Today, I fulfilled my childhood dream of visiting Patagonia. And this guanaco made it perfect.

Best pre-seminar run in Santiago, Chile! Thanks to Jeanne Lafortune & Miriam Artiles for inviting me to visit @ie_uc at Universidad Católica. Looking forward to talking about the 'Ms. Allocation of Talent' tomorrow.

So, so proud of Barbara Biasi!

Same. Committing to 1-2 years of pre-doc and 5-6 years of PhD is a tough call for smart kids from low-income families who feel like they have to contribute, rather than take from the family pot. And our profession is worse for it.

Super fun LSE Hubequalrep conference with great papers and conversations on career structures in economics. Thanks for including me!

Karl Smith Alice Evans The idea is that WWII enlistment created a negative shock in the supply of male scientists that drew women into STEM fields. We use this shock to create a field-level IV that allows us to estimate the effects of moving women into STEM on female participation in innovation

Me looking stern presenting new research on the 'Ms. Allocation of Talent,' asking if/how moving women into STEM could close the innovation gender gap (w Moritz Lubczyk). Thanks to Anja Benshaul-Tolonen for putting together a fun group & letting me hang out with Alice Evans Corinne Low

Wishing you all a Happy New Year!

JM candidates: Rob Seamans & Deepak Hegde are hiring a two-year post-doc in entrepreneurship

Looking forward to talking about Inequality in Science DIW Berlin today. Thanks to Charlotte Bartels for inviting me and to Moritz Lubczyk & Martina Uccioli for the best pre-seminar walk ever - with mulled wine.

Weekly hours worked per worker in the U.S. have been falling steadily for 200 years. This suggests that income effects on labor supply are stronger than substitution effects. 1/5

Thrilled to travel to Columbia today, learn about industrial policy & talk about research on Women in Science w Scott Daewon Kim. Thanks Eric Verhoogen & Laura Boudreau for organizing1

Simon was such an outstanding CEO of IZA. Attracting him to that role was really the best thing that could have happened. Sad to see him go!