Kelly Jones
@kmpjones.bsky.social
Applied Microeconomist studying gender inequality in U.S. & Africa
@AUcollege.bsky.social. Here for the #econsky. Always pushing to #DiversifyEcon. Find me at www.kmjones.info
@AUcollege.bsky.social. Here for the #econsky. Always pushing to #DiversifyEcon. Find me at www.kmjones.info
Please help distribute this funding opportunity for PhD students interested in gender economics. Thanks!
Open call for 2026 Doctoral Fellow in Gender Economics www.kmjones.info/students/doc...
Open call for 2026 Doctoral Fellow in Gender Economics www.kmjones.info/students/doc...
October 17, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Please help distribute this funding opportunity for PhD students interested in gender economics. Thanks!
Open call for 2026 Doctoral Fellow in Gender Economics www.kmjones.info/students/doc...
Open call for 2026 Doctoral Fellow in Gender Economics www.kmjones.info/students/doc...
Loved new piece by @lizananat.bsky.social with critique of two-parent privilege hypothesis pubs.aeaweb.org/doi/pdfplus/...
"Asian example suggests...insistence [that childbearing be marital only] may not move us back to a world flush with married parents but to a future of few parents at all"
"Asian example suggests...insistence [that childbearing be marital only] may not move us back to a world flush with married parents but to a future of few parents at all"
June 5, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Loved new piece by @lizananat.bsky.social with critique of two-parent privilege hypothesis pubs.aeaweb.org/doi/pdfplus/...
"Asian example suggests...insistence [that childbearing be marital only] may not move us back to a world flush with married parents but to a future of few parents at all"
"Asian example suggests...insistence [that childbearing be marital only] may not move us back to a world flush with married parents but to a future of few parents at all"
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How can tax credits, paid leave, and other policies improve population health?
Join us on March 28 for our virtual seminar featuring experts Elizabeth Ananat, Bradley Hardy, Aparna Mathur, and LDI Fellow @atheendar.bsky.social.
ldi.upenn.edu/events/boost...
Join us on March 28 for our virtual seminar featuring experts Elizabeth Ananat, Bradley Hardy, Aparna Mathur, and LDI Fellow @atheendar.bsky.social.
ldi.upenn.edu/events/boost...
Boosting Health Through Economic Policy: Tax and Labor Policies to Improve Population Health
Join Penn LDI to explore evidence-based economic policies that foster healthier, more equitable communities.
ldi.upenn.edu
March 12, 2025 at 7:55 PM
How can tax credits, paid leave, and other policies improve population health?
Join us on March 28 for our virtual seminar featuring experts Elizabeth Ananat, Bradley Hardy, Aparna Mathur, and LDI Fellow @atheendar.bsky.social.
ldi.upenn.edu/events/boost...
Join us on March 28 for our virtual seminar featuring experts Elizabeth Ananat, Bradley Hardy, Aparna Mathur, and LDI Fellow @atheendar.bsky.social.
ldi.upenn.edu/events/boost...
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Please repost to get the word out! @nkgarg.bsky.social and I are excited to present a personalized feed for academics! It shows posts about papers from accounts you’re following bsky.app/profile/pape...
March 10, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Please repost to get the word out! @nkgarg.bsky.social and I are excited to present a personalized feed for academics! It shows posts about papers from accounts you’re following bsky.app/profile/pape...
Very cool! Also pinning!
I’m giving this feed a try, it has a lot of potential
*Please repost* @sjgreenwood.bsky.social and I just launched a new personalized feed (*please pin*) that we hope will become a "must use" for #academicsky. The feed shows posts about papers filtered by *your* follower network. It's become my default Bluesky experience bsky.app/profile/pape...
March 11, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Very cool! Also pinning!
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NBER Immigrants and the Economy meeting is this Friday and will be live-streamed here!
www.youtube.com/channel/UC79...
Program here with an excellent lineup of papers: www.nber.org/conferences/...
www.youtube.com/channel/UC79...
Program here with an excellent lineup of papers: www.nber.org/conferences/...
NBER
The National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) is a private, nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that facilitates cutting-edge investigation and analysis of major economic issues. It disseminates res...
www.youtube.com
March 3, 2025 at 3:53 PM
NBER Immigrants and the Economy meeting is this Friday and will be live-streamed here!
www.youtube.com/channel/UC79...
