Another week, another cool data product release from LEHD and Census. This week, we released new PSEO data for schools from North Carolina and BYU-Idaho, bringing our total count of institutions to 952.
Check out the data here: lehd.ces.census.gov/applications...
Funding Opportunity!
We are now taking applications for our Early Career Research Awards. These awards provide support to recent PhD earners researching policy and employment issues. Those working in economics, sociology, public policy, political science, and related fields may apply.
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I’ve often thought ride sharing credits would be an effective way of reducing transportation barriers for employment for those recentering society after incarceration.
Really neat evidence that it works for one group of often marginalized individuals! 👇🏽
Great work, @melissadgentry.bsky.social 👏🏽
Applications are OPEN for CSWEP’s 2026 CeMENT Mentoring Workshop! 🎉 Come get feedback on your research, practical advice for navigating the tenure track, and a community that will lift you up.
Details & application here 👉 www.aeaweb.org/about-aea/co...
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Always grateful to @voxdev.bsky.social for the opportunity to disseminate research to a wider audience. Alessandra Voena and I discuss women's power and agency at home -- why it matters and which policies can increase it -- in their latest podcast.
Crime economists, please submit your papers to TxECW 2026!
Deadline has been extended to December 12, 2025
The Economic Demography Workshop will be on May 6, at the PAAs in St. Louis. See the call for papers 👇
Thanks to co-chairs @hnmansour.bsky.social & @mguldi.bsky.social !
Among my favorite conferences!
Note the October 31 submission deadline 👇🏽
Excited to see this paper in print! 🙌
A huge thank you to everyone who helped improve the paper along the way, especially the editor and referees.
Thank you-- this means a lot!
No retirement or disability issues looming ahead, right?
Social Security Administration will just wing it from here, I guess.
Powell says he is concerned about the impact of cuts at the statistical agencies. High-quality statistics are "a huge public good," he says. "I hate to see us cutting back on that... I would want to continue investing in that for the good of the general public."
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In honor of long COVID awareness day, I wanted to speak about what my experience is like, 25 months in.
I am much better but still only leave the house a couple times a week.
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I really liked this idea of using a histogram as a legend in a choropleth map (since land isn't unemployed; people are), so I made a little guide to doing it with #rstats, {ggplot2}, and {patchwork}
www.andrewheiss.com/blog/2025/02...
Come say hi and learn about great grant opportunities before heading out from #SEA2024
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Hi everyone! This coming September UVA Batten will be hosting an Econ mental health conference! We have awesome speakers and please (1) share and (2) consider submitting to make it a great conference! Also (3) funding included - more details below!
