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Zach Ward

@EconZach

Associate 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…

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🚨 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

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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…


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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…


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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…


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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…


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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…

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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.



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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/…


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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



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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…



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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.

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The September 2024 issue of the Journal of Economic Literature (62, 3) is now available online at aeaweb.org/issues/776.



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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

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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

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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…


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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

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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…


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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…

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#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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