Program here with an excellent lineup of papers: www.nber.org/conferences/...
www.youtube.com/channel/UC79...
Program here with an excellent lineup of papers: www.nber.org/conferences/...
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NEW: Senator Marshall (R-KS) RUNS AWAY, fleeing his own town hall after being asked about DOGE firing Veterans. MAKE HIM GO VIRAL.
March 1, 2025 at 6:21 PM
NEW: Senator Marshall (R-KS) RUNS AWAY, fleeing his own town hall after being asked about DOGE firing Veterans. MAKE HIM GO VIRAL.
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I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F.
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
We're not done yet | 18F
18f.org
March 1, 2025 at 10:38 PM
I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F.
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
Been chatting with some juniors lately who were surprised to hear me recommend not working more than 40 hours a week or nights/weekends. Even during grad school.
I was appalled to hear them recount some of the advice they are getting from others.
So here is my PSA:
I was appalled to hear them recount some of the advice they are getting from others.
So here is my PSA:
March 1, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Been chatting with some juniors lately who were surprised to hear me recommend not working more than 40 hours a week or nights/weekends. Even during grad school.
I was appalled to hear them recount some of the advice they are getting from others.
So here is my PSA:
I was appalled to hear them recount some of the advice they are getting from others.
So here is my PSA:
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PSA to fellow economists- if African countries are the preferred sites for randomized experiments to place papers in top 5 economics journals, then the history, institutions, and people/scholars of African countries are more than good enough to study as "general interest" and co-authors 1/n #Econsky
February 28, 2025 at 5:48 PM
PSA to fellow economists- if African countries are the preferred sites for randomized experiments to place papers in top 5 economics journals, then the history, institutions, and people/scholars of African countries are more than good enough to study as "general interest" and co-authors 1/n #Econsky
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Census working paper showing that more accurate weather predictions save lives www.census.gov/library/work...
Fatal Errors: The Mortality Value of Accurate Weather Forecasts
Accurate weather forecasts save thousands of lives. Accounting for benefits and costs, forecasts create billions of dollars of value for Americans every year.
www.census.gov
February 28, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Census working paper showing that more accurate weather predictions save lives www.census.gov/library/work...
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If you are a liberal in deep blue territory, one thing you could try doing right now is figuring out how to replace your Democratic member of Congress next year. With very few exceptions, the typical safe seat Dem is not meeting the moment. Find someone who will and help them.
February 28, 2025 at 3:16 PM
If you are a liberal in deep blue territory, one thing you could try doing right now is figuring out how to replace your Democratic member of Congress next year. With very few exceptions, the typical safe seat Dem is not meeting the moment. Find someone who will and help them.
If you are thinking of flying in or out of Reagan, just don’t. Currently trapped on a plane in ATL due to multiple consecutive groundstops at DCA. SO many recent cases where 90min flights turn in to 8hr ordeals. Trump’s grip on FAA has made DCA unusable
FAA implements new airspace rules at Reagan Airport during presidential flights
The FAA will now bring air traffic at Reagan Washington National Airport to a complete stop whenever the president flies nearby on Marine One.
wjla.com
February 28, 2025 at 10:23 PM
If you are thinking of flying in or out of Reagan, just don’t. Currently trapped on a plane in ATL due to multiple consecutive groundstops at DCA. SO many recent cases where 90min flights turn in to 8hr ordeals. Trump’s grip on FAA has made DCA unusable
Excited to hear about @kaseybuckles.bsky.social work on intergenerational connections in census data at PPCW at Georgia Tech
February 27, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Excited to hear about @kaseybuckles.bsky.social work on intergenerational connections in census data at PPCW at Georgia Tech
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February 26, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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Having served as a Moscow correspondent in the early days of Putin's reign, this reminds me of how the Kremlin took over its own press pool and made sure that only compliant journalists were given access.
February 25, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Having served as a Moscow correspondent in the early days of Putin's reign, this reminds me of how the Kremlin took over its own press pool and made sure that only compliant journalists were given access.
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Republicans just dropped their first open attack on women's right to travel. jessica.substack.com/p/montana-bi...
February 25, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Republicans just dropped their first open attack on women's right to travel. jessica.substack.com/p/montana-bi...
