Sandy Black

Scholars studying economic opportunity & inclusive growth up to 8 years post-PhD: We invite you to apply to our early career researchers’ workshop in Minneapolis on 11/14. Great opportunity for paper development. Please share with your networks! bit.ly/3wiLpn8

Today we released our new NBER working paper: "Easy A's, Less Pay: The Long-Term Effects of Grade Inflation." Joint work with Rachel Nesbit, Nolan Pope, and Merrill Warnick. Grades in U.S. high schools have risen steadily over the past several decades, but the effect is unknown

Kate Musen (@khmusen) has a super impressive portfolio of work on investing in vulnerable children--her JMP examines the effect of extended foster care. Be sure to check it out at katemusen.com!

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

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 economist.com/finance-and-ec…

The first is Hannah Farkas. JMP: "The Economic Incidence of Schedule Unpredictability in Hourly Work" Website: hannahfarkas.github.io Interests: Environmental Econ, Labor Econ

Meet our outstanding 2025–26 economics job market candidates from @SipaSusdev & @ColumbiaSIPA! We have two exceptional scholars on this year’s AP market — both bring awesome research agendas and energy to the market.

Society of Labor Economists (SoLE) Annual Conference will be in Denver May 1-2--you can now submit! Deadline for submissions is October 31--it should be a great conference! mailchi.mp/sole-jole/sole…

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! 🥳

Submit that new research project of yours and I will see you in Denver. Will be a great conference!

Be sure to submit your papers on health and the labor market‼️‼️‼️

Check out the June 2025 issue (23,3) of @JEEA_News Journal of @EEANews @OUPAcademic academic.oup.com/jeea/issue Teaching materials available: eeassoc.org/teaching-mater…

Looking forward to giving some advice for young economists--things I wish I had known when I was young!--and answering questions. Come join us!

📢📢Register for the Keynote Lectures at AMIE's 4th Workshop in Applied Micro! Professor Sandra Black (@Econ_Sandy) - April 28 - link: ulaval.zoom.us/meeting/regist… Professor Rema Hanna (@rema_nadeem ) - April 29 - link: ulaval.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

Job market update: Excited to share that I'll be doing a postdoc @NYUStern before starting as an Assistant Prof of Finance at Stern-@NYUAbuDhabi in Fall 2026! Thrilled to join this vibrant research community + be closer to Addis, where I grew up and became fascinated by the entrepreneurship, env't & labor issues I now study!

📢 #EdWorkingPapers: College isn’t just a student investment—it reshapes family finances, affecting parents’ debt, borrowing decisions, and credit scores. 🔍 Authors: @palaashbhargava, @Econ_Sandy, @JeffDenning, @RobertFairlie6, & Oded Gurantz 📄 buff.ly/wlKC2fX

It’s that time – time to submit your paper to our annual Institute Research Conference! Join colleagues for broad scholarly discussion around research on enhancing economic opportunity and inclusive growth. Learn about the event + submission criteria here: bit.ly/3wiLpn8

1/ Ever wondered if your ethnic ancestors' climatic experiences shape how you think about the environment today? 🌍🔥 In a new WP with Cesar Barilla, we find a U-shaped link between ancestral climate variability & attention to the environment today. #Climate #Culture #EconTwitter