
Assistant professor of economics @Yale @YaleEconomics.
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John Eric Humphries retweeted
Jason Abaluck and I are organizing the Cowles Labor and Public Economics Conference at Yale, June 2-3. Submit your papers by March 24: cowles.yale.edu/conferences/…
@YaleEconomics, @YaleCowles, @YaleTobinCenter @Jabaluck
John Eric Humphries retweeted
Paper🧵!
We....
1) develop a framework for identification w/ multiple treatments in a judge IV design
2) find that felony conviction (without incarceration) increases recidivism relative to dismissal
with @john_eric @AurelieOuss @KameliaStavreva @WinnieVanDijk
John Eric Humphries retweeted
I want to talk a little bit more about my awesome co-author: Helena Laneuville!
Website: sites.google.com/view/helena….
She graduated in 2024 from @YaleEconomics and was advised by @john_eric, @cormacodea and @WinnieVanDijk. They were all amazing advisors!
🚨New Working Paper🚨
"Fight like a Woman: Domestic Violence and Female Judges in Brazil"
by Laneuville (sites.google.com/view/helena…) and Possebom
Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2405.07240
John Eric Humphries retweeted
Labor & Public Economics is organized by @WinnieVanDijk & Seth Zimmerman, and Day 1 presenters include @yotamshemtov, John D. Singleton, @BarbaraBiasi, @john_eric, @angcrema, Martín García-Vázquez, Karl Schulze, @SydneeCaldwell, @MathildeMunoz, @rebeccardiamond, & Garima Sharma
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The effects of Emergency Rental Assistance on housing stability, financial strain, and mental health using five lotteries of assistance, from @racollinson, @anthonydefusco, @john_eric, @Key_Z_E, @PhillipsEcon, Reina, @PSullivanT, and @WinnieVanDijk nber.org/papers/w32463
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#QJE Feb 2024, #2, “Eviction and Poverty in American Cities,” by Collinson (@racollinson), Humphries (@john_eric), Mader (@NickyMader), Reed, Tannenbaum (@DannyTannenbaum), and van Dijk (@WinnieVanDijk): doi.org/10.1093/qje/qjad042
John Eric Humphries retweeted
Anyone interested in long-run trends in the wage value of higher education: come to our Friday 10:15-12:15 #ASSA2024 session with @john_eric, Joe Altonji, Arnaud Maurel, and Juanna Joensen! aeaweb.org/conference/2024/p…
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Seth Zimmerman and I are organizing the Cowles Labor and Public Economics Conference at Yale, June 3-4. Submit your papers by March 22: cowles.yale.edu/conferences/….
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We’re excited to introduce the @Yale Department of Economics 2023-24 Job Market Candidates!
Learn more about the candidates and their research here: economics.yale.edu/phd-progr…
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The Tobin Center / @YaleEconomics Pre-Doctoral Fellows Program applications are live.
Lots of opportunities to do policy-relevant economics research + gain experience for a PhD in econ or other closely related disciplines.
Apply here: tobin.yale.edu/programs/pre-…
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Recently accepted by #QJE, “Eviction and Poverty in American Cities,” by Collinson (@racollinson), Humphries (@john_eric), Mader (@NickyMader), Reed, Tannenbaum (@DannyTannenbaum), and van Dijk (@WinnieVanDijk): doi.org/10.1093/qje/qjad042
John Eric Humphries retweeted
Inspired by @SecYellen's visit last week, we are pleased to announce several new partnerships and initiatives supporting modern supply side strategies: tobin.yale.edu/yale-tobin-ce…
@GovNedLamont @kscharfdykes (1/6)
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Pre-doc position!
Interested in using economics to study the criminal legal system? Come work with me, @WinnieVanDijk @john_eric and @AurelieOuss. Details at link.
uva.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en…
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Over 2 million eviction court cases are filed in the U.S. each year. What are the short- and long-term consequences?
@racollinson, @john_eric, @NickyMader, Davin Reed, @DannyTannenbaum & @WinnieVanDijk on eviction and poverty in American cities:
youtu.be/N6SGPB3314U
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Governments in #LAC launched programs to help small businesses through #Covid19 totaling up to 7% of GDP
Research by @ChrisANeilson @john_eric & co-authors suggests information frictions limited programs' impact.
Learn more: egc.yale.edu/research/Guerre…
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Massive data linking effort provides insight into what happens to tenants inside and outside eviction courts. Economic distress increases sharply before court and is exacerbated by eviction, from Collinson, @john_eric, Mader, Reed, Tannenbaum, and van Dijk nber.org/papers/w30382
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🚨a quick thread about a long-running project now released as @nberpubs WP
This paper is joint w/ @john_eric , @WinnieVanDijk , Danny Tannenbaum, Davin Reed & Nick Mader. It replaces 2 separate studies of eviction in Chicago (Humphries et al) and NYC (Collinson & Reed)
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Its time to self promote our US work on COVID19 & PPP that was recently published in the @jpube. Our team at covid19sbs.org lead by @john_eric, @GUlyssea and myself + 11 RAs have been on this since March!
Bottom line: PPP screwed over the smallest businesses
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Evidence that information frictions and the design of the Paycheck Protection Program skewed resources towards larger firms and may have permanently reduced its effectiveness, from @chrisaneilson, @john_eric, and @GUlyssea
nber.org/papers/w27624
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"smallest businesses were less aware of PPP and less likely to apply. If they did apply, the smallest businesses applied later, faced longer processing times, and were less likely to have their application approved" from @ChrisANeilson @john_eric @GUlyssea nber.org/papers/w27624
























