Evan Starr
@evanpstarr.bsky.social
Professor at University of Maryland studying employee mobility, monopsony, contracts, entrepreneurship, and innovation. See www.evanpstarr.com for more on my research.
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Trump’s first BLS Commissioner, Bill Beach, calls today’s firing groundless and dangerous.
www.friendsofbls.org/updates/2025...
www.friendsofbls.org/updates/2025...
August 1, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Trump’s first BLS Commissioner, Bill Beach, calls today’s firing groundless and dangerous.
www.friendsofbls.org/updates/2025...
www.friendsofbls.org/updates/2025...
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What to make of POTUS's attempt to fire the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)?
Let's run down what knowledgable people are saying...
Let's run down what knowledgable people are saying...
August 1, 2025 at 10:01 PM
What to make of POTUS's attempt to fire the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)?
Let's run down what knowledgable people are saying...
Let's run down what knowledgable people are saying...
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With government statistics, it's pretty simple. If you liked the February, March, and April numbers, then you have to accept all the next ones, too. They are produced in the exact same way, it's what the computer spits out, based on the inputs provided. You do not get to cherry pick your stats.
The Friends of #BLS protest the firing of BLS Commissioner Erika McEntarfer.
The rationale for firing her is without merit and undermines the credibility of federal economic statistics that are a cornerstone of intelligent economic decision-making by businesses, families, and policymakers.
The rationale for firing her is without merit and undermines the credibility of federal economic statistics that are a cornerstone of intelligent economic decision-making by businesses, families, and policymakers.
August 2, 2025 at 12:56 AM
With government statistics, it's pretty simple. If you liked the February, March, and April numbers, then you have to accept all the next ones, too. They are produced in the exact same way, it's what the computer spits out, based on the inputs provided. You do not get to cherry pick your stats.
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5/ 📅July 23
⏰2pm: "Are Hospital Acquisitions of Physician Practices Anticompetitive?" ft #EGgrantee(s) Zack Cooper @stuartcraig.bsky.social @proffionasm.bsky.social
📅July 24
⏰9am: "Clause and Effect: Theory & Field Experimental Evidence on Noncompete Clauses" ft Bo Cowgill & @evanpstarr.bsky.social
⏰2pm: "Are Hospital Acquisitions of Physician Practices Anticompetitive?" ft #EGgrantee(s) Zack Cooper @stuartcraig.bsky.social @proffionasm.bsky.social
📅July 24
⏰9am: "Clause and Effect: Theory & Field Experimental Evidence on Noncompete Clauses" ft Bo Cowgill & @evanpstarr.bsky.social
July 21, 2025 at 1:04 PM
5/ 📅July 23
⏰2pm: "Are Hospital Acquisitions of Physician Practices Anticompetitive?" ft #EGgrantee(s) Zack Cooper @stuartcraig.bsky.social @proffionasm.bsky.social
📅July 24
⏰9am: "Clause and Effect: Theory & Field Experimental Evidence on Noncompete Clauses" ft Bo Cowgill & @evanpstarr.bsky.social
⏰2pm: "Are Hospital Acquisitions of Physician Practices Anticompetitive?" ft #EGgrantee(s) Zack Cooper @stuartcraig.bsky.social @proffionasm.bsky.social
📅July 24
⏰9am: "Clause and Effect: Theory & Field Experimental Evidence on Noncompete Clauses" ft Bo Cowgill & @evanpstarr.bsky.social
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Rest in peace, Ed Leamer
February 25, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Rest in peace, Ed Leamer
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🚀 Exciting Opportunity! 🚀
#AI keeps me up at night. What will happen to work & workers? 🤔
I'm partnering with Schmidt Sciences to offer up to $200,000 in funding for early-career researchers! 💡
🗓️ Apply by March 31 2025
🙏 spread the word!
🔗 Learn more & apply schmidtsciences.org/ai-at-work
#EconSky
#AI keeps me up at night. What will happen to work & workers? 🤔
I'm partnering with Schmidt Sciences to offer up to $200,000 in funding for early-career researchers! 💡
🗓️ Apply by March 31 2025
🙏 spread the word!
