Maria Zhu
@mariabzhu.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Economics at Syracuse University. I do research in labor, education, and social networks.
www.mariazhu.com
www.mariazhu.com
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I'm on the job market!
My JMP studies the role of high school teachers in preparing students for college success
I find significant positive effects of high school teachers on
🔹College admissions test scores
🔹College enrollment
🔹College performance
🧵(1/10)
My JMP studies the role of high school teachers in preparing students for college success
I find significant positive effects of high school teachers on
🔹College admissions test scores
🔹College enrollment
🔹College performance
🧵(1/10)
October 29, 2025 at 4:18 PM
I'm on the job market!
My JMP studies the role of high school teachers in preparing students for college success
I find significant positive effects of high school teachers on
🔹College admissions test scores
🔹College enrollment
🔹College performance
🧵(1/10)
My JMP studies the role of high school teachers in preparing students for college success
I find significant positive effects of high school teachers on
🔹College admissions test scores
🔹College enrollment
🔹College performance
🧵(1/10)
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Here's my thread of this year's new scholars in Economics of Education and Education Policy.
These PhD students and postdocs are on the job market, so take a look (and spread the word to others who might benefit from exposure).
And now onto the scholars... 👇
These PhD students and postdocs are on the job market, so take a look (and spread the word to others who might benefit from exposure).
And now onto the scholars... 👇
November 12, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Here's my thread of this year's new scholars in Economics of Education and Education Policy.
These PhD students and postdocs are on the job market, so take a look (and spread the word to others who might benefit from exposure).
And now onto the scholars... 👇
These PhD students and postdocs are on the job market, so take a look (and spread the word to others who might benefit from exposure).
And now onto the scholars... 👇
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Dropping a beta version of this page while everyone is up and processing baseball!
This tool lets you search the full text of papers from the American Economic Review, American Economic Journal series, and over 30,000 NBER working papers.
paulgp.com/econlit-pipe...
This tool lets you search the full text of papers from the American Economic Review, American Economic Journal series, and over 30,000 NBER working papers.
paulgp.com/econlit-pipe...
Economics Literature Search
Full-text search across 15,000+ papers from top economics journals and NBER working papers. Track how empirical methods have evolved over time.
paulgp.com
November 2, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Dropping a beta version of this page while everyone is up and processing baseball!
This tool lets you search the full text of papers from the American Economic Review, American Economic Journal series, and over 30,000 NBER working papers.
paulgp.com/econlit-pipe...
This tool lets you search the full text of papers from the American Economic Review, American Economic Journal series, and over 30,000 NBER working papers.
paulgp.com/econlit-pipe...
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Joe Winkelmann & I have released a new @wheelockpolicybu.bsky.social working paper:
"Labor Market Strength and Declining Community College Enrollment"
We show stronger labor markets since 2009 explain most of the decline in community college enrollments.
wheelockpolicycenter.org/high-quality...
"Labor Market Strength and Declining Community College Enrollment"
We show stronger labor markets since 2009 explain most of the decline in community college enrollments.
wheelockpolicycenter.org/high-quality...
November 12, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Joe Winkelmann & I have released a new @wheelockpolicybu.bsky.social working paper:
"Labor Market Strength and Declining Community College Enrollment"
We show stronger labor markets since 2009 explain most of the decline in community college enrollments.
wheelockpolicycenter.org/high-quality...
"Labor Market Strength and Declining Community College Enrollment"
We show stronger labor markets since 2009 explain most of the decline in community college enrollments.
wheelockpolicycenter.org/high-quality...
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Hi all, please spread the word and we hope everyone can make good use of this new data drop: cmfdata.org
The full surviving establishment-level Census of Manufactures manuscripts and digitized data from 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880!
The full surviving establishment-level Census of Manufactures manuscripts and digitized data from 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880!
Historical Census of Manufactures Microdata - Historical Census of Manufactures Microdata
CMFdata.org
November 6, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Hi all, please spread the word and we hope everyone can make good use of this new data drop: cmfdata.org
The full surviving establishment-level Census of Manufactures manuscripts and digitized data from 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880!
