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Seema Jayachandran @seema.bsky.social · 1d

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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Seema Jayachandran @seema.bsky.social · 4d

For econ JM candidates:

@princetondevo.bsky.social is hiring for a 1-year postdoc with a start date in summer 2026. The only responsibility is to be an active participant in our Princeton development econ seminars and to continue pursuing your great independent research.

Apply by Nov 24.

puwebp.princeton.edu

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Gabriel Kreindler @thetahat.bsky.social · 6d

It is scandalous that speed cameras are currently illegal in Massachusetts. Thankfully, the 2026 budget tries to change this
budget.digital.mass.gov/govbudget/fy...

Zaynab Mohamed @zaynabmmohamed.bsky.social · 6d

I’m proud that my speed camera pilot program is now being implemented.

This will protect Minnesotans by reducing reckless driving and speeding.

These cameras will capture the license plates of speeding drivers and the city will mail a ticket to their home. So, drive carefully!

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Gabriel Kreindler @thetahat.bsky.social · 7d

Thank you for the talk invitation! Really enjoyed the discussion and great questions from everyone. 🙏
And wanted to plug the book Lynch (1960) The Image of the City
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The Image of the City - Wikipedia

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Gabriel Kreindler @thetahat.bsky.social · 8d

I needed to hear this today
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVPV...

Sound of Noise - Music for One Apartment and Six Drummers (long version)

YouTube video by touscoprod

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Ben Schmidt @bschmidt.bsky.social · 10d

@pengzell.bsky.social asks about the social sciences, which I haven't looked at in a while. Indexing these against 2008 rather than peak, and struck that economics has been on a downslope for 6 years now, while psychology, the worst discipline, continues to rise rapidly.
bsky.app/profile/peng...

Chart titled 'Quality of Social Science Disciplines inversely correlated with change since 2008', showing that Criminology and Psychology have increased , economics is steady, and Polisci, anthro, IR, and Sociology are all down 30-40%

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Aaron Clauset @aaronclauset.bsky.social · 11d

It took me 2 minutes to write about how this proposed rule would eliminate all foreign PhD students, who are a critical part of US science and technology, and drive US innovation and economic growth

Dr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️ @napaaqtuk.bsky.social · 11d

Comment period ends on Monday for a proposed rule change that would terminate student visas after 4 years. It also puts limits on exchange visitors and reps of foreign media, and shortens the length of time at the end of the visa from 60 days to 30 days.

www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...

Establishing a Fixed Time Period of Admission and an Extension of Stay Procedure for Nonimmigrant Academic Students, Exchange Visitors, and Representatives of Foreign Information Media

Unlike most nonimmigrant classifications, which are admitted for a fixed time period, aliens in the F (academic student), J (exchange visitor), and most I (representatives of foreign information media...

www.federalregister.gov

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Filipe Campante @filipecampante.bsky.social · 18d

The H1-B visa thing is, like everything else in the Trump administration, set up to carve up exceptions for friends and punish enemies. It’s the authoritarian thru-line that stitches everything together.

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Gabriel Kreindler @thetahat.bsky.social · 18d

Very cool! I wonder if this is a good application for this method.
arxiv.org/abs/2411.10959

Program Evaluation with Remotely Sensed Outcomes

Economists often estimate treatment effects in experiments using remotely sensed variables (RSVs), e.g. satellite images or mobile phone activity, in place of directly measured economic outcomes. A co...

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Nick Hagerty @hagertynw.bsky.social · 18d

Out today in JAERE! We measure water pollution released at India's industrial clusters. Does it hurt agriculture? Surprisingly: Not by much

Come for how we published a paper of null results & with no regression tables

Stay for new ways to proxy for crop yields & map hydrological relationships

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Alexandra Petri @petridishes.bsky.social · 19d

It’s not a chilling effect. It would only be chilling if you had something horrid to say, and you don’t, do you? Certainly nothing critical of the regime, and absolutely no paraphrasing, not of anyone, not at this time!

A Beautiful Day for Saying Nothing

That chill in the air isn’t Jimmy Kimmel’s show being suspended. It’s just autumn!

www.theatlantic.com

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Grigore Pop-Eleches @grigopop.bsky.social · 19d

We don't need to worry about stealth authoritarianism anymore. It's pretty clearly out in the open.
www.cnbc.com/2025/09/18/t...

