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Sabrina Wulff Pabilonia
@sabrinapabilonia.bsky.social
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Economist. Interests: Labor, Productivity, Remote Work, Time Use. Alumna of University of Washington and Smith College. The views provided herein are my own.

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Sabrina Wulff Pabilonia @sabrinapabilonia.bsky.social · Aug 9
Thrilled to receive this #NBER-CRIW volume in the mail today with my chapter on Opening the Black Box: Task and Skill Mix and Productivity Dispersion. #econsky #productivity

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Sabrina Wulff Pabilonia @sabrinapabilonia.bsky.social · 1d
#ASSA2026 That’s a wrap! See you all in DC next year.

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Sabrina Wulff Pabilonia @sabrinapabilonia.bsky.social · 2d
#econsky - new books to read in 2026 by Misty Heggeness and Nancy Folbre

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Sabrina Wulff Pabilonia @sabrinapabilonia.bsky.social · 2d
#ASSA2026 Joseph Bommarito talking about the Care Board Dashboard - www.thecareboard.org
check it out! @mlheggeness.bsky.social ‘s brain child

Reposted by Caroline Krafft, Joshua L. Rosenbloom, David Slusky

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Sabrina Wulff Pabilonia @sabrinapabilonia.bsky.social · 2d
#ASSA2026 Donna Ginther accepting the Carolyn Shaw Bell Award

Reposted by Caroline Krafft

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Sabrina Wulff Pabilonia @sabrinapabilonia.bsky.social · 2d
#ASSA2026 Janet Yellen accepting the Janet L. Yellen Award for Excellence in Public Service @aeacswep.bsky.social luncheon

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Sabrina Wulff Pabilonia @sabrinapabilonia.bsky.social · 3d
#ASSA2026 picked up a work of art by @mlheggeness.bsky.social

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Sabrina Wulff Pabilonia @sabrinapabilonia.bsky.social · 3d
#ASSA2026 It’s time for the SGE Sessions in the convention center 303-A. You’ve got to be on time! 8 am sharp.
sgeecon.bsky.social Society of Government Economists @sgeecon.bsky.social · 10d
Attending the ASSAs in January? If so, check out the sessions hosted by the Society of Government Economists on January 4!

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Sabrina Wulff Pabilonia @sabrinapabilonia.bsky.social · 4d
You need an SGE pen. Available at all our sessions.

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Sabrina Wulff Pabilonia @sabrinapabilonia.bsky.social · 5d
#Econsky: I'm presenting new research at #ASSA2026 in a @sgeecon.bsky.social session this Monday at 8 AM titled "Does remote work slow growth and promotions?" Please join us!

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Sabrina Wulff Pabilonia @sabrinapabilonia.bsky.social · 9d
Fiction- A long petal of the sea by Isabel Allende. I enjoyed this audiobook through my library.

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Sabrina Wulff Pabilonia @sabrinapabilonia.bsky.social · 10d
Excited about the upcoming SGE sessions #ASSA2026.
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will be presenting on #remotework using #ATUS time diaries on Sunday 8 a.m. I will presenting Monday 8 a.m. on wage growth and promotions for hybrid/remote workers. Sessions are in the convention center room 303-A.
sgeecon.bsky.social Society of Government Economists @sgeecon.bsky.social · 10d
Attending the ASSAs in January? If so, check out the sessions hosted by the Society of Government Economists on January 4!

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Sabrina Wulff Pabilonia @sabrinapabilonia.bsky.social · 10d
#ASSA2026

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Society of Government Economists @sgeecon.bsky.social · 10d
Attending the ASSAs in January? If so, check out the sessions hosted by the Society of Government Economists on January 4!

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Sabrina Wulff Pabilonia @sabrinapabilonia.bsky.social · 16d
Long COVID
aaronsojourner.org Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 16d
"The driving force behind this increase in reported disabilities is an increase in 'serious trouble concentrating, remembering, or making decisions.'”
- @gsgoda.bsky.social & @kevinrinz.bsky.social
#Econsky

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Morgan Polikoff @mpolikoff.bsky.social · 16d
"Our findings challenge the belief that school boards are unimportant, showing that who serves on the board and what they prioritize can have far-reaching consequences for students." www.nber.org/papers/w3459...
Identity and Ideology in the School Boardroom
Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...
www.nber.org

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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 16d
"The driving force behind this increase in reported disabilities is an increase in 'serious trouble concentrating, remembering, or making decisions.'”
- @gsgoda.bsky.social & @kevinrinz.bsky.social
#Econsky

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RAND @rand.org · 16d
A new RAND study finds that many community college students drop out very early—after they register for classes but before enrollment is finalized.

