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Economist. Executive VP of Criminal Justice, @Arnold_Ventures . Host of @ProbCausation . I study crime & discrimination. Opinions are my own but happy to share!

Houston, TX

https://t.co/Ga2MfhPUIk

Joined August 2009

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The CJ team at AV is funding some upcoming "Innovation Days" - workshops bringing researchers and practitioners together to *think big* about solutions to pressing crime/CJ problems. The goal is to work together to submit funding proposals for this RFP:

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Have heard from a lot of women academics lately about how gross they think it is when male colleagues are married to their former students. Not sure men realize how strong a (negative) signal it sends to women faculty & students when a department is totally cool w this. /1

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I hate when the hosts of my favorite podcasts talk about things I'm an expert on. It reveals how non-expert they are about, presumably, all the topics they discuss. Maybe obvious, but it bursts the bubble. (Related: this is why I stopped reading op-ed columnists late in my PhD.)

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Guys, if you are inviting professional colleagues and students(!) to an event you are hosting, maybe don't hire strippers to perform at that event.

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My inbox is full of emails from men (only men) who heard me on Freakonomics and were inspired to send me links to things they think I should read.

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Anyone who thinks there’s a consensus in economics on the effects of changing the minimum wage should talk to someone who’s recently tried to publish a paper on the topic. I study lots of controversial topics but would never go near that one, thanks. So political. A nightmare.

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Happy Monday everyone. Please don't sleep with your students. 🙃

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4 years

Just filed a report with the AEA about retaliation for my support of an ongoing sexual harassment investigation. I've lost a lot of respect for particular economists over the past few months. Unfortunately for them they picked the wrong woman to mess with.

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Reminder to academics who say no to media requests because they don’t know absolutely everything about the topic: The next-best person is often some bozo who just read the Wikipedia page. Your knowledge — including of what you don’t know — is valuable.

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@jenniferdoleac Thank you! I think there's a misunderstanding that you have to be the authority on a topic in order to accept a media inquiry. Remember, if you say "no", we're going to keep asking until someone answers...and there are a lot of bozos out there pushing agendas who will say "yes".

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Some news: I’m delighted and honored to announce that I’ll join Arnold Ventures this July, as their new Executive Vice President of Criminal Justice.

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Arnold Ventures is excited to announce the hiring of @jenniferdoleac as our next executive vice president of criminal justice. She is a nationally renowned economist and leading figure in the field of evidence-based criminal justice policy. Read more here:

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Recent allegations of sexual harassment and worse against Armin Falk & Philip Dybvig are super troubling, not least because the economics profession & academia more broadly have demonstrated *zero* ability to hold people accountable for such behavior.

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If I am required to pay undergrad RAs $15/ hour, I will definitely hire fewer of them. Silver lining: less paperwork for me.

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Apparently there are now internal discussions at TAMU about whether I violated the dept code of conduct by naming a *senior* colleague in an earlier tweet. Meanwhile, other senior colleagues have known about his behavior for a while and done nothing. Onward. 🔥

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The market for (real) lemons: “We argue that the mafia arose as a response to an exogenous shock in the demand for oranges & lemons, following Lind's discovery in the late 18th c. that citrus fruits cured scurvy.” I love this so much. H/t @causalinf .

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Let's do this! Women on the econ job market in AY 2020-21, in no particular order: \begin{very long thread}

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Research idea: does the switch to QR codes at restaurants make menu prices less sticky?

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Almost every conversation I have with women friends in academia these days involves them saying they’re thinking about quitting their jobs. Like, just quitting. Maybe next week. Universities, you have a problem.

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As a researcher, I now take as given that unnecessary escalation of incidents (e.g. to arrests/violence), as well as racial bias, are both (related) problems in policing. The question is how to *solve* these problems. 1/n

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Free research idea: Save the names of the people who posted angry replies to my “don’t sleep w students” tweets. In 5 years Google their names + “sexual harassment allegation”. Repeat using random draw of faculty names from university websites. Compare outcomes.

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Let's do this! Women on the 2021-22 econ job market, in no particular order: /begin{verylongthread}

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I’m pretty sure I blocked half the internet yesterday so good morning to everyone who is left.

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I learned yesterday that that whole furor about gas stoves was based on correlational evidence. I shouldn’t be surprised at this point, but also, wtf you guys?

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It's my favorite time of year! 🥳 Women on the 2022-23 econ job market, in no particular order: /begin{verylongthread}

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ICYMI: I summarize the best recent research on how lead exposure affects criminal behavior. We should be pouring $$ into lead remediation.

