Brant Walker
brantjwalker.bsky.social
Brant Walker
@brantjwalker.bsky.social
Yale PhD Student. Env-Econ

brantjwalker.github.io
How much do Econ PhD students actually work? I tracked my hours for 6 months and wrote a short report on my sample of N=1. Check it out!

Full report: brantjwalker.github.io/files/Extras/timediary_110125.pdf
November 2, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Hosted many in the Yale Econ/SOM/YSE 1st year cohort, plus some non-Yale friends, for our first thanksgiving in New Haven. Very thankful!
November 29, 2024 at 8:32 PM
Reposted by Brant Walker
Which rivers and wetlands does the Clean Water Act regulate? Depends who's in White House and on Supreme Court.

New in Science (my first research article there!) www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... we use machine learning to predict what Clean Water Act protects.

With star econ/CS/enviro coauthors
Machine learning predicts which rivers, streams, and wetlands the Clean Water Act regulates
A machine learning model improves estimates of the extent of protection by the US Clean Water Act and the effects of deregulation.
www.science.org
January 28, 2024 at 5:55 PM
My first NBER WP - short article, check it out!!
🚨New Paper Alert!🚨

US drinking water earmarks target low-income, Black, Hispanic communities.🌊

Important b/c earmarks are criticized for targeting wealthy/politically connected communities. 💧

Drinking water important esp. due to Flint MI. www.nber.org/papers/w3205...
Do Earmarks Target Low-Income and Minority Communities? Evidence from US Drinking Water
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
January 25, 2024 at 8:08 PM
🚨My PI at UC Berkeley, Joseph Shapiro, is seeking a pre-doctoral research fellow for summer 2024.

Berkeley's predoc community has mentorship opportunities with faculty across campus, and Joe is a great advisor. If you have any questions, please reach out!
workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/defau...
December 13, 2023 at 6:00 PM
Reposted by Brant Walker
a database of datasets ⬇️

been working for awhile on pulling together economic datasets for econ & policy students b/c there is *so* much publicly available data

sharing it for anyone who finds it useful

pls suggest additions; work in progress

lenorepalladino.notion.site/Economic-and...
October 16, 2023 at 7:36 PM