Jesse Bruhn
@jessebruhn.bsky.social
I’m an Econ AP at Brown: www.jessebruhn.com
My long term research agenda involves saying yes to everything and then repeatedly disappointing everyone who thought I’d make a good coauthor.
My long term research agenda involves saying yes to everything and then repeatedly disappointing everyone who thought I’d make a good coauthor.
Deadline is a little over a week away.
Send us your papers!!!!!!
Send us your papers!!!!!!
Hey #econsky! I'm organizing a workshop at Brown this Spring in partnership with Eric Nielsen and Viviana Rodriguez.
The topic is educational measurement. Please submit a paper/extended abstract! We'd love to consider your work.
And please help us spread the word to folks who aren't on bluesky!
The topic is educational measurement. Please submit a paper/extended abstract! We'd love to consider your work.
And please help us spread the word to folks who aren't on bluesky!
January 30, 2026 at 10:55 PM
Deadline is a little over a week away.
Send us your papers!!!!!!
Send us your papers!!!!!!
Truly grateful for all the thoughtful emails / texts I've received from so many of you over the last 24 hours. When the world is dark and sad, love is the light keeps us going. Thank you for sending so much of it my way.
December 14, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Truly grateful for all the thoughtful emails / texts I've received from so many of you over the last 24 hours. When the world is dark and sad, love is the light keeps us going. Thank you for sending so much of it my way.
Super cool work!
Excited to share a new @annenberginstitute.bsky.social working paper, co-authored w/ Rebecca Jacobsen. We’ve been exploring what happens when national partisan politics reach one of the most local arenas of American democracy—school board elections?
edworkingpapers.com/ai25-1360
edworkingpapers.com/ai25-1360
The Influence of Partisanship in Local School Board Elections: Evidence from Exit Polling in Michigan & Rhode Island
Education in the U.S. has long been shaped by local school boards elected in nonpartisan contests, a structure intended to shield schools from broader political forces. Today, many states are consider...
edworkingpapers.com
December 13, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Super cool work!
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Excited to share a new @annenberginstitute.bsky.social working paper, co-authored w/ Rebecca Jacobsen. We’ve been exploring what happens when national partisan politics reach one of the most local arenas of American democracy—school board elections?
edworkingpapers.com/ai25-1360
edworkingpapers.com/ai25-1360
The Influence of Partisanship in Local School Board Elections: Evidence from Exit Polling in Michigan & Rhode Island
Education in the U.S. has long been shaped by local school boards elected in nonpartisan contests, a structure intended to shield schools from broader political forces. Today, many states are consider...
edworkingpapers.com
December 12, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Excited to share a new @annenberginstitute.bsky.social working paper, co-authored w/ Rebecca Jacobsen. We’ve been exploring what happens when national partisan politics reach one of the most local arenas of American democracy—school board elections?
edworkingpapers.com/ai25-1360
edworkingpapers.com/ai25-1360
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📢 Call for Papers 📢
The Annenberg Institute’s 2026 Workshop on Educational Measurement—led by @jessebruhn.bsky.social—takes place May 15 at Brown. Keynotes: Matt Wiswall (JHU) & Ben Domingue (Stanford). Travel/lodging support for selected papers.
Submit: buff.ly/saRAgXl
The Annenberg Institute’s 2026 Workshop on Educational Measurement—led by @jessebruhn.bsky.social—takes place May 15 at Brown. Keynotes: Matt Wiswall (JHU) & Ben Domingue (Stanford). Travel/lodging support for selected papers.
Submit: buff.ly/saRAgXl
December 11, 2025 at 1:00 PM
📢 Call for Papers 📢
The Annenberg Institute’s 2026 Workshop on Educational Measurement—led by @jessebruhn.bsky.social—takes place May 15 at Brown. Keynotes: Matt Wiswall (JHU) & Ben Domingue (Stanford). Travel/lodging support for selected papers.
Submit: buff.ly/saRAgXl
The Annenberg Institute’s 2026 Workshop on Educational Measurement—led by @jessebruhn.bsky.social—takes place May 15 at Brown. Keynotes: Matt Wiswall (JHU) & Ben Domingue (Stanford). Travel/lodging support for selected papers.
Submit: buff.ly/saRAgXl
Hey #econsky! I'm organizing a workshop at Brown this Spring in partnership with Eric Nielsen and Viviana Rodriguez.
The topic is educational measurement. Please submit a paper/extended abstract! We'd love to consider your work.
And please help us spread the word to folks who aren't on bluesky!
The topic is educational measurement. Please submit a paper/extended abstract! We'd love to consider your work.
And please help us spread the word to folks who aren't on bluesky!
December 10, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Hey #econsky! I'm organizing a workshop at Brown this Spring in partnership with Eric Nielsen and Viviana Rodriguez.
The topic is educational measurement. Please submit a paper/extended abstract! We'd love to consider your work.
And please help us spread the word to folks who aren't on bluesky!
The topic is educational measurement. Please submit a paper/extended abstract! We'd love to consider your work.
And please help us spread the word to folks who aren't on bluesky!
