Abby Ostriker
@abostriker.bsky.social
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My group at the University of Illinois is hiring a tenure-track applied economist.
We're especially interested in environmental/public reduced-form rookies with research that complements our group.
Tell your students to apply! #EconSky
www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing....
We're especially interested in environmental/public reduced-form rookies with research that complements our group.
Tell your students to apply! #EconSky
www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing....
American Economic Association: JOE Listings - August 1, 2025 - January 31, 2026
www.aeaweb.org
November 11, 2025 at 11:00 PM
My group at the University of Illinois is hiring a tenure-track applied economist.
We're especially interested in environmental/public reduced-form rookies with research that complements our group.
Tell your students to apply! #EconSky
www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing....
We're especially interested in environmental/public reduced-form rookies with research that complements our group.
Tell your students to apply! #EconSky
www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing....
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🚨 Call for papers:
Environment week at LSE will be Sept 22-25th.
Submissions are due soon (July 14)!
www.lse-environment-week.com/environment-...
Environment week at LSE will be Sept 22-25th.
Submissions are due soon (July 14)!
www.lse-environment-week.com/environment-...
LSE Environment Week 2025 — LSE Environment Week
www.lse-environment-week.com
July 9, 2025 at 8:30 PM
🚨 Call for papers:
Environment week at LSE will be Sept 22-25th.
Submissions are due soon (July 14)!
www.lse-environment-week.com/environment-...
Environment week at LSE will be Sept 22-25th.
Submissions are due soon (July 14)!
www.lse-environment-week.com/environment-...
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There’s so much happening right now, I thought I’d put together a running thread on the dismantling of #climate and research and knowledge infrastructure in the United States 🧵
May 7, 2025 at 12:11 PM
There’s so much happening right now, I thought I’d put together a running thread on the dismantling of #climate and research and knowledge infrastructure in the United States 🧵
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Tariffs & ICE raids are connected insofar as they are attempts to blame economic & social conditions entirely on the actions of foreigners while attempting to paint domestic enemies as a traitorous fifth column working with the foreigners to undermine the country
June 10, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Tariffs & ICE raids are connected insofar as they are attempts to blame economic & social conditions entirely on the actions of foreigners while attempting to paint domestic enemies as a traitorous fifth column working with the foreigners to undermine the country
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I'm a health reporter at The Washington Post looking to talk to people who do not qualify under these narrowed criteria about why coronavirus vaccination matters to you
If you're comfortable sharing your experiences for an article, please email me at fenit.nirappil@washpost.com
If you're comfortable sharing your experiences for an article, please email me at fenit.nirappil@washpost.com
The FDA has unveiled plans to narrow its approval for updated coronavirus vaccines to older adults and people with at least one health condition that puts them at high risk for severe disease, marking a significant shift in the agency’s approach to green-lighting the shots.
FDA to limit covid shot approval to elderly, those with medical conditions
The agency will narrow its approval for updated coronavirus vaccines, marking a significant shift in the agency’s approach to green-lighting shots that have been recommended broadly to the public.
www.washingtonpost.com
May 21, 2025 at 4:22 PM
I'm a health reporter at The Washington Post looking to talk to people who do not qualify under these narrowed criteria about why coronavirus vaccination matters to you
If you're comfortable sharing your experiences for an article, please email me at fenit.nirappil@washpost.com
If you're comfortable sharing your experiences for an article, please email me at fenit.nirappil@washpost.com
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🚨 New paper alert, with @johnjhorton.bsky.social! Using an experiment run on a large online labor market, we provide evidence that providing employers access to an AI-written first draft of a job post harms the efficiency of the market.
emmawiles.github.io/storage/jobo...
emmawiles.github.io/storage/jobo...
March 24, 2025 at 5:00 PM
🚨 New paper alert, with @johnjhorton.bsky.social! Using an experiment run on a large online labor market, we provide evidence that providing employers access to an AI-written first draft of a job post harms the efficiency of the market.
emmawiles.github.io/storage/jobo...
emmawiles.github.io/storage/jobo...
