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Posts by Sandy Black

I am guessing pb, choc chips, and matzo, which also sounds the best!

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I am excited to organize this conference with Yana Gallen. Please submit, repost, and also circulate to your networks.

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Please submit, health economists, and share widely!

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And cheese-head Amos, of course!

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Wisconsin is very lucky to get you! 🤩

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I am so excited to share that I will be joining the La Follette School of Public Affairs at the University of Wisconsin–Madison as an assistant professor in Fall 2027, after spending the 2026–2027 academic year as a Frank H.T. Rhodes Postdoctoral Fellow at the Cornell Population Center!

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📢 Call for papers:

CESifo Area Conference on Economics of Education
co-organized w/ Eric Hanushek (Stanford)

🏛️ 11-12 Sept 2026, Munich

🧑‍🏫 Keynote: John List (Chicago) @johnlist.bsky.social

👉 www.ifo.de/en/cesifo/ev...

⏰ Deadline: 11 May 2026

🖼️ Past programs:
sites.google.com/view/woessma...

2 months ago 39 27 1 3

Wide childhood measles vaccination ⬆️ Americans personal earnings by about $450 per person per year.

Estimate contrasts long-run adult earnings of people who grew up just before vs after measles vax rolled out decades ago.

Burning our present & future, for what?
www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...

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Kate Musen has a super impressive portfolio of work-be sure to check it out at katemusen.com!

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I'm on the #EconJobMarket! I study how policies and childhood environments shape outcomes of low-income & vulnerable kids.

In my JMP, I study the effects of allowing youth who would have aged out of foster care at 18 to stay until 21—offering support their peers not in foster care get from parents.

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Hannah's work shows that, when the minimum wage increases, schedule unpredictability goes up too. Perhaps not surprising (but very hard to show)--as the wage goes up, workers pay in other ways. She is on the market and has a number of very cool and important papers!
hannahfarkas.github.io

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Kate Musen has a super impressive portfolio of work-be sure to check it out at katemusen.com!

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argh!

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Want to help some of the most vulnerable young people in society get on in life?

Then extend the age at which young adults leave foster care, says this fascinating new US study by @khmusen.bsky.social

The effects - particularly on employment rates - are significant.

katemusen.com/uploads/jmp....

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Hannah also finds a tradeoff between schedule unpredictability and wages: when the minimum wage is increased, scheduling unpredictability increases too.

Suggests another margin that firms are able to cut costs on when minimum wages increase.

(parallels with our work on workplace injuries).

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2. Firms pass demand risk onto workers: Hannah shows that on bad-weather days (when fewer people come to buy things from these retail & hospitality businesses), there are more last-minute shift cancellations.

In most jobs, the firm bears the risk of demand shocks unless extreme (-> layoffs).

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This is a fascinating paper. It's the first (afaik) to actually document food&drink&retail scheduling unpredictability using actual firm data.

It illustrates v clearly why unpredictable scheduling makes these jobs so difficult:

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Check out Hannah awesome JMP on job schedule unpredictability and how minimum wage policy affects such unpredictability: hannahfarkas.github.io/files/The_Ec...

4 months ago 18 4 0 1
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Excited to see my JMP cited in the Economist—it highlights the tradeoffs workers could face with a higher minimum wage and suggests more worker protections like Fair Workweek laws could be important alongside minimum wage increases

www.economist.com/finance-and-...

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Hannah's work shows that, when the minimum wage increases, schedule unpredictability goes up too. Perhaps not surprising (but very hard to show)--as the wage goes up, workers pay in other ways. She is on the market and has a number of very cool and important papers!
hannahfarkas.github.io

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Hey, #EconSky!

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics is here @usbls.bsky.social!
bsky.app/profile/usbl...

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I’m on the #EconJobMarket! I study labor, extreme weather adaptation, and inequality.

My JMP addresses an under-studied aspect of the labor market: schedule unpredictability among hourly workers in the service sector.

🧵👇

5 months ago 40 18 1 4

SoLE deadline extended until Monday morning!

*If the U.S. government shutdown is affecting your ability to access data/materials to finish your paper, please submit a long abstract with the understanding that you will post an updated paper when you are able and note that in the abstract!

5 months ago 6 2 0 0
SOLE 2026 Submissions Open

Society of Labor Economists (SoLE) Annual Conference will be May 1-2, 2026 in Denver, Colorado. Submission portal is now open! Deadline for submissions is October 31--don't forget to submit! It will be a great conference! (organized by me and @jrothst.bsky.social)

mailchi.mp/sole-jole/so...

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What’s spooky about Oct 31? 👻🎃 It is the deadline for SOLE! I’m on the scientific committee so pls send lots of great submissions for me to look through!!!!

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So excited to be working with @jrothst.bsky.social and the amazing program committee to make this year's SoLE annual meeting the best ever-don't forget to submit your paper so you can join us there!

www.sole-jole.org/2026-program...

5 months ago 13 4 2 0

Just a reminder to submit your papers to SoLE!!! It will be a great conference, with not-to-be-missed keynotes by Janet Currie, Kerwin Charles, and Jeff Smith! Avoid FOMO and submit!
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6 months ago 7 5 0 0
Demystifying A Career Path in Economics

The @newyorkfed.bsky.social will hold a webinar on Demystifying A Career Path in Economics

Econ is such a flexible degree that students are often overcome by the Paradox of Choice. Learn more here.

Wednesday, September 24
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Learn more and register: cvent.me/kYye3K

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If you'll be on the #EconJobMarket this coming year, you may want to join this webinar by @aereorg.bsky.social, titled, "Navigating Uncertain Waters: Advice for the Current Job Market," with Min Gong & @adrienneohler.bsky.social. 29 Sept 2025 @ 11am ET.

7 months ago 26 22 1 1

Submit that new research project of yours and I will see you in Denver.

Will be a great conference!

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