Mike Lipsitz
@mikelipsitz.bsky.social
Labor and industrial organization economist at UPenn. Exec Director of MAEDS.
Webpage: sites.google.com/site/malipsitz
Webpage: sites.google.com/site/malipsitz
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How does employer access to prisoners’ labor through work release impact the well-being of those workers & of free workers?
New working paper by Sue Helper, Suresh Naidu, Akseli Palomaki, Adam Reich, + me provides evidence, focus on auto manufacturing in AL
#EconSky
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New working paper by Sue Helper, Suresh Naidu, Akseli Palomaki, Adam Reich, + me provides evidence, focus on auto manufacturing in AL
#EconSky
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
November 3, 2025 at 2:20 PM
How does employer access to prisoners’ labor through work release impact the well-being of those workers & of free workers?
New working paper by Sue Helper, Suresh Naidu, Akseli Palomaki, Adam Reich, + me provides evidence, focus on auto manufacturing in AL
#EconSky
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
New working paper by Sue Helper, Suresh Naidu, Akseli Palomaki, Adam Reich, + me provides evidence, focus on auto manufacturing in AL
#EconSky
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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ICYMI given today's focus on the budget: the UK government has today also published a working paper on options for reform of non-compete agreements.
Responses to the specific options set out therein (statutory limits, size cutoffs and an outright ban), can be submitted until 18 February.
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Responses to the specific options set out therein (statutory limits, size cutoffs and an outright ban), can be submitted until 18 February.
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Working paper on options for reform of non-compete clauses in employment contracts
www.gov.uk
November 26, 2025 at 6:34 PM
ICYMI given today's focus on the budget: the UK government has today also published a working paper on options for reform of non-compete agreements.
Responses to the specific options set out therein (statutory limits, size cutoffs and an outright ban), can be submitted until 18 February.
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Responses to the specific options set out therein (statutory limits, size cutoffs and an outright ban), can be submitted until 18 February.
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Come work with me, and more importantly with all the much smarter and cooler people than I am, at the @innovateeconomy.bsky.social:
Full-time, entry-level research role for someone who wants to work directly with data, policy ideas, all while building strong quantitative and writing skills.
Full-time, entry-level research role for someone who wants to work directly with data, policy ideas, all while building strong quantitative and writing skills.
Economic Innovation Group hiring Research Assistant in Washington, DC | LinkedIn
Posted 6:08:41 PM. Research Assistant
The Economic Innovation Group (EIG) is a bipartisan public policy organization…See this and similar jobs on LinkedIn.
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November 24, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Come work with me, and more importantly with all the much smarter and cooler people than I am, at the @innovateeconomy.bsky.social:
Full-time, entry-level research role for someone who wants to work directly with data, policy ideas, all while building strong quantitative and writing skills.
Full-time, entry-level research role for someone who wants to work directly with data, policy ideas, all while building strong quantitative and writing skills.
I've been interested in this question for a while now. It's really one that could go either way: does the increase in competition or the greater ability to tacitly collude dominate? Great to see strong evidence. I'm sure this is a topic we'll learn a lot more about in coming years
Studying the labor market effects of recent state-level policies that require employers to disclose salary information in job postings, from David Arnold, Simon Quach, and Bledi Taska www.nber.org/papers/w34480
November 21, 2025 at 5:57 PM
I've been interested in this question for a while now. It's really one that could go either way: does the increase in competition or the greater ability to tacitly collude dominate? Great to see strong evidence. I'm sure this is a topic we'll learn a lot more about in coming years
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Understanding how Black Americans got to where they are today, requires understanding Black history. The Green Book Project is a place to share the rich historical journey of Black Americans finding dignity during the Jim Crow era:
greenbookproject.osu.edu #GreenBookProject
#CommunityMap #EconSky
greenbookproject.osu.edu #GreenBookProject
#CommunityMap #EconSky
October 10, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Understanding how Black Americans got to where they are today, requires understanding Black history. The Green Book Project is a place to share the rich historical journey of Black Americans finding dignity during the Jim Crow era:
greenbookproject.osu.edu #GreenBookProject
#CommunityMap #EconSky
greenbookproject.osu.edu #GreenBookProject
#CommunityMap #EconSky
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Come work with us at CMU Heinz! We have a great applied microeconomics group and we’re looking for an economist to join us. Please reach out if you have any questions!
www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing....
