Jessica Pac

📄New #publication in @SocServReview from CDE affiliates @profkmag, Sarah Halpern-Meekin (@UWSoHE) & colleagues ➡️"Unconditional Cash and Breastfeeding, Child Care, and Maternal Employment among Families with Young Children Residing in Poverty” doi.org/10.1086/729364

🚨 New #publication in @ScienceAdvances from CDE affiliates Lawrence Berger, @cpdurrance, @Jessica_Pac & colleagues ➡️ "Prenatal opioid exposure by likelihood of exposure and risk to prenatal development: Medicaid-covered births in Wisconsin, 2010-2019" doi.org/10.1126/sciadv…

Call for Papers: 2024-25 Virtual Economics of Poverty and Policy Seminar (VEPPS) If you are interested in presenting, submit a paper or extended abstract by July 15, 2024 forms.gle/qaXiCu1krGF9zP… More info on VEPPS at lucieschmidt.com/vepps-seminar @taraelizwatson

We are looking for a postdoctoral scholar to come work with us at Indiana University! Please circulate widely. Posting at indiana.peopleadmin.com/postings/24351 Application reviewing starts May 29th and continues til position is filled.

Cool conference🚨!!

We propose new confidence intervals for Fuzzy RDDs. They take local linear regression bias explicitly into account, are short in canonical settings, but also valid in challenging ones with discrete running variables, donut holes, or weak identification econometricsociety.org/publications/e…

Join me along with @profshaefer, @Tijone, @DeatonAngus, @eduwonkette_jen, and more on 4/15 at @princeton for a Book Symposium on #TheInjusticeOfPlace! For more info: tinyurl.com/42tv44a8

#EconTwitter I have created a new DiD Resources page on my website. It has links to all of my DiD teaching slides, coding exercises, and packages I've created. All this info was technically already online, but hopefully this makes it easier to find it! jonathandroth.com/did-resources/

Apply by 3/31/24 for this great opportunity to join IRP & @uw_rdrc as a Research Administration Manager! 3 or more years in pre- or post-award university research administration & experience working with complex, automated accounting systems and processes required. More info ⬇️

📢Next week Jackie Torres (@UCSF) will join us for #UWDemSem on Tuesday, 4/2, at 12:15pm ➡️“Upward influences of adult child socio-economic status on parents’ health" cde.wisc.edu/events/demsem/

Do you ever think about how insurance can reduce firearm injury? I am working on an event where folks can discuss ways to innovate and research in this space. If this is you, please DM me. Researchers, policymakers, industry. All of you. DM me, please.

We have developed comprehensive slides based on "Poverty, by America" that cover every chapter of the book. You can download the slides & a teacher's guide at endpovertyusa.org. Huge thanks to Tas Yusufali dedicating so much care to this work!

Great to see these insights from IRP Affiliates Sarah Halpern-Meekin of @UWLaFollette & @UWSoHE and @Gen_Pov of @DukeSanford on the Baby's First Years study that evaluates the impact of poverty alleviation on child development and families. povertyactionlab.org/blog/3-15-24/c…

Early view from JPAM: "Monthly unconditional income supplements starting at birth: Experiences among mothers of young children with low incomes in the U.S." by Sarah Halpern-Meeki, @Gen_Pov, @HoitingJill, @laurarstil, & Lauren Meyer. doi.org/10.1002/pam.22….

Early view from JPAM: "Minimum quality regulations and the demand for childcare labor" by @Umair_at_ASU, @ChrisMHerbst, & Christos Makridis. doi.org/10.1002/pam.22… Abstract: Minimum quality regulations are often justified in the childcare market because of the presence of information frictions between parents and providers. However, regulations can also have unintended consequences for the quantity and quality of services provided. In this paper, we merge new data on states’ childcare regulations for maximum classroom group sizes and child-to-staff ratios with the universe of online job postings to study the impact of regulations on the demand for and characteristics of childcare labor. Our identification strategy exploits the unprecedented variation in regulatory reform during the COVID-19 pandemic, relying on changes both within states over time and across children's age groups. We find evidence that these regulations reduce the number of childcare job postings and encourage providers to substitute away from higher-skilled postings, thereby increasing the number of positions that are out-of-compliance with states’ teacher education requirements. In sum, the results imply that childcare regulations may reduce the demand for childcare labor, while simultaneously altering the composition of the workforce.

Happy to release new version of "Difference-in-Differences for Continuous Treatments and Instruments with Stayers", with Xavier, @FelixPasquier, and @gvazquezbare! papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…

Mark your calendar now for 2 sessions at SSWR with SSR Editor @Jen_Mosley. Thursday, 3:15: Invited Journal Editors Workshop, Marquis Ballroom Salon 12 Friday, 5:30: How Are Social Work Journals Advancing Social Justice & Scholarship in Changing Times? Marquis Ballroom Salon 8

@AHaralampoudis @lennan77 @ayseakincigil @FelixMuchomba @JennieRomich @dpmiller79 @RutgersSSW Congratulations, Alex!!! Time to celebrate!!

Today, I successfully defended my dissertation “State Tax Burden & Family Well-being”! I am incredibly grateful to my fantastic chair @lennan77, awesome committee @ayseakincigil @FelixMuchomba @JennieRomich @dpmiller79 & @RutgersSSW.

Researchers using birth data: Here is code to read Restricted Access US natality into Stata and R (including value labels): florenciatorche.github.io/ReadNatalityDa… This is a service to researchers, use without restriction & let us know if you find bugs! thx @hyejee4815 & @RussellSageFdn

Join today's @bostonfdn webinar w/ speakers @DarrickHamilton, @ErickRussellCT, and @AlaynaVT. They'll discuss the nation’s first statewide #BabyBonds program in CT & compare it w/ similar legislation in MA. Register now! ⤵️