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Kasey Buckles @kaseybuckles.bsky.social · 8h

The Economic Demography Workshop will be on May 6, at the PAAs in St. Louis. See the call for papers 👇

Thanks to co-chairs @hnmansour.bsky.social & @mguldi.bsky.social !

EDW Call for Papers 2026.pdf

drive.google.com

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Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science, Oxford University @oxforddemsci.bsky.social · 8h

🎓 Join us for a 4 year fully funded PhD in Health Data Science @Oxford

📊 Predicting Health Outcomes
🔗 www.demography.ox.ac.uk/dphil-opport...

🗣️ The Natural Language of Health and Social Care
🔗 www.demography.ox.ac.uk/dphil-opport...

Contact @crahal.com for a chat

DPhil Opportunity: Predicting Health Outcomes at the Population Level

Project DescriptionInequalities in health are pervasive and persistent. But what if we could predict adverse health outcomes before they occur, and intervene to prevent them? The possibility of highly...

www.demography.ox.ac.uk

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Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 22h

Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?

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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 13h

That impact analysis has been done, by leading independent experts.

Here it is, open-access in the @thelancet.com —>
doi.org/10.1016/S014...

"The complete defunding of USAID would cause an estimated 2,450,000 all-age deaths annually."

Two. And a half. Million. Deaths. Each year.

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Laura Helmuth @laurahelmuth.bsky.social · 14h

Six of the nine Nobel Prize winners this year work in the U.S.
Three of the six were born outside the U.S., which is the pattern most years. No country has benefited more from welcoming immigrants from around the world.
www.nobelprize.org

The official website of the Nobel Prize - NobelPrize.org

The Nobel Prize rewards science, humanism and peace efforts. This is one of the central concepts in the will of Alfred Nobel, and it also permeates the outreach activities that have been developed for...

www.nobelprize.org

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NBER @nber.org · 12h

Characterizing the potential and limits of using satellite imagery and machine learning technology to measure ground conditions, from Proctor, Carleton, Chong, Fransen, Greenhill, Katz, Murayama, Sherman, Tseng, Druckenmiller, and Hsiang https://www.nber.org/papers/w34315

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Steven S Smith @profstevensmith.bsky.social · 12h

Who is thinking that Democrats are not demanding enough as conditions for supporting a CR? And what about the appropriation bills to follow?

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Valerie Mueller @valmuellerasu.bsky.social · 12h

Thank you.

Valerie Mueller @valmuellerasu.bsky.social · 13h

The old Twitter got me through a rough patch at work. If people had not DM’d me about their experiences, I would not have been empowered to advocate for myself.

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 22h

Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?

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Jenn Dowd @drjenndowd.bsky.social · 1d

The acting CDC director has now approved ACIP recs allowing anyone 6 months+ to receive an updated Covid-19 shot after discussing w/ their provider. If you are on the fence about getting an updated shot, read my in-depth take on the evidence we've accumulated on these vaccines. #publichealth

Do additional COVID vaccines really help?

We've accumulated a lot of scientific evidence in the last few years.

open.substack.com

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Valerie Mueller @valmuellerasu.bsky.social · 1d

Pretty convincing

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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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Helsinki Institute for Demography and Population Health @pophel.bsky.social · 1d

🚨Job alert!🚨

Helsinki Institute for Demography and Population Health is recruiting 2 postdocs. Join our team and investigate social inequalities in health!

jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...

#postdoc #demography #socialsciences #socialdata

Two Postdoctoral Researchers on Health Inequalities

jobs.helsinki.fi

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University of Manchester Sociology Department @uomsociology.bsky.social · 1d

VACANCY: Lecturer in Sociology (13 months, starting Jan 2026)
Closing date: 20 Oct 2025

Teaching PG modules on ‘Social Theory: Structure, Relations & Interaction’ & ‘Research Design’.
@britsoci.bsky.social @uomsoss.bsky.social
www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 1d

"Forty-five percent" of US construction firms "report experiencing project delays due to shortages of their own, or subcontractors' workers."

A growing economic debacle. It does not have to be this way. Wise and visionary public policy can channel migration into lawful, orderly pathways.

Construction Workforce Shortages Are Leading Cause Of Project Delays As Immigration Enforcement Affects Nearly 1/3 Of Firms

92 Percent of Construction Firms Report Having a Hard Time Finding Workers to Hire, As 45 Percent of Firms Say Labor Shortages are Causing Project Delays, New Nationwide Industry Survey Finds

www.agc.org

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Valerie Mueller @valmuellerasu.bsky.social · 1d

An observation while on sabbatical, living in CET Time Zone. I get a lot more academic content on this site. I'm wondering how much more I've been missing out on by sleeping in the US.

