Eliza Forsythe
@elizaforsythe.bsky.social
Labor Economist, Associate Prof @ UIUC,
Labor and Employment Relations School and Department of Economics
https://elizaforsythe.web.illinois.edu/
Labor and Employment Relations School and Department of Economics
https://elizaforsythe.web.illinois.edu/
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I have several fantastic students on the academic market this year. I'm going to make a little thread:
I have several fantastic students on the academic market this year. I'm going to make a little thread:
November 21, 2025 at 1:59 PM
I have several fantastic students on the academic market this year. I'm going to make a little thread:
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CSWEP strongly condemns Larry Summers’ behavior as revealed in the email correspondence with the late Jeffrey Epstein. While abuse of power in the economics profession is not new, rarely has the intent behind such abuse been so clearly stated.
November 19, 2025 at 7:25 PM
CSWEP strongly condemns Larry Summers’ behavior as revealed in the email correspondence with the late Jeffrey Epstein. While abuse of power in the economics profession is not new, rarely has the intent behind such abuse been so clearly stated.
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1/ Egalitarianism should begin at home. I link to this article by @bencasselman.bsky.social in light of the communications between Larry Summers and Jeffrey Epstein that have just been released. The released emails and the fact of friendship are vile.
www.nytimes.com/2021/02/23/b...
www.nytimes.com/2021/02/23/b...
For Women in Economics, the Hostility Is Out in the Open (Published 2021)
www.nytimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:32 PM
1/ Egalitarianism should begin at home. I link to this article by @bencasselman.bsky.social in light of the communications between Larry Summers and Jeffrey Epstein that have just been released. The released emails and the fact of friendship are vile.
www.nytimes.com/2021/02/23/b...
www.nytimes.com/2021/02/23/b...
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My group at the University of Illinois is hiring a tenure-track applied economist.
We're especially interested in environmental/public reduced-form rookies with research that complements our group.
Tell your students to apply! #EconSky
www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing....
We're especially interested in environmental/public reduced-form rookies with research that complements our group.
Tell your students to apply! #EconSky
www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing....
American Economic Association: JOE Listings - August 1, 2025 - January 31, 2026
www.aeaweb.org
November 11, 2025 at 11:00 PM
My group at the University of Illinois is hiring a tenure-track applied economist.
We're especially interested in environmental/public reduced-form rookies with research that complements our group.
Tell your students to apply! #EconSky
www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing....
We're especially interested in environmental/public reduced-form rookies with research that complements our group.
Tell your students to apply! #EconSky
www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing....
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We're hiring at the econ department at Copenhagen Business School.
Please come work with my wunderful colleagues and/or me on a tenure-track assistant professorship. All fields considered.
Apply through EJM.
econjobmarket.org/positions/11...
Please come work with my wunderful colleagues and/or me on a tenure-track assistant professorship. All fields considered.
Apply through EJM.
econjobmarket.org/positions/11...
EJM - Econ Job Market
econjobmarket.org
October 24, 2025 at 2:44 PM
We're hiring at the econ department at Copenhagen Business School.
Please come work with my wunderful colleagues and/or me on a tenure-track assistant professorship. All fields considered.
Apply through EJM.
econjobmarket.org/positions/11...
Please come work with my wunderful colleagues and/or me on a tenure-track assistant professorship. All fields considered.
Apply through EJM.
econjobmarket.org/positions/11...
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The Department of Economics at @stockholm-uni.bsky.social has two junior positions open. Join us in Stockholm: lots of economists, a beuatiful city, and great data! econjobmarket.org/positions/11...
EJM - Econ Job Market
econjobmarket.org
October 15, 2025 at 6:41 PM
The Department of Economics at @stockholm-uni.bsky.social has two junior positions open. Join us in Stockholm: lots of economists, a beuatiful city, and great data! econjobmarket.org/positions/11...
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Join us!
@iwh-halle.bsky.social and @uni-magdeburg.de are hiring an AP in Labor Economics!
Focus: Effects of AI and new technologies on workers & firms.
No German required.
Enjoy an outstanding research environment in Magdeburg & Halle – come see for yourself!
🔗 Full ad: tinyurl.com/28ko5wty
@iwh-halle.bsky.social and @uni-magdeburg.de are hiring an AP in Labor Economics!
Focus: Effects of AI and new technologies on workers & firms.
No German required.
Enjoy an outstanding research environment in Magdeburg & Halle – come see for yourself!
🔗 Full ad: tinyurl.com/28ko5wty
Assistant Professor (W1) in Labor Economics
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October 15, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Join us!
@iwh-halle.bsky.social and @uni-magdeburg.de are hiring an AP in Labor Economics!
