Lucie Schmidt
@LucieGSchmidt
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Robert A. Woods Professor of Economics @Smith_Economics @NBERPubs. Labor economist working on US social safety net/health/economics of family. she/her #firstgen
Joined April 2018
The ANNALS of the AAPSS issue in honor of Becky Blank is live! https://t.co/WboIUgR6Dy My contribution (joint w/ @courant48 & @jryate) was a labor of love: Understanding the Social Safety Net: Lessons from the Work of Rebecca Blank https://t.co/a5LIhhVyaP....
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Table of contents for The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 711, 1
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Want to support voting? Offer to watch someone's kid while they vote!
Excited that my paper “Parents, Infants, and Voter Turnout” is now out (and open access) in @QJPS! I provide some of the first evidence on how having an infant affects turnout in the U.S. Here are the coefficients on child age from a linear probability model of female turnout:
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Excited to see that our @JPAM_DC article on safety net generosity and maternal mental health has received over 500 views since publication! Read it here https://t.co/nf3Q9gd0lk
#ViewsMilestone @LShoreSheppard @taraelizwatson
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
Single mothers are more likely to experience mental health problems and stress-related negative health behaviors than their married counterparts, but a more generous safety net may improve these...
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The 6th World Labor Conference organised by SOLE-EALE-AASLE will hosted by @SOLE_Labor_Econ on June 27–29, 2025 at the Westin Harbour Castle in Toronto. Call for papers: https://t.co/ZZfRBMT1gD Submit your paper through: https://t.co/4NyQMSZ6As Deadline: December 1, 2024
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Thanks to the terrific @umanitoba Econ department for hosting me last week. Really useful comments on my work, and great conversations with Janice Compton, Ryan Compton, @HopeEcon, @Safoura_Moeeni, Federico Guzman, and Ryan Godwin.
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Great start to the week as this paper is now out at Journal of Public Economics! We look at the way schools influence children's applications to SSI, using variation in virtual learning during the pandemic. https://t.co/KAS8STBSss
🚨 NEW WORKING PAPER 🚨 We study school closures during the pandemic to show that schools are a critical channel through which children with disabilities learn about SSI. Counties with more virtual schooling in 9/2020 had fewer SSI applications in subsequent months. 1/4
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📢The Call for Papers for SEHO 2025 is now open! Submit your research on Household Economics by December 31, 2024, and join us in Zaragoza (10-11, June, 2025). The Call for Papers and some initial details in: https://t.co/5Z7LSW23kM See you in Zaragoza and, please, RT.
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We're hiring! Looking for an Assistant Professor in International Trade/Trade Policy. We are committed to excellence in teaching/research and offer a 2/2 teaching load. 1/n https://t.co/ppfRLVf8PF
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Wanted to do a short 🧵 on this awesome paper by @maulikjagnani #econtwitter #econsky. tl;dr loss of sleep reduces cognitive test scores in a LMIC setting (specifically, India) https://t.co/xx2h5ruOXQ
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Call for Papers! The 2025 Economic Demography Workshop will be held on April 10that the PAA Annual Meeting in Washington, DC. Submit your paper by Dec 31st to be considered! Details here: https://t.co/mBYKW6hf0M #EDW2025 #Demography #PAA2025
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Hey #EconTwitter! 📢 Join us for a Health Economics Workshop on October 30, 2024, in Copenhagen! Co-organized by @GreveJane, @Erdal_Tekin_, and myself. Submission deadline: October 1st. Funding available to cover expenses. Submit your paper! Details👇 https://t.co/BGQcxTZb9g
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Just published in @JPubEcon: "How do parole boards respond to large, societal shocks? Evidence from the 9/11 terrorist attacks" By @BrendonMcC (@CityUniLondon) , @kegontantk (@UBuffaloEcon), & @mzapryanova (@Smith_Economics) https://t.co/Dwwcz6Un4z
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Cuando el niño nace con bajo peso, la madre recibe unas transferencias monetarias especiales. 🤔¿Efecto? La madre logra reducir su carga laboral en el corto plazo, y mejora las prácticas de crianza. @Mguldi @aaehawkins @LucieGSchmidt en @J_HumanResource
https://t.co/xsA2KpDdPG
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Children born into poverty face substantial disadvantages; however, family processes have been shown to be a mediating factor. Using a discontinuity in infant eligibility for Supplemental Security...
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#SSI cash transfers for parents of low birth weight babies help mothers switch to part-time work and improve their parenting, research by @MGuldi, @aaehawkins, Jeffrey Hemmeter & @LucieGSchmidt find. #ResearchHighlight
https://t.co/8HzZszgeKV Abstract: https://t.co/nIUxl9Smmz
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.@taraelizwatson & I are excited to announce the 24-25 lineup for the Virtual Economics of Poverty and Policy Seminar (VEPPS), w/seminars by @aaronsojourner @KristaRuffini
@AlejandroCid_uy @Sakshi_Econ @ZParolin @mpmcinerney @bl_hardy. For more info see https://t.co/dTxb3ZYsZ2
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Our new work on full-day kindergarten expansions has been getting a lot of attention in Utah, and not just because my fantastic coauthors @JocelynWikle and @1rileywilson are at BYU…
A Matter of Time? Measuring Effects of Public Schooling Expansions on Families’ Constraint | @chloergibbs @JocelynWikle @1rileywilson
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https://t.co/Svg9LcF3Bf
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so far This OPEN ACCESS #REHO article "The impact of #Covid-19 lockdown on the #gendergap in the Italian labour market" has been accessed 2000+ times and cited 3 x. GIULIA BETTIN Isabella Giorgetti Stefano Staffolani ed @LucieGSchmidt
https://t.co/s9t7C8Pzzf
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Let's have a serious conversation about the phrase "unskilled labor". Economists have used that phrase for as long as I've studied economics. At some point I became inured to it falsely thinking it's no judgment, just trying to classify workers. That's wrong. It's horrible. 🧵
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