Great job opportunity up here in Canada for a project manager passionate about research with a social impact. Did I mention it's in Canada?
apps.ualberta.ca/careers/post...

Curious how his base will feel after the mass deportations and 25% tariff on Mexican imports. Very hungry, I imagine. On the plus side, bread riots sometimes topple dictators …sometimes.

A great project evaluating court date notifications is in the works and the wonderful @ideas42.bsky.social is looking for a PhD to help lead the evaluation on a contract basis: $80-$120 per hour, up to 20-30 hours per week. Apply by January 15: job-boards.greenhouse.io/ideas42/jobs...
#econsky

In “Maternal Wealth Implications of Child Incarceration,” @briellebryan.bsky.social & Hira Farooqi examine how a child’s incarceration influences maternal wealth, homeownership & home equity, finding that White women lose more in $ and Black women more in % terms. read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...

Holiday hot take (that isn’t really that hot): buying a gift card is just giving the company an interest-free micro-loan.

Criminal courts assess fines & fees against defendants, even when they’re obvs too poor to pay. What happens when that debt is relieved?

We found out with an RCT.

Turns out, debt relief reduces warrants by 30pp & jail bookings by 10pp, with no increase in crime.

www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

“How will you make sure the train doors aren’t closed on people?”

MTA: “We’ll have the conductors stick their heads out the window and shout at people.”

“And fare evasion?”

MTA: “Facial recognition cameras and robo-cops.”

Greatest transit system in America. #nyc

Happy to announce (belatedly) that I'll be joining the University of Alberta in 2025 as an Assistant Professor! I am even happier about the job every time I read a U.S. news headline 🫠