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Hampton Gaddy @hggaddy.bsky.social · 2d

🚨 The Economist has been telling you for years that polygamy causes civil war by locking men out of marriage. A new article with @rebeccasear.bsky.social and @anthrolog.bsky.social explains that the demography of marriage markets doesn't actually work that way. 🧵

www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

High rates of polygyny do not lock large proportions of men out of the marriage market | PNAS

There is a widespread belief, in both the scholarly literature and the popular press, that polygyny prevents large numbers of men from marrying by ...

www.pnas.org

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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 2d

The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship "invests in the graduate education of 30 New Americans—immigrants and children of immigrants—poised to significantly contribute to U.S. society, culture, or their academic field. Fellows receive up to $90,000 in financial support over two years."

Why Become a Fellow – Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans

Apply for a Paul & Daisy Soros fellowship and become one of the thirty New Americans— immigrants or the children of immigrants—who are pursuing graduate

pdsoros.org

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Bruno J. Navarro @brunojnavarro.bsky.social · 2d

A plane carrying a group of Southeast Asian migrants deported from the United States landed in the African nation of Eswatini early Monday, a lawyer for two of the deportees told The Associated Press.

Plane carrying deportees from the US arrives in the African nation of Eswatini, lawyer says

A plane carrying a group of Southeast Asian migrants deported from the United States has landed in the African nation of Eswatini. That's according to a U.S.

apnews.com

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Professor Dr Richard S.J. Tol FREcon MAE @richardtol.bsky.social · 3d

Some more words on Energy Economics open.substack.com/pub/richardt...

Autopsy

Lessons for editors

open.substack.com

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Rafiuddin (Rafi) Najam @rnajam.bsky.social · 6d

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.

Assistant Professor

This position is located in the Department of Public Policy within the College of Arts and Sciences. This tenure-track position includes 40% teaching, 40% research, and 20% service to the department. ...

unc.peopleadmin.com

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Mark Andrew Price @pricelaborecon.bsky.social · 6d

Let us all resolve in our personal lives to be significantly less tolerant of people that deploy racialized rhetoric. Shun people that do this. Mock people that laugh at it. There is a proper way to conduct yourself in public office and if you can’t meet that standard you should resign.

Mark Andrew Price @pricelaborecon.bsky.social · 6d

The Trump base think this is funny. It’s straight up racism. There are millions of children in this country watching elected officials engage in this racism with no consequence, only pridefulness at their intolerance. Disgusting behavior.

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Maximo Torero @maximotorero.bsky.social · 8d

Food is the great unequalizer. When recessions hit, poor families turn to the cheapest calories, the least healthy. The result is a vicious cycle of hunger, obesity and inequality. Investing in affordable, healthy diets isn’t a cost; it’s one of the smartest savings. 📷 Le/Unsplash

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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 12d

Who wants to work with Kate Bahn at the Institute for Women's Policy Research?
#econ_ra
iwpr.applytojob.com/apply/ACdbXf...

The Research Associate is a position on IWPR’s Research Team conducting research, including quantitative and qualitative empirical analysis, on issues related to IWPR’s core topics of Equitable Work and Wages, Caregiving and Families, Education and Career Advancement, and Reproductive Justice and Health Equity. The goal of our research is better inform partners and policymakers on ways to advance the economic security and well-being of women, their families, and communities.

For this position, candidates must have demonstrated working experience with statistical programs such as STATA, R or SPSS, major national public health and/or economic databases, and be able to interpret data, analyze results, acquire data from primary or secondary sources, and filter and clean data. This role is expected to be able to produce high quality research products for public audiences with independent initiative and minimal oversight.

Duties and Responsibilities

Research:
Conduct and draft literature reviews and collaborate on research proposals that identify novel and impactful research activities on issues related to IWPR core research areas: Equitable Work and Wages, Caregiving and Families, Education and Career Advancement, and Reproductive Justice and Health Equity.
Perform advanced, complex quantitative data analysis of large datasets and trends, utilizing network science and/or other statistical methods, including creating data visuals.
Perform advanced qualitative data analysis, including developing and fielding online surveys; and conducting interviews and focus groups.
Write high quality blog posts, briefs, fact sheets, reports and presentations based on the data work and analysis and accessible to broad audiences including policymakers, advocates, and the media.
Use and integrate racial equity and intersectional frameworks and analysis in research study designs, written reports, and briefs.
Assist with proposal and grant report drafting.

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Todd Pugatch @toddpugatch.bsky.social · 12d

I tried a new class assignment to balance allowing students to use AI while also promoting critical thinking.

For my "Current Economic Problems" course, I gave students 3 essay prompts. They could use AI to prepare. 1/2

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