Justin C. Wiltshire
@jcwetcoast.bsky.social
Asst Professor of Economics @ University of Victoria. Labo(u)r, public, urban, applied micro. Let's go for a hike and talk research
Heading south for this conference and just got grilled on minimum wage effects by the US border guard in Calgary who wanted to know the implications of McDonald's workers in the Seattle area starting at over $20/hour.
This is going to be a good trip!
This is going to be a good trip!
Session 1: Minimum wage effects: Where are we now (chaired by @elopezlira.bsky.social), with Ellora Derenoncourt, @jcwetcoast.bsky.social, and @dsosinskiy.bsky.social
June 5, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Heading south for this conference and just got grilled on minimum wage effects by the US border guard in Calgary who wanted to know the implications of McDonald's workers in the Seattle area starting at over $20/hour.
This is going to be a good trip!
This is going to be a good trip!
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BREAKING: In a serious blow to US pandemic flu preparedness, HHS has cancelled a contract with Moderna to test and license prototype vaccines for #H5N1 #birdflu and other potential pandemic viruses.
In a pandemic, mRNA is the fastest way to vaccine doses. www.statnews.com/2025/05/28/m...
In a pandemic, mRNA is the fastest way to vaccine doses. www.statnews.com/2025/05/28/m...
HHS cancels nearly $600 million Moderna contract on vaccines for flu pandemics
HHS has notified Moderna that it is canceling a nearly $600 million contract for vaccines for flu strains that could trigger future pandemics.
www.statnews.com
May 28, 2025 at 10:02 PM
BREAKING: In a serious blow to US pandemic flu preparedness, HHS has cancelled a contract with Moderna to test and license prototype vaccines for #H5N1 #birdflu and other potential pandemic viruses.
In a pandemic, mRNA is the fastest way to vaccine doses. www.statnews.com/2025/05/28/m...
In a pandemic, mRNA is the fastest way to vaccine doses. www.statnews.com/2025/05/28/m...
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I heard that as part of a settlement offer, Harvard will give Kristi Noem classes on habeas corpus.
May 24, 2025 at 4:37 AM
I heard that as part of a settlement offer, Harvard will give Kristi Noem classes on habeas corpus.
I can't wait for this fantastic conference! What a privilege to join these other authors!
UC Berkeley Institute for Research on Labor & Employment (IRLE)
@ucberkeleyirle.bsky.social
· May 22
Virtual registration is still open for the "Minimum Wages & Monopsony Power" conference! Featuring an all-star lineup of labor economists, this one-day event also honors career of Dr. Michael Reich.
📅 June 6, 2025 | 8am - 5pm
🔗 Register today: irle.berkeley.edu/events/minim...
📅 June 6, 2025 | 8am - 5pm
🔗 Register today: irle.berkeley.edu/events/minim...
May 23, 2025 at 9:57 PM
I can't wait for this fantastic conference! What a privilege to join these other authors!
Going to be a great conference!
UC Berkeley Institute for Research on Labor & Employment (IRLE)
@ucberkeleyirle.bsky.social
· Apr 23
Register now for the Minimum Wages & Monopsony Power Conference at UC Berkeley on June 6.
Join leading scholars for this one-day conference, which also honors Michael Reich’s influential career.
Space is limited. Register: irle.berkeley.edu/minimum-wage...
#EconSky #MinimumWage #LaborEconomics
Join leading scholars for this one-day conference, which also honors Michael Reich’s influential career.
Space is limited. Register: irle.berkeley.edu/minimum-wage...
#EconSky #MinimumWage #LaborEconomics
April 24, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Going to be a great conference!
Great comments from @econmarshall.bsky.social and the @utah.edu econ crowd during my presentation on Monotony Power and the US Social Safety Net. Also, what incredible surroundings for a campus!
April 19, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Great comments from @econmarshall.bsky.social and the @utah.edu econ crowd during my presentation on Monotony Power and the US Social Safety Net. Also, what incredible surroundings for a campus!
