Dr. Peter Q. Blair
@pqblair
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Economist studying: Education, Labor Markets, Occupational Licensing, Future of Work & STARs // Associate Prof @Harvard and NBER Research Associate
Cambridge, MA
Joined April 2010
#BlackHistoryMonth Featured Economists and Econ Papers. Each day this week I will highlight econ papers and black economists to celebrate black history month
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Thank you all for joining the Livestream for my first invited endowed lecture. It was wonderful having your support and prayer with sincerest gratitude, Peter.
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Hi family, I have the honor of giving my first invited endowed lecture today at 4pm at @StBonaventure University. The keynote is on my research on how to drive economic mobility for more American workers. Please join the zoom Livestream at 4pm EST today: Meeting ID: 970 3794
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December Challenge: - No alcohol - Lift 3x a week - Walk 10k steps - Journal every day - Limit social media - Read a chapter a day - Reach out to 5 people - Set a goal and do one thing every day to achieve it Lock in for 30 days and hit the ground running by 2026.
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This is a fascinating paper. It's the first (afaik) to actually document food&drink&retail scheduling unpredictability using actual firm data. It illustrates v clearly why unpredictable scheduling makes these jobs so difficult:
I’m on the #EconJobMarket! I study labor, extreme weather adaptation, and inequality. My JMP addresses an under-studied aspect of the labor market: schedule unpredictability among hourly workers in the service sector. 🧵👇
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This new book looks interesting. As both political parties embrace the "Abundance Agenda" will either support occupational licensing reforms that encourage occupational entry and competition? https://t.co/KFUCRSdRgn
hup.harvard.edu
A bottom-up investigation of the broken system of professional licensing, affecting everyone from hairdressers and morticians to doctors, lawyers, real estate agents, and those who rely on their...
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Our second-year PhD student Marie Kaul @kaulmarie0 has been awarded a total of SEK 240,000 from the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to support two different projects. Many congrats to Marie! https://t.co/u1teJtC9Gg
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Women today are told to "lean in," optimize harder, and treat exhaustion like a personal defect instead of the structural crisis it actually is. My friend Corinne Low (@femonomics) drags the receipts to the table in her fantastic new book, "Having It All."
amazon.com
Having It All: What Data Tells Us About Women's Lives and Getting the Most Out of Yours
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Hannah's JMP shows that, when the minimum wage increases, schedule unpredictability goes up too. Perhaps not surprising (but hard to show)--as the wage goes up, workers pay in other ways. She has a number of very cool and important papers!
Excited to see my JMP cited in the Economist—it highlights the tradeoffs workers could face with a higher minimum wage and suggests more worker protections like Fair Workweek laws could be important alongside minimum wage increases https://t.co/ZSwtIYetgs
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Excited to see my JMP cited in the Economist—it highlights the tradeoffs workers could face with a higher minimum wage and suggests more worker protections like Fair Workweek laws could be important alongside minimum wage increases https://t.co/ZSwtIYetgs
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Sort of an unsettling study out of @RANDCorporation highlighting that 1 in 3 boys lack a mentor who they can turn to for help with schoolwork and advice in relationships. As adults, we must step up for the younger generation. https://t.co/GA5hyAPYMt
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Thank you @TimHarford @FT for picking Winner's Curse as one of the best books of 2025! @R_Thaler (link to article in reply)
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The 16-18' wide rowhouse is the perfect "starter home” My company is building this 3-story rowhouse typology is bc it’s beautiful and functional as both detached AND attached … so it works in both urban & suburban neighrbhoods 1200-1600sf, 3-4BR units
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Attending the #AARSBL2025 conference? Swing by the @Harvard_Press booth and snag a hardcover for $10 or a paperback for $5! Perfect books to give & to get. At an extra special price to celebrate religious studies. You may even run into one of our authors! 📸 Heather Hughes
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Welcome to our hometown, #AARSBL25. @Harvard_Press booth is ready for you! @emsilk10 @AARWeb #ReligiousStudies
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Delighted to welcome my friend John Cochrane to @Harvard. John has a new book "The Fiscal Theory of the Price Level" that outlines a new approach for thinking about link between fiscal policy and inflation. Check it out here: https://t.co/CDh6MQuIvL.
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📢@annastansbury and I are hiring a full-time predoctoral researcher to work with us at MIT on projects in labor (e.g. inequality, imperfect competition, institutions). Application Deadline: December 1st. Start date: June 2026. Link to apply in next tweet!
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As Director of the @BeckerFriedman Institute for Economics and a longtime friend and admirer of Gary Becker, I loved @PabloPenaMunoz new book, "Human Capital for Humans." It's a very accessible introduction to Becker's ideas on parenting, health, marriage, and more. Gary had
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An accessible introduction to the most consequential science of modern life. University of Chicago economist Gary Becker won the Nobel Prize largely for his advancement of human capital theory—the...
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