Siobhan O'Keefe

Siobhan O'Keefe

@smokeefe.bsky.social

Assistant Professor of Economics at Davidson College Applied microeconomist thinking about infant health, fertility, child outcomes, incarceration UC Davis, Wellesley Alumna She/her. Pronounced: Shih-VAWN Oh-KEEF https://www.siobhan-okeefe.com

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Siobhan O'Keefe
@smokeefe.bsky.social

This is an amazing story! But this one line really caught my attention: Says Cohen [Wake County Board of Elections member]: “It’s likely easier to vote from Antarctica than if you live in Charlotte.”

Jeremy Markovich@ncrabbithole.com

A million North Carolinians have voted in this year’s election. One of them—just one!—cast a ballot from Antarctica. I found him. And I found out how he did it. www.ncrabbithole.com/p/one-person...

ncrabbithole.comOne person in Antarctica voted in North Carolina's election. We found him.How did a former truck driver from the Asheville area end up on the bottom of the world? And how hard is it to cast a ballot from a remote, frozen outpost that's 9,000 miles away?
Siobhan O'Keefe
@smokeefe.bsky.social

I use bluesky exclusively for economics and baseball... but I really love it when those streams cross!

Joe Sheehan@sheehannewsletter.bsky.social

Not to make everything about labor, but MLB and the teams keep 100% of the money from postseason TV, while sharing 50-60% of postseason ticket revenue with the players. Their incentive to price playoff tickets to maximize attendance is limited at best.

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The Quarterly Journal of Economics
@qjeharvard.bsky.social

Recently accepted by #QJE, “The Price of Housing in the United States, 1890–2006,” by Lyons (@ronanlyons), Shertzer (@econhist-allday), Gray (@econhistoryorbust), and Agorastos: doi.org/10.1093/qje/...

doi.orgThe Price of Housing in the United States, 1890–2006*Abstract. We construct the first annual market rent and home sales price series for American cities over the 20th century using 2.7 million newspaper real
Siobhan O'Keefe
@smokeefe.bsky.social

If you use Direct File or just believe taxpayers should have access to electronic filing without a private third party, here's your chance to share your thoughts.

ITEP@itep.org

The IRS wants Americans to weigh in on Direct File, the agency's free tax filing program. We already know Direct File has been widely popular and successful. The program could save Americans billions annually between filing fees and time costs. www.irs.gov/newsroom/irs...

irs.govIRS asks for public input on free tax filing options to inform congressional report | Internal Revenue ServiceIR-2025-85, Aug. 21, 2025 — The IRS invites the public to participate in an anonymous feedback survey on tax preparation and filing options, which will run through Sept. 5, 2025.
Siobhan O'Keefe
@smokeefe.bsky.social

Related... this makes me wonder where economists land on these things. I suspect we fall into roughly two groups: rational actors who outsource this to someone with the comparative advantage, and stubborn actors who are determined to do it themselves.

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StataTex Blog
@statatexblog.com

This seems like an extremely exciting ado file by @julianreif.bsky.social:

Julian Reif@julianreif.bsky.social

Attention Stata power users: my new command, dobatch, is now available on SSC and Github. It requires Stata MP and linux or macOS terminal. ssc install dobatch, replace github.com/reifjulian/d...

github.comGitHub - reifjulian/dobatch: Run Stata dofiles in parallelRun Stata dofiles in parallel. Contribute to reifjulian/dobatch development by creating an account on GitHub.
Siobhan O'Keefe
@smokeefe.bsky.social

As early voting starts in many states and campaign workers everywhere are gearing up for #GOTV, I want to highlight research from my awesome colleague Angela Cools that shows parents (especially moms) of young children are less likely to vote. 📈📉 #econsky

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Siobhan O'Keefe
@smokeefe.bsky.social

As early voting starts in many states and campaign workers everywhere are gearing up for #GOTV, I want to highlight research from my awesome colleague Angela Cools that shows parents (especially moms) of young children are less likely to vote. 📈📉 #econsky

Siobhan O'Keefe
@smokeefe.bsky.social

Liberal Arts College Economists of #econsky -- are you looking for an outlet to present your public/labor work? Or just want to see what other LAC economists are working on? Submit to and check out the LAC-PaL Virtual Seminar Series:

Nayoung Rim@nayoungrim.bsky.social

🚨 Call for Papers 🚨 The Liberal Arts Colleges Public and Labor Economics Virtual Seminar series is soliciting papers for Spring 2025. Submit your extended abstracts by Fri Nov 8: forms.gle/gpWhwmfxqBA2... More info on our website: sites.google.com/view/LAC-PaL

sites.google.comLAC-PaL VirtualThe Liberal Arts Colleges Public and Labor Economics (LAC-PaL) Virtual Seminar is an online seminar series devoted to highlighting research by faculty at Liberal Arts Colleges in the fields of Labor E...

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