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RANDOM TARIFF ENCOUNTER TABLE (D8)
1 - 25%
2 - 34%
3 - 10% (but you must buy our chickens)
4 - 49% lovely people but they've been ripping us off
5 - 20% and 2d4 ogres
6 - 31%, roll again on treasure table C
7 - 25% (28% for elves)
8 - Roll again combine both results
1 - 25%
2 - 34%
3 - 10% (but you must buy our chickens)
4 - 49% lovely people but they've been ripping us off
5 - 20% and 2d4 ogres
6 - 31%, roll again on treasure table C
7 - 25% (28% for elves)
8 - Roll again combine both results
April 2, 2025 at 8:36 PM
RANDOM TARIFF ENCOUNTER TABLE (D8)
1 - 25%
2 - 34%
3 - 10% (but you must buy our chickens)
4 - 49% lovely people but they've been ripping us off
5 - 20% and 2d4 ogres
6 - 31%, roll again on treasure table C
7 - 25% (28% for elves)
8 - Roll again combine both results
1 - 25%
2 - 34%
3 - 10% (but you must buy our chickens)
4 - 49% lovely people but they've been ripping us off
5 - 20% and 2d4 ogres
6 - 31%, roll again on treasure table C
7 - 25% (28% for elves)
8 - Roll again combine both results
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Hello, Bluesky #EconSky! We're the Southern Africa Labour & Development Research Unit (SALDRU) at UCT, dedicated to challenging inequalities through policy-relevant academic research. We are one of the leading Labour & Development #Economics units on the continent. Explore our work: saldru.uct.ac.za
March 18, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Hello, Bluesky #EconSky! We're the Southern Africa Labour & Development Research Unit (SALDRU) at UCT, dedicated to challenging inequalities through policy-relevant academic research. We are one of the leading Labour & Development #Economics units on the continent. Explore our work: saldru.uct.ac.za
I'll just leave this here @mark-carney.bsky.social #cdnpoli
I can't be the only one who sees this when I see #MarkCarney
February 27, 2025 at 7:49 PM
I'll just leave this here @mark-carney.bsky.social #cdnpoli
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I am a former incarcerated firefighter. I served in a California fire camp from 2009 to 2012.
Misinformation is afire on the internet, so here are facts about the prison firefighter program, all in one place.
A thread.
Misinformation is afire on the internet, so here are facts about the prison firefighter program, all in one place.
A thread.
January 15, 2025 at 1:20 AM
I am a former incarcerated firefighter. I served in a California fire camp from 2009 to 2012.
Misinformation is afire on the internet, so here are facts about the prison firefighter program, all in one place.
A thread.
Misinformation is afire on the internet, so here are facts about the prison firefighter program, all in one place.
A thread.
It's always fun when people talk about your old JMP
This is reality for so many once vital small communities
Walmart’s defenders argue that the company's low prices are a boon to poor and middle-class families, Rogé Karma writes. But new research suggests that Walmart “makes the places it operates in poorer than they would be if it had never shown up at all”: theatln.tc/qiYz3E5C
December 24, 2024 at 7:32 PM
It's always fun when people talk about your old JMP
Hard to see for recent job market candidates. Postings are also down on other platforms, too, per @johncawley.bsky.social
The # of full-time academic jobs outside the US that are listed on JOE is also down - down 11.4% from this point last year, down 21.9% from 2022, and down 20.0% from 2021. 5/8
December 10, 2024 at 10:14 PM
Hard to see for recent job market candidates. Postings are also down on other platforms, too, per @johncawley.bsky.social
www.axios.com/2024/12/08/s...
😯😯 This is huge! The Middle East is literally being remade as we 'speak'. And yet American media seems largely focused on a single fatal shooting (an appalling crime, yet entirely normal in America but for the victim's social status)
😯😯 This is huge! The Middle East is literally being remade as we 'speak'. And yet American media seems largely focused on a single fatal shooting (an appalling crime, yet entirely normal in America but for the victim's social status)
Assad regime collapses as Syrian rebels seize control of Damascus
Reuters reported that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has left Damascus.
www.axios.com
December 8, 2024 at 7:15 AM
www.axios.com/2024/12/08/s...
😯😯 This is huge! The Middle East is literally being remade as we 'speak'. And yet American media seems largely focused on a single fatal shooting (an appalling crime, yet entirely normal in America but for the victim's social status)
😯😯 This is huge! The Middle East is literally being remade as we 'speak'. And yet American media seems largely focused on a single fatal shooting (an appalling crime, yet entirely normal in America but for the victim's social status)
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You can hear me on @npr.org Up First and Morning Edition today talking about why mass deportations don’t lead to more jobs for US born workers *and* will likely increase prices on things like groceries.
one.npr.org/i/1217308659...
one.npr.org/i/1217308659...
🔊 Listen Now: Trump's Defense Pick, United Healthcare CEO Killed, Mass Deportations And Jobs
Up First From NPR on NPR One | 13:02
one.npr.org
December 5, 2024 at 4:07 PM
You can hear me on @npr.org Up First and Morning Edition today talking about why mass deportations don’t lead to more jobs for US born workers *and* will likely increase prices on things like groceries.
one.npr.org/i/1217308659...
one.npr.org/i/1217308659...
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The really shocking thing I learned is that United Healthcare's insurance division employs 140K people. HHS, which administers Medicare (65M enrollees), CDC, FDA, Obamacare exchange and the federal part of Medicaid (88M), CHIPs, WIC, TANF, only employs 80K.
December 5, 2024 at 5:56 PM
The really shocking thing I learned is that United Healthcare's insurance division employs 140K people. HHS, which administers Medicare (65M enrollees), CDC, FDA, Obamacare exchange and the federal part of Medicaid (88M), CHIPs, WIC, TANF, only employs 80K.
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Hey, look who I just found on here!
My favorite economist, @betseystevenson.bsky.social, just discovered BlueSky. Let's make her feel welcome.
