Sakshi Bhardwaj
@sakshibhardwaj.bsky.social
Assistant Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. Labor Economist studying work, policy, and inequality. (https://sakshib.com)
Had a great time presenting, getting great feedback, meeting friends, and connecting with people whose work I admire at the NTA conference. Honored to receive the Equity and Inclusion Fellowship! @natltax.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Had a great time presenting, getting great feedback, meeting friends, and connecting with people whose work I admire at the NTA conference. Honored to receive the Equity and Inclusion Fellowship! @natltax.bsky.social
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We've all seen it on #econtwitter: "Thrilled to share my paper was accepted at [journal]!" or "Humbled to receive [grant] among thousands of applicants..."
Does all this (humble)bragging actually affect productivity? @cubel.bsky.social, Ann-Kathrin Koessler and I ran an experiment to find out 🧵
Does all this (humble)bragging actually affect productivity? @cubel.bsky.social, Ann-Kathrin Koessler and I ran an experiment to find out 🧵
October 30, 2025 at 5:56 PM
We've all seen it on #econtwitter: "Thrilled to share my paper was accepted at [journal]!" or "Humbled to receive [grant] among thousands of applicants..."
Does all this (humble)bragging actually affect productivity? @cubel.bsky.social, Ann-Kathrin Koessler and I ran an experiment to find out 🧵
Does all this (humble)bragging actually affect productivity? @cubel.bsky.social, Ann-Kathrin Koessler and I ran an experiment to find out 🧵
Thrilled to have @hatethegamebook.com speak to my UW–Whitewater students about her career journey, the housing market, and how economics applies to everyday life. 👏📈 #Economics #HousingMarket #UWWhitewater
October 7, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Thrilled to have @hatethegamebook.com speak to my UW–Whitewater students about her career journey, the housing market, and how economics applies to everyday life. 👏📈 #Economics #HousingMarket #UWWhitewater
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I've been working on a new tool, Refine, to make scholars more productive. If you're interested in being among the very first to try the beta, please read on.
Refine leverages the best current AI models to draw your attention to potential errors and clarity issues in research paper drafts.
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Refine leverages the best current AI models to draw your attention to potential errors and clarity issues in research paper drafts.
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July 24, 2025 at 3:24 AM
I've been working on a new tool, Refine, to make scholars more productive. If you're interested in being among the very first to try the beta, please read on.
Refine leverages the best current AI models to draw your attention to potential errors and clarity issues in research paper drafts.
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Refine leverages the best current AI models to draw your attention to potential errors and clarity issues in research paper drafts.
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We’re proud to announce that Stefanie Stantcheva will deliver the inaugural Slemrod Lecture at the 2025 NTA Annual Conference in Boston!
Meet Stefanie 👉 https://f.mtr.cool/urxcvmbogw
Register here 👉 https://f.mtr.cool/greqfgmujf
Meet Stefanie 👉 https://f.mtr.cool/urxcvmbogw
Register here 👉 https://f.mtr.cool/greqfgmujf
August 26, 2025 at 4:02 PM
We’re proud to announce that Stefanie Stantcheva will deliver the inaugural Slemrod Lecture at the 2025 NTA Annual Conference in Boston!
Meet Stefanie 👉 https://f.mtr.cool/urxcvmbogw
Register here 👉 https://f.mtr.cool/greqfgmujf
Meet Stefanie 👉 https://f.mtr.cool/urxcvmbogw
Register here 👉 https://f.mtr.cool/greqfgmujf
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Who gets into the best colleges and why? - Marginal REVOLUTION
Who gets into the best colleges and why? - Marginal REVOLUTION
We use anonymized admissions data from several colleges linked to income tax records and SAT and ACT test scores to study the determinants and causal effects of attending Ivy-Plus colleges (Ivy League, Stanford, MIT, Duke, and Chicago). Children from families in the top 1% are more than twice as likely to attend an Ivy-Plus college […]
marginalrevolution.com
August 23, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Who gets into the best colleges and why? - Marginal REVOLUTION
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Excited to announce the call for papers for the inaugural MidSouth Education Policy Workshop, October 16-17, in Lexington, KY!
Send us your abstracts on all things econ of ed & ed policy by 8/27. Grad students & early career folks especially welcome!
Info & link to submit here: bit.ly/44TdiGf
Send us your abstracts on all things econ of ed & ed policy by 8/27. Grad students & early career folks especially welcome!