🔗 Learn more & apply schmidtsciences.org/ai-at-work
#EconSky
February 18, 2025 at 11:24 PM
🚀 Exciting Opportunity! 🚀
#AI keeps me up at night. What will happen to work & workers? 🤔
I'm partnering with Schmidt Sciences to offer up to $200,000 in funding for early-career researchers! 💡
🗓️ Apply by March 31 2025
🙏 spread the word!
🔗 Learn more & apply schmidtsciences.org/ai-at-work
#EconSky
#AI keeps me up at night. What will happen to work & workers? 🤔
I'm partnering with Schmidt Sciences to offer up to $200,000 in funding for early-career researchers! 💡
🗓️ Apply by March 31 2025
🙏 spread the word!
🔗 Learn more & apply schmidtsciences.org/ai-at-work
#EconSky
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Big news in labor #antitrust! The US Department of Justice antitrust division & the FTC release new guidelines on business practices affecting workers, like no-poach deals, non-competes, and info sharing—some of which may violate antitrust laws. www.justice.gov/atr/media/13... 🧵
January 17, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Big news in labor #antitrust! The US Department of Justice antitrust division & the FTC release new guidelines on business practices affecting workers, like no-poach deals, non-competes, and info sharing—some of which may violate antitrust laws. www.justice.gov/atr/media/13... 🧵
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There is a widespread notion that men are more ambitious than women.
But this new paper finds no significant gender differences in goal setting or goal pursuit suggesting that gender disparities in educational or professional contexts stem from other factors.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
But this new paper finds no significant gender differences in goal setting or goal pursuit suggesting that gender disparities in educational or professional contexts stem from other factors.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
December 10, 2024 at 11:39 PM
There is a widespread notion that men are more ambitious than women.
But this new paper finds no significant gender differences in goal setting or goal pursuit suggesting that gender disparities in educational or professional contexts stem from other factors.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
But this new paper finds no significant gender differences in goal setting or goal pursuit suggesting that gender disparities in educational or professional contexts stem from other factors.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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When I started to supervise master theses, students had somehow heard of the PROCESS macro. Even some colleagues were working with it. When I looked into it, I couldn't believe what I saw. Then @dingdingpeng.the100.ci approached me to write a paper about its shortcomings. Now it reached 200 cites! 📈
November 18, 2024 at 6:23 AM
When I started to supervise master theses, students had somehow heard of the PROCESS macro. Even some colleagues were working with it. When I looked into it, I couldn't believe what I saw. Then @dingdingpeng.the100.ci approached me to write a paper about its shortcomings. Now it reached 200 cites! 📈
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"This paper identifies an important bias — termed dynamic bias — in fixed effects panel estimators that arises when dynamic feedback [past outcomes influencing current outcomes] is ignored in the estimating equation." klosins.github.io/Klosin_JMP.pdf #econsky
klosins.github.io
November 29, 2024 at 12:47 PM
"This paper identifies an important bias — termed dynamic bias — in fixed effects panel estimators that arises when dynamic feedback [past outcomes influencing current outcomes] is ignored in the estimating equation." klosins.github.io/Klosin_JMP.pdf #econsky
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Some of the most important lottery anomalies from the behavioral risk literature (e.g., probability weighting and loss aversion) actually have nothing to do with risk.
They also arise in perfectly deterministic settings.
Lead article in the latest AER issue:
www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
November 27, 2024 at 3:33 PM
Some of the most important lottery anomalies from the behavioral risk literature (e.g., probability weighting and loss aversion) actually have nothing to do with risk.
They also arise in perfectly deterministic settings.
Lead article in the latest AER issue:
www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
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Do firms have an incentive to comply with the federal minimum wage?
Based on current penalties and enforcement, the answer for most firms is *no*.
