C. Kirabo Jackson

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C. Kirabo Jackson @kirabojackson.bsky.social · 9h

Yeah, in Jamaica, people build pergolas with solar instead of wood and the price is not all that different.

Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 1d

Solar’s price drop is astonishing: panels are now 98% cheaper than when I first analyzed them in 2004.

Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.

Reposted by Dan Goldhaber, C. Kirabo Jackson, Nora V. Demleitner

Umut Özek @uozek.bsky.social · 19h

Nice summary of our paper and related work by @tomdee.bsky.social and @kslungaardmumma.bsky.social here.

www.chalkbeat.org/2025/11/10/i...

Reposted by Richard S.J. Tol, Richard McElreath, Wim Thiery , and 7 more Richard S.J. Tol, Richard McElreath, Wim Thiery, Francesco Saraceno, Will Lowe, C. Kirabo Jackson, Jonathan Birch, David Bartram, Ann Bartow, Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò

Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 1d

Solar’s price drop is astonishing: panels are now 98% cheaper than when I first analyzed them in 2004.

Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.

C. Kirabo Jackson @kirabojackson.bsky.social · 1d

😔

Reposted by Brendan Nyhan, Steve Peers, American Library Association , and 8 more Brendan Nyhan, Steve Peers, American Library Association, Gernot Wagner, Alison Phipps, Michelle Everson, Rebecca Tushnet, Gerald Friedman, Scott A. Imberman, C. Kirabo Jackson, Kevin Grant

Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 1d

“I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.”

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I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.

Every day my phone buzzes. It is a neighborhood group: four people were kidnapped at the corner drugstore. A friend a mile away sends a Slack message: she was at the scene when masked men assaulted and abducted two people on the street. A plumber working on my pipes is distraught, and I find out that two of his employees were kidnapped that morning. A week later it happens again.

An email arrives. Agents with guns have chased a teacher into the school where she works. They did not have a warrant. They dragged her away, ignoring her and her colleagues’ pleas to show proof of her documentation. That evening I stand a few feet from the parents of Rayito de Sol and listen to them describe, with anguish, how good Ms. Diana was to their children. What it is like to have strangers with guns traumatize your kids. For a teacher to hide a three-year-old child for fear they might be killed. How their relatives will no longer leave the house. I hear the pain and fury in their voices, and I wonder who will be next.

Understand what it is to pray in Chicago.

Reposted by Jonathan Portes, Anna O. Law, Kim L. Scheppele , and 40 more Jonathan Portes, Anna O. Law, Kim L. Scheppele, Simon Hix, Norbert Schwarz, Jon Pierre, Steve Peers, David Feldman, Rosemary A. Joyce, Philip N. Cohen, Martin Paul Eve, Andrew Curry, Lesley A. Hall, Robert J. Spitzer, Juan Cole, Trevon D. Logan, Gerald Friedman, Alison Johnson, Victor Galaz, Will Lowe, Claudia Diehl, C. Kirabo Jackson, Michael H. Whitworth, Michael D. McDonald, Anne Norton, Brian Keegan, Jason Lyall, Mark Robinson, Tom Stoppard, Karen L. Cox, Julie Novkov, Brooke Harrington, Rebecca Zorach, David S. Tanenhaus, Nancy M. Wingfield, Magda Teter, Seth Frey, Aidan O’Sullivan, Virginia Sapiro, Dunlap, David Darmofal, Peter Jacobs, Kristina McElheran

ChrisO_wiki @chriso-wiki.bsky.social · 2d

1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️

Reposted by Richard S.J. Tol, Michael A. Clemens, Sebastian Braun , and 10 more Richard S.J. Tol, Michael A. Clemens, Sebastian Braun, Joshua L. Rosenbloom, Valerie Mueller, Trevon D. Logan, Aaron Sojourner, Marina Della Giusta, C. Kirabo Jackson, Caroline Fohlin, Simon Wiederhold, Evan Roberts, Adam Tooze

Rick Hornbeck @rickhornbeck.bsky.social · 4d

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!

Historical Census of Manufactures Microdata - Historical Census of Manufactures Microdata

CMFdata.org

C. Kirabo Jackson @kirabojackson.bsky.social · 7d

Simpson's paradox!

