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Victor Bennett
@veeembee.bsky.social
Prof U of Utah
Previously: White House Council of Economics of Advisers, Duke, Initialized Capital, USC, Google
Opinions mine, at best
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If you're graduating with a PhD in Strategy, Econ, or similar, consider applying to be a post doc with me and my stupendous colleagues at U of Utah!

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Post Doc Res Assoc
The Department of Entrepreneurship & Strategy at the University of Utah David Eccles School of Business is inviting applications for a multiyear postdoctoral fellowship position. Post-doctoral fellows...
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February 19, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Excited that a recent study on #minorityentrepreneurship with David Robinson made the homepage of the NBER: www.nber.org/papers/w33229
Why Aren't There More Minority Entrepreneurs?
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...
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January 28, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Reposted by Victor Bennett
PhD students and early-career researchers studying productivity!

A great opportunity for support to study the fiscal and economic effects of productivity policies—esp. R&D, immigration, infrastructure permitting

New Sloan Foundation/@nberpubs.bsky.social fellowship—>
Graduate Fellowships on Fiscal and Economic Effects of Innovation and Productivity Policies
www.nber.org
December 12, 2024 at 1:54 PM
Reposted by Victor Bennett
4 years ago today

Official report that 3.3 million Americans filed new claims for unemployment insurance in prior week, kicking off massive collapse in U.S. labor market. More in 🧵...
HT @lordkeynes42.bsky.social for image here.
March 26, 2024 at 11:40 AM
Not an econ paper, but very clear and students love it: journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...

Also nice for heuristics:
www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...

A working paper, but very clear and very respected: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
#econsky what's your favorite Regression Discontinuity (RD) paper that's accessible/digestible to advanced undergrads? Ideally one in (broadly speaking) labor/public.
February 23, 2024 at 6:51 PM