Isabel Pastoor
@pastoorisabel.bsky.social
Applied Economics PhD student at the University of Minnesota
Interdisciplinary Doctoral Fellow at UMN Life Course Center
RA at IPUMS
Labor, women+children+families, economic demography, health
Interdisciplinary Doctoral Fellow at UMN Life Course Center
RA at IPUMS
Labor, women+children+families, economic demography, health
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The NBER Race and Stratification Working Group will have its annual meeting on Friday, March 27, 2026. @franciscaantman.bsky.social, Bocar Ba, Robynn Cox and I are organizing the program. Submit your paper by the December 11, 2025 deadline! @nber.org #Econsky www.nber.org/conferences/...
Economics of Race and Stratification, Spring 2026
www.nber.org
November 30, 2025 at 12:37 PM
The NBER Race and Stratification Working Group will have its annual meeting on Friday, March 27, 2026. @franciscaantman.bsky.social, Bocar Ba, Robynn Cox and I are organizing the program. Submit your paper by the December 11, 2025 deadline! @nber.org #Econsky www.nber.org/conferences/...
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Since AI slop is again all over Scientific Reports, a thread on the economics of grey-zone publishing.
Why does slop keep getting published? What does it mean for science? How can we stop this?
Background readings:
Understand the strain: tinyurl.com/2b6wxx5r
Stop the drain: tinyurl.com/3jfscscy
Why does slop keep getting published? What does it mean for science? How can we stop this?
Background readings:
Understand the strain: tinyurl.com/2b6wxx5r
Stop the drain: tinyurl.com/3jfscscy
November 30, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Since AI slop is again all over Scientific Reports, a thread on the economics of grey-zone publishing.
Why does slop keep getting published? What does it mean for science? How can we stop this?
Background readings:
Understand the strain: tinyurl.com/2b6wxx5r
Stop the drain: tinyurl.com/3jfscscy
Why does slop keep getting published? What does it mean for science? How can we stop this?
Background readings:
Understand the strain: tinyurl.com/2b6wxx5r
Stop the drain: tinyurl.com/3jfscscy
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Happy Hmong New Year, Minnesota! Wishing everyone good health, good fortune, and prosperity as we head into a new year.
November 29, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Happy Hmong New Year, Minnesota! Wishing everyone good health, good fortune, and prosperity as we head into a new year.
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What is the impact of studying STEM vs. Humanities? We consider this in Romanian high schools, where otherwise identical kids can be assigned to STEM-focused or Humanities-focused curricula. Our key finding is that kids are malleable to what they study. This happens on 4 fronts:
Curriculum shapes more than skills as taking STEM in high school boosts tech careers—but also shifts politics as boys grow more conservative and girls more progressive, from Robert Ainsworth, Rajeev H. Dehejia, Andrei Munteanu, Cristian Pop-Eleches, and Miguel Urquiola www.nber.org/papers/w34502
November 29, 2025 at 1:14 PM
What is the impact of studying STEM vs. Humanities? We consider this in Romanian high schools, where otherwise identical kids can be assigned to STEM-focused or Humanities-focused curricula. Our key finding is that kids are malleable to what they study. This happens on 4 fronts:
That’s a strange choice of words.
November 28, 2025 at 1:04 PM
That’s a strange choice of words.
Thank you to Caitlin Myers and everyone who contributed to this. An amazing collection of essays.
CSWEP News Issue IV, "Focus on Fertility" by @caitlinmyers.bsky.social is out now. www.aeaweb.org/content/file...
www.aeaweb.org
November 26, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Thank you to Caitlin Myers and everyone who contributed to this. An amazing collection of essays.
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Who was first to brew an espresso in space? #NationalEspressoDay☕
Astronaut, pilot & engineer Samantha Cristoforetti. First Italian woman in space, she holds the record for the longest uninterrupted spaceflight of a European astronaut. Pic: 𝘊𝘰𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘵 #coffee break in history!
#WomenInSTEM #Italy
Astronaut, pilot & engineer Samantha Cristoforetti. First Italian woman in space, she holds the record for the longest uninterrupted spaceflight of a European astronaut. Pic: 𝘊𝘰𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘵 #coffee break in history!
#WomenInSTEM #Italy
November 23, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Who was first to brew an espresso in space? #NationalEspressoDay☕
Astronaut, pilot & engineer Samantha Cristoforetti. First Italian woman in space, she holds the record for the longest uninterrupted spaceflight of a European astronaut. Pic: 𝘊𝘰𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘵 #coffee break in history!
#WomenInSTEM #Italy
Astronaut, pilot & engineer Samantha Cristoforetti. First Italian woman in space, she holds the record for the longest uninterrupted spaceflight of a European astronaut. Pic: 𝘊𝘰𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘵 #coffee break in history!
