Thomas Wilk
@thomaswilk-econ.bsky.social
Post-Doctoral Researcher @ NBER. Health and IO Economist. Views are my own. | #EconJobMarket | Seeker of interesting answers to interesting questions. | @ThomasWilk_eco @ Twitter
www.tomwilk.com
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🚨 Exciting news — I’m on the job market this year! 🚨
My Job Market Paper asks:
💡 Can we disentangle the mixed relationship between alcohol and marijuana by controlling for transaction costs?
Full article can be found at: www.tomwilk.com
Shoutout to #TimothyRHodge for your collaboration
My Job Market Paper asks:
💡 Can we disentangle the mixed relationship between alcohol and marijuana by controlling for transaction costs?
Full article can be found at: www.tomwilk.com
Shoutout to #TimothyRHodge for your collaboration
Happy Thanksgiving everybody!
November 27, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Happy Thanksgiving everybody!
Got a reject and resubmit with some very reasonable and easily implemented changes for health policy paper and got the confirmation from JPAM of the munchies paper being published! Great news! Have to celebrate the successes and rejections. The latter always an opportunity to learn and grow!
November 25, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Got a reject and resubmit with some very reasonable and easily implemented changes for health policy paper and got the confirmation from JPAM of the munchies paper being published! Great news! Have to celebrate the successes and rejections. The latter always an opportunity to learn and grow!
@dynarski.bsky.social sound up for homemade cinnamon raisin bread pudding fresh out of the oven.
November 24, 2025 at 1:19 AM
@dynarski.bsky.social sound up for homemade cinnamon raisin bread pudding fresh out of the oven.
Feeling geeked out that the first paper of my post-doc research was submitted for publication in a great public health journal. It's so satisfying to finally see work that was mired with set backs finally start to show its 'fruit'. Many more on the near horizon!
November 19, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Feeling geeked out that the first paper of my post-doc research was submitted for publication in a great public health journal. It's so satisfying to finally see work that was mired with set backs finally start to show its 'fruit'. Many more on the near horizon!
You’d think people would learn over time and especially those who consider them well educated and wiser than most. Idolization in any setting is bad, period. I wish more people would value character vs inflating ego.
November 18, 2025 at 2:58 PM
You’d think people would learn over time and especially those who consider them well educated and wiser than most. Idolization in any setting is bad, period. I wish more people would value character vs inflating ego.
For all the search/hiring committees, my made from scratch jalapeño and cheddar cornbread. I can also make a killer burnt basque cheesecake…
November 17, 2025 at 10:09 PM
For all the search/hiring committees, my made from scratch jalapeño and cheddar cornbread. I can also make a killer burnt basque cheesecake…
for all data providers, please update your DUAs concerning access to recognize the NBER & post-docs in whole as being part of an academic institution/role. RIP an important policy project I spent the last 5 months on... (outside of my normal work...)
November 17, 2025 at 9:49 PM
for all data providers, please update your DUAs concerning access to recognize the NBER & post-docs in whole as being part of an academic institution/role. RIP an important policy project I spent the last 5 months on... (outside of my normal work...)
the greatest thing; teacher friend assigns take-home exam, adds in 1pt font everywhere, please reference a fictional Phillip Smith. can you guess what all of the answers mentioned? lol, kids be so lazy these days.
November 15, 2025 at 11:23 PM
the greatest thing; teacher friend assigns take-home exam, adds in 1pt font everywhere, please reference a fictional Phillip Smith. can you guess what all of the answers mentioned? lol, kids be so lazy these days.
#Gemini generated podcast summary of my JMP on alcohol & marijuana location & sales. Pretty accurate; caveat we cannot confirm co-purchase @ the consumer level. Also, did not use AI in creating the paper. Thanks to #BrainTam #Google for creating it. JMP & audio found here: www.tomwilk.com/jmp
Thomas A. Wilk - JMP
Gemini Produced podcast on this paper (14 min listen):
www.tomwilk.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:28 AM
#Gemini generated podcast summary of my JMP on alcohol & marijuana location & sales. Pretty accurate; caveat we cannot confirm co-purchase @ the consumer level. Also, did not use AI in creating the paper. Thanks to #BrainTam #Google for creating it. JMP & audio found here: www.tomwilk.com/jmp
1 project done and off to publication.... 14 more to go.... :)
November 10, 2025 at 8:19 PM
1 project done and off to publication.... 14 more to go.... :)
Very cool paper by some awesome researchers!
Asthma diagnoses do not change following legalization of recreational cannabis, while asthma-related dispensed prescription medications decline, and asthma-related outpatient visits and inpatient hospitalizations are stable, from Jayawardhana, Hou and Maclean www.nber.org/papers/w34435
November 9, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Very cool paper by some awesome researchers!
It was a pleasure attending the #AHEW at @umich.edu this year. It was a great opportunity to get in-depth exposure to cutting edge econometric work. Special thanks to @edwardnorton.bsky.social, #NickPapaGeorge, & many others for organizing & hosting a great workshop.
November 8, 2025 at 8:00 PM
It was a pleasure attending the #AHEW at @umich.edu this year. It was a great opportunity to get in-depth exposure to cutting edge econometric work. Special thanks to @edwardnorton.bsky.social, #NickPapaGeorge, & many others for organizing & hosting a great workshop.
Interesting paper from a great group of researchers!!
Pollen increases 911 calls, from Shooshan Danagoulian, Monica Deza, Johanna Catherine Maclean, and Alberto Ortega www.nber.org/papers/w34428
November 6, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Interesting paper from a great group of researchers!!
