Jose M. Fernandez

#EconTwitter today I’m excited to release a database sponsored by @AEACSMGEP, @AEACSWEP , @LGBTQ_Econ to help diversify economic seminar speakers. @jenniferdoleac & @ENPancotti find only 2% of seminar speaker are minority economists, but there are 8% in the discipline. #ASSA2020

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Access to broadband mobile phone networks radically decreased in-person socializing among teens and led to a decrease in teen fertility and an increase in teen suicide. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…

@UofLEcon of @uofl and @DrErinYetter of @LifeAtPurdue examine how gender and race influence student ratings of instructors on @ratemyprofessor. #ratemyprofessor #gender #race #studentevaluations onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/so…

@tracewoodgrains Don’t think it’s because of the LSAT, but econ majors do have the highest salaries among lawyers: economistwritingeveryday.com/2025/09/19/wha…

@CaraballoCueto Saludos!!

The best EEA conference was this year: in La Romana, Dominican Republic. I presented "what lies behind the surge in market concentration". Aquí, luego de presentar mi investigación sobre el aumento en la concentración en el mercado, en el EEA 2026

@EconHappyHour However, it backfired when I didn't apply a non-compete against my students as other dance studio do. A graduating class of students joined a competitor and essentially ran me out of business. They are still in business today.

@EconHappyHour For example, I applied once to work at a for-profit tutoring center and they had a non-compete clause. I also applied to be a dance instructor once. The non-compete clause there actually pushed me to be an entrepreneur.

Have you ever signed a non-compete? This week's episode of Economics Happy Hour dives into why companies use them, how they affect job mobility, and whether they actually help or hurt the economy. 🍻 Would you take a job that limits your next move? econhappyhour.com/p/the-economic…

@leightjessica @danilaserra_eco I agree that I see more papers on LinkedIn.

@danilaserra_eco A downward shock after it became X and another after the 2024 election, was my observation

Are economists #econtwitter still on here? Are new interesting papers and conference announcements still being posted? All I see is discussions on AI use for coding, and on how RCTs have ruined Development Econ research (again!) 🤷‍♀️ Anybody posting about actual research?🧐

"The term “affordability” is tossed around a lot these days. What does it look like for Kentuckians? Our guest is Jose Fernandez, professor and chair of economics at the University of Louisville." z — bandzoogle.com/tracks/284402/…

The Call for Submissions for the 2026 SHESG is now live. SHESG will be held on Oct. 9-10 at the University of Georgia. Submissions from all areas of health economics are welcome. The deadline for abstracts is June 15. See the call below for more details. Submit early and often!

Now is the time to let the AEA know who you'd like to see in editorial positions at AEA journals. Link for nominations (including self-nominations): aeaweb.org/journals/edito… Thanks! @AEAjournals

We asked four LLMs how exposed your job is to AI. They could NOT agree. Management: 15% vs 90% Legal: 10% vs 75% Healthcare: 5% vs 60% Same rubric. Same jobs. Same data. Different AI, completely different answer. New @nberpubs working paper with @MichelleYinPhD & @hoa_vuxuan! 1/

@KosaliSimon @seth_freedman @albertoortegaj @coady_wing Congratulations on the ranking! Great department

Since 2011, our Indiana University health policy workshop has met Thursdays to discuss research in progress in health econ, health policy, and population health. Now @CoadyWing @seth_freedman @AlbertoOrtegaJ, and I are opening up the chats: Subscribe franklythecounterfactual.substack.com/subscribe

@toddrjones @mikekofoed Congratulations!

I'm honored that a coauthored paper of mine is discussed in the New York Times.

Love my visit to the @metmuseum. However I noticed an error. It will be hard to see in the pictures but the string spacing for the electric cuatro is incorrect. You have it correct on the acoustic.

@mazo_md @mayscancer Congratulations!

Promoted!!! Associate Professor 🥳🥳🥳 @mayscancer #bcsm

@lamberttom @JayJayawardhana @hsr_wiley Thanks Tom!

@UofLEcon @JayJayawardhana @hsr_wiley Good going Jose! Congratulations!

Happy Friday, I received a wonderful surprise via email. Joint work with @JayJayawardhana has received a #TopCitedArticle from @hsr_wiley . You can read the article at the link pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39243207/

@JayJayawardhana @hsr_wiley Could not have done it without you.

@UofLEcon @hsr_wiley Yes, that was a good Friday surprise!