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Tamara (Tammy) McGavock
@tamaramcgavock.bsky.social
Economist @GrinnellCollege, Visiting Scholar @UChicago/Chicago Fed; @J-PAL affiliate. Studying women & children; family, power, & social norms; measurement issues; especially 🌍, since @Wellesley ‘08 ♦️ she/her 🏳️‍🌈 https://www.tamaramcgavock.com
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Intensive advising during high school and college significantly increases bachelor's degree attainment among lower-income students, from Andrew C. Barr and Benjamin L. Castleman https://www.nber.org/papers/w33921
June 21, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Come teach at Grinnell! We are hiring for a one-year position, pretty open as to field! www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing....
American Economic Association: JOE Listings - February 1, 2025 - July 31, 2025
www.aeaweb.org
March 8, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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This is why we should be open about our salaries. The taboo around talking about money hurts us as workers.
What happened when public universities in 🇨🇦 started publicizing faculty salaries?

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The salary gap between men and women declined by 20-40% as a direct result.

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December 5, 2024 at 4:52 AM
Overleaf withdrawal? Deep breaths! Check your priorities list! Helpful tip below to keep going, if you still want to...
With @overleaf.com down, here's a quick tip to keep working.

If you're already syncing overleaf with Dropbox, you can still find your files in Dropbox/Apps/Overleaf

Install the latex extension in vscode or download an editor like texstudio.

Should take 15 mins or less to get set up! #econsky
December 3, 2024 at 1:45 PM
Rereading Alan Krueger’s work on measuring subjective well-being, I’m compelled to share with urgency: if you are struggling, you are not alone. Each of us has at least one professional contact whose success, productivity, smile, and thoughtfulness belie an interior life of deep sadness. (1/2)
November 16, 2024 at 5:35 PM
Join us at Grinnell College Economics! We have a search for a tenure-track position in financial economics, broadly defined. You'd teach advanced analysis courses in your specific field(s)/interests-e.g., Corporate Finance, Accounting, Asset Pricing, Mechanism Design

www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing....
American Economic Association: JOE Listings - August 1, 2024 - January 31, 2025
www.aeaweb.org
November 14, 2024 at 2:24 PM
And I’ve made one for economists studying Religion & Culture — please let me know who else I can add!

go.bsky.app/6Myd6F8
I’ve made a Women in Econ starter pack (s/o @vinisingh.bsky.social for sparking the idea!). Share, follow, and comment below if you’d like to be added! go.bsky.app/LqBPkQZ
November 14, 2024 at 3:17 AM
What do Economics, Culture, and Religion have in common, you ask? More and more economists working on issues at their intersection! Here's a Starter Pack -- incomplete, please let me know if I've missed you!
go.bsky.app/6Myd6F8
November 14, 2024 at 2:57 AM
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So happy to contribute to Vox Dev with my amazing co-authors @hnmansour.bsky.social & @pamemedinaq.bsky.social. We discuss the main results of our papers on the gendered effects of import competition in Peru in this column.

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The gendered effects of import competition in Peru
Chinese import competition in Peru had adverse effects on employment in the short term, which dissipates for men, but is long-lasting for low-educated women in the tradable sector
voxdev.org
October 10, 2023 at 12:13 PM