Zach Ward
@EconZachAssociate professor of economics at Baylor University. Trying to figure out how this world works bit by bit.
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Great paper shows that US laws that allowed women to own property and wages increased child literacy rates dropbox.com/scl/fi/06qvhy2…
🚨 JMP thread: Peers and Social Mobility🚨 On the Academic JM 2024/2025!🔜 How do social interactions shape economic opportunity? In my JMP, I uncover how school-based peer networks influence lifetime earnings. 🧵👇 pietro-campa.github.io/CampaJMP.pdf
Recently accepted by #QJE, “The Long-Run Impacts of Public Industrial Investment on Local Development and Economic Mobility: Evidence from World War II,” by Garin (@andy_garin) and Rothbaum: doi.org/10.1093/qje/qj…
Stopped? Hmmm....the literature on intergenerational mobility simply excluded Black people. Literally as if their mobility was unimportant or just like White mobility (an ahistorical claim to be sure). Thankfully @EconZach corrected this recently. In 2023. aeaweb.org/articles?id=10…
I'm hiring a Pre-Doctoral Research Assistant starting fall 2025. Together, we will build and analyze big data to study inequality in America. @Stanford @SIEPR siepr.stanford.edu/programs/predo…
Forthcoming in the AER: "Loans for the “Little Fellow:” Credit, Crisis, and Recovery In the Great Depression" by Sarah Quincy. aeaweb.org/articles?id=10…
Pretty strong evidence of negative mental health effects of doing a PhD. Recent working paper by @EvaRanehill, @annahsandberg, Sanna Bergvall, and Clara Fernström. Paper link: swopec.hhs.se/lunewp/abs/lun…
What are the main takeaways from our paper “Wealth of Two Nations,” on the historical evolution of the U.S. racial wealth gap? Check out this new @INETeconomics video where I walk through our findings! ⬇️⬇️⬇️
What will it take to close the racial wealth gap? 👉 youtu.be/g3R2owzST6M 👀 Bringing together 150 years of data, @EDerenoncourt @PrincetonEcon is shedding new light on the scale of policies needed to achieve economic equality.
My piece in @TheAtlantic today: Break Up Big Econ The economics profession has become insular and status-obsessed, and not focused enough on making a positive impact on the world. theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…
Proud of this recognition to the Census Linking Project (censuslinkingproject.org)!(@leah_boustan @MyeraRashid @K_A_Eriksson and Ran)
Congratulations to my @ucdavis colleagues @seperez84 and Katherine Eriksson co-winners of the Engerman-Goldin data prize last night at the Economic History Association meetings. @UCDavisEcon
Excited for @NotreDame to highlight the work @rj_brough, @PhillipsEcon, and I have done with @TheExcelCenter @LEOatND Take a look at the stories of their graduates and how they have been able to scale to increase their impact across the U.S.
18 million U.S. adults don't have a high school diploma. In many states, after age 21 they are no longer eligible to receive one and must get a GED, which offers less promising outcomes. See how @LEOatND and @theexcelcenter are working to change that: go.nd.edu/ImproveEducati…
This is a banger of a JEL issue. I’m especially excited about Marianne Page’s review piece on how income affects children’s long run outcomes. Timely summary for upcoming discussions of expanding the Child Tax Credit.
The September 2024 issue of the Journal of Economic Literature (62, 3) is now available online at aeaweb.org/issues/776.
RCT introduction of a pollution market in Surat, Gujarat. Pollution fell by 20–30%, and efficiently — gains came from the firms who could cut pollution most effectively. Mortality benefits are *25 times* costs. An incredible state/research collaboration. 1/2
Does your economic mobility depend on where you or your family come from? Associate Professor of Economics @EconZach, PhD, dives into the question on the latest episode of Innovative Business: ow.ly/2CbE50Tb6wx
Forthcoming in AER: Insights: "The Broad Decline in Health and Human Capital of Americans Born after 1947" by Nicholas Reynolds. aeaweb.org/articles?id=10…
Thrilled that my paper with @ChrisANeilson and Seth Zimmerman on elite universities and the intergenerational transmission of human and social capital is conditionally accepted at AER @AEAjournals Below a short threat summarizing it...
Elite colleges help lower-status students gain social capital but also create a persistent academic elite, revealing tensions between meritocracy and equal opportunity. @andres_bafer @ChrisANeilson and Seth Zimmerman Read more: ow.ly/Tt1550T9x8f
The H1-B visa lottery is NOT random: Thousands of companies got an unfair advantage by submitting multiple entries for the same worker. About 1 out of 6 visas were obtained this way. Story: bloomberg.com/graphics/2024-… Data: github.com/BloombergGraph…
1/ New micro-to-macro paper alert! 👇👇👇👇 How much does inflation matter for inequality? To address this question, I'm very excited to share new inflation series by income, age, race and other socio-demographic characteristics in the United States. 👉xavierjaravel.com/_files/ugd/bac…
#PAA2025 @PopAssocAmerica call for papers is out! Deadline 9/29. Looks like there will be a lot of great migration sessions - and I'm organizing one for the first time! Can't wait to see what everyone is working on 🤗
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