Josh Martin

Very happy to announce that our (@hasanshahidecon & Kitt Carpenter) paper titled "Sexual Orientation, Sexual Attraction and Income" has been accepted for publication at @JEconRacePolicy 🧵(below): 🔗: coming soon!

New @nberpubs: "Understanding the Employment Effects of Opportunity Zones" nber.org/papers/w34589

Such an impressive paper

Did you know that in China gay men earn significantly less than comparable heterosexual men? But, Lesbian women in China tend to earn statistically similar wages.

The 1976 Hyde Amendment--which barred federal funding for abortion... ... increased the number of births to non-white women under 29. This led to greater welfare participation in states with larger abortion funding declines. The consequences extend into the next generation. Non-white girls born after Hyde were more likely to rely on public assistance in adulthood. "Abortion funding restrictions reinforce long-run economic inequality across generations."

New @nberpubs: "Avoiding Prejudice: Islamophobia and the Labor Supply of Arabs and Muslims in the U.S." nber.org/papers/w34526

New @nberpubs: "The Impacts of Guaranteed Basic Income on Crime Perpetration and Victimization" nber.org/papers/w34547

Am I My Brother’s Barkeeper? Sibling Spillovers in Alcohol Consumption at the Minimum Legal Drinking Age by Eunju Lee and Geoffrey C. Schnorr out now in @AJHE_journal

@turnersarahe @jlaborecon journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.108…

Work Boots to Combat Boots: Mass Layoffs and Military Enlistment by Francis X. Murphy and @turnersarahe now out in @jlaborecon

New @nberpubs: ""Captain Gains" on Capitol Hill" #fromrss" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">nber.org/papers/w34524#… "lawmakers who later ascend to leadership positions perform similarly to matched peers beforehand but outperform them by 47 percentage points annually after ascension" 👀

This NYT article on the "golden age" of air travel is an amazing example of an unthinking journalist failing to make contact with reality. The narrative: air travel used to be much better, but less affordable. 1/

An additional female councilor in Bavarian municipalities speeds up the expansion of public child care by 40%. Just Accepted new paper by Thushyanthan Baskaran (@th_baskaran), Zohal Hessami (@ZohalHessami) zurl.co/lQvC

Smartphone data reveal how much more Black Americans are policed. The reason why varies by city. Just Accepted new paper by M. Keith Chen @MKeithChen, Katherine L. Christensen @katechristens, Elicia John, Emily Owens @ProfEmilyOwens, Yilin Zhuo zurl.co/pkyq

New @nberpubs: "The Global Value of Cities" nber.org/papers/w34503

New @nberpubs: "Tracking the Short-Run Price Impact of U.S. Tariffs" nber.org/papers/w34496 "Our results show that tariff costs were gradually but steadily transmitted to U.S. consumers, with additional spillovers to domestic goods."

Call for Papers The Economic Demography Workshop (EDW) will take place in-person from 1-6 pm CT on Wednesday, May 6, 2026, on the opening day of the Annual Meeting of the PAA (in-person on Wed, May 6 through Sat, May 9 in St. Louis, MO). Details on applying below.

DoorDash? The economic research & statistics firm?

My dad is an economist. On the highway he will never change lanes no matter how much faster the other lane is moving, insisting that the drivers in front of him have already exploited any possible speed arbitrage opportunities.