Today I tried to protect our democracy by donating to the ACLU. You can join me: action.aclu.org/give/now
Donate to the ACLU
Fight back against bigotry, injustice and inequality. Make your donation to the ACLU today.
action.aclu.org
March 19, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Today I tried to protect our democracy by donating to the ACLU. You can join me: action.aclu.org/give/now
Overheard on Northeast Regional Acela: “I wish I could ride Amtrak every day… I ride it in my dreams”
I think I found your #1 fan @amtrak.com !
I think I found your #1 fan @amtrak.com !
February 21, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Overheard on Northeast Regional Acela: “I wish I could ride Amtrak every day… I ride it in my dreams”
I think I found your #1 fan @amtrak.com !
I think I found your #1 fan @amtrak.com !
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Big issue with these kinds of bills is how do you know that the work has actually been done and is maintained - esp if it involves gardening. Inspecting costs ~$200. Too high for most insurance policies to handle. And of course, it matters what your neighbor (who is insured by somebody else) does...
February 12, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Big issue with these kinds of bills is how do you know that the work has actually been done and is maintained - esp if it involves gardening. Inspecting costs ~$200. Too high for most insurance policies to handle. And of course, it matters what your neighbor (who is insured by somebody else) does...
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Colorado wants to force insurance companies to help homeowners understand, mitigate wildfire risk
Colorado wants to force insurance companies to help homeowners understand, mitigate wildfire risk
House Bill 1182 would also require insurers to give customers an opportunity to appeal assessments of a property’s wildfire risk, which can lead to increased costs and nonrenewals
buff.ly
February 12, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Colorado wants to force insurance companies to help homeowners understand, mitigate wildfire risk
To anyone else hitting this snag, IPUMS NHGIS has TIGER/Line shapefiles you can download manually. And it’s always best practice to download your data! (@ past me)
A heads up for those of you who use US Census Bureau geospatial data:
The TIGER/Line website is currently down, but you can still get your data (for now) with the tigris (#rstats) and pygris (#Python) packages.
github.com/walkerke/...
walker-data.com/pygris/
The TIGER/Line website is currently down, but you can still get your data (for now) with the tigris (#rstats) and pygris (#Python) packages.
github.com/walkerke/...
walker-data.com/pygris/
February 5, 2025 at 5:00 PM
To anyone else hitting this snag, IPUMS NHGIS has TIGER/Line shapefiles you can download manually. And it’s always best practice to download your data! (@ past me)
Time it took for the new administration to directly impact my work: 15 days
(Grateful at this point to not have NSF funding up in the air… hang in there, everyone)
(Grateful at this point to not have NSF funding up in the air… hang in there, everyone)
A heads up for those of you who use US Census Bureau geospatial data:
The TIGER/Line website is currently down, but you can still get your data (for now) with the tigris (#rstats) and pygris (#Python) packages.
github.com/walkerke/...
walker-data.com/pygris/
The TIGER/Line website is currently down, but you can still get your data (for now) with the tigris (#rstats) and pygris (#Python) packages.
github.com/walkerke/...
walker-data.com/pygris/
February 4, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Time it took for the new administration to directly impact my work: 15 days
(Grateful at this point to not have NSF funding up in the air… hang in there, everyone)
(Grateful at this point to not have NSF funding up in the air… hang in there, everyone)
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The best building code in the world won't help you if you don't use it to build any houses.
Wildfire resilience is also very different from something like hurricane. Put on a good metal roof, doesn't much matter what your neighbor does, your risk goes down. Not so with wildfire:
Wildfire resilience is also very different from something like hurricane. Put on a good metal roof, doesn't much matter what your neighbor does, your risk goes down. Not so with wildfire:
January 16, 2025 at 3:12 PM
The best building code in the world won't help you if you don't use it to build any houses.