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American Economic Association: JOE Listings - August 1, 2025 - January 31, 2026
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October 10, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Come work with us at CMU Heinz! We have a great applied microeconomics group and we’re looking for an economist to join us. Please reach out if you have any questions!
www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing....
www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing....
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Applications are now OPEN for the Master of Applied Economics and Data Science program, @upenn.edu econ's newest degree!
You can get lots more info (and apply!!) here:
www.lps.upenn.edu/degree-progr...
You can get lots more info (and apply!!) here:
www.lps.upenn.edu/degree-progr...
Master of Applied Economics and Data Science | Penn LPS
The Master of Applied Economics and Data Science (MEDS) program at Penn is designed to prepare ambitious students with the practical skills needed to drive effective decision-making in the public, pri...
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October 7, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Applications are now OPEN for the Master of Applied Economics and Data Science program, @upenn.edu econ's newest degree!
You can get lots more info (and apply!!) here:
www.lps.upenn.edu/degree-progr...
You can get lots more info (and apply!!) here:
www.lps.upenn.edu/degree-progr...
Applications are now OPEN for the Master of Applied Economics and Data Science program, @upenn.edu econ's newest degree!
You can get lots more info (and apply!!) here:
www.lps.upenn.edu/degree-progr...
You can get lots more info (and apply!!) here:
www.lps.upenn.edu/degree-progr...
Master of Applied Economics and Data Science | Penn LPS
The Master of Applied Economics and Data Science (MEDS) program at Penn is designed to prepare ambitious students with the practical skills needed to drive effective decision-making in the public, pri...
www.lps.upenn.edu
October 7, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Applications are now OPEN for the Master of Applied Economics and Data Science program, @upenn.edu econ's newest degree!
You can get lots more info (and apply!!) here:
www.lps.upenn.edu/degree-progr...
You can get lots more info (and apply!!) here:
www.lps.upenn.edu/degree-progr...
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AI Acquihires: Competition Risks, Talent Battles and Economic Spillovers Webinar - 8 October @ 17:00 CEST
🗣️Jonathan Kanter @lugaricano.bsky.social @imarinescu.bsky.social @igorletina.bsky.social Hans Zenger
Moderator: @florianederer.bsky.social
Register: cepr.org/events/ai-ac...
#EconSky
🗣️Jonathan Kanter @lugaricano.bsky.social @imarinescu.bsky.social @igorletina.bsky.social Hans Zenger
Moderator: @florianederer.bsky.social
Register: cepr.org/events/ai-ac...
#EconSky
September 25, 2025 at 7:55 AM
AI Acquihires: Competition Risks, Talent Battles and Economic Spillovers Webinar - 8 October @ 17:00 CEST
🗣️Jonathan Kanter @lugaricano.bsky.social @imarinescu.bsky.social @igorletina.bsky.social Hans Zenger
Moderator: @florianederer.bsky.social
Register: cepr.org/events/ai-ac...
#EconSky
🗣️Jonathan Kanter @lugaricano.bsky.social @imarinescu.bsky.social @igorletina.bsky.social Hans Zenger
Moderator: @florianederer.bsky.social
Register: cepr.org/events/ai-ac...
#EconSky
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My coauthors and I are hiring a project coordinator for new research on an innovative jail-based rehabilitation paper (IGNITE), building on our recent QJE
Apply at careersearch.stanford.edu/jobs/project...
Apply at careersearch.stanford.edu/jobs/project...
September 26, 2025 at 9:08 PM
My coauthors and I are hiring a project coordinator for new research on an innovative jail-based rehabilitation paper (IGNITE), building on our recent QJE
Apply at careersearch.stanford.edu/jobs/project...