My paper now out in ILRR - also featuring newly FOIA-ed case level data on DOL min wage enforcement outcomes
Based on current penalties and enforcement, the answer for most firms is *no*.
My paper now out in ILRR - also featuring newly FOIA-ed case level data on DOL min wage enforcement outcomes
How can policy confront minimum wage non-compliance? Using the case of the US and the UK, @annastansbury.bsky.social @mitsloan.bsky.social @mitiwer.bsky.social argues that improved enforcement alone is insufficient & expected penalties must increase substantially.
doi.org/10.1177/0019...
doi.org/10.1177/0019...
November 26, 2024 at 2:21 AM
Do firms have an incentive to comply with the federal minimum wage?
Based on current penalties and enforcement, the answer for most firms is *no*.
My paper now out in ILRR - also featuring newly FOIA-ed case level data on DOL min wage enforcement outcomes
Based on current penalties and enforcement, the answer for most firms is *no*.
My paper now out in ILRR - also featuring newly FOIA-ed case level data on DOL min wage enforcement outcomes
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Just spent 48 hours in DC bouncing between academic conferences and the think tank world.
I learned a ton in both settings but came away depressed at how little the two worlds understand each other's value.
I learned a ton in both settings but came away depressed at how little the two worlds understand each other's value.
November 24, 2024 at 8:45 PM
Just spent 48 hours in DC bouncing between academic conferences and the think tank world.
I learned a ton in both settings but came away depressed at how little the two worlds understand each other's value.
I learned a ton in both settings but came away depressed at how little the two worlds understand each other's value.
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Lots of new econ lovers here & lots of new resources. A🧵.
The #EconSky feed built by @paulgp.com is the central place for econ discussion here.
Displays posts with that tag. Click here, Pin it. Shows up as a tab on far right of ur Home screen ribbon
8 more resources...
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The #EconSky feed built by @paulgp.com is the central place for econ discussion here.
Displays posts with that tag. Click here, Pin it. Shows up as a tab on far right of ur Home screen ribbon
8 more resources...
bsky.app/profile/paul...
November 24, 2024 at 10:45 PM
Lots of new econ lovers here & lots of new resources. A🧵.
The #EconSky feed built by @paulgp.com is the central place for econ discussion here.
Displays posts with that tag. Click here, Pin it. Shows up as a tab on far right of ur Home screen ribbon
8 more resources...
bsky.app/profile/paul...
The #EconSky feed built by @paulgp.com is the central place for econ discussion here.
Displays posts with that tag. Click here, Pin it. Shows up as a tab on far right of ur Home screen ribbon
8 more resources...
bsky.app/profile/paul...
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Meanqhile, the FTC is holding its seventeenth annual conference, with presentations by @evanpstarr.bsky.social, Pinar Yildirim and Zach Cooper.
Programme here:
www.ftc.gov/news-events/...
3/5
Programme here:
www.ftc.gov/news-events/...
3/5
Seventeenth Annual Microeconomics Conference
The Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Economics and the Tobin Center for Economic Policy at Yale University will host the 17th Annual FTC Microeconomics Conference on November 14 and 15, 2024 in
www.ftc.gov
November 13, 2024 at 1:28 PM
Meanqhile, the FTC is holding its seventeenth annual conference, with presentations by @evanpstarr.bsky.social, Pinar Yildirim and Zach Cooper.
Programme here:
www.ftc.gov/news-events/...
3/5
Programme here:
www.ftc.gov/news-events/...
3/5
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This place is glowing up quickly!
If you're new, welcome!
If you love econ, the blog below can help you get plugged into the community here.
If you read this a while ago & haven't checked it out lately, maybe do.
I'm adding resources & people are changing their starter packs all the time.
If you're new, welcome!
If you love econ, the blog below can help you get plugged into the community here.
If you read this a while ago & haven't checked it out lately, maybe do.
I'm adding resources & people are changing their starter packs all the time.
For Bluesky-Curious Econ Lovers, a Quick Start guide to plugging into the economics community here.