Trump floats pulling licenses if networks are 'against' him after Jimmy Kimmel suspended

President Donald Trump has applauded the suspension of Jimmy Kimmel's late-night show over comments he made about the man accused of murdering Charlie Kirk.

www.cnbc.com

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Stephen Redding @reddingecon.bsky.social · 20d

Excited to see the new Handbook of Regional and Urban Economics (Volume 6), edited jointly with Dave Donaldson come out: www.sciencedirect.com/handbook/han.... Fantastic set of chapters on recent advances and pointing the way to exciting further research @treballen.bsky.social @siepr.bsky.social

Handbook of Regional and Urban Economics | Volume 6, Issue 1: Handbook of Regional and Urban Economics | ScienceDirect.com by Elsevier

Read the latest chapters of Handbook of Regional and Urban Economics at ScienceDirect.com, Elsevier’s leading platform of peer-reviewed scholarly literature

www.sciencedirect.com

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Jessica Leight @leightjessica.bsky.social · 22d

Today's cool young researcher #econtwitter #econsky is @dunc_webb @NovaSBE
@duncanwebb.bsky.social who works on topics related to discrimination + human capital

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Ryan Enos @ryanenos.bsky.social · 22d

There is no good place that this leads. It is inconsistent with democracy and must be condemned loudly and forcefully.

Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 22d

Getting more sinister by the minute www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/u...

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Filipe Campante @filipecampante.bsky.social · 26d

My opinion about the historic verdict coming out of Brazil, with @stevelevitsky.bsky.social, is in the @nytimes.com today.

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/12/o...

Opinion | Brazil Just Succeeded Where the U.S. Failed

www.nytimes.com

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Seema Jayachandran @seema.bsky.social · 28d

We (development econ faculty at Princeton) are hiring predocs, to start in summer 2026. Please share the application with folks who might be interested: rpde.princeton.edu/rpde-%E2%80%93-predoctoral-fellows-research-specialists-start-summer-2026
We'll review apps starting on 9/15. Thanks!

Princeton Research Program in Development Economics @princetondevo.bsky.social · 29d

🚨🚨 Pre-doc Hiring! 🚨🚨

We are hiring pre-docs to start in Princeton in Summer 2026, supporting Pascaline Dupas, @thomasfujiwara.bsky.social @seema.bsky.social and Mica Sviatschi. This is a great opportunity to gain experience in development economics research before applying to PhD programs. Link 👇

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Gabriel Kreindler @thetahat.bsky.social · 28d

I will wake up *really* early and do just a bit more work.

Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham @paulgp.com · 28d

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David Wessel @davidmwessel.bsky.social · 29d

Elaine Buckberg: To address "range anxiety," states should enact laws that require fast chargers to report real-time status that any EV mapping app can access via @brookings.edu Hutchins Center. www.brookings.edu/articles/cha...

Charger data transparency: Curing range anxiety, powering EV adoption | Brookings

Proposal for states to require fast chargers to report real-time status accessible by any EV mapping app, so drivers can reliably navigate to chargers.

www.brookings.edu

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 29d

This is a paragraph Brett Kavanaugh wrote on his little computer and then sent out into the world:

Moreover, as for stops of those individuals who are legally in the country, the questioning in those circumstances is typically brief, and those individuals may promptly go free after making clear to the immigration officers that they are U.S. citizens or otherwise legally in the United States.

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Steve Cicala @stevecicala.bsky.social · Sep 7

Truly excellent throughout.

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Abhijeet Singh @singhabhi.bsky.social · Sep 5

Many interventions “work” in small trials but fail at scale

Also, EdTech often promises much, but delivers little

In a new paper (bit.ly/3JKLgVn)
@karthik-econ.bsky.social
& I show how personalized adaptive learning (PAL) software can sharply improve learning outcomes at scale🧵1/16

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Gabriel Kreindler @thetahat.bsky.social · Sep 5

this is eye opening. I've often wondered about the terrible leaders of the opposition part.

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Grigore Pop-Eleches @grigopop.bsky.social · Sep 3

Yet another instance of the staggering human costs of US deportation practices.

‘I told my family, I’ll probably die’: US immigration sends Russian asylum seekers back to Moscow www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

‘I told my family, I’ll probably die’: US immigration sends Russian asylum seekers back to Moscow

Russian national who applied for asylum on political grounds describes inhumane treatment while in US custody

www.theguardian.com

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Prof Dynarski @dynarski.bsky.social · Aug 31

I signed an open letter from economists supporting Fed independence & Governor Lisa Cook

Letter: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Add your name by Monday: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Open letter

Click here to add your signature. An Open Letter from Economists in Support of Governor Lisa Cook and Federal Reserve Independence To the President, Members of Congress, and the American public: We wr...

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