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Seema Jayachandran @seema.bsky.social · 22h

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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Washington Post Opinions @postopinions.bsky.social · 23h

"Never before have we issued a joint public warning like this."

The latest from former U.S. surgeons general Jerome Adams, Richard Carmona, Joycelyn Elders, Vivek Murthy, Antonia Novello and David Satcher:

Opinion | Six surgeons general: It’s our duty to warn the nation about RFK Jr.

We took an oath to declare dangers when we found them. We’re doing that again today.

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Matt Notowidigdo @profnoto.bsky.social · 12d

(I highly recommend John's writing tips for PhD students: www.johnhcochrane.com/research-all...)

Writing tips for PhD students — John H. Cochrane

May 2005 . Some tips on how to write academic articles. Do as I say, not as I do. Chinese Translation , 2013. ( Original source of chinese translation. Thanks to Shihe Fu) Read More >

www.johnhcochrane.com

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Matt Notowidigdo @profnoto.bsky.social · 12d

Super clear and well-written, so I can only assume that my former Booth colleague John Cochrane wrote at least some of this

Jason Furman @jasonfurman.bsky.social · 12d

Bernanke, Cochrane, Greenspan, Mankiw, Paulson, Rogoff, Romer, Rubin, Summers, Yellen, etc & me: "allowing the removal of Governor Lisa D. Cook while the challenge to her removal is pending would threaten that independence and erode public confidence in the Fed." www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25...

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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 14d

Jonathan Clements, a longtime WSJ columnist who penned more than 1,000 personal-finance columns and was a favorite of readers, has died. He was 62.

🔗: on.wsj.com/4mzzDy1

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Matt Notowidigdo @profnoto.bsky.social · 20d

"At a minimum, the conduct at issue exhibits the sort of gross negligence in financial transactions that calls into question your competence and trustworthiness as the [chief financial officer of the federal government of the United States]"

[ Revision of www.documentcloud.org/documents/26... ]

Matt Notowidigdo @profnoto.bsky.social · 20d

Since the rule of law applies equally to all, the FHFA should send a criminal referral letter to the Justice Department

( h/t @carlquintanilla.bsky.social )

Bessent, Like Fed Governor, Made Contradictory Mortgage Pledges

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent once agreed to occupy two different houses as his “principal residence” at the same time, mortgage documents show — the same kind of contradictory pledges that Pres...

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Matt Notowidigdo @profnoto.bsky.social · 20d

Since the rule of law applies equally to all, the FHFA should send a criminal referral letter to the Justice Department

( h/t @carlquintanilla.bsky.social )

Bessent, Like Fed Governor, Made Contradictory Mortgage Pledges

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent once agreed to occupy two different houses as his “principal residence” at the same time, mortgage documents show — the same kind of contradictory pledges that Pres...

www.bloomberg.com

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Matt Notowidigdo @profnoto.bsky.social · 21d

I enjoyed this conversation; here's the summary of what we talked about:

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Matt Notowidigdo @profnoto.bsky.social · 29d

In related news, TPS benefits end today for the thousands of immigrants from Honduras & Nicaragua who have been living in the US legally for more than *26 years*, so there are going to be many more stories like the one above www.uscis.gov/humanitarian...

Temporary Protected Status Designated Country: Honduras | USCIS

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Matt Notowidigdo @profnoto.bsky.social · 29d

I wish I could say I was surprised by this: "The Trump administration is not, as it pledged, targeting the 'worst first'" www.newsweek.com/veteran-regr...

( h/t @donmoyn.bsky.social )

Veteran regrets Trump vote after wife with green card detained

Donna Hughes-Brown, a green card holder, was detained at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago for five days.

www.newsweek.com

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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · Aug 27

Call for papers - due 11/1/2025
#EconConf #EconSky

"UNebraska Dept of Economics will host the 2026 Nebraska Labor Summit at the College of Business in Lincoln, Nebraska, on 3/13/2026... focus on empirical research in labor economics and closely related fields..."
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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David Wessel @davidmwessel.bsky.social · Aug 2

Leaders of American Economic Association call on elected officials "to respect and preserve" the independence of the Bureau of Labor Statistics after Trump fires the BLS commissioner.

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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Matt Notowidigdo @profnoto.bsky.social · Aug 1

Super excited to see @arnoldventures.bsky.social launching a new RFP to study the impacts of legalized sports betting www.arnoldventures.org/resources/ca...

