@jeffreypclemens.bsky.social
Professor of Economics at UC San Diego
Director of CEPA: https://cepa.ucsd.edu/
Adjunct Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution
Research Associate at NBER
Editorial Boards at JPUBEC, JHE, JEP, and AEJ: Policy
Director of CEPA: https://cepa.ucsd.edu/
Adjunct Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution
Research Associate at NBER
Editorial Boards at JPUBEC, JHE, JEP, and AEJ: Policy
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A surge in SNAP retailer participation during the Great Recession boosted adopters’ food sales and product variety while improving access, but welfare gains were modest, from Anne T. Byrne, Xiao Dong, Jessie Handbury, Erik James, Katherine Meckel, and Andrés C. Rovira www.nber.org/papers/w34467
November 16, 2025 at 6:01 PM
A surge in SNAP retailer participation during the Great Recession boosted adopters’ food sales and product variety while improving access, but welfare gains were modest, from Anne T. Byrne, Xiao Dong, Jessie Handbury, Erik James, Katherine Meckel, and Andrés C. Rovira www.nber.org/papers/w34467
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In a new AEI Economic Perspectives paper, Tobias Peter and I propose that DC legalize redevelopment of large single-family lots into duplexes, triplexes, and townhomes. We also analyze the consequences of making such a change in terms of new housing production etc.
www.aei.org/research-pro...
www.aei.org/research-pro...
November 19, 2025 at 12:01 AM
In a new AEI Economic Perspectives paper, Tobias Peter and I propose that DC legalize redevelopment of large single-family lots into duplexes, triplexes, and townhomes. We also analyze the consequences of making such a change in terms of new housing production etc.
www.aei.org/research-pro...
www.aei.org/research-pro...
I read this article with great interest, as the unsuccessful US effort to suppress Afghan opium production was the subject of some of my earliest research.
Readers of this article might be interested in the Twitter thread below:
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Readers of this article might be interested in the Twitter thread below:
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November 12, 2025 at 10:14 PM
I read this article with great interest, as the unsuccessful US effort to suppress Afghan opium production was the subject of some of my earliest research.
Readers of this article might be interested in the Twitter thread below:
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Readers of this article might be interested in the Twitter thread below:
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Timely research on the SNAP program
Low-income households denied SNAP due to administrative barriers suffer downstream consequences. Process-related denials increase debt, delinquencies, and decrease credit scores, from Tatiana Homonoff, Min S. Lee, and Katherine Meckel www.nber.org/papers/w34434
November 8, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Timely research on the SNAP program
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Low-income households denied SNAP due to administrative barriers suffer downstream consequences. Process-related denials increase debt, delinquencies, and decrease credit scores, from Tatiana Homonoff, Min S. Lee, and Katherine Meckel www.nber.org/papers/w34434
November 8, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Low-income households denied SNAP due to administrative barriers suffer downstream consequences. Process-related denials increase debt, delinquencies, and decrease credit scores, from Tatiana Homonoff, Min S. Lee, and Katherine Meckel www.nber.org/papers/w34434
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This is painstakingly done, comprehensive work on the earnings of individuals who make minimum wage at some point in their careers (typically, though not always, at career onset). Recommended reading for anyone interested in how minimum wages fit into the big picture.
Workers earning minimum wages typically show stronger future careers, and state minimum wage policies do not significantly alter these relative trajectories, from Sari Pekkala Kerr, William R. Kerr, and Louis J. Maiden www.nber.org/papers/w34405
October 30, 2025 at 7:37 PM
This is painstakingly done, comprehensive work on the earnings of individuals who make minimum wage at some point in their careers (typically, though not always, at career onset). Recommended reading for anyone interested in how minimum wages fit into the big picture.
This is painstakingly done, comprehensive work on the earnings of individuals who make minimum wage at some point in their careers (typically, though not always, at career onset). Recommended reading for anyone interested in how minimum wages fit into the big picture.
Workers earning minimum wages typically show stronger future careers, and state minimum wage policies do not significantly alter these relative trajectories, from Sari Pekkala Kerr, William R. Kerr, and Louis J. Maiden www.nber.org/papers/w34405
October 30, 2025 at 7:37 PM
This is painstakingly done, comprehensive work on the earnings of individuals who make minimum wage at some point in their careers (typically, though not always, at career onset). Recommended reading for anyone interested in how minimum wages fit into the big picture.
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Workers earning minimum wages typically show stronger future careers, and state minimum wage policies do not significantly alter these relative trajectories, from Sari Pekkala Kerr, William R. Kerr, and Louis J. Maiden www.nber.org/papers/w34405
October 30, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Workers earning minimum wages typically show stronger future careers, and state minimum wage policies do not significantly alter these relative trajectories, from Sari Pekkala Kerr, William R. Kerr, and Louis J. Maiden www.nber.org/papers/w34405
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Excited to receive our new 536 page book on tax competition and coordination in the mail today:
"Policy Responses to Tax Competition" (w/ Poterba &
@omzidar.bsky.social)
I know everyone is looking forward to order it here:
amazon.com/-/es/Respons...