Focus: Effects of AI and new technologies on workers & firms.
No German required.
Enjoy an outstanding research environment in Magdeburg & Halle – come see for yourself!
🔗 Full ad: tinyurl.com/28ko5wty
@iwh-halle.bsky.social and @uni-magdeburg.de are hiring an AP in Labor Economics!
Focus: Effects of AI and new technologies on workers & firms.
No German required.
Enjoy an outstanding research environment in Magdeburg & Halle – come see for yourself!
🔗 Full ad: tinyurl.com/28ko5wty
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🚨 2-Year Postdocs in Dev Econ at Uni Copenhagen 🚨
Come work on some exciting experimental projects😀!
Dedicated time for your own research.
Reach out to hear more!
** PLEASE REPOST **🙏
Application deadline 🗓️: Nov 11
👉http://bit.ly/4q2Uehf
#EconSky
Come work on some exciting experimental projects😀!
Dedicated time for your own research.
Reach out to hear more!
** PLEASE REPOST **🙏
Application deadline 🗓️: Nov 11
👉http://bit.ly/4q2Uehf
#EconSky
October 14, 2025 at 10:50 AM
🚨 2-Year Postdocs in Dev Econ at Uni Copenhagen 🚨
Come work on some exciting experimental projects😀!
Dedicated time for your own research.
Reach out to hear more!
** PLEASE REPOST **🙏
Application deadline 🗓️: Nov 11
👉http://bit.ly/4q2Uehf
#EconSky
Come work on some exciting experimental projects😀!
Dedicated time for your own research.
Reach out to hear more!
** PLEASE REPOST **🙏
Application deadline 🗓️: Nov 11
👉http://bit.ly/4q2Uehf
#EconSky
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The Friends of BLS steering committee is sponsoring a member webinar noon to 1pm ET Thurs, Oct 23.
We aim to build nonpartisan support for a strong BLS & need your perspectives & energy.
Former Commissioners @ericagroshen.bsky.social, William Beach, & @erikamcentarfer.bsky.social will...
#EconSky
We aim to build nonpartisan support for a strong BLS & need your perspectives & energy.
Former Commissioners @ericagroshen.bsky.social, William Beach, & @erikamcentarfer.bsky.social will...
#EconSky
October 13, 2025 at 3:10 PM
The Friends of BLS steering committee is sponsoring a member webinar noon to 1pm ET Thurs, Oct 23.
We aim to build nonpartisan support for a strong BLS & need your perspectives & energy.
Former Commissioners @ericagroshen.bsky.social, William Beach, & @erikamcentarfer.bsky.social will...
#EconSky
We aim to build nonpartisan support for a strong BLS & need your perspectives & energy.
Former Commissioners @ericagroshen.bsky.social, William Beach, & @erikamcentarfer.bsky.social will...
#EconSky
We're hiring! The Labor and Employment Relations school and Economics department at the University of Illinois are recruiting for a junior labor economist. See ad for details, or reach out with questions.
www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing....
www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing....
American Economic Association: JOE Listings - August 1, 2025 - January 31, 2026
www.aeaweb.org
October 13, 2025 at 9:27 AM
We're hiring! The Labor and Employment Relations school and Economics department at the University of Illinois are recruiting for a junior labor economist. See ad for details, or reach out with questions.
www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing....
www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing....
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Why don't firms publish pay in their job adverts?
We present the first experimental evidence on how (not) posting wages changes the applicant pool, and whether that gives firms a reason to hide wage info.
Great short thread by my co-author Lukas + link to the full paper👇
We present the first experimental evidence on how (not) posting wages changes the applicant pool, and whether that gives firms a reason to hide wage info.
Great short thread by my co-author Lukas + link to the full paper👇
🚨🚨New WP Alert (tinyurl.com/4sesthst)%F0...
@marcjosefwitte.bsky.social , @balgovamaria.bsky.social , Tsegay Tekleselassie, and I have a new working paper using a field experiment to study the causal impact of pay information in job adverts on application numbers and applicant skills. A🧵
@marcjosefwitte.bsky.social , @balgovamaria.bsky.social , Tsegay Tekleselassie, and I have a new working paper using a field experiment to study the causal impact of pay information in job adverts on application numbers and applicant skills. A🧵
October 10, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Why don't firms publish pay in their job adverts?
We present the first experimental evidence on how (not) posting wages changes the applicant pool, and whether that gives firms a reason to hide wage info.
Great short thread by my co-author Lukas + link to the full paper👇
We present the first experimental evidence on how (not) posting wages changes the applicant pool, and whether that gives firms a reason to hide wage info.