Wildfire resilience is also very different from something like hurricane. Put on a good metal roof, doesn't much matter what your neighbor does, your risk goes down. Not so with wildfire:
Wildfire resilience is also very different from something like hurricane. Put on a good metal roof, doesn't much matter what your neighbor does, your risk goes down. Not so with wildfire:
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California has a very strong anti-wildfire “home hardening” law on the books, but it’s never been enforced because insurance models can’t account for it — and because people *hate* what it tells them to do. Fascinating @emilypont.bsky.social story: heatmap.news/climate/los-...
The Five Feet That Could Prevent the Next Palisades Fire
California passed a new fire safety law more than four years ago. It still isn’t in force.
heatmap.news
January 16, 2025 at 3:59 PM
California has a very strong anti-wildfire “home hardening” law on the books, but it’s never been enforced because insurance models can’t account for it — and because people *hate* what it tells them to do. Fascinating @emilypont.bsky.social story: heatmap.news/climate/los-...
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This seems like a big deal for insurance in California. I wonder what the experts on here think of the new rules?
@kellyhereid.bsky.social @michaelwara.bsky.social @stevebowen.bsky.social
@jacobgellman.com
www.latimes.com/business/sto...
@kellyhereid.bsky.social @michaelwara.bsky.social @stevebowen.bsky.social
@jacobgellman.com
www.latimes.com/business/sto...
California issues landmark rules to improve home insurance market
California's Department of Insurance released rules meant to encourage insurers to write more policies in high-fire-risk areas by using computer modeling.
www.latimes.com
December 28, 2024 at 2:11 AM
This seems like a big deal for insurance in California. I wonder what the experts on here think of the new rules?
@kellyhereid.bsky.social @michaelwara.bsky.social @stevebowen.bsky.social
@jacobgellman.com
www.latimes.com/business/sto...
@kellyhereid.bsky.social @michaelwara.bsky.social @stevebowen.bsky.social
@jacobgellman.com
www.latimes.com/business/sto...
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What a shortage of IV bags tells us about the impact of #climaterisk on supply chains, by @scrawford.bsky.social
A plant producing most of the US's IV bags was wiped out by Hurricane Helene. It's another warning of financial risk...
open.substack.com/pub/susanpcr...
A plant producing most of the US's IV bags was wiped out by Hurricane Helene. It's another warning of financial risk...
open.substack.com/pub/susanpcr...
What a shortage of IV bags tells us about the impact of climate change on supply chains
A plant producing most of the nation's IV bags was wiped out by Hurricane Helene. It's another warning of financial risk.
open.substack.com
December 13, 2024 at 12:15 PM
What a shortage of IV bags tells us about the impact of #climaterisk on supply chains, by @scrawford.bsky.social
A plant producing most of the US's IV bags was wiped out by Hurricane Helene. It's another warning of financial risk...
open.substack.com/pub/susanpcr...
A plant producing most of the US's IV bags was wiped out by Hurricane Helene. It's another warning of financial risk...
open.substack.com/pub/susanpcr...
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Agree very much with this from @davekarpf.bsky.social davekarpf.substack.com/p/what-the-f...
November 6, 2024 at 12:16 PM
Agree very much with this from @davekarpf.bsky.social davekarpf.substack.com/p/what-the-f...
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My group at the Illinois Gies College of Business--which includes @tderyugina.bsky.social, David Molitor, Riley League, Mackenzie Alston, and Nolan Miller--is seeking a public/environmental economist! Here's our job posting:
#EconSky
www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing....
#EconSky
www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing....
American Economic Association: JOE Listings - August 1, 2024 - January 31, 2025
www.aeaweb.org
October 17, 2024 at 9:02 PM
My group at the Illinois Gies College of Business--which includes @tderyugina.bsky.social, David Molitor, Riley League, Mackenzie Alston, and Nolan Miller--is seeking a public/environmental economist! Here's our job posting:
#EconSky
www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing....
#EconSky
www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing....
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Column | As buyers and sellers wake up to risks on a hotter planet, Cape Coral might be a preview of what millions of homeowners throughout the country could face: a slow and almost imperceptible re-pricing of many people’s biggest asset.
