Highlighting an exciting demonstration project pointing the way to a more systemic statewide solution to understanding the effectiveness of workforce programs and industry placements. Proud to be a part of this collaboration!

Unemployment insurance raises workers' bargaining power and wages, new research from @davidwiczer.bsky.social @atlantafed.org & co-authors.
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Idk why people freak out about the tik tok ban when you can just post videos using R.

I am thinking of making my DiD materials that I used for teaching in the last 5 years available.

I am hoping these would find begineers in need of a step-by-step opinionated walkthrough of several developments

Let’s see if I find the energy to do this!

Where can you find newsletters, articles, podcasts and videos about research and topics in development economics?

Today's blog by Oliver Hanney is your one-stop shop for accessible resources related to development economics: voxdev.org/topic/where-...

The Colorado Equitable Economic Mobility Initiative (CEEMI) and the Colorado Evaluation and Action Lab at the University of Denver are excited to release reports documenting longitudinal earnings data for participants in local nonprofit career training programs. www.linkedin.com/posts/roger-...

Hi everybody. I have some very good news:

The Onion is bringing back its monthly print newspaper, starting today.

We'll ship it to your door for $5 a month.

It is made of the stuff of madness. We couldn’t be any more excited about it, and it only happened because of Bluesky.

My paper w @davidesimon.bsky.social on the safety net for job losers is forthcoming at Journal of Public Economics!

Results can be summed up in a few figures & access is free rn👇

32% of lost earnings replaced by public benefits (mostly UI) & this reduces poverty by 18pp, but regressive at bottom

Today in Briefing Book, @ernietedeschi.bsky.social introduces the Low-Wage Index and shows that we’re currently in one of only two periods of sustained wage growth for low-wage workers since 1979 open.substack.com/pub/briefing...

States often cut off payments to kids when they move from foster care into adoptive families or kin guardianships. Minnesota worried this might unintentionally slow moves out of foster care.

In 2015, basically equalized payments for kids age 6+ but not for younger (Figure 1).

What happened next?

In just four years, tight labor markets erased a four decade increase in the Black/White wage gap

Making the transition to Bluesky!