Great short thread by my co-author Lukas + link to the full paper👇
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Come work with me!
Stockholm Sch of Econ (@handels_sse ) is hiring Assistant Professors this year, both in Economics (my dept) and in Finance.
By revealed preference, I think it’s a great place to work + a lovely city to live in.
Econ advert below:
jobs.hhs.se/en/job/stock...
Stockholm Sch of Econ (@handels_sse ) is hiring Assistant Professors this year, both in Economics (my dept) and in Finance.
By revealed preference, I think it’s a great place to work + a lovely city to live in.
Econ advert below:
jobs.hhs.se/en/job/stock...
Tenure Track, Assistant Professor Position at The Department of Economics
Description and QualificationThe Department of Economics at the Stockholm School of Economics (SSE) seeks candidates for one tenure-track assistant professor po...
jobs.hhs.se
October 10, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Come work with me!
Stockholm Sch of Econ (@handels_sse ) is hiring Assistant Professors this year, both in Economics (my dept) and in Finance.
By revealed preference, I think it’s a great place to work + a lovely city to live in.
Econ advert below:
jobs.hhs.se/en/job/stock...
Stockholm Sch of Econ (@handels_sse ) is hiring Assistant Professors this year, both in Economics (my dept) and in Finance.
By revealed preference, I think it’s a great place to work + a lovely city to live in.
Econ advert below:
jobs.hhs.se/en/job/stock...
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Society of Labor Economists (SoLE) Annual Conference will be May 1-2, 2026 in Denver, Colorado. Submission portal is now open! Deadline for submissions is October 31--don't forget to submit! It will be a great conference! (organized by me and @jrothst.bsky.social)
mailchi.mp/sole-jole/so...
mailchi.mp/sole-jole/so...
SOLE 2026 Submissions Open
mailchi.mp
August 19, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Society of Labor Economists (SoLE) Annual Conference will be May 1-2, 2026 in Denver, Colorado. Submission portal is now open! Deadline for submissions is October 31--don't forget to submit! It will be a great conference! (organized by me and @jrothst.bsky.social)
mailchi.mp/sole-jole/so...
mailchi.mp/sole-jole/so...
Major major props to the Census Bureau staff for reviewing my student's RDC output for her job market paper and releasing it to her *yesterday* just under the wire before the shutdown. 😅
October 1, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Major major props to the Census Bureau staff for reviewing my student's RDC output for her job market paper and releasing it to her *yesterday* just under the wire before the shutdown. 😅
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🚨 Hiring Tenure-Track Assistant Professors in Econ at the University of Copenhagen! 🚨
Join a great group in an exciting (and friendly) city 😀! Details will follow.
Pls repost and get in touch to hear more. All fields, and I’m esp. interested in hearing from DEV candidates 😀!
#EconSky
Join a great group in an exciting (and friendly) city 😀! Details will follow.
Pls repost and get in touch to hear more. All fields, and I’m esp. interested in hearing from DEV candidates 😀!
#EconSky
September 30, 2025 at 7:21 AM
🚨 Hiring Tenure-Track Assistant Professors in Econ at the University of Copenhagen! 🚨
Join a great group in an exciting (and friendly) city 😀! Details will follow.
Pls repost and get in touch to hear more. All fields, and I’m esp. interested in hearing from DEV candidates 😀!
#EconSky
Join a great group in an exciting (and friendly) city 😀! Details will follow.
Pls repost and get in touch to hear more. All fields, and I’m esp. interested in hearing from DEV candidates 😀!
#EconSky
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Your daily reminder that US economic data is of extremely high quality even when compared to other advanced nations and the envy of the world
Exclusive: The White House is preparing a report laying out alleged shortcomings of the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ jobs data, five weeks after President Trump fired the chief of the agency
White House Prepares Report Critical of Statistics Agency
The assessment would follow President Trump’s firing of the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
on.wsj.com
September 9, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Your daily reminder that US economic data is of extremely high quality even when compared to other advanced nations and the envy of the world
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📢Nina Roussille and I are hiring a full-time predoctoral researcher to work with us at MIT on labor economics research projects.
IMPORTANT: this vacancy is open right now, so we are particularly interested in people who could start soon.
Link to apply: careers.peopleclick.com/careerscp/cl...
IMPORTANT: this vacancy is open right now, so we are particularly interested in people who could start soon.
Link to apply: careers.peopleclick.com/careerscp/cl...
Predoctoral Researcher
MIT - Predoctoral Researcher - Cambridge MA 02139
careers.peopleclick.com
September 8, 2025 at 1:06 PM
📢Nina Roussille and I are hiring a full-time predoctoral researcher to work with us at MIT on labor economics research projects.