Super cool project. Work force development is a huge issue. Glad to see this topic getting renewed focus from Econ / public policy.
My #EconJMP, “The Labor Market Returns to Customized Job Training”, examines how subsidized firm training that aligns skill supply with skill demand affects workers and whether subsidies generate benefits that justify public investment.
Website: nataliemillar.net
Website: nataliemillar.net
December 8, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Super cool project. Work force development is a huge issue. Glad to see this topic getting renewed focus from Econ / public policy.
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New research finds that valuable education data is being wasted: Large gains are possible at nearly zero cost simply by better leveraging all of the test items currently collected, from @jessebruhn.bsky.social, Michael Gilraine, Jens Ludwig, and Sendhil Mullainathan www.nber.org/papers/w34484
November 22, 2025 at 4:01 PM
New research finds that valuable education data is being wasted: Large gains are possible at nearly zero cost simply by better leveraging all of the test items currently collected, from @jessebruhn.bsky.social, Michael Gilraine, Jens Ludwig, and Sendhil Mullainathan www.nber.org/papers/w34484
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📢 #EdWorkingPapers: @jessebruhn.bsky.social, Michael Gilraine, Jens Ludwig & @sendhil.bsky.social analyze 1.31 billion student-item responses from Texas and find that item-level data contain rich, decision-relevant information that aggregate scores miss.
📄 edworkingpapers.com/ai25-1343
📄 edworkingpapers.com/ai25-1343
November 18, 2025 at 3:30 PM
📢 #EdWorkingPapers: @jessebruhn.bsky.social, Michael Gilraine, Jens Ludwig & @sendhil.bsky.social analyze 1.31 billion student-item responses from Texas and find that item-level data contain rich, decision-relevant information that aggregate scores miss.
📄 edworkingpapers.com/ai25-1343
📄 edworkingpapers.com/ai25-1343
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imagine fleeing the Vietnam War and in your arms you're carrying a baby who will one day grow up to correct the US Secretary of Defense on his jeans. like bringing a football into the end zone
August 6, 2025 at 3:47 AM
imagine fleeing the Vietnam War and in your arms you're carrying a baby who will one day grow up to correct the US Secretary of Defense on his jeans. like bringing a football into the end zone
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What does the social fabric of an entire country look like?
We built a nation-scale social network of Denmark — 7.2 million people, 1.4 billion ties, 14 years of data.
Here’s what we found 👇
📄 doi.org/10.1038/s415...
#NetworkScience #Sociology
What does the social fabric of an entire country look like?
We built a nation-scale social network of Denmark — 7.2 million people, 1.4 billion ties, 14 years of data.
Here’s what we found 👇
📄 doi.org/10.1038/s415...
#NetworkScience #Sociology
Unveiling the social fabric through a temporal, nation-scale social network and its characteristics - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Unveiling the social fabric through a temporal, nation-scale social network and its characteristics
doi.org
July 29, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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What does the social fabric of an entire country look like?
We built a nation-scale social network of Denmark — 7.2 million people, 1.4 billion ties, 14 years of data.
Here’s what we found 👇
📄 doi.org/10.1038/s415...
#NetworkScience #Sociology
What does the social fabric of an entire country look like?
We built a nation-scale social network of Denmark — 7.2 million people, 1.4 billion ties, 14 years of data.
Here’s what we found 👇
📄 doi.org/10.1038/s415...
#NetworkScience #Sociology
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Next was the highly recommended 1st day of the @nber.org labor studies conference, w/standout talks by M Notowidigdo (returns to permanent residency) C Miller (effects of a criminal record) & @jessebruhn.bsky.social (long-run effects of early career experience) www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5mY... (3/4)
Labor Studies, NBER Summer Institute
YouTube video by NBER
www.youtube.com
July 22, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Next was the highly recommended 1st day of the @nber.org labor studies conference, w/standout talks by M Notowidigdo (returns to permanent residency) C Miller (effects of a criminal record) & @jessebruhn.bsky.social (long-run effects of early career experience) www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5mY... (3/4)
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June 25, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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It seems pretty funny to allow the WSJ to cover a paper and then when it’s revealed to be fraudulent start crying about how it wasn’t even peer reviewed and the system worked etc. Why did our discipline tell the WSJ it was credible if it wasn’t peer reviewed then ?
May 20, 2025 at 1:56 AM
It seems pretty funny to allow the WSJ to cover a paper and then when it’s revealed to be fraudulent start crying about how it wasn’t even peer reviewed and the system worked etc. Why did our discipline tell the WSJ it was credible if it wasn’t peer reviewed then ?
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A bit of personal/professional news: I'm sad to be leaving the wonderful editorial team at @restatjournal.bsky.social now that my terms are up, but excited to be joining AEJ: Applied as editor in January. www.aeaweb.org/news/member-...
Annual Elections and Other Announcements
www.aeaweb.org
May 13, 2025 at 1:03 PM
A bit of personal/professional news: I'm sad to be leaving the wonderful editorial team at @restatjournal.bsky.social now that my terms are up, but excited to be joining AEJ: Applied as editor in January. www.aeaweb.org/news/member-...
