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.

Econ instructors: considering running an RCT but unsure where to start?

My new working paper (w/ @lizschroeder.bsky.social) can guide you.

We walk you through all the steps to run an RCT: design, setup, implementation & analysis, w/ many examples along the way. 1/2 papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

How different researcher decisions, data cleaning, research design, and interpretations of a policy question, affect variation in estimated treatment effects, from Huntington-Klein, Portner, McCarthy, and The Many Economists Collaborative on Researcher Variation https://www.nber.org/papers/w33729

Check out a short summary of our article on @voxdev.bsky.social, where we examine how exposure to conflict impacts children in the long run.
w/ @girayaslim @erdaltekin.bsky.social

Thank you, Erdal, for the kind words. It’s been an invaluable experience working with you-I look forward to many more collaborations!

Thank you, Todd, for your invaluable advising and support.

Grateful for your guidance and mentorship, Dave!

, mentors, co-authors, colleagues, and family. Thanks to so many of you for your guidance and support—especially @hpatrinos.bsky.social, @davemarcotte.bsky.social, and @erdaltekin.bsky.social. Thrilled to start this new chapter!

I will be joining the Department of Public Policy at the @PublicPolicyUNC @UNC this summer as an Assistant Professor of Public Policy (TT). Grateful to the many incredible people who made this possible—my advisors (@toddpugatch.bsky.social, Alison, Paul, Patrick)

ICYMI: We're offering Travel Grants for APPAM members who will be presenting at the Annual Fall Research Conference this year in Seattle. Learn more about this opportunity and how to apply: ow.ly/8TYt50Vzfq8

In utero exposure to war violence in Afghanistan significantly reduces cognitive and educational outcomes for girls, highlighting gender-specific disparities caused by conflict, from Erkmen G. Aslim, Rafiuddin Najam, and Erdal Tekin https://www.nber.org/papers/w33398