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Research Roundup: Lead Exposure Causes Crime - Niskanen Center

Kids’ exposure to lead in topsoil, paint, and drinking water leads to large increases in antisocial and criminal behavior in the future; these behavioral effects are costly to those individuals and...

www.niskanencenter.org

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I've heard/read allegations against *at least* two dozen separate men in econ over the past few days. At least. I have lost count, tbh. Feeling very motivated by the strength and determination and anger of the women who are coming forward.

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This is a BFD. Very big police depts self-insure (read: pay legal settlements from your tax $) but smaller depts need insurance in case they get sued. And insurers have an incentive to make sure the officers they cover aren't acting recklessly. Markets are amazing, y'all.

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An insurer asked a 60-officer police department to "enact more than a dozen changes focused on reducing violent encounters with the public. When police failed to do so, the risk pool pulled its coverage, and the department disbanded."

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To step thru this more clearly 🙄: The reason relationships w former students are concerning is that they typically began as relationships w current students. They then imply that relationships w students aren't taken seriously as ethical lapses & bans on them aren't enforced.

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Here we go! Women on the econ job market in AY 2019-20, in no particular order:

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I know everyone's focused on putting out fires, but: I really hope the next administration invests in lead abatement.

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This is what economists look like. 🎉

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2020 AEA Election results: Congratulations to President-elect Christina Romer, VPs Kerwin Kofi Charles and @ShellyJLundberg , and members @Econ_Sandy and Emi Nakamura!

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The intervention in this paper was very small—two 15-minute visits from charismatic female alums. Those short visits led to big increases in the likelihood that women took more econ, & effects were largest for the best students. Any department could do this in its intro classes.

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"Gender Differences in the Choice of Major: The Importance of Female Role Models” by Catherine Porter & @danilaserra_eco ftp://ftp1.economics.smu.edu/WorkingPapers/2017/SERRA/SERRA-2017-05.pdf

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Would people be interested in tuning in for a series of flash-webinars on policing research? Something like 4 papers/hour, once/week for a few weeks? Goal would be to communicate the best research in this area, to a broad audience.

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The number of people who are comfortable saying (out loud!) that it is immoral to even ask certain research questions is extremely disturbing.

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It’s oddly reassuring that Twitter is outraged about something I tweeted instead of, like, another coup.

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Ad targeting has gotten so good that I now consider new ads an opportunity for self-reflection. (What have I done that makes me the target audience for this product/service?) It’s big data as therapy.

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My birthday is tomorrow! I'm turning 38 & I'm excited about the year ahead. 🎂 I've never related to those who are nostalgic for their younger days. I am happier & wiser & more comfortable in my own skin w each passing year. My knee hurts sometimes now, but I'll take that trade.

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This isn't the hill I will die on (there are so many other, more urgent hills!), but I suspect there are men out there who try to be allies but have never thought about this. This tweet is for them. /2

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Since this was so well-received, I'm going to do it again. There are lots of female econ Ph.D. candidates on the market this year -- great news for those trying to diversify their interview pools! Women on the 2018-19 econ job market, in no particular order:

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Women on the econ job market, in no particular order: #EJMinfo

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@PHuenermund @KhoaVuUmn The crying is a nice touch.

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5 days ago I was genuinely worried I'd never feel like working again. Update: After several days of Netflix & even boredom(!), I'm fully recharged & excited to get back to my to-do list. I say this as a reminder to anyone who needs to hear it that it's good to take time off!

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Let's do this! 🥳 Women on the 2023-24 econ job market, in no particular order: /begin{verylongthread}

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I was in a setting this week where a bunch of (mostly white, male) academics felt comfortable sharing their true (negative, dismissive) feelings about efforts to increase diversity. It was extremely disturbing! And now I’m fired up to keep working to make those guys irrelevant.🔥

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I’m so tired of non-economists telling me about the magic of cryptocurrency. This paper is a public service. Here’s an ungated version:

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Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇸🇺🇦

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This is the first deep, pioneering economics paper I've seen about Bitcoin and cryptocurrency: I really wish NBER working papers were ungated, so more crypto enthusiasts could read it.

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Evidence that expanding Medicaid reduces crime, mainly by increasing access to substance abuse treatment:

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Today is my birthday! I’ve stocked up on Advil and am ready for my 40s. 😂🥳

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To reduce the number of fraudulent studies, we should ask researchers to sign an honesty pledge before they collect their data.

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2 years

This paper has officially been accepted at @QJEHarvard . Congrats to my amazing coauthors @AmandaYAgan & @annalilharvey . And huge thanks again to @DARollins & her team for trusting us with their data & being open to following the science, wherever it led.

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New working paper!! “Misdemeanor Prosecution” w @jenniferdoleac and @annalilharvey

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An observation: the marginal people leaving academia (by choice) are *way too happy* after leaving. In an efficient equilibrium, they/we would be indifferent. This means a lot more people should leave. If you’ve been considering it, make the leap!

