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AEA Journals @aeajournals.bsky.social · 12d

The October 2025 issue of AEJ: Applied Economics (17, 4) is now available online at aeaweb.org/issues/820.

American Economic Journal: Applied Economics

Vol. 17 No. 4 October 2025

aeaweb.org

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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 19d

Not quite sure how to put it all in words, but I just spent an extraordinary day celebrating my dissertation adviser, Larry Katz. Feeling grateful, proud, and (re-) inspired.

Larry has raised so many extraordinary economists that being in the same room as them was overwhelming.

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 19d

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Wojtek Kopczuk @wwwojtekk.bsky.social · 20d

Technically speaking, blackmail is not regulation

Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 20d

This really is the final expression of "libertarianism" as it is practiced in the US today.

Tweet from Ilya Shapiro: "Wait, is it the government that makes hiring/firing decisions at ABC?"
responding to Chris Hayes saying: "This is the most straightforward attack on free speech from state actors I've ever seen in my life and it's not even close."

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Alex Abdo @alexabdo.bsky.social · Sep 8

Chief Justice Roberts (2007): “The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race.”

Justice Kavanaugh (2025): ethnicity “can be a 'relevant factor' when considered along with other salient factors” in immigration stops.

Quoting from Justice Roberts in a recent decision

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Erika McEntarfer @erikamcentarfer.bsky.social · Sep 5

The larger-than-usual downward revision last month was in large part driven by a negative skew in the job growth distribution among late reporting firms. That’s unusual, but it’s happened before when the pace of job growth slows rapidly. This print is more evidence that was the case

Ben Casselman @bencasselman.bsky.social · Sep 5

U.S. employers added 22,000 jobs in August and the unemployment rate ticked up to 4.3 percent.
Data: www.bls.gov/news.release...
Live coverage: www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09... #NumbersDay

Employment Situation Summary - 2025 M07 Results

www.bls.gov

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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · Aug 31

USDA quietly said Friday it will, after a century, end the Farm Labor Survey (FLS), the only wage survey of ag employers.

FLS is a critical input to setting local minimum wages for H-2A visa workers to try to avoid harm to U.S. workers' wages.
#LaborDay #EconSky
www.nass.usda.gov/Newsroom/Not...

Newsroom
ASB Notice
NASS discontinues select data collection programs and reports
Issued August 28, 2025, by the Agricultural Statistics Board of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service. For more information, contact Lance Honig at Lance.Honig@usda.gov or (202) 690-8141.

USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) is discontinuing the Mink Survey (OMB Control Number 0535-0212) and the Agricultural Labor Survey (OMB Control Number 0535-0109), as these collections are deemed duplicative and/or no longer necessary. This action is taken under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) as part of the government’s efforts to improve efficiency and eliminate unnecessary burdens.

The Notice of Discontinuance of Information Collections submitted to the Federal Register can be found here.

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NASS is the federal statistical agency responsible for producing official data about U.S. agriculture and is committed to providing timely, accurate and useful statistics in service to U.S. agriculture.

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Khoa @khoavuumn.bsky.social · Aug 18

Synthetic Control Method be like

𝕃𝕦𝕔𝕒𝕧𝕚 𓅰 🐱 @lucavi.bsky.social · Aug 18

good evening

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Erika McEntarfer @erikamcentarfer.bsky.social · Aug 18

A key challenge for BLS is adequate funding for data collection and modernization. During my tenure I tried to identify the causes. One person told me, ‘your problem is that while BLS has no enemies you also have no friends’ meaning no powerful interest groups advocating for economic data.

John Cassidy @johncassidysays.bsky.social · Aug 18

Every business day, big capitalist institutions depend on having access to unbiased economic statistics. It's time for them to step up and help protect the B.L.S. and other statistical agencies from Trump's encroachments.

My latest column:

www.newyorker.com/news/the-fin...

Big Business and Wall Street Need to Stand Up for Honest Data

In nominating an inexperienced MAGA partisan for commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Donald Trump is chipping away at an essential foundation of the American economy.

www.newyorker.com

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Andy Garin @andygarin.bsky.social · Aug 18

Hey, congrats!!