The full surviving establishment-level Census of Manufactures manuscripts and digitized data from 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880!
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Our group at Illinois Gies College of Business is hiring! We are especially interested in public or environmental economists. Our group includes myself, @tderyugina.bsky.social, David Molitor, Nolan Miller, Jeff Brown, Riley League, and Mackenzie Alston.
www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing....
www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing....
American Economic Association: JOE Listings - August 1, 2025 - January 31, 2026
www.aeaweb.org
November 7, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Our group at Illinois Gies College of Business is hiring! We are especially interested in public or environmental economists. Our group includes myself, @tderyugina.bsky.social, David Molitor, Nolan Miller, Jeff Brown, Riley League, and Mackenzie Alston.
www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing....
www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing....
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I am excited to announce I am on the #EconJobMarket this year! 🎉 My research explores economic barriers for people with disabilities at the intersection of labor, public, and health economics.
My #EconJMP examines how reliable transportation transforms outcomes for this population. 🧵1/6
My #EconJMP examines how reliable transportation transforms outcomes for this population. 🧵1/6
November 7, 2025 at 3:45 PM
I am excited to announce I am on the #EconJobMarket this year! 🎉 My research explores economic barriers for people with disabilities at the intersection of labor, public, and health economics.
My #EconJMP examines how reliable transportation transforms outcomes for this population. 🧵1/6
My #EconJMP examines how reliable transportation transforms outcomes for this population. 🧵1/6
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I've added 43 new tips to my book, bringing the total to 140.
You can download "Quick Stata Tips" and the accompanying .do file for free at toddrjones.com/quickstatati....
You can download "Quick Stata Tips" and the accompanying .do file for free at toddrjones.com/quickstatati....
April 14, 2025 at 1:49 PM
I've added 43 new tips to my book, bringing the total to 140.
You can download "Quick Stata Tips" and the accompanying .do file for free at toddrjones.com/quickstatati....
You can download "Quick Stata Tips" and the accompanying .do file for free at toddrjones.com/quickstatati....
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A couple of us are putting together an APPAM panel on post-pandemic school enrollment/access patterns, broadly conceived.
Let me know if you or someone you know has a paper that might fit this theme.
Let me know if you or someone you know has a paper that might fit this theme.
April 14, 2025 at 2:24 PM
A couple of us are putting together an APPAM panel on post-pandemic school enrollment/access patterns, broadly conceived.
Let me know if you or someone you know has a paper that might fit this theme.
Let me know if you or someone you know has a paper that might fit this theme.
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Our practical guide to shift-share IV is now out in the JEP!
www.aeaweb.org/issues/793
(Ungated version: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/el9yn...)
www.aeaweb.org/issues/793
(Ungated version: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/el9yn...)
Journal of Economic Perspectives
Vol. 39 No. 1 Winter 2025
www.aeaweb.org
February 13, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Our practical guide to shift-share IV is now out in the JEP!
www.aeaweb.org/issues/793
(Ungated version: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/el9yn...)
www.aeaweb.org/issues/793
(Ungated version: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/el9yn...)
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Hiring 2-year postdoc @upjohninstitute.bsky.social.
Great for someone with FSRDC experience & interest in early childhood care & education labor markets.
Work with me @gabriellepepin.bsky.social @jborowsky.bsky.social + others.
#econ_ra #econsky #policysky
www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing....
Great for someone with FSRDC experience & interest in early childhood care & education labor markets.
Work with me @gabriellepepin.bsky.social @jborowsky.bsky.social + others.
#econ_ra #econsky #policysky
www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing....
February 2, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Hiring 2-year postdoc @upjohninstitute.bsky.social.
Great for someone with FSRDC experience & interest in early childhood care & education labor markets.
Work with me @gabriellepepin.bsky.social @jborowsky.bsky.social + others.
