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Mariacristina De Nardi
@mdenardi.bsky.social
Thomas Sargent Professor of Economics at the University of Minnesota and consultant at the Minneapolis Fed. Views are my own. RT ≠ E.

Web page: https://users.nber.org/~denardim/
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In new paper, Margherita Borella, @mdenardi.bsky.social, Fang Yang, and @johanatch.bsky.social use a life-cycle model with family structure, labor supply responses, and late-life risks to show bequest motives and medical expense risk are important drivers of aggregate wealth https://bit.ly/4anebZ5
February 11, 2026 at 5:57 PM
Venetian-style tramezzini
December 9, 2025 at 2:40 PM
General equilibrium behind the window. Strategic interaction on the windowsill.

The chickens are the recurring protagonists of my Intermediate Micro class. The Grinch dropped by for yesterday’s lecture.
December 5, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Morning photo from my office at the University of Minnesota this morning. Outside temperature -22 degrees Celsius. Time: 6:35 am.
December 4, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Please submit to this conference to help make it a great one! I will be there, together with Stéphane Bonhomme and Michèle Tertilt.

19th Annual Meeting of the Portuguese Economic Journal - Aveiro, 3-5 July 2026

Deadline: 15 March 2026
Website: lnkd.in/d6Dmdfx7
November 26, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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📍Back from a busy week at the #Fed’s #OIGI in #Minneapolis.

Productive time interacting w/ coauthors & researchers + v engaged seminar on workforce in large-scale home visiting.

Many thanks to Abigail Wozniak for the invite & to @mdenardi.bsky.social for hosting - had a great time! 🙏
November 8, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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How does employer access to prisoners’ labor through work release impact the well-being of those workers & of free workers?

New working paper by Sue Helper, Suresh Naidu, Akseli Palomaki, Adam Reich, + me provides evidence, focus on auto manufacturing in AL
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November 3, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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I have a truly fantastic Econ PhD job market candidate on the market this year:

Francisco Bullano is a macroeconomist whose research bridges public economics and health.

His Web page: franciscobullano.com

Please look at his job market package very closely.
Francisco Bullano
Francisco Bullano is a PhD Candidate in Economics at University of Minnesota
franciscobullano.com
November 2, 2025 at 1:58 PM
His broader work combines structural and empirical approaches, including causal policy evaluation and applied macroeconometrics. He brings strong technical skills, clear economic insight, and a research agenda at the frontier of health, inequality, and policy design.
November 1, 2025 at 10:19 PM
He finds that these reforms generated large welfare gains for low-income families, produced substantial crowd-out of private coverage, but had little effect on private premiums.
November 1, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Francisco’s job-market paper develops a quantitative equilibrium model with rich household heterogeneity to study how U.S. Medicaid expansions affected private insurance markets and welfare.
November 1, 2025 at 10:19 PM
I have a truly fantastic Econ PhD job market candidate on the market this year:

Francisco Bullano is a macroeconomist whose research bridges public economics and health.

His Web page: franciscobullano.com

Please look at his job market package very closely.
Francisco Bullano
Francisco Bullano is a PhD Candidate in Economics at University of Minnesota
franciscobullano.com
November 1, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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#EctJ published its Sept 2025 issue, with @mdenardi.bsky.social's 2024 Sargan Lecture on "Health inequality and health types", Chen Qiu's "Cross-fitted empirical likelihood on semiparametric models" as Editors' Choice of lead article, and 6 more fine contributions

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Volume 28 Issue 3 | The Econometrics Journal | Oxford Academic
Established in 1998 by the Royal Economic Society, The Econometrics Journal promotes the general advancement and application of econometric methods and techniques to problems of relevance to contempor...
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September 29, 2025 at 7:42 AM
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Household saving & labour supply are shaped by various risks throughout the lifespan. M Borella, @mdenardi.bsky.social @fang-yang-econ.bsky.social & @johanatch.bsky.social analyse how these risks interact to better design policy that protects households from shocks.
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September 15, 2025 at 9:24 AM
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🇬🇧A month in London-a great time to reflect & recharge. B4 things ramp up again, a quick recap of May–June

1️⃣ @cesifo.org Area Conference Labor Economics

2️⃣ @kuleuvenuniversity.bsky.social Applied Workshops

3️⃣ @rfberlin.bsky.social Workshop Economics of Aging

4️⃣ Workshop Economics of Risky Behavior
July 13, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Call for papers
July 10, 2025 at 1:07 PM
I am grateful to Ed for his mentorship and to SAET for inviting me to give this lecture.
July 3, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Thank you, Christian — to both you and Jerome Adda — for a fantastic conference and the honor of being a plenary speaker alongside Joseph Hotz. The event was both productive and enjoyable, and your Berlin initiative is truly inspiring!
We conclude our Workshop on Aging with warm thanks from our Director, Christian Dustmann, to all participants for their excellent presentations and contributions. #EconomicsOfAging
June 7, 2025 at 8:32 AM
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We are kicking off the RFBerlin Workshop on the Economics of Aging with @mdenardi.bsky.social’s keynote lecture on “Health Inequality and Economic Disparities by Race, Ethnicity, and Gender”.
June 5, 2025 at 8:11 AM
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Exploring why households work and save. Bequest motives and risks in wages, medical expenses, and marital dynamics explain 56.9 percent of aggregate wealth and 2.7 percent of aggregate earnings, from Borella, @mdenardi.bsky.social, Yang, and Torres Chain https://www.nber.org/papers/w33874
June 6, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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HCEO member @gabriconti.bsky.social's paper on how the impact of an early childhood intervention differs with educational attainment polygenic score is now out in @NBER working papers. www.nber.org/papers/w33781
Gene x Environment Interactions: Polygenic Scores and the Impact of an Early Childhood Intervention in Colombia
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May 12, 2025 at 7:03 PM
I learned a lot from this conference and it was fun too!
The highlight of any academic conference is learning from our esteemed keynote speakers.

This year, we're thrilled to welcome Farzana Afridi (#ISIDelhi) and Mariacristina De Nardi (@mdenardi.bsky.social), sharing insights on health, development, and environmental economics.

Summary 🧵coming soon!
June 1, 2025 at 5:23 AM
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Good morning, #PAA2025! Come see us in the Expo Hall at Booth 404 where study staff will be able to help you with your #PSIDdata questions!
April 11, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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Hard endorse
I never want to hear an #EconSky debate about dropping macro from the PhD core ever again.
April 9, 2025 at 9:22 AM