Apply at careersearch.stanford.edu/jobs/project...
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Who wants to work with Kate Bahn at the Institute for Women's Policy Research?
#econ_ra
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September 27, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Who wants to work with Kate Bahn at the Institute for Women's Policy Research?
#econ_ra
iwpr.applytojob.com/apply/ACdbXf...
#econ_ra
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Today is my last day working for the FTC. I'm very excited to start a new job next week in the @upenn.edu economics department!
The Bureau of Economics was a fantastic place to work with great colleagues, and being able to put my noncompete research into practice was the opportunity of a lifetime.
The Bureau of Economics was a fantastic place to work with great colleagues, and being able to put my noncompete research into practice was the opportunity of a lifetime.
September 26, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Today is my last day working for the FTC. I'm very excited to start a new job next week in the @upenn.edu economics department!
The Bureau of Economics was a fantastic place to work with great colleagues, and being able to put my noncompete research into practice was the opportunity of a lifetime.
The Bureau of Economics was a fantastic place to work with great colleagues, and being able to put my noncompete research into practice was the opportunity of a lifetime.
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The FTC is hiring Statisticians in the Bureau of Economics!
This is a great opportunity for seniors or recent grads interested in antitrust and consumer protection economics, and applied microeconomics research.
Come work with me! Happy to answer any questions.
www.usajobs.gov/job/845835200
This is a great opportunity for seniors or recent grads interested in antitrust and consumer protection economics, and applied microeconomics research.
Come work with me! Happy to answer any questions.
www.usajobs.gov/job/845835200
STATISTICIAN
The Bureau of Economics seeks candidates for the position of Statistician. Statisticians work directly with BE staff economists to (1) provide economic analysis in support of antitrust and consumer pr...
www.usajobs.gov
September 12, 2025 at 11:09 PM
The FTC is hiring Statisticians in the Bureau of Economics!
This is a great opportunity for seniors or recent grads interested in antitrust and consumer protection economics, and applied microeconomics research.
Come work with me! Happy to answer any questions.
www.usajobs.gov/job/845835200
This is a great opportunity for seniors or recent grads interested in antitrust and consumer protection economics, and applied microeconomics research.
Come work with me! Happy to answer any questions.
www.usajobs.gov/job/845835200
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📣 Columbia’s Center for Political Economy searching for post docs for next academic year working on labor, firms and markets, and climate change!
Applications due 11/3, and I’m happy to talk to folks interested in working with the Labor Lab team! apply.interfolio.com/173083 📣
Applications due 11/3, and I’m happy to talk to folks interested in working with the Labor Lab team! apply.interfolio.com/173083 📣
September 9, 2025 at 8:38 PM
📣 Columbia’s Center for Political Economy searching for post docs for next academic year working on labor, firms and markets, and climate change!
Applications due 11/3, and I’m happy to talk to folks interested in working with the Labor Lab team! apply.interfolio.com/173083 📣
Applications due 11/3, and I’m happy to talk to folks interested in working with the Labor Lab team! apply.interfolio.com/173083 📣
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📢Nina Roussille and I are hiring a full-time predoctoral researcher to work with us at MIT on labor economics research projects.
IMPORTANT: this vacancy is open right now, so we are particularly interested in people who could start soon.
Link to apply: careers.peopleclick.com/careerscp/cl...
IMPORTANT: this vacancy is open right now, so we are particularly interested in people who could start soon.
Link to apply: careers.peopleclick.com/careerscp/cl...
Predoctoral Researcher
MIT - Predoctoral Researcher - Cambridge MA 02139
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September 8, 2025 at 1:06 PM
📢Nina Roussille and I are hiring a full-time predoctoral researcher to work with us at MIT on labor economics research projects.
IMPORTANT: this vacancy is open right now, so we are particularly interested in people who could start soon.
Link to apply: careers.peopleclick.com/careerscp/cl...
IMPORTANT: this vacancy is open right now, so we are particularly interested in people who could start soon.
