Today's cool young researcher #econtwitter #econsky is Silvia Castro @LMU_Muenchen who works on topics related to gender, organizational economics + development

Frank Turner - Get Better (Lyric Video) YouTube video by Frank Turner

I feel like this is Frank Turner's forte! He has a bunch of songs like this youtu.be/tB4Avdlz3lk?...

New working paper alert! Our team developed a web crawler to study the accessibility of information related to special education on school district websites in four states (MA, RI, IN, and FL).

Read the full WP here: edworkingpapers.com/ai26-1447

And check out Cam's thread below for more detail!

Is this in place of the applied micro conference?

🚨New working paper alert! 🚨

The US spends huge $ on special education services for students with disabilities. Is that spending effective?

Today we released a working paper suggesting it is.

"Special Education Substantially Improves Learning: Evidence from Three States"

Let me explain...

Today's cool young researcher #econtwitter #econsky is @JuanFelipeRiano @Georgetown who works (quite prolifically!) on topics related to development, political economy and economic history

Come see cutting edge evidence on pollution and learning outcomes, starting in just a few hours.

My presentation might be the first academic talk that'll make you think "What a smoke show!"

What do beginning teachers struggle with, what shapes their challenges, and does it relate to retention? Today at 10am #AEFP2026 I present dissertation work applying LLMs to teacher-written narratives. Stop by if you care about teacher turnover or ed data science!

@wheelockpolicybu.bsky.social

📢New WP: Minimum Wages and Workplace Injuries

Using California state and local minimum wage increases 2000-2019, we find minimum wage hikes increase workplace injury rates for low-wage workers. A plausible mechanism is work intensification

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w/ @rjisungpark.bsky.social & Michael Davies

Happening today! An entire @aefpweb.bsky.social panel on "Climate Change and Education" #AEFP2026

Don't miss @emilykpenner.bsky.social @andrewpenner.bsky.social & many others at session 3.10 in St. Gallen 3.

Grace will be presenting our WP:
edworkingpapers.com/ai25-1238

Forthcoming in AEJ: Applied Economics “University as a Melting Pot: Long-term Effects of Internationalization”

Debates on international students often focus on capacity, funding, or competition.

My paper shows the main effects on natives are not academic or economic, but social.

This is quite the paper, showing elite colleges (in Chile) help low social status individuals move up in society but on balance tighten the links between social and human capital.

Amazing work by @andresbafer.bsky.social, Chris Neilson, and Seth Zimmerman. (I'm jealous of Chilean data quality.)

In just a few days, WEPC will be at this year’s Association for Education Finance and Policy (AEFP) Conference in Chicago! Stay tuned for info on the 15+ panels and presentations from our faculty and staff, and check out a full program below. bit.ly/WEPC-AEFP2026

#AEFP2026
@buwheelock.bsky.social

Our @wheelockpolicybu.bsky.social group is doing ~20 presentations at @aefpweb.bsky.social 2026!

I'll chair a higher ed panel, present on pollution & learning, and watch PhDs present papers on post-COVID K-12 enrollment and diversifying calculus.

Details: wheelockpolicycenter.org/wp-content/u...

Today's cool young researcher #econtwitter #econsky is @mirandainez @tamuecon, a brand-new PhD who works on topics related to development and behavioral economics

Easy A’s, Less Pay: The Long-Term Effects of Grade Inflation Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...

"Being assigned a higher average grade inflating teacher reduces future test scores, the likelihood of graduating, college enrollment, and earnings. In contrast, passing grade inflation increases high school graduation, with limited long-run effects." www.nber.org/papers/w34952

Early Evidence Suggests LEARNS Salary Increases Improved Teacher Retention. The blog post linked below summarizes the results from our new working paper. It’s a quick, nontechnical read. Check it out 👇

🚨Ed policy researchers, look at the newest special call!

📲 We’re eager to fund RCTs and quasi-experimental studies that produce actionable evidence on how K–12 cell phone policies affect student learning, behavior, and well-being.

🗓️ 3-page LOIs due May 1. Learn more: bit.ly/47n9e1L

Today's cool young researcher #econtwitter #econsky is @SubarnaBee @uniGoettingen who works on topics related to education, gender, and political economy

It is weird switching from "how do you keep a market from unraveling" to thinking about "how to make sure one unravels"

Ever thought to yourself "I love pushing people in front of trains, if only there was an easy way to do it for a living?" ... Well, now it just takes one click!

Today's cool young researcher #econtwitter #econsky is Gunes Asik @METU_ODTU who works on topics including gender and labor, particularly in Turkey

#CALDER2026 really interesting work on school principals

Very much enjoying this new paper showing that:

1) Massachusetts high schools differ dramatically in their impacts on students' earnings

2) More effective high schools are those that tend to raise test scores the most

www.nber.org/papers/w34913

🚀 I’m excited to share that I’m on the #EconSky job market this year! In my #EconJMP, I study how teachers in Finnish upper secondary schools impact students’ socio-emotional skills – and the labor market returns of these effects! (🧵, 1/N)

Check out our new paper investigating teacher retention effects of a statewide minimum salary increase. 🚨Spoiler alert 🚨: paying teachers more increased retention👇

How Early Morning Classes Change Academic Trajectories: Evidence From a Natural Experiment Using a natural experiment which randomized class times to students, this study reveals that enrolling in early morning classes lowers students’ course grades and the likelihood of future STEM course....

How Early Morning Classes Change Academic Trajectories: Evidence From a Natural Experiment onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Excited to share a new manuscript and policy brief, published in TESE!! This is one of my dissertation papers, co-authored with @roddy-theobald.bsky.social, in which we study turnover patterns among paraeducators in WA state. When do paras leave the workforce and what are risk factors for exiting?

Today's cool young researcher #econtwitter #econsky is @ashaniamar who works on topics related to institutions, political economy, and development

More Hours, More Work: Head Start Expansions Boost Maternal Employment by Chloe Gibbs, Esra Kose, and Maria Rosales-Rueda Abstract: Women’s employment remains highly sensitive to childcare constraints, making childcare availability a critical lever for supporting mothers’ labor force attachment. We study the effects of expanded full-day programming in Head Start, using the 2016 federal funding initiative that targeted grantees with low full-day enrollment. Linking administrative program data, geo-coded center locations, and household data on employment, we estimate a difference-in-differences design by comparing mothers of young children in treated and untreated areas. The policy increased full-day enrollment by 19 percent and raised single mothers’ employment (1.9%), hours (2.5%), and earnings (6.5%). Results show that extending program duration meaningfully improves maternal labor market outcomes.

🚨🚨 It's new research week for me on the socials! 🚨🚨

First up, just released today as an NBER working paper:

"More Hours, More Work: Head Start Expansions Boost Maternal Employment" with fantastic coauthors Esra Kose and Maria Rosales-Rueda

www.nber.org/papers/w34831