Info & link to submit here: bit.ly/44TdiGf
July 29, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Excited to announce the call for papers for the inaugural MidSouth Education Policy Workshop, October 16-17, in Lexington, KY!
Send us your abstracts on all things econ of ed & ed policy by 8/27. Grad students & early career folks especially welcome!
Info & link to submit here: bit.ly/44TdiGf
Send us your abstracts on all things econ of ed & ed policy by 8/27. Grad students & early career folks especially welcome!
Info & link to submit here: bit.ly/44TdiGf
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1000 low income adults were randomly selected to receive $1000/month for 3 years, with a control group receiving $50/month over that same period. Many of them had children in the household. How did it affect how they parented and their kids’ outcomes? www.nber.org/papers/w34040
July 21, 2025 at 1:38 PM
1000 low income adults were randomly selected to receive $1000/month for 3 years, with a control group receiving $50/month over that same period. Many of them had children in the household. How did it affect how they parented and their kids’ outcomes? www.nber.org/papers/w34040
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1/ 🚨 New paper! 🚨
How do the economic trajectories of children of immigrants vary across 15 high-income countries? We study intergenerational mobility of immigrants, using individual-level linked parent-child data across Europe, North America, and beyond. 🧵👇 #EconSky
How do the economic trajectories of children of immigrants vary across 15 high-income countries? We study intergenerational mobility of immigrants, using individual-level linked parent-child data across Europe, North America, and beyond. 🧵👇 #EconSky
February 21, 2025 at 11:44 AM
1/ 🚨 New paper! 🚨
How do the economic trajectories of children of immigrants vary across 15 high-income countries? We study intergenerational mobility of immigrants, using individual-level linked parent-child data across Europe, North America, and beyond. 🧵👇 #EconSky
How do the economic trajectories of children of immigrants vary across 15 high-income countries? We study intergenerational mobility of immigrants, using individual-level linked parent-child data across Europe, North America, and beyond. 🧵👇 #EconSky
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Submit to present at the Women in Empirical Microeconomics Conference at UChicago. Thanks to the organizers for inviting me to participate in this great event!
Conference is Aug 21-22. Submission deadline is Feb 28.
Conference is Aug 21-22. Submission deadline is Feb 28.
Looking forward to co-organizing one of BFI's most popular conferences again! And this year, we were super duper lucky to nab @seema.bsky.social as the keynote speaker :)
More info: bfi.uchicago.edu/events/event...
Submission deadline: Feb 28
Please please RT and share with your networks!
More info: bfi.uchicago.edu/events/event...
Submission deadline: Feb 28
Please please RT and share with your networks!
January 27, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Submit to present at the Women in Empirical Microeconomics Conference at UChicago. Thanks to the organizers for inviting me to participate in this great event!
Conference is Aug 21-22. Submission deadline is Feb 28.
Conference is Aug 21-22. Submission deadline is Feb 28.
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Submit now for CSWEP's sessions at the 2026 AEA meetings. Sessions will be on:
• Economics of Gender in the Economics Profession
• Gender and Climate Justice
• Gender, Working from Home and Female Labor Supply
• Economic Theory
• Global Economy
@aeacswep.bsky.social
• Economics of Gender in the Economics Profession
• Gender and Climate Justice
• Gender, Working from Home and Female Labor Supply
• Economic Theory
• Global Economy
@aeacswep.bsky.social
CSWEP Call for Abstracts
www.aeaweb.org
January 27, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Submit now for CSWEP's sessions at the 2026 AEA meetings. Sessions will be on:
• Economics of Gender in the Economics Profession
• Gender and Climate Justice
• Gender, Working from Home and Female Labor Supply
• Economic Theory
• Global Economy
@aeacswep.bsky.social
• Economics of Gender in the Economics Profession
• Gender and Climate Justice
• Gender, Working from Home and Female Labor Supply
• Economic Theory
• Global Economy
@aeacswep.bsky.social
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More & more people seem to be getting on here (yay!), so here’s a reminder that I have 2 starter packs of awesome women & nonbinary economists. Give them a follow! go.bsky.app/LqBPkQZ
January 19, 2025 at 4:19 PM
More & more people seem to be getting on here (yay!), so here’s a reminder that I have 2 starter packs of awesome women & nonbinary economists. Give them a follow! go.bsky.app/LqBPkQZ
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As I am now handling papers at AEJ:Policy again, I want to encourage authors of papers that identify partial equilibrium effects to consider (in a rigorous manner) how they relate to policy effects or general equilibrium effects.
