Best of #econtwitter - JMPs 2021 special edition, part one
The regularly scheduled, weekly edition returns tomorrow; JMPs will be included there going forward, as last year. Below, a backlog of JMP threads from this year so far. Part two here and part three here, as well as JMPs scattered in the regular weekly newsletter in intervening weeks.
If your thread (or your student’s, or your colleague’s) is missing below, submissions are as always extremely welcome.
Job market papers

This clever paper shows that a local emphasis on mental health pays off. Examining elderly folks who move states, if someone goes to an area that culturally & financially emphases mental health it results in more mental health care & lower suicide rates. stanford.edu/~khding/HuiDin…




It is actually pretty striking, just looking at the two maps and the correlations, how obviously negatively correlated mental health diagnosis & suicide rates are. Where people get diagnosed, there are less suicides.


After US colleges began admitting female students, their faculty started doing more research related to women and girls.
cc @ashleyywong @FrancescaTruffa
dropbox.com/s/qpz64fh8cs6d…


Seema Jayachandran @seema_econ

Thanks for sharing my JMP @jenniferdoleac !
I am a PostDoc at @Bocconi and I received my PhD from @QMUL few months ago.
My research focuses on core topics in labor and personnel economics (more info here: bit.ly/3BIE8iv)
Thread on my JMP "Daddy's girl"👇 1/N

Jennifer Doleac @jenniferdoleac

Very excited to share my JM paper! I study how the expansion of mobile internet affected political polarization in the US. After gaining access to 3G internet, Democrats became more liberal in their political views; Republicans became more conservative. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…



This increase in polarization largely did not take place among social media users. Instead, following the arrival of 3G, active internet and social media users from both parties became more pro-Democratic, whereas less-active users became more pro-Republican.

My JMP is now posted: “Labor Market Consequences of Domestic Outsourcing: Evidence from Legalization in Brazil” economics.mit.edu/files/22108
Coauthored with my excellent classmate Mayara Felix. #EconTwitter #EconJobMarket 🧵


Does disdain for women increase the pay gap?
Yes
Evidence from Google
In US states where search terms are often misogynist, employers are probably more prejudiced, and women earn less than men.
economics.uci.edu/files/docs/202… Elizabeth Malony, JMP.





Hi #EconTwitter, I'm on the economics job market 2021-22!
JMP: Federal policies encourage homeownership in areas threatened by climate change. How would removing these distortions affect households' exposure to climate risk?
Paper: ahyanpanjwani.com/s/Panjwani_Ahy…
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Yale Department of Economics @YaleEconomics

Think lower paying firms must compensate workers in some other ways? Think again! My PhD student Jason Sockin shows in his JMP that high wage firms are better in nearly all dimensions of job quality, except perhaps job security. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf… 👇


People infer their health risks from observing the health experiences of their family members.
This causes people to misjudge their own health risks and "leads to annual welfare losses of $2,788 per family on average."
Fascinating JMP by @Hoagland_Alex.
alex-hoagland.github.io/files/Hoagland…





Hey #EconTwitter, I'm on the job market! I'm very happy to share my JMP, in which I examine the impact and extent of monopsony power exercised by Walmart Supercenters.
A brief summary of the paper [🧵1/7]:

Arindrajit Dube @arindube

Excited to share my JMP on misdemeanor fines and fees! TL;DR - large fines/fees can't be justified on economic grounds: they are revenue inefficient, encourage costly recidivism, and disproportionately hurt marginalized groups. See 🧵👇for the three main RDD figures.
