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mariabzhu.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Economics at Syracuse University. I do research in labor, education, and social networks. www.mariazhu.com
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Our practical guide to shift-share IV is now out in the JEP! www.aeaweb.org/issues/793 (Ungated version: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/el9yn...)

submitted 19 days ago • 3 comments

Hiring 2-year postdoc @upjohninstitute.bsky.social. Great for someone with FSRDC experience & interest in early childhood care & education labor markets. Work with me @gabriellepepin.bsky.social @jborowsky.bsky.social + others. #econ_ra #econsky #policysky www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing....

submitted 30 days ago • 2 comments

I've decided to collect my DiD materials in a single place. psantanna.com/did-resources There, you will find - 14 lectures of my comprehensive DiD course - Shorter lectures/talks I have given on DiD - My DiD R/Stata/Python packages - Some DiD checklists - DiD materials from my friends Enjoy!

submitted 60 days ago • 25 comments

Trying something new: A 🧵 on a topic I find many students struggle with: "why do their 📊 look more professional than my 📊?" It's *lots* of tiny decisions that aren't the defaults in many libraries, so let's break down 1 simple graph by @jburnmurdoch.bsky.social 🔗 www.ft.com/content/73a1...

submitted 104 days ago • 80 comments

There are way more people around here these days, so this might be a good time to reintroduce @briefingbook.bsky.social. We want to give you the kind of analysis we did as economic policy staffers at the White House. Here's our first post from last September. www.briefingbook.info/p/welcome-to...

submitted 106 days ago • 1 comment

In honor of Bluesky allowing for multi-post threads, I'd like to tell you all about my paper forthcoming in Review of Economics and Statistics that I'm particularly proud of. "The Returns to College Major Choice: Average and Distributional Effects, Career Trajectories, and Earnings Variability" 1/?

submitted 110 days ago • 8 comments

#econJM candidates, as you're cramming in those 11/15 apps, don't forget Hoover Fellow apps are due Monday 11/18! --> Up to 10 years. 100% own research time - no teaching, no splitting time on other projects. Great pay. Great location. Friendly colleagues. #econsky

submitted 109 days ago • 1 comment

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

submitted 112 days ago • 168 comments

🚨Job alert!🚨 Our group (@buwheelock.bsky.social @wheelockpolicybu.bsky.social) is hiring an Assistant Professor of Education Policy. Description below, along with a link to apply. I'm chairing the search, so reach out and spread the word. Come work with us! academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/28451

submitted 169 days ago • 0 comments

Very excited that my paper, "New evidence on the underrepresentation of Asian Americans in leadership positions," is coming out! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

submitted 173 days ago • 0 comments

I am starting a new project with Mackenzie Alston on the academic job market. Hoping to informally chat with 5 econ PhDs and 5 PhDs from psych, sociology, or polisci who graduated last year. If you're available for a 15-minute Zoom convo in Nov., please DM or email [email protected]!

submitted 489 days ago • 0 comments

Five million documents from the Dutch East India Company will be searchable starting on Wednesday, with an improved version of the database expected next year #archives nltimes.nl/2023/10/08/m...

submitted 513 days ago • 15 comments

I’ve been trying to make this happen in one form or another for almost 7 years, and it’s finally out. Data on income inequality and mobility within detailed demographic groups, nationally and at the state level, designed with researchers and the public in mind. www.minneapolisfed.org/institute/in...

submitted 519 days ago • 2 comments

Great paper alert! 📈📉#econsky “Studies with null results are perceived to be less publishable, of lower quality, less important, and less precisely estimated than studies with significant results” FYI the special issue of JEBO I’m coediting is very open to null results if still moving lit forward

submitted 523 days ago • 3 comments

In many of my papers, the key result is shown via a table, but I make a simple bar graph to use in talks, at least to broader audiences. I wish we all made and posted these; I'm much more likely to show someone's result in a keynote or for teaching if there is a good figure.

submitted 523 days ago • 5 comments

Sounds like folks are worried about losing data access during a possible government shutdown, so I quickly whipped up this Education Data Portal with all the major datasets on schools, districts, and colleges: educationdata.urban.org/documentation/

submitted 526 days ago • 1 comment

I wrote a book with Tal Gross! "Better Health Economics: An Introduction for Everyone" If you want to hear me discuss some of the material from the book, come to the ASSA continuing education session Jan 7-9 (I’ll be including some of the material from my book in my Health Economics lectures)

submitted 528 days ago • 3 comments

🤩 feature in the BlueSky app: show #EconSky 📈📉 feed. No need to miss out on anything. Pics show how to set this in the app

submitted 528 days ago • 1 comment

Wow just read the best freaking post by @economeager.bsky.social This is literally the most important advice. This should be framed and posted in every department. The hammer hits people into the anvil too often. rachaelmeager.substack.com/p/finish-you...

submitted 530 days ago • 15 comments