Dr. Gema Zamarro (she/her)
@gema_zamarro
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(hEH-muh za-MA-roh) Education and Labor Economist. Professor @ua_edreform . Director @charassein . Adjunct Economist @cesrusc . Mom. Hufflepuff. Tweets are my own.
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Thank you all for your love. It means a lot! Doing this work was really hard as I had to provide childcare and school support for my kiddos during this time but it was doing this research that kept me sane and going. Here links to the work that came out of this endeavor so far...
Honored to have received the 2021
@uacoehp
Significant Research Award for my work on the unequal effects of the Covid pandemic on mothers, racial minoritized students and teachers. Glad I run after receiving the award to catch the end of my kid’s school musical and art exhibition
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“We are pleased to inform you that your manuscript, "Gender Differences in Couples’ Division of Childcare, Work and Mental Health During COVID-19", has been accepted for publication in Review of Economics of the Household.” Best words for a Saturday morning email. I did it!
I did it! Against all odds. I partnered with Maria Prados
@CESRUSC
and we wrote a Paper on the Gender effects of COVID and just submitted it to a journal! Working paper coming out sometime next week. Whatever happens with it, today I celebrate! 🎉🎊🍾
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Because it can happen to all. Because it did happen to me. Because I had the means and support to be able to leave. Because many don’t.
#PurpleThursday
#DomesticViolenceAwarenessMonth
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I am happy to report I just got the email! This paper is now ACCEPTED in a journal! Only took me 8 years since the working paper version. Never give up!
#justkeepswimming
🎉💃💃💃
I confess I am currently working on an R&R of a paper I wrote 8 years ago! I changed jobs, life happened, and somehow this paper got abandoned. Things I learned so far:
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I confess I am currently working on an R&R of a paper I wrote 8 years ago! I changed jobs, life happened, and somehow this paper got abandoned. Things I learned so far:
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They still have to figure out my two surnames situation but this is now getting real. You can start calling me Full Professor Zamarro! Thank you all who have supported me with letters of recommendation, mentoring and advice during all this journey. It does take a village.
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I was traveling giving a seminar when I realized something was wrong with my first pregnancy. I had to run to the ER where I was treated for an 8- week miscarriage. As in this post the fetus had stopped developing but I was not fully misscarrying on my own. This does happen! 👇
A very brave economist friend just shared this story, which she will also send to the AEA executive committee. Please sign our letter below to move the AEAs. The key is to communicate that we have critical mass such that losing our registration fees is worse than relocating.
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Excited to share NEWS! Starting today I am the new Director of Graduate Studies for our graduate program
@ua_edreform
@uacoehp
To get started What is one thing you wish you knew but you didn’t your first year of PhD?
#phdlife
#phdchat
#phdadvice
#EconTwitter
#AcademicTwitter
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The hug we have been waiting for 2.5 years! So thankful for these vaccines 💉❤️❤️❤️
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After 2 weeks in the hospital fighting COVID19, my mom is back home! I am so grateful for all the doctors and nurses who have been taking care of her. ❤️❤️❤️
#stayhome
this virus is no joke.
I am so thankful for the nurse who left this message today for my mom who is in the hospital with COVID19. She needed this message today. We all needed this message ❤️❤️❤️
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Soul crashing reviewer comment “there are grammatical errors suggesting a lack of care” If there are some remaining grammatical errors is not because I don’t care but because English is my second language! So frustrating. Just indicate the errors and I will happily revise them..
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I cooked a paella to celebrate the good news 🥘 about my mom leaving the hospital and we are having croquetas for dinner. It can’t get more Spanish than that. I miss Spain so much these days. The weight of being far away has been so heavy...
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A teacher told my parents I would never be anything in life because I talked too much with other kids in class. I was in second grade. I graduated in Economics top of my class. I got my Econ PhD cum laude. I am a full Professor and hold an Endowed Chair.
Everyone who had “talks too much” reports in school, what do y’all do for a living?