January 11, 2025 at 4:10 PM
As I am now handling papers at AEJ:Policy again, I want to encourage authors of papers that identify partial equilibrium effects to consider (in a rigorous manner) how they relate to policy effects or general equilibrium effects.
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I was incredibly honored to be awarded the CSWEP Carolyn Shaw Bell Award. When I accepted the award, I talked about the importance of mentoring.
The lessons I pass on are kind of obvious. But they are important, so I am going to share them yet again. (A🧵)
The lessons I pass on are kind of obvious. But they are important, so I am going to share them yet again. (A🧵)
@aeacswep.bsky.social announces Sandra E. Black as the 2024 Carolyn Shaw Bell Award winner! Visit aeaweb.org/about-aea/co... for the full announcement. Congratulations to @econsandy.bsky.social
January 7, 2025 at 10:35 PM
I was incredibly honored to be awarded the CSWEP Carolyn Shaw Bell Award. When I accepted the award, I talked about the importance of mentoring.
The lessons I pass on are kind of obvious. But they are important, so I am going to share them yet again. (A🧵)
The lessons I pass on are kind of obvious. But they are important, so I am going to share them yet again. (A🧵)
Thank you for sharing, Lucie! Excited to present my paper—join us on Monday, 12/16, if you're interested!
Virtual Econ of Public Policy Seminar (VEPPS) continues on Mon 12/16 at 2pm ET with @sakshibhardwaj.bsky.social
"Income During Infancy Reduces Criminal Activity for Fathers and Children: Evidence from a Discontinuity in Tax Benefits"
More info: www.lucieschmidt.com/vepps-seminar
#EconSky
"Income During Infancy Reduces Criminal Activity for Fathers and Children: Evidence from a Discontinuity in Tax Benefits"
More info: www.lucieschmidt.com/vepps-seminar
#EconSky
VEPPS Seminar — Lucie Schmidt
www.lucieschmidt.com
December 11, 2024 at 9:08 PM
Thank you for sharing, Lucie! Excited to present my paper—join us on Monday, 12/16, if you're interested!
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Virtual Econ of Public Policy Seminar (VEPPS) continues on Mon 12/16 at 2pm ET with @sakshibhardwaj.bsky.social
"Income During Infancy Reduces Criminal Activity for Fathers and Children: Evidence from a Discontinuity in Tax Benefits"
More info: www.lucieschmidt.com/vepps-seminar
#EconSky
"Income During Infancy Reduces Criminal Activity for Fathers and Children: Evidence from a Discontinuity in Tax Benefits"
More info: www.lucieschmidt.com/vepps-seminar
#EconSky
VEPPS Seminar — Lucie Schmidt
www.lucieschmidt.com
December 11, 2024 at 8:35 PM
Virtual Econ of Public Policy Seminar (VEPPS) continues on Mon 12/16 at 2pm ET with @sakshibhardwaj.bsky.social
"Income During Infancy Reduces Criminal Activity for Fathers and Children: Evidence from a Discontinuity in Tax Benefits"
More info: www.lucieschmidt.com/vepps-seminar
#EconSky
"Income During Infancy Reduces Criminal Activity for Fathers and Children: Evidence from a Discontinuity in Tax Benefits"
More info: www.lucieschmidt.com/vepps-seminar
#EconSky
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Hi #econsky, the Nebraska Labor Summit will take place Friday, March 28, 2025 at the University of Nebraska, with keynotes by Marika Cabral and Jesse Rothstein. It's a super fun, junior-centric research conference. Deadline is this Sunday, December 1. Submit your papers here: tinyurl.com/2rb8xyxw
November 26, 2024 at 9:50 PM
Hi #econsky, the Nebraska Labor Summit will take place Friday, March 28, 2025 at the University of Nebraska, with keynotes by Marika Cabral and Jesse Rothstein. It's a super fun, junior-centric research conference. Deadline is this Sunday, December 1. Submit your papers here: tinyurl.com/2rb8xyxw
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This is a thread on academic papers relevant to discussions of potential U.S. tax policy changes. Will be adding to it periodically. Please feel free to send suggestions.
But first here is a list of expiring provisions between now and 2034, compiled by JCT: www.jct.gov/publications...
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But first here is a list of expiring provisions between now and 2034, compiled by JCT: www.jct.gov/publications...