Causal Research on the Impacts of Legalized Sports Betting RFP

Viewing philanthropy as an engine of innovation, we rigorously research problems and answers in criminal justice, health, education and public finance.

www.arnoldventures.org

Matt Notowidigdo @profnoto.bsky.social · Jul 29

We see this paper as the start of a research agenda that uses the FFCRA as a natural experiment to study the downstream effects of reductions in insurance churn on health outcomes -- so stay tuned for more of our work on insurance churn next year!

Matt Notowidigdo @profnoto.bsky.social · Jul 29

Comparing our results to the recent Einav-Finkelstein PNAS paper that studied the Affordable Care Act, we conclude that "the FFCRA succeeded in a way that the ACA did not — significantly decreasing the probability of losing health insurance coverage" www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

The risk of losing health insurance in the United States is large, and remained so after the Affordable Care Act | PNAS

Health insurance coverage in the United States is highly uncertain. In the post-Affordable Care Act (ACA), pre-COVID United States, we estimate tha...

www.pnas.org

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Matt Notowidigdo @profnoto.bsky.social · Jul 29

Using the MEPS, we find clear evidence of a sharp reduction in insurance churn after the implementation of the FFCRA coming primarily from a reduction in Medicaid churn

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Matt Notowidigdo @profnoto.bsky.social · Jul 29

My co-authors Sarah Shubeck (UCM) & Emily Crawford (Booth PhD student) & I have a new paper in JAMA Health Forum studying the effects of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) on insurance churn (defined as losing health insurance over the next 12 months) jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Insurance Churn and the COVID-19 Pandemic

This study estimates whether the Families First Coronavirus Response Act decreased insurance churn.

jamanetwork.com

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C. Kirabo Jackson @kirabojackson.bsky.social · Jun 10

I am heartbroken by the passing of our colleague Ghazala Azmat. A wonderful economist and AEJ: Economic Policy Board member, she was generous with her time and a vital contributor to many areas within applied economics and economic policy. She will be sorely missed. My heart goes out to her family.

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Nicholas A. Christakis @nachristakis.bsky.social · May 29

The thing is, the Trump administration, in this matter and in others, knows it’s acting unlawfully. But the disruption and fear they cause is almost as effective as the attempted action itself.

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · May 29

Breaking news: A federal judge blocked the Trump administration’s attempt to bar international students from enrolling at Harvard. The ruling grants Harvard a win in one of the most high-stakes battles in its ongoing war with the administration.

Judge orders Trump administration to allow Harvard to enroll international students

The administration’s action was illegal and would cause irreparable harm because about a quarter of Harvard students are from other countries, lawyers argued

www.washingtonpost.com

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econimate @econimate.bsky.social · May 13

Do recessions impact mortality?

Amy Finkelstein (MIT), @profnoto.bsky.social (Chicago Booth), @fschilbach.bsky.social (MIT) & @jzhangecon.bsky.social (Duke Sanford) on the welfare consequences of the Great Recession:

youtu.be/XrBXo9b2e6g

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Matt Notowidigdo @profnoto.bsky.social · May 9

Great article by Jason Zweig @wsj.com about his friend Jonathan Clements; the article mentions Jonathan’s new book (which you can buy here: www.amazon.com/dp/098878034...), as well as a new @j-palna.bsky.social research project that I’m involved in, which will be funded by proceeds from the book

The WSJ’s Jonathan Clements Wants to Leave a Living Legacy

After receiving a terminal cancer diagnosis, the former columnist hatched a plan to turn kids into lifelong savers.

www.wsj.com

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AEA Information @aeainformation.bsky.social · Apr 22

Congratulations to the winners of the 2025 AEJ Best Paper Awards! Check out the winning papers here: aeaweb.org/news/2025-ae... #econsky

The 2025 AEJ Best Paper Awards Have Been Announced

Learn more about the papers chosen as the 2025 AEJ Best Papers.

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Shelly Lundberg @shellyjlundberg.bsky.social · Apr 21

This short memoir by Michelle White is worth a bit of everyone's time.

Matt Notowidigdo @profnoto.bsky.social · Apr 21

Thanks to her leadership and vision, today there are many(!) economists studying consumer bankruptcy.

Here is her short autobiographical essay that I (re-)read today: econweb.ucsd.edu/~miwhite/sca... (highly recommended!)

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Matt Notowidigdo @profnoto.bsky.social · Apr 21

3. Lastly, my fairly optimistic view of sectoral training programs comes from evidence reviews like this one from @j-palna.bsky.social: www.povertyactionlab.org/sites/defaul...

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Matt Notowidigdo @profnoto.bsky.social · Apr 21

2. This paper studies trends in the average age of manufacturing workers www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...

This Job Is "Getting Old": Measuring Changes in Job Opportunities Using Occupational Age Structure

(May 2009)

www.aeaweb.org

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