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🚨New Publication🚨 I am excited to share the news that my paper with Maria J. Prados "Gender Differences in Couple's Division of Childcare, Work, and Mental Health During COVID-19" is now published at REHO and available here:
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We just finished reading the Harry Potter series with the kids! It took us two years 😁🎉
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Revise and Resubmit with minor revisions!! Excited to get this work out! Now more than ever celebrating every step! 🎉💃💃💃
I did it! Against all odds. I partnered with Maria Prados
@CESRUSC
and we wrote a Paper on the Gender effects of COVID and just submitted it to a journal! Working paper coming out sometime next week. Whatever happens with it, today I celebrate! 🎉🎊🍾
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“Interestingly, increasing husband’s flexibility has a greater impact on the wife’s labor adjustment than her own flexibility, augmenting her participation rate and working hours by 10 and 7 percentage points”
Minji Bang
JMP: "Job Flexibility and Household Labor Supply: Understanding Gender Gaps and the Child Wage Penalty"
Website:
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This
#barbie
mom & Professor just dropped off her kids for their first day of school and it’s about to start her 9th academic year at the
@UArkansas
🎉
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Officially vintage today. This is 44! It’s my party and I cry if I want to…
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To all the Wonder Women out there trying to survive doing work while taking care of their kids. I see you. I feel you. Happy Halloween!
#academicmama
#academicmom
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It’s official now. As of last Friday I am interim Vice-Head of
@ua_edreform
. Feeling grateful to be serving alongside my great colleague
@P_Diddy_Wolf
. This is bittersweet as we follow the footsteps of
@jaypgreene
a great Department head. Wish us luck in this new role!
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For the first time in the entire semester I promised myself I won’t work this weekend. For as long as my kids let me, this is my plan this weekend...
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Because I got my kids vaccinated, submitted a paper to a journal, helped my students with
@aefpweb
proposals, organized a virtual town hall for our
@ua_edreform
PhD program, gave a talk on my new gender and Covid work and was interviewed for a podcast this week!
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12 years ago today, after a dramatic emergency c-section, this one made me a mom. Time flies! I can’t believe I have a 12 year old 😭
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After two desk rejects and a revise and resubmit here it is my article with
@collinhitt
and
@ilde76
"When Students Don't Care: Reexamining International Differences in Achievement and Student Effort" just accepted at the Journal of Human Capital:
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I have now 4 papers with revise and resubmit requests. I should be all excited but I just feel like this. How am I supposed to do this with my kids schooling and everything going on?! I feel I just can’t keep up 😔
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“Ain't about how fast I get there
Ain't about what's waiting on the other side
It's the climb…
Keep on moving, keep climbing…
It's all about, it's all about the climb”
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I am so thankful for the nurse who left this message today for my mom who is in the hospital with COVID19. She needed this message today. We all needed this message ❤️❤️❤️
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Yesterday at a conference an academic asked me in shock how come I decided to move from Los Angeles, CA to Fayetteville, AR. This is not the first time and is a question that bothers me. I love and miss LA and CA in general but there is much to love about Fayetteville, AR 🧵
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Proud moment when you go over your kid’s school stuff and see this is how she presents herself ❤️❤️❤️🥲
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So proud and happy to announce that there is a new Dr. Zamarro in the world! 🎉 This one is Dr. Belén Zamarro Rodriguez, PhD in Occupational therapy. Proud sister here 🥳😊
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Paper conditionally accepted!!
Paper resubmitted!! Only 2 months delayed. I am not sure my revision would be enough to get it accepted but it was the best I could do given everything going on. Fingers crossed 🤞
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Honored to have received the 2021
@uacoehp
Significant Research Award for my work on the unequal effects of the Covid pandemic on mothers, racial minoritized students and teachers. Glad I run after receiving the award to catch the end of my kid’s school musical and art exhibition
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Current mood: Trying to change everywhere where it says I am Associate Professor to Full Professor. Getting ready for my first academic year as Full Professor :)
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After a year of home haircuts, two vaccine doses and two weeks after, I went to the hairdresser!! 💇♀️
Before After
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Another day another paper rejected. This one hurt because the paper was under review for over 7 months! Why can’t paper rejections at least be fast?! They would hurt less... But it happens to all of us...Just keep swimming, keep swimming...