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JCX-1-24
www.jct.gov
November 13, 2024 at 2:43 AM
This is a thread on academic papers relevant to discussions of potential U.S. tax policy changes. Will be adding to it periodically. Please feel free to send suggestions.
But first here is a list of expiring provisions between now and 2034, compiled by JCT: www.jct.gov/publications...
[1/n]
But first here is a list of expiring provisions between now and 2034, compiled by JCT: www.jct.gov/publications...
[1/n]
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The 22nd Midwest International Economic Development Conference (MWIEDC) will be held at UIUC March 28–29, 2025. Co-hosted by Ag Econ and Econ. Mushfiq Mobarak @mushfiq-econ.bsky.social keynote. Always one of my favorite conferences.
Deadline for submissions Jan 8, 2025.
Deadline for submissions Jan 8, 2025.
Midwest International Economic Development Conference
publish.illinois.edu
December 3, 2024 at 3:38 PM
The 22nd Midwest International Economic Development Conference (MWIEDC) will be held at UIUC March 28–29, 2025. Co-hosted by Ag Econ and Econ. Mushfiq Mobarak @mushfiq-econ.bsky.social keynote. Always one of my favorite conferences.
Deadline for submissions Jan 8, 2025.
Deadline for submissions Jan 8, 2025.
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I submitted two recommendation letters today, and I'm once again begging programs to eliminate meaningless ranking metrics and simply let me upload a letter. We can collectively decide to stop wasting each other's time.
December 1, 2024 at 12:48 PM
I submitted two recommendation letters today, and I'm once again begging programs to eliminate meaningless ranking metrics and simply let me upload a letter. We can collectively decide to stop wasting each other's time.
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We've created a starter pack for all of the economics journals on Bluesky. Please nominate other journals to join the list.
go.bsky.app/4kR21vX
go.bsky.app/4kR21vX
November 27, 2024 at 2:44 PM
We've created a starter pack for all of the economics journals on Bluesky. Please nominate other journals to join the list.
go.bsky.app/4kR21vX
go.bsky.app/4kR21vX
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Hi #EconSky,
Not sure if the Starter Pack party's over, but I've made an Econ Starter Pack of Starter Packs! 😄
It's a work in progress, so I may have missed some. Let me know if there's anything to add—DMs are open!
Thanks for support @economista.bsky.social!
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Not sure if the Starter Pack party's over, but I've made an Econ Starter Pack of Starter Packs! 😄
It's a work in progress, so I may have missed some. Let me know if there's anything to add—DMs are open!
Thanks for support @economista.bsky.social!
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
November 21, 2024 at 1:38 PM
Hi #EconSky,
Not sure if the Starter Pack party's over, but I've made an Econ Starter Pack of Starter Packs! 😄
It's a work in progress, so I may have missed some. Let me know if there's anything to add—DMs are open!
Thanks for support @economista.bsky.social!
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Not sure if the Starter Pack party's over, but I've made an Econ Starter Pack of Starter Packs! 😄
It's a work in progress, so I may have missed some. Let me know if there's anything to add—DMs are open!
Thanks for support @economista.bsky.social!
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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A few weeks ago, I spoke on a panel about publishing at the CSWEP’s CeMENT workshop. I wanted to briefly share some of that advice here.
July 16, 2024 at 7:32 PM
A few weeks ago, I spoke on a panel about publishing at the CSWEP’s CeMENT workshop. I wanted to briefly share some of that advice here.
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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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Gracias for the RT'ing and liking it.
As a BlueSky Exclusive reward (lol), allow me to share my Class notes: Lectures and homework, worksheets (with answers!), and much more for a class on causal inference taught at the master's level. sebastiantellotrillo.com/classes/rmda...
As a BlueSky Exclusive reward (lol), allow me to share my Class notes: Lectures and homework, worksheets (with answers!), and much more for a class on causal inference taught at the master's level. sebastiantellotrillo.com/classes/rmda...
July 16, 2024 at 4:21 PM
Gracias for the RT'ing and liking it.
As a BlueSky Exclusive reward (lol), allow me to share my Class notes: Lectures and homework, worksheets (with answers!), and much more for a class on causal inference taught at the master's level. sebastiantellotrillo.com/classes/rmda...
As a BlueSky Exclusive reward (lol), allow me to share my Class notes: Lectures and homework, worksheets (with answers!), and much more for a class on causal inference taught at the master's level. sebastiantellotrillo.com/classes/rmda...