This early attrition isn't related to motivation or academics. Rather, students are frustrated by administrative obstacles.
The Students Who Disappear Before They Count
Community colleges are slowly rebounding from the pandemic, but many students disappear between applying and the first weeks of class. These early losses often stem from institutional hurdles, not aca...
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Sabrina Wulff Pabilonia @sabrinapabilonia.bsky.social · Dec 3
Come join us in Washington, DC next spring for the Society of Government Economists Annual Conference #Econsky
sgeecon.bsky.social Society of Government Economists @sgeecon.bsky.social · Dec 3
📢 Submissions are now OPEN for the 2026 SGE Annual Conference.

Submit abstracts for individual paper and poster presentations as well as proposals for panels and organized sessions of four papers.

Submissions due Friday, February 13th.

More information 👇
Call for Papers: Society of Government Economists 2026 Annual Conference – The Society of Government Economists
www.sge-econ.org

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Society of Government Economists @sgeecon.bsky.social · Dec 3
📢 Submissions are now OPEN for the 2026 SGE Annual Conference.

Submit abstracts for individual paper and poster presentations as well as proposals for panels and organized sessions of four papers.

Submissions due Friday, February 13th.

More information 👇
Call for Papers: Society of Government Economists 2026 Annual Conference – The Society of Government Economists
www.sge-econ.org

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Sabrina Wulff Pabilonia @sabrinapabilonia.bsky.social · Dec 3
Put it in a repository and add a link in the published paper.

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Joshua Goodman @joshua-goodman.com · Nov 20
Amazing study showing that deactivating social media improved mental health.

[It has so many coauthors that the sample size was sufficient to run the RCT on themselves.]

Reposted by Stephen P. Jenkins, Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham, Sabrina Wulff Pabilonia

David Wessel @davidmwessel.bsky.social · Nov 13
NBER launches initiative on economic measurement. nber.org/news/nber-la...
NBER Launches Initiative on Economic Measurement
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Society of Government Economists @sgeecon.bsky.social · Nov 11
WEBINAR: The Who, What, and Where of AI in the Public and Private Sectors.

📆Wednesday, November 19
⏰12 - 1:15 pm ET

Join us as Dr. Christos Makridis discusses the adoption of AI across the federal government. Zoom registration 👇
The Who, What, and Where of AI in the Public and Private Sectors  – The Society of Government Economists
www.sge-econ.org

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Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham @paulgp.com · Nov 2
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...
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.
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Jennifer Doleac @jenniferdoleac.bsky.social · Oct 27
The next ViCE seminar is this Thursday, October 30, at 1pm ET.

Natalia Emanuel will present: "A Danger to Self and Others: Health and Criminal Consequences of Involuntary Hospitalization"

More info: jenniferdoleac.com/vice-seminar/

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Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham @paulgp.com · Oct 26
Appendix A7 most striking graph for me:

Reposted by Joshua Goodman, Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham, Sabrina Wulff Pabilonia

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CSWEP @aeacswep.bsky.social · Oct 22
CSWEP proudly announces the new Janet L. Yellen Award for Excellence in Public Service. In recognition of her career & lasting impact, the inaugural award goes to Janet Yellen. She’ll speak at the awards luncheon & be honored at a reception at ASSA2026: aeaweb.org/about-aea/co...
CSWEP Reception
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ASHEcon @ashecon.bsky.social · Oct 17
Med cannabis law adoption induces sustained reductions in pain-medication use, esp opioids, among commercially insured patients. On avg, patients prescribed opioids drop by over 100 per 10,000 enrollees qrtrly within 4 yrs after policy adoption.(1/3)

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Joshua Goodman @joshua-goodman.com · Oct 17
Wow. This is the paper I have been waiting for. Mobile apps are brain rot, with meaningfully bad economic consequences for those who overuse them.

Reposted by Berk Özler, Marcos Vera‐Hernández, Sabrina Wulff Pabilonia

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David McKenzie @dmckenzie.bsky.social · Oct 17
This week's links include a mini-symposium on power calculations, what makes for good descriptive work, publishing tips for econometrics, making nice dot charts, and more... blogs.worldbank.org/en/impacteva...
Weekly links October 17: statistical power, good descriptives, nice graphs, publishing metrics, and more…
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