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Back to my alma matter for the next couple of days. Enjoying a great conference in honor of my mentor Juanjo Dolado
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My kids just got their first Covid shot and I am not crying , you are crying 😭
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One last celebration for my promotion to Full Professor. It really takes a village. I am thankful to
@jaypgreene
and
@ua_edreform
for all the mentoring and support!
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This is it! The paper you have been waiting for 8 years!😉"Family Labor Participation and Child Care Decisions: The Role of Grannies" now published here:
I am happy to report I just got the email! This paper is now ACCEPTED in a journal! Only took me 8 years since the working paper version. Never give up!
#justkeepswimming
🎉💃💃💃
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One moment you are attending an academic conference, the next moment you are celebrating your kid turning 8! Perks of virtual conferences I guess.
#WorkLifeBalance
#academicmom
Thanks for the beautiful creation
@RicksBakery
!
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We just canceled our trip to Europe to visit our family this summer. It had to be done but it hurts not to know when I would be able to see them again 😔
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Talking about research that makes an impact, I just found out that my research with Maria Prados on the gender effects of COVID
@ua_edreform
@uacoehp
@CESRUSC
@USCDornsife
was used in this ruling of the Department of the treasury here:
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When you find your old iPod and it still works! Back in time 20 years. Bailando con El Canto del Loco. Missing Madrid so much!
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Aaaah! It is journal submissions decision day! I already received three submission decisions this morning! So far, I got an article accepted after a first revision 🎉, a second revise and resubmit opportunity in another, and first revise and resubmit opportunity in another one 🤞
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This is 45 and my celebratory paella! 🥘🥳I spent my birthday week disconnecting, jumping waves with my family, enjoying an awesome summer read and amazing food. Hoping for many more years jumping waves together!
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Had a health scare last week but today, fortunately, after some more tests it was concluded it was a false alarm and everything is going to be ok. This is your regular reminder to take care of yourself and find time for all those annual checkups.
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Had to venture the snow but this is now a done deal! I am so grateful for this vaccine! 💉
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15 years ago today. We looked fancy and fresh and it was sunny in The Netherlands! 🥂❤️
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We just heard back from a paper we resubmitted in MARCH 2020! After 1 year and 3 months in second review it is CONDITIONALLY ACCEPTED🥂 At least it is good news after all 😬
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My 7 year old: “Mommy, Why did you choose this job if you have to work all weekend and you can’t take a break?” Me: 😭
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My 2nd grade teacher told me I would never be anything in life because I talked too much in class and so now I am a Professor and I can talk about research all day.
I got sent to the principal's office for correcting a substitute math teacher's algebra. So now I have a job where I grade students math until late at night and on weekends.
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So excited to be part of this amazing group of newly elected
@aefpweb
board of directors!
A sincere thank you to all candidates in our election for the AEFP board of directors. We appreciate your commitment to AEFP. Welcome and congratulations to our newly elected board members!
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My kids went back to school today for their face to face school day. For the first time in 5 months they are not with me and for the first time in 5 months I can work uninterrupted in my home office. It’s such a weird feeling. I hope this lasts... 🙏🙏🙏🤞🤞🤞
#academicmom
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When your student gives you a nice sweet note and makes your day! 🥰
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Grappling with the fact that we lost a real gem in our field of Education research this week, a great researcher but also an amazing person and friend. My heart goes out to all who had the luck of having Tatiana in their lives one way or another 💔
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Not surprise here. I am so excited to announce that we have a new Doctor in Education Policy
@ua_edreform
in the world. Congratulations Dr. Camp! 🎉 I hope you learned from me as much as I learned from you this past 4 years. You rock
@andrewcamp_
!