G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 8d

these charts show the relationship between zip code-level average income and individual probability of voting for democrats in different regions of the country. one of my favorite group fo charts, lots of stories to unearth

Reposted by Alan de Brauw, C. Kirabo Jackson, Daniel Kuehn

G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 8d

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C. Kirabo Jackson @kirabojackson.bsky.social · 9d

This is happening all the time now and cannot be the new normal.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 9d

Federal immigration agents fanned out across Chicago and its North Shore suburbs on Halloween, chasing suspects through front yards, driving SUVs onto sidewalks and using chemical agents during confrontations with furious residents.

Immigration Agents Clash With Chicago-Area Residents on Halloween

The state’s governor had called for a pause in the federal immigration crackdown over the Halloween weekend, citing concerns for children’s safety.

nyti.ms

Reposted by C. Kirabo Jackson

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 9d

Immigration Agents Clash With Chicago-Area Residents on Halloween

The state’s governor had called for a pause in the federal immigration crackdown over the Halloween weekend, citing concerns for children’s safety.

nyti.ms

C. Kirabo Jackson @kirabojackson.bsky.social · 11d

This is terrifying

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 11d

Breaking news: Up to 23,500 National Guard troops are being trained for civil unrest missions in cities, an indication that the Trump administration’s effort to send military forces into urban centers could become the norm.

Pentagon readying thousands of Guard ‘reaction forces’ as U.S. mission widens

The Defense Department’s newly established “quick reaction force” within the National Guard is being readied for civil unrest missions in U.S. cities.

www.washingtonpost.com

Reposted by C. Kirabo Jackson, Aviel Roshwald

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 11d

Pentagon readying thousands of Guard ‘reaction forces’ as U.S. mission widens

The Defense Department’s newly established “quick reaction force” within the National Guard is being readied for civil unrest missions in U.S. cities.

www.washingtonpost.com

Petter Törnberg @pettertornberg.com · 12d

Is social media dying? How much has Twitter changed as it became X? Which party now dominates the conversation?

Using nationally representative ANES data from 2020 & 2024, I map how the U.S. social media landscape has transformed.

Here are the key take-aways 🧵

arxiv.org/abs/2510.25417

Reposted by Melanie C. Green, C. Kirabo Jackson, Nathan P. Kalmoe , and 1 more Melanie C. Green, C. Kirabo Jackson, Nathan P. Kalmoe, Peter Bergman

Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 12d

AI agents tried to do graphic design, video editing, game development, and administrative chores like scraping data. "Even the best could perform less than 3 percent of the work, earning $1,810 out of a possible $143,991," writes @willknight.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/ai-age...

AI Agents Are Terrible Freelance Workers

A new benchmark measures how well AI agents can automate economically valuable chores. Human-level AI is still some ways off.

www.wired.com

Reposted by Kris Inwood, C. Kirabo Jackson

Mike Murphy @mjamurphy.bsky.social · 12d

Very nice paper by Chyn & Shenhav looking at the effects of pollution and other factors on birth weight using an event study on mothers who switched location. #EconSky

AEA Web - American Economic Journal: Economic Policy - 17(4):260 - Abstract

pubs.aeaweb.org

Reposted by Nancy Birdsall, Kevin Milligan, Edgar Morgenroth , and 2 more Nancy Birdsall, Kevin Milligan, Edgar Morgenroth, Miguel Á. Malo, C. Kirabo Jackson

Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 12d

The large increase in steel tariffs under GW Bush did not cause an increase in steel-industry employment.

But it did hurt the US industries that use steel to make things, reducing employment there long after the tariffs were gone.

New in @aeajournals.bsky.social —> doi.org/10.1257/pol....

Local Labor Market Effects of the 2002 Bush Steel Tariffs†
By James Lake and Ding Liu*
President George W. Bush imposed safeguard tariffs on steel
in early 2002. Using US input-output tables and a generalized
difference-in-difference methodology, we analyze the local labor
market employment effects of these tariffs depending on the local
labor market’s reliance on steel as an input and as part of local production. The tariffs did not boost local steel employment but substantially depressed local employment in steel-consuming industries
for many years after Bush removed them. The tariffs also led to a
persistent exit of steel-intensive manufacturing establishments, suggesting a role for plant-level fixed entry costs in translating the temporary shock into persistent outcomes

Reposted by Peter Bergman

C. Kirabo Jackson @kirabojackson.bsky.social · 13d

Are these stories breaking through at all?

