Matt Johnson
mslaterjohnson.bsky.social
Matt Johnson
@mslaterjohnson.bsky.social
Labor Economist at the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University. Dad of twins. Biking and compost enthusiast. Research website: https://sites.google.com/site/mslaterjohnson/home?authuser=0
I am ecstatic to share that I got tenure!!!
The job security is great, but honestly the reaction from these two may have been the very best part.
Please indulge me in a few musings / ramblings about the gratitude—and other feelings—radiating through me right now….
February 6, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Has there ever been a better description of the concept of opportunity cost?

Thoreau--the transcendental economist!
January 14, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Spending September and early October of my sabbatical visiting University of Bologna’s Economics department! A wonderful research community here, located in a truly fantastic city.
September 16, 2024 at 2:00 PM
pretty wild that these two papers showed up back to back in my NBER WP email this morning:
September 9, 2024 at 12:26 PM
Had a fantastic visit to Cornell Econ for the labor/public workshop! Incredibly vibrant group. Engaging meetings w/ @danielascur.bsky.social & many others whose #econsky handles I don’t know. And what’s that clever thing people say about Ithaca being Gorges?
March 27, 2024 at 1:35 PM
I'm excited to be discussing awesome papers in two (!!) session on the economics of labor unions this weekend at #ASSA2024! Session 1: Economics of Union Representatives (Fri at 10:15) Session 2: How Do Firms Respond to Unions? (Sun at 1:00pm)
January 4, 2024 at 3:00 PM