#WomenInSTEM #Italy
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Tech companies are pouring billions into AI chips and data centers. Increasingly, they are relying on debt and risky tactics. Financial analysts are worried there's a bubble that will soon pop.
Here's why concerns about an AI bubble are bigger than ever
Tech companies are pouring billions into AI chips and data centers. Increasingly, they are relying on debt and risky tactics. Financial analysts are worried there's a bubble that will soon pop.
n.pr
November 23, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Tech companies are pouring billions into AI chips and data centers. Increasingly, they are relying on debt and risky tactics. Financial analysts are worried there's a bubble that will soon pop.
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I am on the #EconJobMarket this year! I work on questions about women’s health, family, & labor.
In my #JMP I study how changes in abortion access affect infant and maternal health, finding that reductions in access harm health at birth.
Read the full manuscript here: lillyspringer.com
In my #JMP I study how changes in abortion access affect infant and maternal health, finding that reductions in access harm health at birth.
Read the full manuscript here: lillyspringer.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:38 PM
I am on the #EconJobMarket this year! I work on questions about women’s health, family, & labor.
In my #JMP I study how changes in abortion access affect infant and maternal health, finding that reductions in access harm health at birth.
Read the full manuscript here: lillyspringer.com
In my #JMP I study how changes in abortion access affect infant and maternal health, finding that reductions in access harm health at birth.
Read the full manuscript here: lillyspringer.com
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Cornell is hiring! 3 year interdisciplinary "data science" postdoc. Truly great research environment for, well, interdisciplinary data science. datasciencecenter.cornell.edu/professorshi...
November 21, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Cornell is hiring! 3 year interdisciplinary "data science" postdoc. Truly great research environment for, well, interdisciplinary data science. datasciencecenter.cornell.edu/professorshi...
It’s that point in the semester when doing a PhD with two young kids and no caffeine starts to feel as crazy as it sounds.
November 21, 2025 at 3:05 AM
It’s that point in the semester when doing a PhD with two young kids and no caffeine starts to feel as crazy as it sounds.
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"Slaves in Paris: A Digital Mapping Project" - a partnership between Miranda Spieler and Colonial Networks slavesinparis.org. Created with the support of our Kress Foundation Digital Art History Grant. Officially launched today in Paris at #GCFHSResist
July 17, 2025 at 4:09 PM
"Slaves in Paris: A Digital Mapping Project" - a partnership between Miranda Spieler and Colonial Networks slavesinparis.org. Created with the support of our Kress Foundation Digital Art History Grant. Officially launched today in Paris at #GCFHSResist
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Our new paper develops and tests a network-based method for estimating death rates in complex humanitarian emergencies.
Joint w/ @dennisfeehan.bsky.social and team from Geneva-based NGO @impact-initiatives.bsky.social
academic.oup.com/aje/advance-...
Joint w/ @dennisfeehan.bsky.social and team from Geneva-based NGO @impact-initiatives.bsky.social
academic.oup.com/aje/advance-...
Estimating death rates in complex humanitarian emergencies using the network survival method
Abstract. Reliable estimates of death rates in complex humanitarian emergencies are critical for assessing the severity of a crisis and for effectively all
academic.oup.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Our new paper develops and tests a network-based method for estimating death rates in complex humanitarian emergencies.
Joint w/ @dennisfeehan.bsky.social and team from Geneva-based NGO @impact-initiatives.bsky.social
academic.oup.com/aje/advance-...
Joint w/ @dennisfeehan.bsky.social and team from Geneva-based NGO @impact-initiatives.bsky.social
academic.oup.com/aje/advance-...
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Does the scientific community sanction sexual misconduct unrelated to research integrity? Our new study finds a citation penalty: a significant decline in citations to the prior work of accused scientists.
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190researchblog.subs...
November 17, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Does the scientific community sanction sexual misconduct unrelated to research integrity? Our new study finds a citation penalty: a significant decline in citations to the prior work of accused scientists.
190researchblog.subs...
190researchblog.subs...
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I want to emphasize that Summers is talking about someone he is co-authoring with. He *hopes* she thinks he is making their professional relationship contingent on “romance/sex”
November 17, 2025 at 3:25 AM
I want to emphasize that Summers is talking about someone he is co-authoring with. He *hopes* she thinks he is making their professional relationship contingent on “romance/sex”
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📣 New NBER Working Paper out today 📣
"The Consequences of Faculty Sexual Misconduct"
Sarah Cohodes & Katherine Leu
"The Consequences of Faculty Sexual Misconduct"
Sarah Cohodes & Katherine Leu
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 PM
📣 New NBER Working Paper out today 📣
"The Consequences of Faculty Sexual Misconduct"
Sarah Cohodes & Katherine Leu
"The Consequences of Faculty Sexual Misconduct"
Sarah Cohodes & Katherine Leu
This is the face of asymmetric bargaining power
November 16, 2025 at 1:17 AM
This is the face of asymmetric bargaining power
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Anyone who’s ever used emergency contraception or gains peace of mind by even having it on hand owes Dr Camp a debt of gratitude. What a force.