#econ_ra #econsky #policysky
www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing....
Great for someone with FSRDC experience & interest in early childhood care & education labor markets.
Work with me @gabriellepepin.bsky.social @jborowsky.bsky.social + others.
#econ_ra #econsky #policysky
www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing....
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I've decided to collect my DiD materials in a single place.
psantanna.com/did-resources
There, you will find
- 14 lectures of my comprehensive DiD course
- Shorter lectures/talks I have given on DiD
- My DiD R/Stata/Python packages
- Some DiD checklists
- DiD materials from my friends
Enjoy!
psantanna.com/did-resources
There, you will find
- 14 lectures of my comprehensive DiD course
- Shorter lectures/talks I have given on DiD
- My DiD R/Stata/Python packages
- Some DiD checklists
- DiD materials from my friends
Enjoy!
Pedro H. C. Sant’Anna
psantanna.com
January 3, 2025 at 4:44 PM
I've decided to collect my DiD materials in a single place.
psantanna.com/did-resources
There, you will find
- 14 lectures of my comprehensive DiD course
- Shorter lectures/talks I have given on DiD
- My DiD R/Stata/Python packages
- Some DiD checklists
- DiD materials from my friends
Enjoy!
psantanna.com/did-resources
There, you will find
- 14 lectures of my comprehensive DiD course
- Shorter lectures/talks I have given on DiD
- My DiD R/Stata/Python packages
- Some DiD checklists
- DiD materials from my friends
Enjoy!
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Trying something new:
A 🧵 on a topic I find many students struggle with: "why do their 📊 look more professional than my 📊?"
It's *lots* of tiny decisions that aren't the defaults in many libraries, so let's break down 1 simple graph by @jburnmurdoch.bsky.social
🔗 www.ft.com/content/73a1...
A 🧵 on a topic I find many students struggle with: "why do their 📊 look more professional than my 📊?"
It's *lots* of tiny decisions that aren't the defaults in many libraries, so let's break down 1 simple graph by @jburnmurdoch.bsky.social
🔗 www.ft.com/content/73a1...
November 20, 2024 at 5:09 PM
Trying something new:
A 🧵 on a topic I find many students struggle with: "why do their 📊 look more professional than my 📊?"
It's *lots* of tiny decisions that aren't the defaults in many libraries, so let's break down 1 simple graph by @jburnmurdoch.bsky.social
🔗 www.ft.com/content/73a1...
A 🧵 on a topic I find many students struggle with: "why do their 📊 look more professional than my 📊?"
It's *lots* of tiny decisions that aren't the defaults in many libraries, so let's break down 1 simple graph by @jburnmurdoch.bsky.social
🔗 www.ft.com/content/73a1...
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There are way more people around here these days, so this might be a good time to reintroduce @briefingbook.bsky.social. We want to give you the kind of analysis we did as economic policy staffers at the White House. Here's our first post from last September. www.briefingbook.info/p/welcome-to...
Welcome to Briefing Book
The kind of analysis policymakers get, right in your inbox
www.briefingbook.info
November 18, 2024 at 2:55 PM
There are way more people around here these days, so this might be a good time to reintroduce @briefingbook.bsky.social. We want to give you the kind of analysis we did as economic policy staffers at the White House. Here's our first post from last September. www.briefingbook.info/p/welcome-to...
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I’ve made a Women in Econ starter pack (s/o @vinisingh.bsky.social for sparking the idea!). Share, follow, and comment below if you’d like to be added! go.bsky.app/LqBPkQZ
November 12, 2024 at 1:11 PM
I’ve made a Women in Econ starter pack (s/o @vinisingh.bsky.social for sparking the idea!). Share, follow, and comment below if you’d like to be added! go.bsky.app/LqBPkQZ
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🚨Job alert!🚨
Our group (@buwheelock.bsky.social @wheelockpolicybu.bsky.social) is hiring an Assistant Professor of Education Policy.
Description below, along with a link to apply. I'm chairing the search, so reach out and spread the word.