My favorite economist, @betseystevenson.bsky.social, just discovered BlueSky. Let's make her feel welcome.
December 5, 2024 at 1:25 PM
Hey, look who I just found on here!
My favorite economist, @betseystevenson.bsky.social, just discovered BlueSky. Let's make her feel welcome.
My favorite economist, @betseystevenson.bsky.social, just discovered BlueSky. Let's make her feel welcome.
This is a really thorough and compelling job market paper from Carl McPherson
A newly precise null result on whether Medicaid induces cross-state migration, in an extensive job market paper by Carl McPherson. carlmcpherson.github.io
November 28, 2024 at 3:36 AM
This is a really thorough and compelling job market paper from Carl McPherson
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Hey #EconSky📉📈 our new working paper with Michael Reich @IRLE is out!
Sectoral Wage-Setting in California
We provide the first causal evidence of the (highest in the US) $20 minimum wage for large fast-food chains in California, implemented on April 1, 2024.
irle.berkeley.edu/publications...
1/7
Sectoral Wage-Setting in California
We provide the first causal evidence of the (highest in the US) $20 minimum wage for large fast-food chains in California, implemented on April 1, 2024.
irle.berkeley.edu/publications...
1/7
Sectoral Wage-Setting in California – Institute for Research on Labor and Employment
Abstract On April 1, 2024, California implemented its first sectoral wage policy, setting a $20 floor on hourly pay for workers in the larger fast food restaura
irle.berkeley.edu
October 1, 2024 at 1:41 AM
Hey #EconSky📉📈 our new working paper with Michael Reich @IRLE is out!
Sectoral Wage-Setting in California
We provide the first causal evidence of the (highest in the US) $20 minimum wage for large fast-food chains in California, implemented on April 1, 2024.
irle.berkeley.edu/publications...
1/7
Sectoral Wage-Setting in California
We provide the first causal evidence of the (highest in the US) $20 minimum wage for large fast-food chains in California, implemented on April 1, 2024.
irle.berkeley.edu/publications...
1/7
Very excited to have @mpbitler.bsky.social delivering our 2024 Lansdowne Lecture on “Entitlements, Block Grants, Work Requirements, and the Safety Net: Evidence from the US in Times of Economic Crisis”.
Open to the public! Join us in DTB A110 at UVic this Thursday at 7pm.
Open to the public! Join us in DTB A110 at UVic this Thursday at 7pm.
October 1, 2024 at 6:04 PM
Very excited to have @mpbitler.bsky.social delivering our 2024 Lansdowne Lecture on “Entitlements, Block Grants, Work Requirements, and the Safety Net: Evidence from the US in Times of Economic Crisis”.
Open to the public! Join us in DTB A110 at UVic this Thursday at 7pm.
Open to the public! Join us in DTB A110 at UVic this Thursday at 7pm.
Can't wait for our excellent session at #ASSA. Hope to see many there from #EconSky. Our slides are available at www.aeaweb.org/conference/2...
January 4, 2024 at 6:51 PM
Can't wait for our excellent session at #ASSA. Hope to see many there from #EconSky. Our slides are available at www.aeaweb.org/conference/2...
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A🧵on Ihsaan Bassier's #JMP. Ihsaan is a post-doc at LSE working on labor & development, and on the market this year. He's doing amazing research on labor market institutions, monopsony, inequality.
His JMP is very timely: collective bargaining's spillover on non-union sector.
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His JMP is very timely: collective bargaining's spillover on non-union sector.
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Ihsaan Bassier
Ihsaan Bassier
sites.google.com
November 13, 2023 at 4:47 PM
A🧵on Ihsaan Bassier's #JMP. Ihsaan is a post-doc at LSE working on labor & development, and on the market this year. He's doing amazing research on labor market institutions, monopsony, inequality.
His JMP is very timely: collective bargaining's spillover on non-union sector.
1/
His JMP is very timely: collective bargaining's spillover on non-union sector.
1/
Happy Halloween...
October 31, 2023 at 4:46 AM
Happy Halloween...
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#Econsky Research in Labor Economics will have a special issue on Migration, Human Capital and the Labor Market, with keynote papers from Giovanni Peri & Mette Foged, Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes, Barry Chiswick, Madeline Zavodny & Pia Orrenius. Submit by October 30 here: legacy.iza.org/rle_applicat...
IZA - Research in Labor Economics - Paper Submission
legacy.iza.org
October 2, 2023 at 11:48 AM
#Econsky Research in Labor Economics will have a special issue on Migration, Human Capital and the Labor Market, with keynote papers from Giovanni Peri & Mette Foged, Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes, Barry Chiswick, Madeline Zavodny & Pia Orrenius. Submit by October 30 here: legacy.iza.org/rle_applicat...
My mom is asking the questions that we should all be asking ourselves
October 29, 2023 at 8:40 PM
My mom is asking the questions that we should all be asking ourselves