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Kevin Shih @kevinshih.bsky.social · May 22

One can only hope this dissolves as quickly as reciprocal tariffs.

Kevin Shih @kevinshih.bsky.social · May 22

What the f*ck

Trump administration bars Harvard from enrolling foreign students

The Trump administration has revoked Harvard University’s ability to enroll international students in its escalating battle with the Ivy League school.

apnews.com

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Kevin Shih @kevinshih.bsky.social · Mar 6

Congratulations!!

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@UCDavisEcon @ucdavisecon.bsky.social · Mar 5

We are happy to announce a new edition of the Summer School on the "Economics of Immigration" featuring some @ucdavisecon.bsky.social faculty.

Location: Casa de California, Mexico City

Dates: July 21-24, 2025

Deadline: March 31st, 2025

More info:

globalmigration.ucdavis.edu/summer_school3

Summer School on the "Economics of Migration"

Call for applications:4th Summer School on the “Economics of Migration”July 21-24, 2025 - Casa de California, Mexico CityDeadline to apply: March 31st, 2025

globalmigration.ucdavis.edu

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Kirsten Slungaard Mumma @kslungaardmumma.bsky.social · Feb 27

Census projects on gender identity/"DEI" topics are being paused...

It's absurd (repressive) to halt ALREADY IN PROGRESS academic research on topics you dislike.

The data we share with Census is OUR data. We deserve to learn as much as we can (as responsibly as we can) from it.

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Kevin Shih @kevinshih.bsky.social · Feb 7

Anyone else have login fatigue for referee requests. Someone explain web of science and orcid, neither of which ever work for me when trying to login to submit a report. There's gotta be a better way.....

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Kevin Shih @kevinshih.bsky.social · Feb 7

#EconConf SoCal based applied micro researchers: Last minute reminder, submissions for SOCCAM due today: www.cmc.edu/lowe-institu....

SoCCAM

SoCCAM – Friday, April 18, 2025The Lowe Institute of Political Economy at Claremont McKenna College invites economists to attend the 14th Annual Southern California Conference in Applied Microeconomic...

www.cmc.edu

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Kevin Shih @kevinshih.bsky.social · Jan 21

Life imitating life.

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Kevin Shih @kevinshih.bsky.social · Jan 15

The correct answer is always R2. And then after that, committee meetings to restructure a program that was just restructured last year by a different committee.

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Kevin Shih @kevinshih.bsky.social · Jan 14

Not sure if this hits the mark but this article has various sources to polls: reason.com/2024/12/17/h...

How many Americans really want mass deportation?

Even among Republicans and conservatives, support for the policy comes with caveats.

reason.com

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Kevin Shih @kevinshih.bsky.social · Jan 9

Socal applied economists: great conference at Claremont McKenna College (my alma mater). Deadline Jan 31, 2025. www.cmc.edu/lowe-institu...
#econconf #econsky

SoCCAM

SoCCAM – Friday, April 18, 2025The Lowe Institute of Political Economy at Claremont McKenna College invites economists to attend the 14th Annual Southern California Conference in Applied Microeconomic...

www.cmc.edu

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Joshua Goodman @joshua-goodman.com · Jan 9

Great economics of education workshop for early career scholars!

Ludger Woessmann @woessmann.bsky.social · Jan 9

📢 Call for papers:

🚀 3rd CESifo/ifo Junior Workshop on the Economics of Education 🥳

12-13 May 2025, Munich

Keynote: Alexander Willen

PhD students & early postdocs, please apply!

www.cesifo.org/en/event/202...

Deadline: 16 Feb 2025

Co-organizer: Caterina Pavese @cesifo.org #EconSky

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Kevin Shih @kevinshih.bsky.social · Jan 9

New Yorkers, is it brick or is it Brick right now?

Kevin Shih @kevinshih.bsky.social · Jan 9

I vote that we call it The Facelift

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Kevin Shih @kevinshih.bsky.social · Jan 5

ASSA 2025 swag. Displeased with my efforts, need to arrive earlier.

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Kevin Shih @kevinshih.bsky.social · Jan 5

Sorry I missed you!

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Kevin Shih @kevinshih.bsky.social · Jan 4

I spotted a Jaguar today on my ride into SF. These self-driving cars are really "sus".....as my 6 year old would say.

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Kevin Shih @kevinshih.bsky.social · Dec 22

Excellent thanks!

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Kevin Shih @kevinshih.bsky.social · Dec 22

Thanks!

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Kevin Shih @kevinshih.bsky.social · Dec 21

Hey #EconofEd scholars, what are the go to papers documenting learning loss in the US since Covid? Insights much appreciated. #econsky

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Kevin Shih @kevinshih.bsky.social · Dec 12

Any economists out there that have worked with data from doordash, GrubHub, or other food delivery apps? Would love to pick your brain.... #econsky

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Kevin Shih @kevinshih.bsky.social · Dec 12

!!!! This is huuuuuuge !!!!
Thank you for your work over many years in doing this. This is going to transform so much of labor and econ of ed research.... Insane....

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Andrew Foote @afoote-econ.bsky.social · Dec 12

🚨🚨Exciting News for All Education Researchers🚨🚨

The PSEO data are now available for request in the Federal Statistical Research Data Centers!!!!

www.researchdatagov.org/search?q=PSEO

Research Data Gov

www.researchdatagov.org

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Kevin Shih @kevinshih.bsky.social · Dec 3

I don't think it is safe to draw conclusions like this without an rct

The Onion @theonion.com · Dec 3

Report: ‘La Liga’ Probably Means ‘The League’
theonion.com/report-la-li...

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Kevin Shih @kevinshih.bsky.social · Dec 3

When society collapses we will ask how? and why? The signs were there all along.

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