Link to apply: careers.peopleclick.com/careerscp/cl...
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Doing research on productivity, business dynamism and/or market power? Please submit to our fourth CMA-Durham workshop! Deadline 25 Sept.
Also apply if your work links to: industrial policy, technology diffusion, start-ups, supply chains.
cma-partnership.webspace.durham.ac.uk/2025/08/29/2...
Also apply if your work links to: industrial policy, technology diffusion, start-ups, supply chains.
cma-partnership.webspace.durham.ac.uk/2025/08/29/2...
2025 CMA Durham Workshop - CMA Durham Partnership
20-21 November, 2025 Productivity, Business Dynamism and Market Power The Competition and Market Authority’s (CMA) Microeconomics Unit, the Department of Economics at Durham University Business School...
cma-partnership.webspace.durham.ac.uk
August 29, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Doing research on productivity, business dynamism and/or market power? Please submit to our fourth CMA-Durham workshop! Deadline 25 Sept.
Also apply if your work links to: industrial policy, technology diffusion, start-ups, supply chains.
cma-partnership.webspace.durham.ac.uk/2025/08/29/2...
Also apply if your work links to: industrial policy, technology diffusion, start-ups, supply chains.
cma-partnership.webspace.durham.ac.uk/2025/08/29/2...
I went to this fantastic conference last year and had a blast. I highly encourage everyone to submit their work!
The call for papers for the annual CMA-Durham workshop on market power, dynamism and productivity is out!
This year we are particularly interested in submissions on industrial policy, market power in supply chains, and the economics of start-ups and scale-ups.
Submit by 25 September.
This year we are particularly interested in submissions on industrial policy, market power in supply chains, and the economics of start-ups and scale-ups.
Submit by 25 September.
Doing research on productivity, business dynamism and/or market power? Please submit to our fourth CMA-Durham workshop! Deadline 25 Sept.
Also apply if your work links to: industrial policy, technology diffusion, start-ups, supply chains.
cma-partnership.webspace.durham.ac.uk/2025/08/29/2...
Also apply if your work links to: industrial policy, technology diffusion, start-ups, supply chains.
cma-partnership.webspace.durham.ac.uk/2025/08/29/2...
August 29, 2025 at 8:09 PM
I went to this fantastic conference last year and had a blast. I highly encourage everyone to submit their work!
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Two new post doc positions studying wealth and poverty at the Stone Center at CUNY (New York). A fantastic opportunity! cuny.jobs/new-york-ny/...
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Jobs | City University of New York
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August 6, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Two new post doc positions studying wealth and poverty at the Stone Center at CUNY (New York). A fantastic opportunity! cuny.jobs/new-york-ny/...
cuny.jobs/new-york-ny/...
cuny.jobs/new-york-ny/...
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Join the CMA's econometrics team and work with my super-smart colleagues @alcrawfs.bsky.social and @ivan-olszak.bsky.social on demand estimation, merger simulations and event studies in CMA merger cases and market studies.
Ideal for recent quant MSc graduates or PhD students.
Ideal for recent quant MSc graduates or PhD students.
We are recruiting an Assistant Econometrician! The role would suit a quantitative economics postgrad or a PhD student looking to gain practical experience and develop research skills while working with great data. Apply before Monday 7th July!
www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/jobs.cgi...
www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/jobs.cgi...
June 20, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Join the CMA's econometrics team and work with my super-smart colleagues @alcrawfs.bsky.social and @ivan-olszak.bsky.social on demand estimation, merger simulations and event studies in CMA merger cases and market studies.
Ideal for recent quant MSc graduates or PhD students.
Ideal for recent quant MSc graduates or PhD students.
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My department @miamiecon.bsky.social is hiring an instructor/VAP to teach introductory macroeconomics this upcoming year. Could be a good opportunity for new PhDs or advanced grad students who are interested in teaching-focused positions.