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New glasses! 🤓 After being bullied in school as a child for wearing glasses, I am glad I still get super excited every time I get a new pair 💁♀️
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I am missing traveling for
@aefpweb
and so today I will be making my zoom meetings from the plane. On my way to
#AEFP2021
!
#AEFPzooms
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Weekend goals accomplished. Cabin life for the weekend is what I needed. For the first time in forever I have not worked this weekend.
#NaturalState
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A year ago my mom was hospitalized with Covid. She ended up with double pneumonia and spending two weeks in the hospital. Today she got her first Covid vaccine!! 💉💉💉💃💃💃 Thankful for all the doctors, nurses and scientists who helped us be here today. Un día + es un día -
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“Gema Zamarro and her daughter work together at the kitchen table” ☺️
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I am planning to discuss about how to come up with research ideas with students tomorrow. How do you come up with research ideas? Any thoughts on things to add
#EconTwitter
?
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Have you ever wondered how to best order questions in a test according to their level of difficulty? Check out my new article with
@lina_anaya
,
@Pedroreybiel
, and Nagore Iriberri now available at Economics of Education Review!
@ua_edreform
@uacoehp
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I am so excited to be part of this amazing
@nberpubs
conference on the Economics of Caregiving tomorrow. Looking forward to sharing my new work on "School Re-openings, Childcare Arrangements, and Labor Outcomes During COVID-19"
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So excited to see my article with
@andrewcamp_
in print at
@ERjournal_AERA
! So proud of us for being able to put this important work out during the pandemic. I could not have ask for a better student coauthor!
@ua_edreform
@uacoehp
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I feel so honored and excited to be receiving the
@uacoehp
Outstanding Mentoring and Advising Award this evening. This award means so much to me! Thanks to
@lina_anaya
and
@ehswanson
for their support. Can’t wait to celebrate!
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Congratulations Dr.
@lina_anaya
for successfully defending your thesis "Understanding Gender Gaps in Student Achievement and STEM majors". What an important topic for a dissertation in this
#InternationalWomensDay
. Help me congratulate this new great
@ua_edreform
@uacoehp
doctor!
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It's been an eventful week! I also want to thank anonymous letter writers who supported renewal of my Endowed Chair in Teacher Quality
@ua_edreform
. A 5-year renewal was just approved by my Dean. Excited for more years of policy-relevant work related to the teaching profession 🥳
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Wish me luck on this adventure trying to publish this old paper...
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@dynarski
@MargaretAtwood
Same experiences here. I once was told my husband and I were not technically a family because I have a different last name... Women in Spain don’t change last names and kids get two surnames one from dad and one from mom...
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Excited and honored to be part of this great team! 😊
On
#AERA21
weekend we’d like to acknowledge & thank our newly appointed EEPA Associate Editors
@gema_zamarro
@AcmAtteberry
@jjellisonholme
& Brent Evans. This December announcement deserved more fanfare! Gratitude to this dream team for their service!
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It’s conference/seminar season and when I travel it’s always hard on the kids. I bought a map so I can show them where I go. I hope this helps a bit. I am excited to give a seminar at Vanderbilt University next week. My kids not so much...
#academicmom
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My 6 years old boy this morning: “When I grow up I want to be a daddy and maybe a teacher. Boys can be teachers right? I think they can... Like my music teacher. He is a boy!” Role models matter to break stereotypes!
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With Covid cases raising quickly here and the lack of mask usage, we decided no to send the kids to the summer camp we had planned for next week. What was going to be a week of work at the office will be now another week of trying to combine work with childcare. I am so tired 😔
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My youngest was worried our house elves would be spreading the virus and so I made sure they follow COVID protocol 😷
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Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science!
#InternationalDayofWomenandGirlsinScience
on this day I would like to highlight some of my work on this topic
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