyjlundberg.bsky.social · 7d
UVa Faculty Senate says “Hell, no.”
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Liz Neeley @lizneeley.bsky.social · 7d
Just writing about this for tonight's newsletter. Here's the published version - facultysenate.virginia.edu/resolution-o...
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Liz Neeley @lizneeley.bsky.social · 7d
Just writing about this for tonight's newsletter. Here's the published version - facultysenate.virginia.edu/resolution-o...
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Techmeme @techmeme.com · 8d
Apple removes ICEBlock, an app for anonymously reporting ICE official sightings, from the App Store; AG Pam Bondi says the DOJ requested its removal (Ashley Oliver/Fox Business)

Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 8d
Gavin Newsom announces that any California university that caves to Trump and signs his “loyalty pledge” will be immediately defunded.

“CALIFORNIA WILL NOT BANKROLL SCHOOLS THAT SELL OUT THEIR STUDENTS.”
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Liz Neeley @lizneeley.bsky.social · 9d
Some problems have simple solutions. This new “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education” is one. The answer is simply saying no.

Simple does not mean easy. But Brown, Dartmouth, MIT, Vanderbilt, Univ of AZ, UPenn, USC, UT Austin & UVA must understand what they’ll lose if they sign on.
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Shelly Lundberg @shellyjlundberg.bsky.social · 9d
Looking at the 9 universities that have been asked to sign and wondering which promotion, manuscript, etc reviews I will be saying no to if they acquiesce. No free services to regime tools.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 9d
Breaking News: The White House asked nine top universities to pledge support for President Trump’s agenda to help ensure access to research funding.
Trump Administration Asks Colleges to Sign ‘Compact’ to Get Funding Preference
Demands sent to nine top schools included pledging to freeze tuition for five years and to commit to strict definitions of gender.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 9d
Breaking News: The White House asked nine top universities to pledge support for President Trump’s agenda to help ensure access to research funding.
Trump Administration Asks Colleges to Sign ‘Compact’ to Get Funding Preference
Demands sent to nine top schools included pledging to freeze tuition for five years and to commit to strict definitions of gender.
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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 9d
So much of academia runs on silent, collaborative service, requiring mutual goodwill to sustain it. That a few universities would sign letters to get them better deals w/ a corrupt administration… I don’t see how those universities survive in the long run. The rest of us just need to say no.
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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 9d
A moment that calls for collective action… to reject this transparent attack on academic freedom.
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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 9d
Trump's higher ed ransom note is here - everyone would have to acquiesce to their unprecedented demands or not be "given priority for grants," plus they can demand "reimbursement" for "violations" www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...

A mechanism to enforce fealty. An attack on academic freedom and democracy
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Jay Rosen @jayrosen.bsky.social · 9d
If you are following the story of The Pentagon's new policy, nicknamed, "you must check with us before you dream of doing any journalism," you may enjoy this update from @status.news
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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 10d
Hegseth's grasp at macho militarism, including pretty explicitly calling for soldiers to commit war crimes, reminded me of Barbara Ehrenreich's reaction to Abu Ghraib: "It is not enough to be equal to men when the men are acting like beasts."
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Pacific Rugby Hub @pacificrugbyhub.bsky.social · 15d
Rugby World Cup

Final:

🏉 Canada v England
🗓️ Saturday 27 September 2025
📍 London
🕓 4.00pm BST (local) / 3.00pm UTC / 11.00am ET / 8.00am PT
📺 TSN1, TSN4 & CTV2 (CAN) / BBC One (ENG)

Other broadcasters:
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Referee: Hollie Davidson (SRU)

#RWC2025 #CANvENG
Canada's line-up v England (RWC, Final). Online: https://rugby.ca/en/news/2025/09/canada-s-roster-set-for-women-s-rugby-world-cup-final-against-england England's line-up v Canada (RWC, Final). Online: https://www.englandrugby.com/follow/news-and-media/red-roses-team-play-canada-2025-womens-rugby-world-cup-final
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Paula England @paulaengland.bsky.social · 15d
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Shelly Lundberg @shellyjlundberg.bsky.social · 15d
"The group includes the former Fed chairs Alan Greenspan and Ben Bernanke, in addition to a long list of former Treasury secretaries, including Janet L. Yellen, who served under Biden; Timothy F. Geithner, who served under Obama; and Henry Paulson, who served under President George W. Bush."
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 15d
A group of top former economic policymakers warned the Supreme Court on Thursday not to allow President Trump to immediately remove Lisa Cook from the Federal Reserve Board, saying such a move would threaten the central bank’s independence and erode public confidence in the economy.
Top Economic Leaders Warn Supreme Court to Allow Lisa Cook to Remain at Fed, for Now
In a brief filed with the court, former Fed chairs and U.S. Treasury secretaries cautioned of erosion in public confidence in the Fed’s independence.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 15d
A group of top former economic policymakers warned the Supreme Court on Thursday not to allow President Trump to immediately remove Lisa Cook from the Federal Reserve Board, saying such a move would threaten the central bank’s independence and erode public confidence in the economy.
Top Economic Leaders Warn Supreme Court to Allow Lisa Cook to Remain at Fed, for Now
In a brief filed with the court, former Fed chairs and U.S. Treasury secretaries cautioned of erosion in public confidence in the Fed’s independence.
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