IMPORTANT: this vacancy is open right now, so we are particularly interested in people who could start soon.
Link to apply: careers.peopleclick.com/careerscp/cl...
IMPORTANT: this vacancy is open right now, so we are particularly interested in people who could start soon.
Link to apply: careers.peopleclick.com/careerscp/cl...
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Economists across fields are standing up for central bank independence. Sign here by Monday: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... | Letter: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Signature page for Open Letter of Support of Governor Lisa Cook and Federal Reserve Independence
By filling out the form below, you are asking your signature to be added to this open letter.
docs.google.com
September 1, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Economists across fields are standing up for central bank independence. Sign here by Monday: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... | Letter: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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I think people really struggle w partially consolidated authoritarianism, either understating our problem or understating our power
It's like we're in a liminal fascist space. And not recognizing how far gone we are or thinking we're simply too far gone are both grave errors we can't afford to make
It's like we're in a liminal fascist space. And not recognizing how far gone we are or thinking we're simply too far gone are both grave errors we can't afford to make
any argument that trump has fully consolidated authoritarian power has to contend with the fact that the government wants to deport kilmar abrego garcia to uganda but hasn't done so, because a judge told them not to
I find this @donmoyn.bsky.social piece helpful in clarifying why I disagree with the "America is already in competitive authoritarianism" thesis.
Don's checklist shows things that Trump has tried to do, but he hasn't *succeeded* in most areas
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-author...
Don's checklist shows things that Trump has tried to do, but he hasn't *succeeded* in most areas
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-author...
August 28, 2025 at 6:45 PM
I think people really struggle w partially consolidated authoritarianism, either understating our problem or understating our power
It's like we're in a liminal fascist space. And not recognizing how far gone we are or thinking we're simply too far gone are both grave errors we can't afford to make
It's like we're in a liminal fascist space. And not recognizing how far gone we are or thinking we're simply too far gone are both grave errors we can't afford to make
I don't see how we can enroll international phd students if they can't get a visa for the duration of the phd, 4 years isn't long enough.
I know there's a lot happening today, but this is sneaking in under the radar. This proposed new rule would absolutely crush foreign PhD students, potentially making it impossible for them to enroll with any certainty of their ability to finish www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
August 28, 2025 at 5:48 AM
I don't see how we can enroll international phd students if they can't get a visa for the duration of the phd, 4 years isn't long enough.
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Over 125 economists signed the open letter calling on the President, Congress, and the American public to uphold the principles of Federal Reserve independence and not remove Lisa Cook without due process.
There's still time to sign! And please share.
#EconSky
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
There's still time to sign! And please share.
#EconSky
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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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August 27, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Over 125 economists signed the open letter calling on the President, Congress, and the American public to uphold the principles of Federal Reserve independence and not remove Lisa Cook without due process.
There's still time to sign! And please share.
#EconSky
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
There's still time to sign! And please share.
#EconSky
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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The letter is ready, thanks to all those who helped out! Starting to gather signature now, please consider signing (link at top of letter) & spread the word.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
August 27, 2025 at 4:29 PM
The letter is ready, thanks to all those who helped out! Starting to gather signature now, please consider signing (link at top of letter) & spread the word.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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Glad to see this point about the role of racism in targeting of Lisa Cook from @nathantankus.bsky.social I do feel it’s been downplayed for exactly the reasons he alludes to
August 26, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Glad to see this point about the role of racism in targeting of Lisa Cook from @nathantankus.bsky.social I do feel it’s been downplayed for exactly the reasons he alludes to
I agree with much of this, absolutely backwards if the goal is lower interest rates.
Chaos Monkeys Trying to Fire Fed Governor Lisa Cook to Lower Interest Rates Succeed in Raising Them
Chaos monkeys chaosing as they caravan down Constitution Avenue from the White House to the Eccles Building. The attack on Fed independence spooked investors…
braddelong.substack.com/p/chaos-mone...
Chaos monkeys chaosing as they caravan down Constitution Avenue from the White House to the Eccles Building. The attack on Fed independence spooked investors…
braddelong.substack.com/p/chaos-mone...
Chaos Monkeys Trying to Fire Fed Governor Lisa Cook to Lower Interest Rates Succeed in Raising Them
Chaos monkeys chaosing as they caravan down Constitution Avenue from the White House to the Eccles Building. The attack on Fed independence spooked investors, widened yield spreads, & raised the...
braddelong.substack.com
August 26, 2025 at 12:07 PM
I agree with much of this, absolutely backwards if the goal is lower interest rates.
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Yes, the stakes here are large. Very large.
August 26, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Yes, the stakes here are large. Very large.