David Phillips
@phillipsecon.bsky.social
Research Professor at LEO and Econ at Notre Dame. Caution: economist on Zoom is taller than he appears.
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Since I am placement director for ND's Econ Department, let me tell you about our job market candidates this year (in alphabetical order). It's a fantastic group of young economists, please do not hesitate to contact me for any questions. They are all listed here:
economics.nd.edu/graduate/stu...
economics.nd.edu/graduate/stu...
Students on the Job Market
A list of economics students on the job market
economics.nd.edu
November 4, 2024 at 11:58 PM
Since I am placement director for ND's Econ Department, let me tell you about our job market candidates this year (in alphabetical order). It's a fantastic group of young economists, please do not hesitate to contact me for any questions. They are all listed here:
economics.nd.edu/graduate/stu...
economics.nd.edu/graduate/stu...
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The newest AEJ: Policy @aeajournals.bsky.social, "High Schools Tailored to Adults Can Help Them Complete a Traditional Diploma and Excel in the Labor Market" by David Phillips @phillipsecon.bsky.social, Patrick Turner, and former @LEOatND pre-doc Becca Brough www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
High Schools Tailored to Adults Can Help Them Complete a Traditional Diploma and Excel in the Labor Market
(November 2024) - Over 18 million adults in the United States lack a high school credential. While some go on to attain the GED, diplomas are potentially more valuable. A network of high schools helps...
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October 31, 2024 at 1:57 PM
The newest AEJ: Policy @aeajournals.bsky.social, "High Schools Tailored to Adults Can Help Them Complete a Traditional Diploma and Excel in the Labor Market" by David Phillips @phillipsecon.bsky.social, Patrick Turner, and former @LEOatND pre-doc Becca Brough www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
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The November 2024 issue of AEJ: Economic Policy (16, 4) is now available online at aeaweb.org/issues/782.
American Economic Journal: Economic Policy
Vol. 16 No. 4 November 2024
aeaweb.org
October 31, 2024 at 1:29 PM
The November 2024 issue of AEJ: Economic Policy (16, 4) is now available online at aeaweb.org/issues/782.
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The AEA has released data on econ job openings for 2024 (as of Oct. 27). Compared to 2023:
- Total openings down 9.3%
- US academic openings down 11.7%
- US adjunct/visiting openings up 4.0%
Lots more info available here, including non-US openings:
#EconSky
www.aeaweb.org/joe/communic...
- Total openings down 9.3%
- US academic openings down 11.7%
- US adjunct/visiting openings up 4.0%
Lots more info available here, including non-US openings:
#EconSky
www.aeaweb.org/joe/communic...
www.aeaweb.org
October 30, 2024 at 6:57 PM
The AEA has released data on econ job openings for 2024 (as of Oct. 27). Compared to 2023:
- Total openings down 9.3%
- US academic openings down 11.7%
- US adjunct/visiting openings up 4.0%
Lots more info available here, including non-US openings:
#EconSky
www.aeaweb.org/joe/communic...
- Total openings down 9.3%
- US academic openings down 11.7%
- US adjunct/visiting openings up 4.0%
Lots more info available here, including non-US openings:
#EconSky
www.aeaweb.org/joe/communic...
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Henry Downes visited us at Miami a few weeks ago and gave a really impressive seminar on his JMP! Check him out if you are hiring in labor, public, history, and/or demography. henrymdownes.com
October 30, 2024 at 11:14 PM
Henry Downes visited us at Miami a few weeks ago and gave a really impressive seminar on his JMP! Check him out if you are hiring in labor, public, history, and/or demography. henrymdownes.com
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I’m telling you, Henry is fantastic—but you don’t have to take my word for it! 👇👇👇👇👇👇
Henry Downes visited us at Miami a few weeks ago and gave a really impressive seminar on his JMP! Check him out if you are hiring in labor, public, history, and/or demography. henrymdownes.com
October 31, 2024 at 12:02 PM
I’m telling you, Henry is fantastic—but you don’t have to take my word for it! 👇👇👇👇👇👇
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One thing we do that I think is kind of crazy is throw students into their own research after coursework; ie a senior thesis or third year paper.
Students almost always flail when this happens. Way better to do an apprentice model: work with others on a paper first, then do your own.
Students almost always flail when this happens. Way better to do an apprentice model: work with others on a paper first, then do your own.
October 2, 2024 at 12:02 PM
One thing we do that I think is kind of crazy is throw students into their own research after coursework; ie a senior thesis or third year paper.
Students almost always flail when this happens. Way better to do an apprentice model: work with others on a paper first, then do your own.
Students almost always flail when this happens. Way better to do an apprentice model: work with others on a paper first, then do your own.
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We are thrilled to curate a Special Issue on “Field Experiments to Reduce Inequality” in the European Economic Review!
Guest editors: @lergetporer.bsky.social @michelebelot.bsky.social @henninghermes.com @fpeter.bsky.social & @simonwiederhold.bsky.social
Details: tinyurl.com/38hzxdte
#EconSky
Guest editors: @lergetporer.bsky.social @michelebelot.bsky.social @henninghermes.com @fpeter.bsky.social & @simonwiederhold.bsky.social
Details: tinyurl.com/38hzxdte
#EconSky
January 22, 2024 at 6:00 AM
We are thrilled to curate a Special Issue on “Field Experiments to Reduce Inequality” in the European Economic Review!