It aims to lower the costs & boost the benefits for folks to engage here.
If it seems useful, please share it here & especially on X.
📉📈 #️⃣#️⃣
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It aims to lower the costs & boost the benefits for folks to engage here.
If it seems useful, please share it here & especially on X.
📉📈 #️⃣#️⃣
aaronsojourner.org/for-bluesky-...
For Bluesky-Curious Econ Lovers - Aaron Sojourner
This Quick Start guide aims to help econ lovers easily join Bluesky’s growing economics community. The Bluesky User FAQ covers generic basics, like how to start an account. This guide orients you to e...
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November 11, 2024 at 8:02 PM
This place is glowing up quickly!
If you're new, welcome!
If you love econ, the blog below can help you get plugged into the community here.
If you read this a while ago & haven't checked it out lately, maybe do.
I'm adding resources & people are changing their starter packs all the time.
If you're new, welcome!
If you love econ, the blog below can help you get plugged into the community here.
If you read this a while ago & haven't checked it out lately, maybe do.
I'm adding resources & people are changing their starter packs all the time.
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📢 New publication alert! “The Year in Review: Economics at the #Antitrust Division 2023–2024” with @susanathey.bsky.social, Alex Gross, and Jennifer Shanefelter. Labor market competition is protected by the 2023 Merger Guidelines. doi.org/10.1007/s111... #EconSky
November 11, 2024 at 9:46 PM
📢 New publication alert! “The Year in Review: Economics at the #Antitrust Division 2023–2024” with @susanathey.bsky.social, Alex Gross, and Jennifer Shanefelter. Labor market competition is protected by the 2023 Merger Guidelines. doi.org/10.1007/s111... #EconSky
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Welcome, new #EconSky joiners!
I have updated my starter pack - now with over 120 IO, org econ, innovation and firm dynamics researchers. If you think I have forgotten someone, please let me know.
go.bsky.app/Rchu8QX
I have updated my starter pack - now with over 120 IO, org econ, innovation and firm dynamics researchers. If you think I have forgotten someone, please let me know.
go.bsky.app/Rchu8QX
November 8, 2024 at 2:25 PM
Welcome, new #EconSky joiners!
I have updated my starter pack - now with over 120 IO, org econ, innovation and firm dynamics researchers. If you think I have forgotten someone, please let me know.
go.bsky.app/Rchu8QX
I have updated my starter pack - now with over 120 IO, org econ, innovation and firm dynamics researchers. If you think I have forgotten someone, please let me know.
go.bsky.app/Rchu8QX
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Happy @evanpstarr.bsky.social Day to all who celebrate! May the job offers be ever in your favor.
www.ftc.gov/news-events/...
www.ftc.gov/news-events/...
FTC Announces Rule Banning Noncompetes
Today, the Federal Trade Commission issued a final rule to promote competition by banning noncompetes nationwide, protecting the fundamen
www.ftc.gov
April 23, 2024 at 7:34 PM
Happy @evanpstarr.bsky.social Day to all who celebrate! May the job offers be ever in your favor.
www.ftc.gov/news-events/...
www.ftc.gov/news-events/...
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Similar to noncompete clauses in employment contracts, training repayment agreements can impede worker mobility and reduce competition in labor markets. JJ Prescott, Stewart Schwab, and @evanpstarr.bsky.social document the pervasiveness of these provisions.
www.promarket.org/2024/03/27/f...
www.promarket.org/2024/03/27/f...
First Evidence on the Use of Training Repayment Agreements in the US Labor Force - ProMarket
Similar to noncompete clauses in employment contracts, training repayment agreements, which require employees to pay back their employers for firm-sponsored training if they quit early, can impede wor...
www.promarket.org
March 28, 2024 at 2:19 PM
Similar to noncompete clauses in employment contracts, training repayment agreements can impede worker mobility and reduce competition in labor markets. JJ Prescott, Stewart Schwab, and @evanpstarr.bsky.social document the pervasiveness of these provisions.
www.promarket.org/2024/03/27/f...
www.promarket.org/2024/03/27/f...
