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rebeccaat.bsky.social
University of Houston Director MA Applied Economics I’m a lurker. Dogs are better.
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I am on the job market, which seems like a great opportunity for my first post on here! My job market paper is about failures of contingent thinking -- the act of reasoning about hypothetical events. 1/

submitted 186 days ago • 7 comments

Several members of our team @ourworldindata.org are here on Bluesky! Follow us here: bsky.app/starter-pack...

submitted 187 days ago • 1 comment

We have an opening for a business reporter at the Guardian. If you're curious and have questions - drop me a line ([email protected]): workforus.theguardian.com/jobs/559/

submitted 187 days ago • 0 comments

I’m on the Job Market! 🚨 Ever wondered how does uncertainty about sources of inequality affects redistribution? In my jmp, Excuses and Redistribution, I explore how people use excuses to distort beliefs about merit and luck, justifying self-serving behavior. 🧵(1/6)

submitted 188 days ago • 1 comment

To all the new #EconSky people whi may be dealing with the Econ Job Market: *There is an #EconJMP feed *I have a PhD Job Market Starter Pack go.bsky.app/4icnwxi. If you are a candidate or an institution posting *many* openings, reach out and I will add you.

submitted 192 days ago • 17 comments

I am very excited to share my #JMP with you all, which is titled: "Unequal Access: How Public #Library Closures Affect Educational Performance". 📚 Together with Gregory Gilpin, I look at public library closures and how the loss of these public spaces impacts children in the United States. 1/5

submitted 187 days ago • 4 comments

Hey #EconSky, I'm on the job market with an #EconJMP about open source software. OSS is a global public good, widely used and provided by the private sector, but the target of recent industrial policy. Paper: jeffgortmaker.com/files/Open_S... 1/

submitted 187 days ago • 3 comments

Quick econ tip: here's a list of over 100 economics conferences: docs.google.com/spreadsheets.... Curated by @anne-m-burton.bsky.social and @bartonwillage.com.

submitted 188 days ago • 16 comments

Hi #EconSky! I’m Huihuang, a labor economist studying education and inequality. In this thread, I’ll introduce my JMP, “On the Right Track? Evaluating the Achievement and Inequality Effects of Academic Tracking,” which provides the first causal evidence on the long-run effects of tracking. (1/9)

submitted 187 days ago • 3 comments

#econsky #econjmp #econ #jmp I am on the #econjobmarket this year! My JMP focuses specifically on second-generation migrant girls. How does education policy impact them as they grow up in a highly egalitarian society, yet within families that have migrated from more gender-traditional origins? 🧵👇

submitted 187 days ago • 3 comments

her: do that thing I like me: buys cheese

submitted 188 days ago • 9 comments

My elderly baby Prune. She’s such a good girl.

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