Guest editors: @lergetporer.bsky.social @michelebelot.bsky.social @henninghermes.com @fpeter.bsky.social & @simonwiederhold.bsky.social
Details: tinyurl.com/38hzxdte
#EconSky
Guest editors: @lergetporer.bsky.social @michelebelot.bsky.social @henninghermes.com @fpeter.bsky.social & @simonwiederhold.bsky.social
Details: tinyurl.com/38hzxdte
#EconSky
This is a great line: "like a four year old with access to unlimited postgrad labor, a true scientist will never stop asking 'but why?'"
and this is the bonkers-shit story he's talking about www.scientificamerican.com/article/brai...
Brains Are Not Required When It Comes to Thinking and Solving Problems--Simple Cells Can Do It
Tiny clumps of cells show basic cognitive abilities, and some animals can remember things after losing their head
www.scientificamerican.com
January 19, 2024 at 4:28 PM
This is a great line: "like a four year old with access to unlimited postgrad labor, a true scientist will never stop asking 'but why?'"
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The deadline is fast approaching for our 2024 Early Career Research Awards. Applications are due Jan. 21.
Early Career Research Awards go to researchers within six years of earning a Ph.D. for policy-related research on employment issues. Funding for each award is $7,500. Details at link. 📈📉
Early Career Research Awards go to researchers within six years of earning a Ph.D. for policy-related research on employment issues. Funding for each award is $7,500. Details at link. 📈📉
Deadline for Early Career Research Awards approaching
www.upjohn.org
January 16, 2024 at 9:22 PM
The deadline is fast approaching for our 2024 Early Career Research Awards. Applications are due Jan. 21.
Early Career Research Awards go to researchers within six years of earning a Ph.D. for policy-related research on employment issues. Funding for each award is $7,500. Details at link. 📈📉
Early Career Research Awards go to researchers within six years of earning a Ph.D. for policy-related research on employment issues. Funding for each award is $7,500. Details at link. 📈📉
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Submit for the NBER Children's program's spring meeting, May 2-3. Papers are due March 1.
All are encouraged to apply--please share!
conference.nber.org/confsubmit/b...
All are encouraged to apply--please share!
conference.nber.org/confsubmit/b...
January 15, 2024 at 4:32 PM
Submit for the NBER Children's program's spring meeting, May 2-3. Papers are due March 1.
All are encouraged to apply--please share!
conference.nber.org/confsubmit/b...
All are encouraged to apply--please share!
conference.nber.org/confsubmit/b...
People way underestimate how much of a hit to statistical power results from typical quasi-experimental methods. (the answer is X<=144; poll from the other place since I can't here)
December 18, 2023 at 7:00 PM
People way underestimate how much of a hit to statistical power results from typical quasi-experimental methods. (the answer is X<=144; poll from the other place since I can't here)
"We also compare observational to experimental research and find that the quality of experimental economic evidence is notably higher." Our profession massively undervalues the advantage that the typical experiment has in statistical power compared to the typical quasi-experiment.
Poor econometric skills in Economics? A looming replication crisis? Worse @ the "top 5"? Shocked. Not shocked. I suspect any proposed "solution" will only further entrench access by "elites".
doi.org/10.1111/joes...
doi.org/10.1111/joes...
December 14, 2023 at 9:02 PM
"We also compare observational to experimental research and find that the quality of experimental economic evidence is notably higher." Our profession massively undervalues the advantage that the typical experiment has in statistical power compared to the typical quasi-experiment.
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Please share! Applications now being accepted for the 2024 National Research Center on Poverty and Economic Mobility Early-Career Mentoring Institute, co-sponsored by IRP & the UC Davis Center for Poverty & Inequality Research, with additional support from The National Research Center on (1/5)
December 14, 2023 at 8:26 PM
Please share! Applications now being accepted for the 2024 National Research Center on Poverty and Economic Mobility Early-Career Mentoring Institute, co-sponsored by IRP & the UC Davis Center for Poverty & Inequality Research, with additional support from The National Research Center on (1/5)
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Today's job market post by Madeline Duhon uses data from India, Kenya, the USA, and Ghana to show how socioeconomic status can shape differences in parental beliefs about child academic achievement blogs.worldbank.org/impactevalua...
Inequality in Beliefs: Guest Post by Madeline Duhon
Human capital Parental beliefs
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December 13, 2023 at 8:46 PM
Today's job market post by Madeline Duhon uses data from India, Kenya, the USA, and Ghana to show how socioeconomic status can shape differences in parental beliefs about child academic achievement blogs.worldbank.org/impactevalua...