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SEND US YOUR PAPERS!!
We are hosting a workshop on "The Economics of Working Environment" in Copenhagen, June 19-21. Deadline for submissions is Feb 15th!
Submit via email to WEE2024@nfa.dk. #EconSky 📈📉
We are hosting a workshop on "The Economics of Working Environment" in Copenhagen, June 19-21. Deadline for submissions is Feb 15th!
Submit via email to WEE2024@nfa.dk. #EconSky 📈📉
January 13, 2024 at 3:08 PM
SEND US YOUR PAPERS!!
We are hosting a workshop on "The Economics of Working Environment" in Copenhagen, June 19-21. Deadline for submissions is Feb 15th!
Submit via email to WEE2024@nfa.dk. #EconSky 📈📉
We are hosting a workshop on "The Economics of Working Environment" in Copenhagen, June 19-21. Deadline for submissions is Feb 15th!
Submit via email to WEE2024@nfa.dk. #EconSky 📈📉
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Hey Stata users, please check out the Stata Gallery run by @asjadnaqvi.bsky.social . Lots of great tutorials on data viz, making maps, working with do files, and more! Highly recommend! 👍
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December 8, 2023 at 1:52 PM
Hey Stata users, please check out the Stata Gallery run by @asjadnaqvi.bsky.social . Lots of great tutorials on data viz, making maps, working with do files, and more! Highly recommend! 👍
medium.com/the-stata-ga...
medium.com/the-stata-ga...
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🚨🚨 NEW WORKING PAPER 🚨🚨
“A Retrospective Analysis of the Acquisition of Target’s Retail Pharmacy Business by CVS Health: Labor Market Perspective”
joint with my wonderful student Enas Farag (she did all the work)
marshallsteinbaum.org/assets/farag...
#econsky
(cross-posted from Elonville)
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“A Retrospective Analysis of the Acquisition of Target’s Retail Pharmacy Business by CVS Health: Labor Market Perspective”
joint with my wonderful student Enas Farag (she did all the work)
marshallsteinbaum.org/assets/farag...
#econsky
(cross-posted from Elonville)
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marshallsteinbaum.org
November 29, 2023 at 2:48 PM
🚨🚨 NEW WORKING PAPER 🚨🚨
“A Retrospective Analysis of the Acquisition of Target’s Retail Pharmacy Business by CVS Health: Labor Market Perspective”
joint with my wonderful student Enas Farag (she did all the work)
marshallsteinbaum.org/assets/farag...
#econsky
(cross-posted from Elonville)
/1
“A Retrospective Analysis of the Acquisition of Target’s Retail Pharmacy Business by CVS Health: Labor Market Perspective”
joint with my wonderful student Enas Farag (she did all the work)
marshallsteinbaum.org/assets/farag...
#econsky
(cross-posted from Elonville)
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New Policy Brief on Noncompetes, @evanpstarr.bsky.social!
After the FTC's proposed ban on NCAs in January, the debate over NCAs is raging. Many weighed in with their comments for why NCAs are needed, and his brief takes stock of the key questions and recent evidence. 📉📈
eig.org/noncompetes-...
After the FTC's proposed ban on NCAs in January, the debate over NCAs is raging. Many weighed in with their comments for why NCAs are needed, and his brief takes stock of the key questions and recent evidence. 📉📈
eig.org/noncompetes-...
October 31, 2023 at 5:48 PM
New Policy Brief on Noncompetes, @evanpstarr.bsky.social!
After the FTC's proposed ban on NCAs in January, the debate over NCAs is raging. Many weighed in with their comments for why NCAs are needed, and his brief takes stock of the key questions and recent evidence. 📉📈
eig.org/noncompetes-...
After the FTC's proposed ban on NCAs in January, the debate over NCAs is raging. Many weighed in with their comments for why NCAs are needed, and his brief takes stock of the key questions and recent evidence. 📉📈
eig.org/noncompetes-...