laurakgee.bsky.social
Economist 📈📉at Tufts University. I like to study topics in behavioral economics, gender discrimination and public goods provision (including charitable giving). http://laurakgee.weebly.com/ (she/her)
👤 Joined on 21 June 2023
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@laurakgee.bsky.socialThe Page 99 Test applied to my new book--How Economics Discovered Women: Bringing Gender Economics into the 21st Century. A very brief discussion of economists' non-judgmental approach to preferences, generational oppression of women, and domestic violence. page99test.blogspot.com/2026/09/shel...
Show PostGreat charts throughout, but this is the bottom line and, imo, speaks to a huge hidden piece of the motherhood penalty rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...
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Show Post🚨New working paper alert!🚨 Private tutoring chains like Kumon and Sylvan have grown rapidly. Who uses them? Do they improve kids' skills? BU econ PhD student Samuel Nitkin and I provide answers in: "Kumon Up: Private Tutoring Centers and Student Achievement" www.nber.org/papers/w35671 1/?
Show PostThis paper was accepted like 2 years ago, but nice to finally see it being officially published, particularly in light of the attacks on Fauci. jhr.uwpress.org/content/61/4... @riacton.bsky.social
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