Tweets on creativity, innovation, and economic history. Proud first-gen Yalie snowflake and Berkeley grad, married to an Army guy. Mom of 2 boys.
Preferably near a steep hill
Joined January 2015
- Tweets1.3K
- Following1K
- Followers5.7K
- Likes2.8K
Petra Moser retweeted
I was pleased to join a distinguished group of economists in signing on to an amicus brief organized by @m_clem in Mullin v. Doe and Trump v. Miot, the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) cases currently before the Supreme Court.
The brief provides an overview of the overwhelmingly negative economic consequences of terminating TPS for most or even all beneficiaries.
Signatories include @DAcemogluMIT, @leah_boustan, @AmuedoDorantes, @ChloeNEast, @raquel1fernan, @FurtadoDelia, @BrittaGlennon, @profzeke, @CJ_Heinrich, @baselinescene, @ethanglewis, @mayda_anna, @PMoserEcon, and @melaniemorten.
@NYUSternEcon has two great students on the job market this year: Agata Farina (@AgataFarina) works in experimental economics and microeconomic theory. Check out Agata's job market paper and other research: agatafarina.com
Brandon Kaplowitz works in macroeconomics and deep/reinforcement learning. Learn about his JMP and other research: brandonkaplowitz.com.
Petra Moser retweeted
Econometrica Volume 93, Issue 5 (September 2025) is now online
econometricsociety.org/publi…
When I got tenure, I decided to use it start a new research agenda, studying US science in the 20th century, how it became dominant, what held it back, and what we can do better. Here's the first pub (with Scott Kim).
Analyzing scientists' biographies during the baby boom, we find that mothers have a unique life cycle pattern of productivity. Children reduce the productivity of mothers but not fathers, with important implications for promotions and participation. econometricsociety.org/publi…
Fulbright paid my way to the US as a university student. I would have not been able to come here without that support, and it changed my life.
NEW: The board of the Fulbright Program has just resigned after accusing Trump aides of political interference. They say a State Dept. office under Rubio and Darren Beattie has cancelled scholarships to nearly 200 US professors and researchers. Story: nytimes.com/2025/06/11/us/po…
Stephen Miller is Wrong About American Science @forbes forbes.com/sites/stuartander…
Jacob French and I are hiring a pre-doc in applied micro apply.interfolio.com/166572
Some Germans want Syrians to return home - unless they are doctors. That won't work. “If my family and friends aren’t allowed to stay, then I don’t want to either” 1/n wapo.st/3DDxUYd
Eastern & Southern Europeans had the same response to the 1920s quotas act. Intended to limit low-skilled immigration the quotas exempted university scientists and students. Still the US lost an estimated 122 ESE-born professors & 670 scientists who'd have come as students 2/n
The effects on US innovation were disastrous. After the quotas US scientists patented 30% less in the pre-quota fields of ESE-based scientists relative to other fields. 3/n More here, with @san_muly & Sahar Parsa dropbox.com/scl/fi/h80j9yxbs…
Petra Moser retweeted
So excited to have @jeff_gortmaker joining us at @NYUSternEcon!
My job market's done, and I'm heading back to the NYC area! Excited to join @PrincetonEcon as a postdoc next year and @NYUSternEcon as an AP in 2026.
In a happy twist of fate, this means @conlon_chris and I will be colleagues exactly 10 years after our first PyBLP commit:
Petra Moser retweeted
Tbh I don’t think this election will kill off those Historical Persistence rumors
Federal judge blocks Musk’s DOGE from access to Treasury Department material wapo.st/3CQNnDN
Felt this as we were trying to estimate the effect of seeing Marie Curie on girls' decision to pursue science. Part of our data was gone. I never thought that, in this country, censorship would prevent me from doing my research wapo.st/4hPMU3A
Central planning at its worst: "2.2 billion gallons of water flowed out of reservoirs...on Friday after President Donald Trump ordered the release...However, Los Angeles' water sources are completely separated from the reservoirs that were tapped." cnn.com/2025/02/03/climate/t…
Petra Moser retweeted
About 9 years ago my son was born. On our first day home and his third day of life he spiked a high fever and we rushed him back to the hospital. After days of waiting for tests (including a spinal tap) we learned that he had bacterial meningitis.
Really nice paper on inventor migration and effects on innovation by @MartaPrato: "Global Race for Talent: Brain Drain, Knowledge Transfer, and Growth" academic.oup.com/qje/article…
This looked like a great cartoon @AnnTelnaes. Sorry it got pulled. nytimes.com/2025/01/03/busin…
