Casey McQuillan
@caseymcquillan.bsky.social
PhD Candidate at Princeton interested in labor economics, public finance, and causal inference | GRFP Fellow at NSF | Former RA at NewYorkFed | AmherstCollege '18
Website: https://casey-mcquillan.github.io/
Website: https://casey-mcquillan.github.io/
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Casey McQuillan’s job market paper studies how unemployment insurance (UI) generosity affects take-up and optimal policy design. esd.wa.gov/media/pdf/42...
November 6, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Casey McQuillan’s job market paper studies how unemployment insurance (UI) generosity affects take-up and optimal policy design. esd.wa.gov/media/pdf/42...
Reposted by Casey McQuillan
Programs like unemployment insurance, are rarely mentioned as positive-sum (unlike, say trade). But research by Casey McQuillan (@caseymcquillan.bsky.social) and Brendan Moore shows how UI generates value by allowing job-seekers to find better job matches
nominalnews.substack.com/p/unemployme...
nominalnews.substack.com/p/unemployme...
More than a Safety Net – Value Created by Unemployment Benefits
Welfare programs, like unemployment insurance, are rarely mentioned as policies that are positive-sum.
nominalnews.substack.com
August 10, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Programs like unemployment insurance, are rarely mentioned as positive-sum (unlike, say trade). But research by Casey McQuillan (@caseymcquillan.bsky.social) and Brendan Moore shows how UI generates value by allowing job-seekers to find better job matches
nominalnews.substack.com/p/unemployme...
nominalnews.substack.com/p/unemployme...
🚨🚨🚨 NEW WORKING PAPER: "The Benefits of UI for Marginally Attached Workers" with Brendan Moore
➡️ We find that UI minimally delays re-employment, but substantially improves labor market outcomes for low-income workers
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➡️ We find that UI minimally delays re-employment, but substantially improves labor market outcomes for low-income workers
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July 16, 2025 at 4:12 PM
🚨🚨🚨 NEW WORKING PAPER: "The Benefits of UI for Marginally Attached Workers" with Brendan Moore
➡️ We find that UI minimally delays re-employment, but substantially improves labor market outcomes for low-income workers
🧵1/13
➡️ We find that UI minimally delays re-employment, but substantially improves labor market outcomes for low-income workers
🧵1/13
"Buy the dip" benefits from recency bias. COVID vaccines were on their way, the government stepped in to stop the bleeding, and S&P had made gains by the end of '21. Still a gamble, but it paid off
April 11, 2025 at 6:04 PM
"Buy the dip" benefits from recency bias. COVID vaccines were on their way, the government stepped in to stop the bleeding, and S&P had made gains by the end of '21. Still a gamble, but it paid off
"Wall Street had its best day in 16 years" is an irresponsible way to cover the stock rally that resulted from the announced pause on tariffs
April 10, 2025 at 8:44 PM
"Wall Street had its best day in 16 years" is an irresponsible way to cover the stock rally that resulted from the announced pause on tariffs