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Out in the December edition of AER: Insights, "Hiring Frictions and the Promise of Online Job Portals: Evidence from India," by our own Nilesh Fernando @nileshfern.bsky.social and Niha Singh (along with Gabe Tourek): www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
December 11, 2023 at 4:57 PM
Out in the December edition of AER: Insights, "Hiring Frictions and the Promise of Online Job Portals: Evidence from India," by our own Nilesh Fernando @nileshfern.bsky.social and Niha Singh (along with Gabe Tourek): www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
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I am putting together an ASHEcon session focused on health behaviors and RCT's, broadly defined. We have 3 discussants and 2 papers lined up. We are looking for one more paper, please reach out to me (jreif@illinois.edu) if you have something that could fit.
#EconSky
#EconSky
December 11, 2023 at 5:07 PM
I am putting together an ASHEcon session focused on health behaviors and RCT's, broadly defined. We have 3 discussants and 2 papers lined up. We are looking for one more paper, please reach out to me (jreif@illinois.edu) if you have something that could fit.
#EconSky
#EconSky
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Here it is! Our new standing RFP for causal research proposals on crime/CJ! This replaces our previous practice of invite-only submissions for most research.
Please share with your networks, including PhD students.
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Please share with your networks, including PhD students.
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December 8, 2023 at 4:15 PM
Here it is! Our new standing RFP for causal research proposals on crime/CJ! This replaces our previous practice of invite-only submissions for most research.
Please share with your networks, including PhD students.
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Please share with your networks, including PhD students.
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📢Please share! 📢As the National Research Center on Poverty and Economic Mobility, IRP, in collaboration with ASPE’s Office of Human Services Policy, is currently accepting applications for 2024-26 extramural large research grants for up to $50,000. (1/4)
December 4, 2023 at 8:20 PM
📢Please share! 📢As the National Research Center on Poverty and Economic Mobility, IRP, in collaboration with ASPE’s Office of Human Services Policy, is currently accepting applications for 2024-26 extramural large research grants for up to $50,000. (1/4)
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In our new NBER WP, we estimate historical intergenerational mobility for men **and women** using hundreds of millions of census-to-census links from the Census Tree. 🧵 👇https://www.nber.org/papers/w31918
with Zach Ward, Joe Price, & Haley Wilbert
with Zach Ward, Joe Price, & Haley Wilbert
December 4, 2023 at 1:51 PM
In our new NBER WP, we estimate historical intergenerational mobility for men **and women** using hundreds of millions of census-to-census links from the Census Tree. 🧵 👇https://www.nber.org/papers/w31918
with Zach Ward, Joe Price, & Haley Wilbert
with Zach Ward, Joe Price, & Haley Wilbert
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Academics everywhere:
Let me just submit this manuscript before the start of the holidays, summer, or new semester.
But also
How dare the editor of this journal send me a review request just before the start of the holidays, summer, or new semester.
Let me just submit this manuscript before the start of the holidays, summer, or new semester.
But also
How dare the editor of this journal send me a review request just before the start of the holidays, summer, or new semester.
December 4, 2023 at 1:59 PM
Academics everywhere:
Let me just submit this manuscript before the start of the holidays, summer, or new semester.
But also
How dare the editor of this journal send me a review request just before the start of the holidays, summer, or new semester.
Let me just submit this manuscript before the start of the holidays, summer, or new semester.
But also
How dare the editor of this journal send me a review request just before the start of the holidays, summer, or new semester.
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Out in @nber.bsky.social today, "Family Trees and Falling Apples: Historical Intergenerational Mobility Estimates for Women and Men," from our own @kaseybuckles.bsky.social and graduate student Haley Wilbert, along with Joe Price and Zach Ward. www.nber.org/papers/w31918
December 4, 2023 at 2:53 PM
Out in @nber.bsky.social today, "Family Trees and Falling Apples: Historical Intergenerational Mobility Estimates for Women and Men," from our own @kaseybuckles.bsky.social and graduate student Haley Wilbert, along with Joe Price and Zach Ward. www.nber.org/papers/w31918
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A beautiful, intimate portrait of my friend, co-author and, even, boss Eric Sims who will be awarded the Sheedy Excellence in Teaching Award next week.
@ndecon.bsky.social
al.nd.edu/news/latest-...
@ndecon.bsky.social
al.nd.edu/news/latest-...
Combining empathy with economics: Eric Sims wins the Arts & Letters 2023 Sheedy Excellence in Teachi...
Economics professor Eric Sims' skill of combining economics with empathy has also been recognized by his students and colleagues, and it ultimately led ...
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November 30, 2023 at 7:20 PM
A beautiful, intimate portrait of my friend, co-author and, even, boss Eric Sims who will be awarded the Sheedy Excellence in Teaching Award next week.
@ndecon.bsky.social
al.nd.edu/news/latest-...
@ndecon.bsky.social
al.nd.edu/news/latest-...
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Forthcoming in the Quarterly Journal of Economics, "Eviction and Poverty in American Cities" by our own Robert Collinson, along with Humphries, Mader, Reed, Tannenbaum, and van Dijk. academic.oup.com/qje/advance-...
November 29, 2023 at 3:31 PM
Forthcoming in the Quarterly Journal of Economics, "Eviction and Poverty in American Cities" by our own Robert Collinson, along with Humphries, Mader, Reed, Tannenbaum, and van Dijk. academic.oup.com/qje/advance-...