If you can no longer stand doing nothing, consider placing these flyers on select windshields near you (because defacing private property, while tempting, is clearly wrong)
www.teslatakedown.com
www.teslatakedown.com
February 25, 2025 at 6:58 PM
If you can no longer stand doing nothing, consider placing these flyers on select windshields near you (because defacing private property, while tempting, is clearly wrong)
www.teslatakedown.com
www.teslatakedown.com
What a devastating and incredibly inefficient loss
The Demographic and Heath Survey program received their USAID termination email last night
www.linkedin.com/posts/caren-...
www.linkedin.com/posts/caren-...
February 25, 2025 at 5:40 PM
What a devastating and incredibly inefficient loss
Very happy to see the recommendations from the joint AEA-EEA-ES-RES committee on improving publishing in economics. Many good, long-overdue recommendations. I hope they are are all implemented widely by @aeajournals.bsky.social & others
www.econometricsociety.org/uploads/docu...
Some highlights...
www.econometricsociety.org/uploads/docu...
Some highlights...
February 25, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Very happy to see the recommendations from the joint AEA-EEA-ES-RES committee on improving publishing in economics. Many good, long-overdue recommendations. I hope they are are all implemented widely by @aeajournals.bsky.social & others
www.econometricsociety.org/uploads/docu...
Some highlights...
www.econometricsociety.org/uploads/docu...
Some highlights...
😭
So well written.
So well written.
Defending Transgender Women
On January 30th at 5pm Census.gov went down, so that the Census Bureau could review the website for materials that did not comply with one of the anti-trans executive orders. It is being called the “d...
open.substack.com
February 22, 2025 at 11:46 PM
😭
So well written.
So well written.
February 20, 2025 at 11:36 PM
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📢 I am looking for a new PhD student (Research Associate)📢
🔹 4 year position at FU Berlin (66% TV-L E13)
🔹 Research on causal effects in education, health, labour & family economics
🔹 2 hours teaching/week & statistical consulting
#EconSky
www.fu-berlin.de/universitaet...
🔹 4 year position at FU Berlin (66% TV-L E13)
🔹 Research on causal effects in education, health, labour & family economics
🔹 2 hours teaching/week & statistical consulting
#EconSky
www.fu-berlin.de/universitaet...
WW-10020500-24-WM15
www.fu-berlin.de
February 18, 2025 at 8:53 AM
📢 I am looking for a new PhD student (Research Associate)📢
🔹 4 year position at FU Berlin (66% TV-L E13)
🔹 Research on causal effects in education, health, labour & family economics
🔹 2 hours teaching/week & statistical consulting
#EconSky
www.fu-berlin.de/universitaet...
🔹 4 year position at FU Berlin (66% TV-L E13)
🔹 Research on causal effects in education, health, labour & family economics
🔹 2 hours teaching/week & statistical consulting
#EconSky
www.fu-berlin.de/universitaet...
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🚀 Exciting Opportunity! 🚀
#AI keeps me up at night. What will happen to work & workers? 🤔
I'm partnering with Schmidt Sciences to offer up to $200,000 in funding for early-career researchers! 💡
🗓️ Apply by March 31 2025
🙏 spread the word!
🔗 Learn more & apply schmidtsciences.org/ai-at-work
#EconSky
#AI keeps me up at night. What will happen to work & workers? 🤔
I'm partnering with Schmidt Sciences to offer up to $200,000 in funding for early-career researchers! 💡
🗓️ Apply by March 31 2025
🙏 spread the word!
🔗 Learn more & apply schmidtsciences.org/ai-at-work
#EconSky
February 18, 2025 at 11:24 PM
🚀 Exciting Opportunity! 🚀
#AI keeps me up at night. What will happen to work & workers? 🤔
I'm partnering with Schmidt Sciences to offer up to $200,000 in funding for early-career researchers! 💡
🗓️ Apply by March 31 2025
🙏 spread the word!
🔗 Learn more & apply schmidtsciences.org/ai-at-work
#EconSky
#AI keeps me up at night. What will happen to work & workers? 🤔
I'm partnering with Schmidt Sciences to offer up to $200,000 in funding for early-career researchers! 💡
🗓️ Apply by March 31 2025
🙏 spread the word!
🔗 Learn more & apply schmidtsciences.org/ai-at-work
#EconSky