Come work with us!
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/28451
Our group (@buwheelock.bsky.social @wheelockpolicybu.bsky.social) is hiring an Assistant Professor of Education Policy.
Description below, along with a link to apply. I'm chairing the search, so reach out and spread the word.
Come work with us!
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/28451
Boston University, Wheelock College of Education and Human Development
Full service online faculty recruitment and application management system for academic institutions worldwide. We offer unique solutions tailored for academic communities.
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September 16, 2024 at 6:26 PM
🚨Job alert!🚨
Our group (@buwheelock.bsky.social @wheelockpolicybu.bsky.social) is hiring an Assistant Professor of Education Policy.
Description below, along with a link to apply. I'm chairing the search, so reach out and spread the word.
Come work with us!
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/28451
Our group (@buwheelock.bsky.social @wheelockpolicybu.bsky.social) is hiring an Assistant Professor of Education Policy.
Description below, along with a link to apply. I'm chairing the search, so reach out and spread the word.
Come work with us!
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/28451
Very excited that my paper, "New evidence on the underrepresentation of Asian Americans in leadership positions," is coming out!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
September 12, 2024 at 1:33 PM
Very excited that my paper, "New evidence on the underrepresentation of Asian Americans in leadership positions," is coming out!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Added it to this Econ Institutions Starter Pack!
go.bsky.app/4deCZJ2
go.bsky.app/4deCZJ2
September 7, 2024 at 6:10 PM
Added it to this Econ Institutions Starter Pack!
go.bsky.app/4deCZJ2
go.bsky.app/4deCZJ2
I am starting a new project with Mackenzie Alston on the academic job market. Hoping to informally chat with 5 econ PhDs and 5 PhDs from psych, sociology, or polisci who graduated last year. If you're available for a 15-minute Zoom convo in Nov., please DM or email mjalston@illinois.edu!
November 1, 2023 at 7:02 PM
I am starting a new project with Mackenzie Alston on the academic job market. Hoping to informally chat with 5 econ PhDs and 5 PhDs from psych, sociology, or polisci who graduated last year. If you're available for a 15-minute Zoom convo in Nov., please DM or email mjalston@illinois.edu!
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Five million documents from the Dutch East India Company will be searchable starting on Wednesday, with an improved version of the database expected next year #archives
nltimes.nl/2023/10/08/m...
nltimes.nl/2023/10/08/m...
Millions of archived VOC documents now searchable online, including slavery records
From Wednesday, five million scanned documents from the archives of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) will be digitally searchable at the click of a button thanks to a text recognition project by the...
nltimes.nl
October 8, 2023 at 9:31 AM
Five million documents from the Dutch East India Company will be searchable starting on Wednesday, with an improved version of the database expected next year #archives
nltimes.nl/2023/10/08/m...
nltimes.nl/2023/10/08/m...
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I’ve been trying to make this happen in one form or another for almost 7 years, and it’s finally out. Data on income inequality and mobility within detailed demographic groups, nationally and at the state level, designed with researchers and the public in mind. www.minneapolisfed.org/institute/in...
Income Distributions and Dynamics in America | Opportunity and Inclusive Growth Institute
www.minneapolisfed.org
October 2, 2023 at 5:36 PM
I’ve been trying to make this happen in one form or another for almost 7 years, and it’s finally out. Data on income inequality and mobility within detailed demographic groups, nationally and at the state level, designed with researchers and the public in mind. www.minneapolisfed.org/institute/in...
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Great paper alert! 📈📉#econsky “Studies with null results are perceived to be less publishable, of lower quality, less important, and less precisely estimated than studies with significant results” FYI the special issue of JEBO I’m coediting is very open to null results if still moving lit forward
September 28, 2023 at 2:22 PM
Great paper alert! 📈📉#econsky “Studies with null results are perceived to be less publishable, of lower quality, less important, and less precisely estimated than studies with significant results” FYI the special issue of JEBO I’m coediting is very open to null results if still moving lit forward