Who would've thought that ice cream on a cold, rainy December Tuesday would be such a good idea---and yet, it was!!!

Nothing like waking up to find out your colleagues have a WP out that makes you rethink the interpretation of one of your papers! We show that weaker work norms increase the likelihood of going on DI when times are tough, but worth thinking about where those norms come from:

I have never owned a pair. But oh how I envied my cousin's burgundy ones. Hmmm...I guess it's not too late.

We use their identification strategy (instrument) for immigration in our paper looking at a very different outcome: quality of care in nursing homes: jhr.uwpress.org/content/earl.... Thank you for providing the seminal work on this--and for making the data available!

Productivity remains above average a bit when you return to the US and wake up super early because of jet lag....enjoy!!

And if you look at things beyond jobs that are also important to Americans: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Wonderful news! Congratulations!

More information here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jb_C...

YES! YES! YES!

This is what I mean---great mentors plus excellent students makes for really excellent work! (The gender/labor supply person on her committee wouldn't have thought so deeply about this ;)).

Yes, I thought this was so clever! And when she's presenting it (because she is such a great teacher), the audience may feel like--yes, of course, this is the way to test this hypothesis. But really, quite creative.

Me?