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If we do more of the latter (enforce rules against sleeping w current students) y'all can have your fantasies about falling madly in love w a former student who comes back into your life long after they graduate.

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Twitter verification denied. Life has lost all meaning.

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2 years

✨ Some personal news:✨ I'm writing a book! 🥳 The Science of Second Chances is officially forthcoming at @HenryHolt . I'm thrilled to be working with the amazing @SerenaJones4 . Huge thanks to my agent, @WordNerdMargo for working her magic.

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Wow. This isn't good. "The Effect of ShotSpotter Technology on Police Response Times" by Michael Topper and Toshio Ferrazares

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I promised myself when I got my PhD that I was done paying my dues, and that from then on I would do work I found interesting and fulfilling. We invest for years in building skills & credentials but life is short - at some point you have to cash in and live the life you want.

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"They don't give you tenure until you've ruined your life" 🫤

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The people criticizing the authors of that parental incarceration paper — as if it was unethical to even do the study — are really something else. Sometimes our priors about the world don’t match the data. Don’t blame the messenger.

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I don’t have a top 5 pub and I’m still happy. 🤷‍♀️

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6 years

My paper on Naloxone access and opioid abuse (joint work with @anita_mukherjee ) is now online: "The Moral Hazard of Lifesaving Innovations: Naloxone Access, Opioid Abuse, and Crime"

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A note to female PhD students: I love being an economist & think the profession is changing for the better. I planned to do policy (not become a prof) after grad school, but here I am, loving academia, 7 yrs later. You can flourish in this field. Don’t let the stats get you down.

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Female economists have lower placements out of graduate school, fewer top-5 publications in the beginning of their career, and are less likely to get promoted, according to research by @leah_boustan and @Andrew_B_Langan . Today's #ChartOfTheWeek

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Spot on.

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Is this a joke? Armin Falk is the new head of IZA? #EconMeToo

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A reflection: Two of the best conferences I've been to (both non-academic) randomized lunch/dinner seating -- basically handing out cards with table numbers as guests entered the venue. Very easy to do. /1

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Faculty: Don't date your grad students either. I can't believe we're having these conversations.

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I’ve discovered a new passion for helping junior women in econ negotiate better job offers. It’s easier to see what you deserve from the outside (always: more than they are offering 🔥). Sorry, department chairs!

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I'm going to keep posting women's job market papers because they are a bright spot in a chaotic world.

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Some welcome good news at a hectic time: I was just named a @TAMU Presidential Impact Fellow!

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4 years

Really annoyed by all the men out there giving me advice about how to be respected & influential in academia/policy. Thanks, fellas, but I did not ask you. If you don't want to know what I think about research, you don't have to follow me!

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I’ve heard that whenever I tweet about #econmetoo etc, it prompts numerous threads on EJMR full of hateful comments about me and women in economics. If I understand the new paper correctly, all that extra content helped identify toxic colleagues. That’s pretty satisfying! 🥳

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What gives me hope is that women are not tolerating this bullshit anymore. Social media + the press are our friends, in a world where our employers & professional associations keep letting us down. More on this soon. 🔥

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New profile pic! Huge thanks to @koreyhowell for working their magic.

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Reminder: I maintain a list of advice threads relevant to academic economists on my website: I know I need to update this list. What recent threads have I missed? Please reply with links and I'll add them.

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News: I've joined the Board of Editors at the Journal of Economic Literature. 🎉 I'm excited to work with @sndurlauf and the JEL team to contribute to this terrific journal.

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Tfw the Covid news is terrible but there's nothing left to wait for. I'm boosted & have stocked up on n95 masks. So I'm going to keep going to coffee shops + seeing friends + traveling. I fear the alternative is depression; time to prioritize sanity. This is quite the marathon.

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Update: I have a dog! She’s had a big day but is settling in.

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Ask and ye shall receive. \begin{thread}

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My JEL review — of the empirical evidence on what works to encourage desistance from crime — is officially out in print! I spent a few years reading *all the causal studies* across disciplines, and summarize them for you here:

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I'll add 1 more name to this list, bc I literally cannot stand having this info anymore. I've heard several credible allegations against GMU's Dan Houser—that he gropes women PhD students at conferences. Apparently this is an open secret; if you have more info, please speak up!

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Funders who want to support innovation and diversity in the academy: figure out a way to provide reliable child care for junior faculty.

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Many thanks to @fxy2014 & David Kocieniewski @business for this article on the sexual harassment allegations against Philip Dybvig. And even more thanks to the several brave women who shared their stories. We are all indebted to you. #EconMeToo

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Nobel Prize-Winning Economics Professor Faces Harassment Inquiry

Half a dozen former students allege Philip Dybvig sexually harassed them. His lawyer denies he has ever had any improper physical or verbal interactions with students.