"Policy Responses to Tax Competition" (w/ Poterba &
@omzidar.bsky.social)
I know everyone is looking forward to order it here:
amazon.com/-/es/Respons...
October 10, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Excited to receive our new 536 page book on tax competition and coordination in the mail today:
"Policy Responses to Tax Competition" (w/ Poterba &
@omzidar.bsky.social)
I know everyone is looking forward to order it here:
amazon.com/-/es/Respons...
"Policy Responses to Tax Competition" (w/ Poterba &
@omzidar.bsky.social)
I know everyone is looking forward to order it here:
amazon.com/-/es/Respons...
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Thanks to our editor at @uchicagopress.bsky.social
and all the authors who contributed @jeffreypclemens.bsky.social @stanveuger.bsky.social @s-stantcheva.bsky.social @mariusbrulhart.bsky.social @kurtschmidheiny.bsky.social & many others not on here!
and all the authors who contributed @jeffreypclemens.bsky.social @stanveuger.bsky.social @s-stantcheva.bsky.social @mariusbrulhart.bsky.social @kurtschmidheiny.bsky.social & many others not on here!
October 10, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Thanks to our editor at @uchicagopress.bsky.social
and all the authors who contributed @jeffreypclemens.bsky.social @stanveuger.bsky.social @s-stantcheva.bsky.social @mariusbrulhart.bsky.social @kurtschmidheiny.bsky.social & many others not on here!
and all the authors who contributed @jeffreypclemens.bsky.social @stanveuger.bsky.social @s-stantcheva.bsky.social @mariusbrulhart.bsky.social @kurtschmidheiny.bsky.social & many others not on here!
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September 22, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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Featured in the latest Digest: Federal Fiscal Aid to State and Local Governments and COVID-19 Mortality
https://www.nber.org/digest/202507/federal-fiscal-aid-state-and-local-governments-reduced-covid-19-mortality
https://www.nber.org/digest/202507/federal-fiscal-aid-state-and-local-governments-reduced-covid-19-mortality
July 7, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Featured in the latest Digest: Federal Fiscal Aid to State and Local Governments and COVID-19 Mortality
https://www.nber.org/digest/202507/federal-fiscal-aid-state-and-local-governments-reduced-covid-19-mortality
https://www.nber.org/digest/202507/federal-fiscal-aid-state-and-local-governments-reduced-covid-19-mortality
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Many thanks to the economists who signed on, including @dacemoglumit.bsky.social, @kylepomerleau.bsky.social, @michaelrstrain.bsky.social, @danieldbunn.bsky.social, @kclausing.bsky.social, and @jasonfurman.bsky.social, and to our magnificent counsel.
Full brief here: www.aei.org/articles/ami...
Full brief here: www.aei.org/articles/ami...
www.aei.org
July 9, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Many thanks to the economists who signed on, including @dacemoglumit.bsky.social, @kylepomerleau.bsky.social, @michaelrstrain.bsky.social, @danieldbunn.bsky.social, @kclausing.bsky.social, and @jasonfurman.bsky.social, and to our magnificent counsel.
Full brief here: www.aei.org/articles/ami...
Full brief here: www.aei.org/articles/ami...
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I organized an economist amicus brief in V.O.S. Selections Inc. v. Trump, the "Liberation Day" tariffs case in which the government's appeal will soon be considered by the Federal Circuit Appeal Court.
July 9, 2025 at 9:44 PM
I organized an economist amicus brief in V.O.S. Selections Inc. v. Trump, the "Liberation Day" tariffs case in which the government's appeal will soon be considered by the Federal Circuit Appeal Court.
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Thank you to the hundreds of business leaders who are standing against the unconscionable attacks on our university system.
They know that was is being destroyed is future American innovation and prosperity.
They know that was is being destroyed is future American innovation and prosperity.
Business Leaders Call Trump Attacks on Universities a Competitive Threat
More than 200 business leaders signed an open letter calling on the Trump administration to reverse its moves against colleges and universities, arguing that funding cuts and restrictions on [student
www.wsj.com
June 19, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Thank you to the hundreds of business leaders who are standing against the unconscionable attacks on our university system.
They know that was is being destroyed is future American innovation and prosperity.
They know that was is being destroyed is future American innovation and prosperity.
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An unpopular view: new diff-in-diff methods have been a setback for empirical work. I see an increased flow of papers that do 5 variants of them plus extensive torturing of parallel trends robustness to "prove" that a weak research design is solid. That effort could've been spent more productively
June 18, 2025 at 3:53 PM
An unpopular view: new diff-in-diff methods have been a setback for empirical work. I see an increased flow of papers that do 5 variants of them plus extensive torturing of parallel trends robustness to "prove" that a weak research design is solid. That effort could've been spent more productively
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Spirits: "US tariff uncertainty takes its toll" www.thespiritsbusiness.com/2025/05/us-t...