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I finally have a publication date for my new Experimental Economics textbook: December 12. Equally as important, I am proud to have negotiated a low price for the book: $38.10...for a nearly 800 page book!
You can find the book here: www.amazon.com/Experimental...
You can find the book here: www.amazon.com/Experimental...
March 25, 2025 at 9:23 AM
I finally have a publication date for my new Experimental Economics textbook: December 12. Equally as important, I am proud to have negotiated a low price for the book: $38.10...for a nearly 800 page book!
You can find the book here: www.amazon.com/Experimental...
You can find the book here: www.amazon.com/Experimental...
Reposted by Jesse Bruhn
Reposted by Jesse Bruhn
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March 6, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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Our BU Wheelock Education Policy Center is going to be everywhere at next week's AEFP conference!
Between our current faculty and PhD students and our alums, we'll be in 20+ sessions.
Here's what we're presenting:
wheelockpolicycenter.org/event/associ...
@wheelockpolicybu.bsky.social
Between our current faculty and PhD students and our alums, we'll be in 20+ sessions.
Here's what we're presenting:
wheelockpolicycenter.org/event/associ...
@wheelockpolicybu.bsky.social
a man says wherever you go there we are
ALT: a man says wherever you go there we are
media.tenor.com
March 6, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Our BU Wheelock Education Policy Center is going to be everywhere at next week's AEFP conference!
Between our current faculty and PhD students and our alums, we'll be in 20+ sessions.
Here's what we're presenting:
wheelockpolicycenter.org/event/associ...
@wheelockpolicybu.bsky.social
Between our current faculty and PhD students and our alums, we'll be in 20+ sessions.
Here's what we're presenting:
wheelockpolicycenter.org/event/associ...
@wheelockpolicybu.bsky.social
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Honored to be one of the recipients of the 2025 Brown Postdoctoral Excellence Awards!
Huge thanks to Brown Postdoctoral Affairs for this recognition and to @linzpage.bsky.social and the Annenberg Institute for their support in advancing my research! ¡Seguimos!
postdocs.brown.edu/news/2025-02...
Huge thanks to Brown Postdoctoral Affairs for this recognition and to @linzpage.bsky.social and the Annenberg Institute for their support in advancing my research! ¡Seguimos!
postdocs.brown.edu/news/2025-02...
2025 Brown Postdoctoral Excellence Awards
postdocs.brown.edu
February 27, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Honored to be one of the recipients of the 2025 Brown Postdoctoral Excellence Awards!
Huge thanks to Brown Postdoctoral Affairs for this recognition and to @linzpage.bsky.social and the Annenberg Institute for their support in advancing my research! ¡Seguimos!
postdocs.brown.edu/news/2025-02...
Huge thanks to Brown Postdoctoral Affairs for this recognition and to @linzpage.bsky.social and the Annenberg Institute for their support in advancing my research! ¡Seguimos!
postdocs.brown.edu/news/2025-02...
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How are parents affected by their kid going to college? How are they affected when their kid gets a scholarship or grant?
New working paper with @palaashbhargava.bsky.social @econsandy.bsky.social @odedgurantz.bsky.social and Rob Fairlie
www.nber.org/papers/w33497
New working paper with @palaashbhargava.bsky.social @econsandy.bsky.social @odedgurantz.bsky.social and Rob Fairlie
www.nber.org/papers/w33497
February 24, 2025 at 1:31 PM
How are parents affected by their kid going to college? How are they affected when their kid gets a scholarship or grant?
New working paper with @palaashbhargava.bsky.social @econsandy.bsky.social @odedgurantz.bsky.social and Rob Fairlie
www.nber.org/papers/w33497
New working paper with @palaashbhargava.bsky.social @econsandy.bsky.social @odedgurantz.bsky.social and Rob Fairlie
www.nber.org/papers/w33497
Amazing opportunity!! Send you talented undergrads / soon to be graduates this way 👇
I'm hiring for a predoctoral research associate to work with me at Brown Econ starting Summer 2025. If you're interested in economics research on labor, crime, and housing, please apply here: apply.interfolio.com/162629
#econra #econ_ra #EconSky
@jessebruhn.bsky.social
#econra #econ_ra #EconSky
@jessebruhn.bsky.social
apply.interfolio.com
February 13, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Amazing opportunity!! Send you talented undergrads / soon to be graduates this way 👇
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"People who like to sound tough reflexively back the guys with guns over the guys in jeans with sacks of grain or the guys in suits with papers. But take it from someone who spent nearly 1,500 days downrange over the course of 20 years: USAID is worth every penny." www.thebulwark.com/p/usaid-kept...
USAID Kept My Troops Safe in Afghanistan
If not for American aid, we would have faced more enemies and won fewer friends.
www.thebulwark.com
February 12, 2025 at 10:33 AM
"People who like to sound tough reflexively back the guys with guns over the guys in jeans with sacks of grain or the guys in suits with papers. But take it from someone who spent nearly 1,500 days downrange over the course of 20 years: USAID is worth every penny." www.thebulwark.com/p/usaid-kept...