If you have transportation related papers and would like to join in organizing a session, DM/email me!
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If you have transportation related papers and would like to join in organizing a session, DM/email me!
As an end of the year wrap up, I thought I'd look at my research in terms of "days between starting a project and acceptance"... here's the list:
1916
2771
1522
2009
1492
929
941
2616
I've decided this was stupid exercise lolol
📣 Call for papers 📣
15th European Meeting of the Urban Economics Association
May 8 - 9, 2026
CREI, Barcelona
Keynotes by Edward Glaeser and Monika Piazzesi.
Please submit your paper by January 9.
urbaneconomics.org/meetings/emu...
is quoting macbeth in an econ paper a good idea or a bad idea? i mean, it's october...
The program for our upcoming annual North American meeting is up: urbaneconomics.org/meetings/uea....
#UEA2025, hosted by Université du Québec à Montréal, features keynotes by Cecile Gaubert & Keith Head and 60+ paper sessions.
To register, visit editorialexpress.com/conference/nauea2025/
August 1, 2025 AMERICAN ECONOMIC ASSOCIATION Committee on Economic Statistics and Committee on Government Relations Statement from the American Economic Association on the Dismissal of the BLS Commissioner Leaders of the American Economic Association express their grave concern over the dismissal of the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) earlier today. The independence of the federal statistical agencies is essential to the proper functioning of a modern economy. Accurate, timely, and impartial statistics are the foundation upon which households, businesses, and policymakers make critical decisions. Undermining the independence or credibility of these agencies threatens the integrity of the information that markets, institutions, and the public rely on every day. Measuring the vast and dynamic U.S. economy in real time is inherently challenging. It is standard practice for statistical estimates to be revised as more complete and higher-quality data become available. These revisions reflect the commitment of statistical agencies to accuracy, transparency, and methodological rigor-not failure or bias. The BLS has long had a well-deserved reputation for professional excellence and nonpartisan integrity. Safeguarding this tradition is vital for the continued health of the U.S. economy and public trust in our institutions. We call upon elected officials to respect and preserve the independence of the nation's statistical infrastructure. Lawrence Katz President, American Economic Association Katharine Abraham President-Elect, American Economic Association Karen Dynan Chair, American Economic Association Committee on Economic Statistics Kenneth Troske Chair, American Economic Association Committee on Government Relations
Statement from the largest economics association about the BLS firing
As context: AEA approximately never makes such public statements
This is a big deal
Dr. Erika McEntarfer has devoted her career to public service. She has conducted herself as BLS Commissioner with great integrity. There is no evidence whatsoever that BLS data are politically biased.
#econsky
welp there goes the credibility of US labor statistics... as soon as you fire the head of a stats agency for not producing stats that you like, you inject bias into how all future numbers are interpreted (and reported).
the best way to respond imo lol
i love doing research, but... currently on a 13 strike rejection streak. it's sometimes not a very rewarding or validating profession.
I am looking for a research assistant to work with me on the development of U.S. housing markets. Experience with ArcGIS, Stata useful. We build datasets that allow us to understand housing affordability, the impacts of transit and zoning, and more:
rb.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/FRS/jo...
spent some time calling ☎️ PA state house / senate members over proposed ✂️ to SEPTA transit 🚅 funding, and I have to say, it was cool to speak to actual ppl in the those offices
The Philadelphia Fed's Grad Student mentoring program deadline is coming up: 6/20 ⏰
We prioritize nearby universities but have accepted applicants from all over the country. Apply!
www.philadelphiafed.org/the-economy/...
yeah... in general, i skeptical of claims that the (or even an) issue with transit (in the US) is that fares are unaffordable
not exactly on the motus of conversation, but here are a couple of nice experimental papers on effects:
- www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
- www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
This project is joint with the excellent Verónica Bäcker-Peral and Vitaly Meursault.
Curious how accurate multimodal LLMs are at digitizing diversely formatted historical tables?
➡️ pretty accurate!
➡️ helps a lot with harmonization
➡️ far cheaper than manual digitization
➡️ but iterative, disciplined prompt training is important!
Check out our new WP - arxiv.org/abs/2505.11599
Out in print -- "Lockdowns and Innovation: Evidence from the 1918 Flu Pandemic". My first experiment with a short paper!
w/ the wonderful @jeffrlin.bsky.social @ruben-gaetani.bsky.social Enrico Berkes, & Olivier Deschênes
direct.mit.edu/rest/article...
... but will prob still do it anyway <sigh>
Well, NBER, in fact **I WILL BE** discouraged from submitting other papers for consideration at future meetings.
😎
yeah, it's really tricky bc no is *explicit* about what the bar is at, say, journal X, so we're all just guessing based on ... vibes ...
(of course i'll continue to be a thoughtful and objective referee.
but i don't see people express this sentiment often and i think it's common. it's important to call out a feeling rather than to pretend it away only to see it leak out in worse ways)
refereeing can be hard: a journal rejects you 1, 5, times... and then asks for your objective opinion about another paper, especially when your own research has not always received objective review or careful editorship
it's important to not perpetuate the jackassery, but it's not always easy
lol yeah that order, but different editors 🤷
new achievement unlocked: rejection and referee request from the same journal w/in a 10 minute window ☑️
HAPPY SQUARE DAY 🟦
My NSF PRFB on the genetics of female polymorphism in hummingbirds was terminated yesterday.
I don't have much to say, I'm just sad. We've discovered so much, and could have gone so much further.
If anyone else is in the same boat, esp postdocs, please reach out, it would be good to connect.
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fischerspooner fridays