"The problem with this administration is that you have to have a really loud voice in the ear of the White House to get anything done"
"The problem with this administration is that you have to have a really loud voice in the ear of the White House to get anything done"
May 25, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Spirits: "US tariff uncertainty takes its toll" www.thespiritsbusiness.com/2025/05/us-t...
"The problem with this administration is that you have to have a really loud voice in the ear of the White House to get anything done"
"The problem with this administration is that you have to have a really loud voice in the ear of the White House to get anything done"
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Here is the full essay: theamericanenterprise.com/can-europe-e...
Can Europe Evolve?
The European Union is rethinking its fiscal institutions and defense capabilities in a bid for strategic autonomy.
theamericanenterprise.com
May 7, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Here is the full essay: theamericanenterprise.com/can-europe-e...
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In the new issue of The American Enterprise, @jeffreypclemens.bsky.social and I have an article comparing the evolution of America’s system of fiscal federalism to Europe’s.
May 7, 2025 at 7:50 PM
In the new issue of The American Enterprise, @jeffreypclemens.bsky.social and I have an article comparing the evolution of America’s system of fiscal federalism to Europe’s.
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Federal subsidies to state and local municipalities in the US during COVID-19 significantly improved individual #health outcomes as subsidies were channelled toward critical health care inputs.
Jeffrey Clemens & Anwita Mahajan @ucsandiego.bsky.social
cepr.org/voxeu/column...
#EconSky
Jeffrey Clemens & Anwita Mahajan @ucsandiego.bsky.social
cepr.org/voxeu/column...
#EconSky
May 7, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Federal subsidies to state and local municipalities in the US during COVID-19 significantly improved individual #health outcomes as subsidies were channelled toward critical health care inputs.
Jeffrey Clemens & Anwita Mahajan @ucsandiego.bsky.social
cepr.org/voxeu/column...
#EconSky
Jeffrey Clemens & Anwita Mahajan @ucsandiego.bsky.social
cepr.org/voxeu/column...
#EconSky
I'm happy to report receiving the green light for promotion to full professor at UCSD economics effective July 1st! I'm feeling grateful to my family, mentors, co-authors, colleagues and many others who have helped to push and pull me along the way.
April 29, 2025 at 7:50 PM
I'm happy to report receiving the green light for promotion to full professor at UCSD economics effective July 1st! I'm feeling grateful to my family, mentors, co-authors, colleagues and many others who have helped to push and pull me along the way.
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"US consumer confidence plunges in April" www.reuters.com/business/us-...
April 29, 2025 at 3:34 PM
"US consumer confidence plunges in April" www.reuters.com/business/us-...
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. @jeffreypclemens.bsky.social of
@ucsandiego.bsky.social and Michael Wither of Powerlytics Inc investigate when tinkering with safety net programs is harmful to beneficiaries.
#HealthInsurance #LaborMarkets #SafetyNet
@ucsandiego.bsky.social and Michael Wither of Powerlytics Inc investigate when tinkering with safety net programs is harmful to beneficiaries.
#HealthInsurance #LaborMarkets #SafetyNet
When is tinkering with safety net programs harmful to beneficiaries?
Interactions between redistributive policies can confront low-income households with complicated choices. We study one such interaction, namely the relationship between Medicaid eligibility threshold...
doi.org
April 21, 2025 at 2:01 PM
. @jeffreypclemens.bsky.social of
@ucsandiego.bsky.social and Michael Wither of Powerlytics Inc investigate when tinkering with safety net programs is harmful to beneficiaries.
#HealthInsurance #LaborMarkets #SafetyNet
@ucsandiego.bsky.social and Michael Wither of Powerlytics Inc investigate when tinkering with safety net programs is harmful to beneficiaries.
#HealthInsurance #LaborMarkets #SafetyNet
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Very happy to have this paper out in broad circulation.
Federal aid to state and local governments had substantial impacts on all-cause and COVID-19 related mortality over the course of the pandemic, from Jeffrey Clemens and Anwita Mahajan https://www.nber.org/papers/w33699
April 21, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Very happy to have this paper out in broad circulation.
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Melinda Pitts, research center director, Center for Human Capital Studies @atlantafed.bsky.social estimates that the potential reduction in the full federal workforce, including contract and grant employees, could be as high as 1.2 million
www.atlantafed.org/blogs/macrob...
www.atlantafed.org/blogs/macrob...
April 22, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Melinda Pitts, research center director, Center for Human Capital Studies @atlantafed.bsky.social estimates that the potential reduction in the full federal workforce, including contract and grant employees, could be as high as 1.2 million
www.atlantafed.org/blogs/macrob...
www.atlantafed.org/blogs/macrob...