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Ben Casselman @bencasselman.bsky.social · Aug 6

Data revisions are a normal, necessary part of trying to measure a $30 trillion economy in real time. They can also be jarring, especially for people who don't obsessively scrutinize every jobs report.
So I dug into the how and why of revisions. A few big takeaways:
#EconSky

Why the B.L.S. Regularly Revises Jobs Data

www.nytimes.com

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Page S. Gardner @pagegardner.bsky.social · Aug 4

During the latest PSG Consulting webinar, @geoffgarin.bsky.social and the @hartresearch.bsky.social team highlighted new research on how younger voters are more likely to see Trump as divisive and to disapprove of his othering tactics.

A few key findings from the research on young voters:

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COPAFS @copafs.bsky.social · Aug 2

AEA Statement on Dismissal of BLS Comm.

"The independence of the federal statistical agencies is essential to the proper functioning of a modern economy. Accurate, timely, and impartial statistics are the foundation upon which households, businesses, and policymakers make critical decisions."

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Ben Casselman @bencasselman.bsky.social · Aug 2

For months, people have been asking me whether I still trusted gov’t data. My answer was always the same: The stats agencies faced longstanding challenges, some of which Trump was making worse. But there was no sign of political meddling.
I can’t say that anymore.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/01/b...

Trump, Claiming Weak Jobs Numbers Were ‘Rigged,’ Fires Labor Official

www.nytimes.com

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Andy Garin @andygarin.bsky.social · Aug 2

Thank you for your dedicated service!!

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Jed Kolko @jedkolko.bsky.social · Aug 1

For six months, I've said that threats to economic data have been more collateral damage than intentional harm.

No longer.

Firing the head of the BLS is five-alarm intentional harm to the integrity of US economic data and the entire statistical system.

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Notre Dame Economics @ndecon.bsky.social · Jul 22

Our friends at the Wilson Sheehan Lab for Economic Opportunities are hiring a senior research program manager. They're seeking someone with a Master’s or PhD in economics, public policy, or a related field, and solid experience managing applied research projects. careers.nd.edu/search-caree...

3743990008647846 - Senior Research Program Manager | LEO

Make a difference at Notre Dame! Contribute to groundbreaking research, shape young minds, and create a supportive campus. Your work matters.

careers.nd.edu

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Andy Garin @andygarin.bsky.social · Jul 19

Cool!

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Dan Herbst @danherbst.bsky.social · Jul 17

1/ New working paper with Trevor Bakker, @stefanie-deluca.bsky.social, Eric English, Jamie Fogel, and Nathan Hendren: We use newly linked Census, IRS, and credit bureau data to explore differences in credit access by race, class, and hometown.

djh1202.github.io/website/cre...

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Centre for Economic Performance @cep-lse.bsky.social · Jul 15

How much would you need to be paid to stay in a job that became more risky? @koenig-felix.bsky.social and @massimo-anelli.bsky.social

#economics

blogs.lse.ac.uk/busi...

People value workplace safety more than traditionally believed - LSE Business Review

During COVID some workers chose to forgo earnings to protect themselves, avoiding exposure to the virus. People value workplace safety highly. .

blogs.lse.ac.uk

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · Jul 15

I've been teaching at Princeton over the same period and the drop-off in reading stamina has been staggering.

I'm not sure of the cause -- some blame K-12 shifts to "chunk reading" while others pin it on COVID -- but it's undeniable.

Carlos Noreña @carlosfnorena.bsky.social · Jul 15

I'm entering my 25th year in the job, having taught for 4 years at Yale and 20 at Berkeley.

The clearest trendline in my experience (fwiw) is the *dramatically* diminished willingness or capacity of undergrads to read. I used to assign 150 pp./week. Closer to 40 now—and even that is aspirational.

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Jon Rothbaum @jlrothbaum.bsky.social · Jul 14

New research from the NEWS project on income and poverty from 2016-2021
Using survey, census, admin and commercial data, we show that survey estimates understate income and overstate poverty.

Release at www.census.gov/data/experim..., interactive plots at jrothbaum.github.io/news.html

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MIT Stone Center on Inequality and Shaping the Future of Work @mitshapingwork.bsky.social · Jun 6

We asked co-director @davidautor.bsky.social if he thinks US tariffs and trade policy signal the end of the globalization era.

He explains: "I don't think globalization is over, but I think the US leadership of globalization may be over."

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Andy Garin @andygarin.bsky.social · Jul 11

Arguably the only reason we got double fantasy was because JL couldn’t stand the idea of McCartney writing a good song

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Andy Garin @andygarin.bsky.social · Jul 11

Like, these disses are… questionable www.youtube.com/watch?v=teD9...

How Do You Sleep? (Remastered 2010)

YouTube video by John Lennon - Topic

www.youtube.com

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