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Allison Luedtke

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Associate Professor of Economics St. Olaf College Networks, Math, and Macro

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*Every time I tell a NON-economist about this, they say “Cool! So each state has its own Fed?”

21.07.2025 20:33 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

On Wednesday I am giving a seminar at the Minneapolis Fed. Every time I tell an economist* this, they say one of two things:
(1) “Really? [You??]”
(2) “Oof. Good luck.”

Neither of these responses has bolstered my confidence.

21.07.2025 20:33 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0
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How many beers should I drink? No, this is not a post about me emotionally processing the tariffs. Mostly.

Recently I started a Substack about economics and decision making.

You might like it! Your students might like it! Your colleagues might like it!

New post today in which I try to define economics (lmao) and show how it can help you choose things (like beer)!

open.substack.com/pub/tenacity...

15.04.2025 16:07 👍 10 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Trump admin threatens to rescind federal funds over DEI In a sweeping and unprecedented letter issued over the weekend, the Office for Civil Rights declared race-based scholarships, cultural centers and even graduation ceremonies illegal.

Link: www.insidehighered.com/news/diversi...

16.02.2025 16:13 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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A lot of crazy stuff in the Education Department’s letter but did Trump just make it illegal for schools to be test-optional?

16.02.2025 16:13 👍 7 🔁 1 💬 5 📌 0

I really enjoy grading. To be fair I work in a great context for it. My classes are like 25 students max and I have essentially complete autonomy over my assignments.

But I also loved it when I was grading 200 Principles exams at UVA. I like the puzzle of figuring out what answers count.
#TeachEcon

01.12.2024 03:48 👍 10 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
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I am getting more engaged on here and looking to help. I created a #Teachecon starter pack but want to make sure I didn’t miss anyone. Here is what I have so for, please share with reply with who I missed

go.bsky.app/NrQoJEn

27.11.2024 09:19 👍 24 🔁 11 💬 7 📌 1

I’d love to be included!

30.11.2024 00:39 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

I love grading. And it is more fun when it’s something you wrote yourself!

30.11.2024 00:30 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

But then I wasn’t included in the “Fun Economist” starter pack so…a mixed bag overall.

22.11.2024 13:23 👍 19 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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19.11.2024 00:45 👍 22 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 1

I've made a starter pack for the Economics of Networks! 🕸️ This includes economic and social networks and wide range of methods: applied/econometrics and theory. I'm sure I have missed a lot. Please DM/reply with others, including self-nominations.
go.bsky.app/4yrQJsw

18.11.2024 18:25 👍 74 🔁 21 💬 19 📌 4

Yeah it was highly fair.

16.11.2024 17:55 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

👹 yes!

16.11.2024 17:51 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

When I set up VSCode on my new laptop, I chose the deep red background and my husband called it “sociopath behavior.”

16.11.2024 17:46 👍 31 🔁 2 💬 2 📌 1
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Woke up to many new followers (👋🏻) so I thought it might be a good time for a picture of my dog, Luke.

12.11.2024 15:32 👍 14 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

I’ve made a Women in Econ starter pack (s/o @vinisingh.bsky.social for sparking the idea!). Share, follow, and comment below if you’d like to be added! go.bsky.app/LqBPkQZ

12.11.2024 13:11 👍 448 🔁 212 💬 165 📌 22

You can find the working paper here: allisonluedtke.github.io/wobsite/Teac...

16.11.2023 20:41 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

This project is joint work with Ben Harrell, Melanie Fox, Nakul Kumar, Daniel Lee, and Gina Pieters. I’ve learned so much from working with them and I’m very excited to share this work with you all. We would love your feedback.

16.11.2023 20:39 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Are you trying to get an academic job with a strong teaching focus? Are you advising someone who is trying to get such a job? Come to session 1.B.01 at Southerns on Saturday morning at 10:45!

16.11.2023 19:59 👍 6 🔁 3 💬 2 📌 1

This week I will be meeting with a firm that has data I would like access to. I believe it will be mutually beneficial if they share their data. I know that some of you on #EconSky📉📈 have some experience with this. What is your advice?

06.11.2023 18:27 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 4 📌 0
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‎Marketplace: Hear that boom? It’s the economy. on Apple Podcasts ‎Show Marketplace, Ep Hear that boom? It’s the economy. - Oct 26, 2023

Sometimes you have to wait to hear yourself on Marketplace because the episode drops in the middle of Baby Bath Time.

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...

27.10.2023 01:22 👍 13 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Almost daily 😂

22.10.2023 15:14 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Me, a person who learned Python to do math, using Python to do data science.

22.10.2023 14:50 👍 11 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

On the one hand, the code ran for 16 days. On the other, the code ran for 16 days.

06.10.2023 00:01 👍 8 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Just made the move from EconTwitter, so it's intro time! 👋

I'm a PhD candidate at UW-Madison. My research interests are in the economics of education and education policy (mostly higher ed), labor economics, and public economics.

Oh, and a shameless plug that i am on the job market this year 😉

22.09.2023 01:15 👍 71 🔁 16 💬 1 📌 0

Our education school (BU Wheelock) will shortly be starting the search for a new dean.

I love working here and am excited for our future. E-mail me (edecjosh@bu.edu) if you have ideas of potential candidates or if you yourself want to learn more about our institution.

www.bu.edu/wheelock/

20.09.2023 16:58 👍 6 🔁 5 💬 1 📌 0