Column | Where climate change poses the most and least risk to American homeowners
Millions of Americans could face a slow and almost imperceptible re-pricing of their biggest asset.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 15, 2024 at 12:05 PM
Column | As buyers and sellers wake up to risks on a hotter planet, Cape Coral might be a preview of what millions of homeowners throughout the country could face: a slow and almost imperceptible re-pricing of many people’s biggest asset.
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📢Please retweet📢
Profs Van Benthem, Lockwood, Low, Rees-Jones, Kessler and I are hiring 3 predoctoral researchers (in environmental, behavioral, and public econ) to start July 2025. Prior RAs got into Berkeley, Princeton and Brown (econ PhDs).
Rolling review:
sberkouwer.github.io/BEPPhiring.pdf
Profs Van Benthem, Lockwood, Low, Rees-Jones, Kessler and I are hiring 3 predoctoral researchers (in environmental, behavioral, and public econ) to start July 2025. Prior RAs got into Berkeley, Princeton and Brown (econ PhDs).
Rolling review:
sberkouwer.github.io/BEPPhiring.pdf
October 8, 2024 at 4:55 PM
📢Please retweet📢
Profs Van Benthem, Lockwood, Low, Rees-Jones, Kessler and I are hiring 3 predoctoral researchers (in environmental, behavioral, and public econ) to start July 2025. Prior RAs got into Berkeley, Princeton and Brown (econ PhDs).
Rolling review:
sberkouwer.github.io/BEPPhiring.pdf
Profs Van Benthem, Lockwood, Low, Rees-Jones, Kessler and I are hiring 3 predoctoral researchers (in environmental, behavioral, and public econ) to start July 2025. Prior RAs got into Berkeley, Princeton and Brown (econ PhDs).
Rolling review:
sberkouwer.github.io/BEPPhiring.pdf
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BU Questrom is hiring-- 2 slots! Open to various fields, including macroeconomics, applied micro, industrial economics, innovation economics, labor economics, organizational economics, law and economics...
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/28774
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/28774
Boston University, Questrom School of Business
Full service online faculty recruitment and application management system for academic institutions worldwide. We offer unique solutions tailored for academic communities.
academicjobsonline.org
October 7, 2024 at 8:16 PM
BU Questrom is hiring-- 2 slots! Open to various fields, including macroeconomics, applied micro, industrial economics, innovation economics, labor economics, organizational economics, law and economics...
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/28774
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/28774
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"Hurricanes are hundreds of times deadlier than anyone has realized."
@robinsonmeyer.bsky.social on the new study that could radically shift how we think about hurricane deaths:
@robinsonmeyer.bsky.social on the new study that could radically shift how we think about hurricane deaths:
Hurricanes Have a Longer, Deadlier Tail Than Anyone Thought
New research published today in Nature shocked even the study’s own authors.
heatmap.news
October 2, 2024 at 10:44 PM
"Hurricanes are hundreds of times deadlier than anyone has realized."
@robinsonmeyer.bsky.social on the new study that could radically shift how we think about hurricane deaths:
@robinsonmeyer.bsky.social on the new study that could radically shift how we think about hurricane deaths:
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Wow. California's insurer of last resort now has $393 billion in total risk exposure—up 38% from last year.
Insurers are pulling out of the state en masse.
Insurers are pulling out of the state en masse.
September 27, 2024 at 10:56 PM
Wow. California's insurer of last resort now has $393 billion in total risk exposure—up 38% from last year.
Insurers are pulling out of the state en masse.
Insurers are pulling out of the state en masse.
Love that the official term for this restoration process is “re-wiggling”. Very British, very cutesy
👏 “A lot of nature conservation is a long game. You plant a tree, you're not going to in your lifetime see that it reached its full potential. But within three months of that river being re-wiggled the salmon were spawning in that one kilometre stretch for the first time in over 150 years”
How restoring rivers' natural curves can prevent flooding
For centuries meandering rivers have been straightened – but experts say restoring their natural bends and curves can prevent flooding and create healthy habitats for wildlife.
www.bbc.com
September 28, 2024 at 11:34 PM
Love that the official term for this restoration process is “re-wiggling”. Very British, very cutesy