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I’m trying a new thing where I only check my email once, maybe twice per day, at pre-scheduled times. My sanity has already increased by 1000%.

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Vaccine 1 ☑️ 🎉

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2 years

The perfect gift for the economist in your life.

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Working on criminal justice topics gives me a very different perspective on the Kochs than my equally-liberal friends & family have. @ckochfoundation & @CKinstitute are perhaps the most important funders of research related to criminal justice policy & reform. 1/n

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Why do the Koch brothers care about cancer? All I can tell you is that David Koch gave $100 million to the Koch Institute at MIT. KI says they are focused on “oncogenes,” “nanotechnology” and using the “immune system”. Hmmm...Calls for investigation.

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2 years

Delighted to see this influential paper by @erinhengel is forthcoming at @EJ_RES : "Are Women Held to Higher Standards? Evidence from Peer Review"

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If you'd told me 2 yrs ago that I'd soon start a nonprofit to support my research & policy work, I'd have told you you were crazy. And yet. I now have a certificate of formation for Doleac Initiatives, which is officially a Texas nonprofit. 🎉 So excited about what's to come.

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I’m 42 today. 🎉🎂 In retrospect, 41 wound up being quite a roller coaster! 🎢 (I never liked roller coasters.) I am now off the ride and have left the amusement park and everything is better now. 🙌🏻 Chula agrees - she’s still loving her new yard. 😍 Onward and upward!

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In my research I spend a lot of time thinking about how to help those on the margin of the labor market (eg ppl w a criminal record) get a job. I thus put heavy weight on the potential disemployment effects of any policy. I'm honestly shocked that others dismiss them so quickly.

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6 years

So it turns out that studying opioid abuse is really controversial! I look forward to turning my attention back to simpler topics, like racial discrimination and government surveillance.

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4 years

Bocar Ba is a young economist whose research focuses on police use of force. I am always eager to read any new study he writes. Some of his work in this area:

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5 years

One of many reasons I am glad to be an applied microeconomist: I feel no professional obligation to pay any attention to the MMT debate.

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2 years

There is a ton of stuff happening behind the scenes right now - I'm so grateful to everyone involved! Ladies in econ, we have momentum. If you have info, please share it. I have a list of journalists who'd love to hear from you. Email/DM me for their contact info.

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3 years

Something I've learned (& found fascinating) in conversations about police reform is that police chiefs--in contrast to unions--are typically on the side of increasing accountability. This op-ed by Dan Oates is a great primer on this:

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Opinion | I used to be a police chief. This is why it’s so hard to fire bad cops.

Police labor organizations have immense power to block the discipline of bad cops. There can be no true reform until we elect leaders willing to stand up to the unions.

www.washingtonpost.com

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3 years

Pretty proud that it's 9 months into the pandemic and I haven't learned how to cook anything.

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2 years

My goal for the coming year is to make even more people (on the left & right) uncomfortable when confronted w research evidence, and so I’m happy to announce that I’m working on a book.

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6 years

Big news: I’ll be joining the economics department @TAMU this fall as an Associate Professor (with tenure). My @justicetechlab will move with me.

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4 years

This paper is about how women don’t get appropriate credit for their academic contributions. I am not joking.

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2 years

Call for papers from an all-star team: "Women in Empirical Microeconomics" conference organized by Manasi Deshpande, @AnneKaring , Heather Sarsons, @WinnieVanDijk , & @shoshievass ** Deadline: March 15 **

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5 years

To anyone out there who’s been dissuaded from getting an econ PhD because of a Fryer-like situation: please email me. I will help you figure out if this field is a good fit and connect you with good people & opportunities if it is.

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2 years

Me in sequins last night for the wedding of a close friend from grad school. Can’t stop thinking about how much better life is now than 10(ish) years ago when we got our PhDs. Hang in there econ JMCs, there’s a light at the end of the tunnel and life outside is fabulous!

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5 years

An academic friend told me that she & her colleagues ring a bell when any of them say no to something. This turns saying no into a celebration. I love this so much, and propose we do the same on #EconTwitter . Example: Today I said no to guest-lecturing in someone’s class. 🔔🎉

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6 years

Question that came up in convos w faculty this week: How is it still legal for universities to use student evaluations in compensation and promotion decisions, given the large body of evidence that they are biased against women?

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5 years

Thought based on a convo w an academic friend: If you have a PhD, you’re good at being miserable for long periods of time. Congrats—that can be useful! But it doesn’t mean you need to tolerate shi**y situations. If someone is treating you badly (in personal or work life), leave.

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4 years

Ok this is going to make me crazy: #8cantwait is not evidence-based. Their recs might be good steps, but please don't pretend that the "data proves" they work. We do not know if they work yet. Brilliant marketing strategy though, I'll give them that.

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