I wish JOE, Interfolio, and EconJobMarket could just remember that I am a Male, White, Non-Hispanic, non-Veteran, with no disability instead of having to answer the same 5 questions 200 times.
November 5, 2025 at 5:27 PM
I wish JOE, Interfolio, and EconJobMarket could just remember that I am a Male, White, Non-Hispanic, non-Veteran, with no disability instead of having to answer the same 5 questions 200 times.
GOP finally getting to the FO part of the FAFO plan...
November 5, 2025 at 4:08 AM
GOP finally getting to the FO part of the FAFO plan...
#EconSky #EconJobMarket As a public service, I am willing to take on the role of department chair for any university looking for a replacement. It's a sacrifice I know so few are willing to bear. I only require a tenured position as compensation...
November 5, 2025 at 2:35 AM
#EconSky #EconJobMarket As a public service, I am willing to take on the role of department chair for any university looking for a replacement. It's a sacrifice I know so few are willing to bear. I only require a tenured position as compensation...
Definitely not an AI generated professional headshot for job market purposes…
November 4, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Definitely not an AI generated professional headshot for job market purposes…
#ASHEcon2026 I am organizing 2 sessions for conference in Minneapolis, MN June 7-10.
Looking for abstracts:
1) policy revolving around marijuana and alcohol use or co-use of illicit drugs
2) policy food/nutritional changes from drug decriminalization/legalization, or other impactful policy.
Looking for abstracts:
1) policy revolving around marijuana and alcohol use or co-use of illicit drugs
2) policy food/nutritional changes from drug decriminalization/legalization, or other impactful policy.
November 2, 2025 at 4:58 PM
#ASHEcon2026 I am organizing 2 sessions for conference in Minneapolis, MN June 7-10.
Looking for abstracts:
1) policy revolving around marijuana and alcohol use or co-use of illicit drugs
2) policy food/nutritional changes from drug decriminalization/legalization, or other impactful policy.
Looking for abstracts:
1) policy revolving around marijuana and alcohol use or co-use of illicit drugs
2) policy food/nutritional changes from drug decriminalization/legalization, or other impactful policy.
🚨 Exciting news — I’m on the job market this year! 🚨
My Job Market Paper asks:
💡 Can we disentangle the mixed relationship between alcohol and marijuana by controlling for transaction costs?
Full article can be found at: www.tomwilk.com
Shoutout to #TimothyRHodge for your collaboration
My Job Market Paper asks:
💡 Can we disentangle the mixed relationship between alcohol and marijuana by controlling for transaction costs?
Full article can be found at: www.tomwilk.com
Shoutout to #TimothyRHodge for your collaboration
November 1, 2025 at 8:01 PM
🚨 Exciting news — I’m on the job market this year! 🚨
My Job Market Paper asks:
💡 Can we disentangle the mixed relationship between alcohol and marijuana by controlling for transaction costs?
Full article can be found at: www.tomwilk.com
Shoutout to #TimothyRHodge for your collaboration
My Job Market Paper asks:
💡 Can we disentangle the mixed relationship between alcohol and marijuana by controlling for transaction costs?
Full article can be found at: www.tomwilk.com
Shoutout to #TimothyRHodge for your collaboration
what signal should job candidates take from econ phd postings that are the same ad over the last three years? you're telling me that with the 600-1,000+ applications/year you received, you couldn't find 1 qualified and interested candidate? or is it something else? #Econsky #EconJobMarket
November 1, 2025 at 4:07 PM
what signal should job candidates take from econ phd postings that are the same ad over the last three years? you're telling me that with the 600-1,000+ applications/year you received, you couldn't find 1 qualified and interested candidate? or is it something else? #Econsky #EconJobMarket
Another great evening of quality analogue music, manuscript writing, and watching the Michigan game. All great albums and interesting topics. Go Blue!!
October 26, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Another great evening of quality analogue music, manuscript writing, and watching the Michigan game. All great albums and interesting topics. Go Blue!!
we (Monica Deza, Shooshan Danagoulian, Timothy Hodge, and myself) just submitted our R&R for a very awesome paper that we've been working on for over 2 years. Skål!!
October 24, 2025 at 8:15 PM
we (Monica Deza, Shooshan Danagoulian, Timothy Hodge, and myself) just submitted our R&R for a very awesome paper that we've been working on for over 2 years. Skål!!
super excited about refereeing another paper for a prominent health econ journal. it was a rollercoaster of initial impressions when I first open the manuscript and see 91 pages, then see it's double spaced, then to realize there's about 50 pages of table, figures, and appendices!! :)
October 21, 2025 at 4:11 PM
super excited about refereeing another paper for a prominent health econ journal. it was a rollercoaster of initial impressions when I first open the manuscript and see 91 pages, then see it's double spaced, then to realize there's about 50 pages of table, figures, and appendices!! :)
was tasked to put together some datasets from the Pulse survey. get 3 weeks in and a notice that it's no longer working due to the shutdown? like why did it work 3 min ago? is there a way around this? maybe it's tracking my IP or MAC address.
October 14, 2025 at 5:24 PM
was tasked to put together some datasets from the Pulse survey. get 3 weeks in and a notice that it's no longer working due to the shutdown? like why did it work 3 min ago? is there a way around this? maybe it's tracking my IP or MAC address.
tried to download an urban area shape file from the Census today. apparently downloading existing files requires proper budgeting.
October 1, 2025 at 1:52 PM
tried to download an urban area shape file from the Census today. apparently downloading existing files requires proper budgeting.