Apply ASAP if interested! #econsky
Apply ASAP if interested! #econsky
American Economic Association: JOE Listings - February 1, 2025 - July 31, 2025
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June 9, 2025 at 1:08 PM
My department @miamiecon.bsky.social is hiring an instructor/VAP to teach introductory macroeconomics this upcoming year. Could be a good opportunity for new PhDs or advanced grad students who are interested in teaching-focused positions.
Apply ASAP if interested! #econsky
Apply ASAP if interested! #econsky
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Americans favor labor unions over big business now more than ever, analysis of new data @epi.org from me & Adam Reich of Columbia Labor Lab.
In data back 60 years, Americans' sentiments are both warmer toward unions & cooler towards big business than ever before.
www.epi.org/blog/america...
In data back 60 years, Americans' sentiments are both warmer toward unions & cooler towards big business than ever before.
www.epi.org/blog/america...
May 20, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Americans favor labor unions over big business now more than ever, analysis of new data @epi.org from me & Adam Reich of Columbia Labor Lab.
In data back 60 years, Americans' sentiments are both warmer toward unions & cooler towards big business than ever before.
www.epi.org/blog/america...
In data back 60 years, Americans' sentiments are both warmer toward unions & cooler towards big business than ever before.
www.epi.org/blog/america...
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Join the CMA Microeconomics Unit as a UKRI Policy Fellow for 18 months!
Awards buy out teaching/admin time to allow you to focus on a CMA-relevant research project, while embedded part-time in the Unit.
The call for fellowships is here: www.ukri.org/opportunity/...
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Awards buy out teaching/admin time to allow you to focus on a CMA-relevant research project, while embedded part-time in the Unit.
The call for fellowships is here: www.ukri.org/opportunity/...
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UKRI policy fellowships 2025
Spend 18 months as a UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) core policy fellow, Natural Hazards and Resilience policy fellow or What Works Innovation fellow to inform policy to address pressing national an...
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April 24, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Join the CMA Microeconomics Unit as a UKRI Policy Fellow for 18 months!
Awards buy out teaching/admin time to allow you to focus on a CMA-relevant research project, while embedded part-time in the Unit.
The call for fellowships is here: www.ukri.org/opportunity/...
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Awards buy out teaching/admin time to allow you to focus on a CMA-relevant research project, while embedded part-time in the Unit.
The call for fellowships is here: www.ukri.org/opportunity/...
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Love labor and employment research?
New opportunity to join the team @upjohninstitute.bsky.social in Kalamazoo as a research analyst.
Bachelors required, more experience & education desirable.
#econ_ra
www.upjohn.org/sites/defaul...
New opportunity to join the team @upjohninstitute.bsky.social in Kalamazoo as a research analyst.
Bachelors required, more experience & education desirable.
#econ_ra
www.upjohn.org/sites/defaul...
April 18, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Love labor and employment research?
New opportunity to join the team @upjohninstitute.bsky.social in Kalamazoo as a research analyst.
Bachelors required, more experience & education desirable.
#econ_ra
www.upjohn.org/sites/defaul...
New opportunity to join the team @upjohninstitute.bsky.social in Kalamazoo as a research analyst.
Bachelors required, more experience & education desirable.
#econ_ra
www.upjohn.org/sites/defaul...
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I learned a new term today: rollup. When an outside investor consecutively acquires many of the small firms in a local market and consolidates them.
When this occurs with anesthesia practices, prices increase by 18%.
I'm paraphrasing an NBER summary of this paper: www.nber.org/papers/w33217
When this occurs with anesthesia practices, prices increase by 18%.
I'm paraphrasing an NBER summary of this paper: www.nber.org/papers/w33217
March 3, 2025 at 9:22 PM
I learned a new term today: rollup. When an outside investor consecutively acquires many of the small firms in a local market and consolidates them.
When this occurs with anesthesia practices, prices increase by 18%.
I'm paraphrasing an NBER summary of this paper: www.nber.org/papers/w33217
When this occurs with anesthesia practices, prices increase by 18%.
I'm paraphrasing an NBER summary of this paper: www.nber.org/papers/w33217