(Also, I just learned one reason the FDA rejected it at first was that they said the name Plan B was too glib!)
Great obit—no paywall.
(Also, I just learned one reason the FDA rejected it at first was that they said the name Plan B was too glib!)
Great obit—no paywall.
Sharon Camp, Mother of the ‘Plan B’ Contraceptive Pill, Dies at 81
www.nytimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Anyone who’s ever used emergency contraception or gains peace of mind by even having it on hand owes Dr Camp a debt of gratitude. What a force.
(Also, I just learned one reason the FDA rejected it at first was that they said the name Plan B was too glib!)
Great obit—no paywall.
(Also, I just learned one reason the FDA rejected it at first was that they said the name Plan B was too glib!)
Great obit—no paywall.
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#Bluesky #blacksky, we need your help!
@emmarackstraw.bsky.social and I want to understand how we can make hiring more equitable.
If you're a hiring professional and you want to inform research conducted by Harvard-trained economists, consider signing up below: tinyurl.com/ask-hiring #jobs #hiring
@emmarackstraw.bsky.social and I want to understand how we can make hiring more equitable.
If you're a hiring professional and you want to inform research conducted by Harvard-trained economists, consider signing up below: tinyurl.com/ask-hiring #jobs #hiring
November 14, 2025 at 1:02 PM
#Bluesky #blacksky, we need your help!
@emmarackstraw.bsky.social and I want to understand how we can make hiring more equitable.
If you're a hiring professional and you want to inform research conducted by Harvard-trained economists, consider signing up below: tinyurl.com/ask-hiring #jobs #hiring
@emmarackstraw.bsky.social and I want to understand how we can make hiring more equitable.
If you're a hiring professional and you want to inform research conducted by Harvard-trained economists, consider signing up below: tinyurl.com/ask-hiring #jobs #hiring
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I know that the job market is rough this year for Econ PhDs. @utoronto.ca has expanded its postdoc funding. If you are on the market and work on school finance or early childhood education and are interested in a PostDoc, let me know! #econsky #educsky postdoc.sgs.utoronto.ca/current-post...
Postdoctoral Talent Initiative – School of Graduate Studies Postdoctoral Fellows
postdoc.sgs.utoronto.ca
November 13, 2025 at 11:53 PM
I know that the job market is rough this year for Econ PhDs. @utoronto.ca has expanded its postdoc funding. If you are on the market and work on school finance or early childhood education and are interested in a PostDoc, let me know! #econsky #educsky postdoc.sgs.utoronto.ca/current-post...
That’s one way to ensure only Americans want jobs in America. Who would move here to teach in these circumstances?
November 14, 2025 at 1:11 AM
That’s one way to ensure only Americans want jobs in America. Who would move here to teach in these circumstances?
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Deportations actually _increase_ housing prices because they shrink the construction industry.
The reduction in new houses being built swamps effects from lower demand
The reduction in new houses being built swamps effects from lower demand
November 13, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Deportations actually _increase_ housing prices because they shrink the construction industry.
The reduction in new houses being built swamps effects from lower demand
The reduction in new houses being built swamps effects from lower demand
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For folks (and journalists) who want to search the Oversight Committee email texts, I made a database for searching the 20k text files:
splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
Epstein Document Search
splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
November 13, 2025 at 1:12 AM
For folks (and journalists) who want to search the Oversight Committee email texts, I made a database for searching the 20k text files:
splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
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👋 I'm Danielle, and I'm on the #econjobmarket this year!
Let's start with a student describing her segregated school:
"The school felt temporary. Built like a warehouse with aluminum siding . . . I had a slipshod education"
The twist? The student is white, and her school is private.
A JMP 🧵 -->
Let's start with a student describing her segregated school:
"The school felt temporary. Built like a warehouse with aluminum siding . . . I had a slipshod education"
The twist? The student is white, and her school is private.
A JMP 🧵 -->
November 12, 2025 at 3:57 PM
👋 I'm Danielle, and I'm on the #econjobmarket this year!
Let's start with a student describing her segregated school:
"The school felt temporary. Built like a warehouse with aluminum siding . . . I had a slipshod education"
The twist? The student is white, and her school is private.
A JMP 🧵 -->
Let's start with a student describing her segregated school:
"The school felt temporary. Built like a warehouse with aluminum siding . . . I had a slipshod education"
The twist? The student is white, and her school is private.
A JMP 🧵 -->