James Okun

Amy Finkelstein is hiring predocs! Can't recommend the job enough to folks considering an economics phd. You will learn a lot and have fun! nber.org/sites/default/…

@JulesBaudet @MITEcon welcome! tomorrow…

The PhD-ing officially starts today @MITEcon !

@valezurla @Brown_Economics @John_N_Friedman @ProfEmilyOster @NatlTax congrats valeria!!!!

Very excited and honored to receive this award for my dissertation @Brown_Economics. Wouldn’t have been possible without the invaluable mentorship of @John_N_Friedman and @ProfEmilyOster! Looking forward to the conference in Miami! @NatlTax

Forthcoming in AER: Insights: "Pandemic Schooling Mode and Student Test Scores: Evidence from U.S. School Districts" by Rebecca Jack, Clare Halloran, James Okun, and Emily Oster. aeaweb.org/articles?id=10…

Interesting new working paper by Einav, Finkelstein & @nealemahoney finds gains from the reallocation of skilled nursing facility patients to higher-quality facilities within a market nmahoney.people.stanford.edu/sites/g/files/…

WSJ covers our paper on remote learning and test scores #cxrecs_s" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">wsj.com/articles/remot…

Our team (me, @ClareHalloran, @RebeccaSJack and @jcokun1) has a new working paper out today at NBER, on pandemic learning mode and test scores. nber.org/papers/w29497. A short thread about it: (1/n)

Very happy about the choice of Jesse Shapiro for a MacArthur Fellowship. Jesse has long been one of my favorite people to talk to. He is a fantastically versatile researcher. For those who don't know he is Vice President of the @ProfEmilyOster family firm.

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Professor @dynarski's research and advocacy for simplified financial aid policy became reality with the passage of the December budget reconciliation bill. In 2023, the FAFSA will be reduced to 33 questions from the original 108. myumi.ch/wlERv

@zhouyuci So proud and excited for you! Princeton needs to get ready for the best data viz in the business

I’d also like to thank all the amazing profs and PhD students who talked to me during the past few weeks. They’ve convinced me that at least for now econ is the profession that I feel like I belong 💕

So excited to announce that I will be starting a PhD @PrincetonEcon this coming fall!!!! 🥳

Logging onto Twitter and seeing more long threads about pre-docs and real analysis

@ProfEmilyOster vaccinepod.nyc.gov

@ProfEmilyOster If you’re using the NYC vaccination hub, I’ve heard it’s glitchy. Filling out the form a second time fixed this for my dad.

Family member tried to register for NYC vaccine clinic based on being over 75, but told not eligible. What am I missing?

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In case you had any doubts whom athletics preferences in top colleges serve features.thecrimson.com/2020/freshman-…

if you don't think this is a good idea, pls comment on the proposed rule here federalregister.gov/documents/2020…

Go time. Thanks for nice coverage @NPR! npr.org/2020/09/23/915… And visit the full dashboard here: qualtrics.com/covid-school-d…

@wilsonwillywong Cite me

the only school reopening worth celebrating this year is pen15 in 3 days

@Stata destring!

Face masks are here to stay for the foreseeable future, so we’re giving away a trio of our brand new Stata face masks to a lucky winner this month. Comment below with your 1 favorite Stata command and you’ll be entered to win, simple as that! Winner will announced on Wed 16 Sep.