Chris Morran @themorrancave.bsky.social · 13d

"According to his running club, the man, who is a U.S. citizen, was returning from a team run when agents pulled him out of his vehicle, tackled him to the ground and kneeled on top of him, allegedly breaking six ribs and causing internal bleeding"

US citizen, 67, ‘has six ribs broken’ by Border Patrol agents, his running club says

The incident unfolded Saturday in Chicago’s Old Irving Park neighborhood, where residents say federal agents disrupted a children’s Halloween parade

www.independent.co.uk

Chris Morran @themorrancave.bsky.social · 13d

US citizen, 67, ‘has six ribs broken’ by Border Patrol agents, his running club says

The incident unfolded Saturday in Chicago’s Old Irving Park neighborhood, where residents say federal agents disrupted a children’s Halloween parade

www.independent.co.uk

Reposted by Rebecca Solnit, Eric Goldman, Gernot Wagner , and 8 more Rebecca Solnit, Eric Goldman, Gernot Wagner, Daniel W. Drezner, Alan Richardson, Gerald Friedman, Stacy D. VanDeveer, Scott A. Imberman, C. Kirabo Jackson, Kent Johnson, Henry Jones

Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 15d

This video from Portland is a metaphor for what is going on in America. ICE trying so hard to get Americans to cross a line and if they don't, dragging them across the line and violently attacking.

Reposted by C. Kirabo Jackson

Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 24d

Here are the details and our methodology. Judge for yourself: www.propublica.org/article/immi...

C. Kirabo Jackson @kirabojackson.bsky.social · 24d

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Reposted by Michael Barnett, Caroline Krafft, John Mullahy , and 9 more Michael Barnett, Caroline Krafft, John Mullahy, Valerie Mueller, Miles Corak, Micaël Castanheira, Todd Pugatch, C. Kirabo Jackson, Paul Nightingale, Kai Gehring, Dietmar Fehr, Sabrina Wulff Pabilonia

Joshua Goodman @joshua-goodman.com · 24d

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.

The Quarterly Journal of Economics @qjeharvard.bsky.social · 24d

Recently accepted by #QJE, “Digital Distractions with Peer Influence: The Impact of Mobile App Usage on Academic and Labor Market Outcomes,” by Barwick, Chen, Fu, and Li: doi.org/10.1093/qje/...

Digital Distractions with Peer Influence: The Impact of Mobile App Usage on Academic and Labor Market Outcomes*

Abstract. Concerns about excessive mobile phone use among youth are mounting. We present estimates of both behavioral and contextual peer effects, along wi

doi.org

C. Kirabo Jackson @kirabojackson.bsky.social · 25d

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C. Kirabo Jackson @kirabojackson.bsky.social · 25d

Yup

Sam Eyler-Driscoll 🍉🌻🍁 @sameyler.bsky.social · 25d

Literally me while plugging away on yalls manuscripts while my neighborhood gets tear gassed

This skeet will self destruct @pardoguerra.bsky.social · 25d

US Academia Be Like

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Sam Eyler-Driscoll 🍉🌻🍁 @sameyler.bsky.social · 25d

Literally me while plugging away on yalls manuscripts while my neighborhood gets tear gassed

This skeet will self destruct @pardoguerra.bsky.social · 25d

US Academia Be Like

Reposted by Sascha O. Becker, Matthias Doepke, Kris Inwood , and 3 more Sascha O. Becker, Matthias Doepke, Kris Inwood, C. Kirabo Jackson, Louis D Johnston, Elizabeth Ewan

Alexander Wulfers @alexanderwulfers.com · 28d

"Bob Fogel said to me once: For economics to work without economic history is like an evolutionary biologist without paleontology. You just miss 99.5% of all the species that ever walked on this earth." Joel Mokyr www.youtube.com/live/__0sGvj...

LIVE: Nobel Prize in economics winner Joel Mokyr speaks

YouTube video by Reuters

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C. Kirabo Jackson @kirabojackson.bsky.social · Oct 10

I believe they are not technically leaving MIT.

C. Kirabo Jackson @kirabojackson.bsky.social · Oct 10

I have to imagine this means the numbers look good. Which also makes me wonder about the jobs report we didn't get.

C. Kirabo Jackson @kirabojackson.bsky.social · Oct 9

Congratulations!!

Douglas N. Harris @douglasharris9.bsky.social · Oct 8

I'm truly honored by this. APPAM is a terrific organization and I'm indebted to many of its outstanding members who are having their own impact on policy analysis and management. Thanks so much to everyone.

APPAM @appam.bsky.social · Oct 7

We congratulate the 2025 Policy Field Distinguished Contribution Award winner, Douglas N. Harris from Tulane University. This award honors a person who has made significant & long-term contributions to public policy analysis & management as a field. Learn more: https://ow.ly/oAg950X77Cy

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