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chloe gibbs

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chloe gibbs

@chloergibbs

economist studying kids/families & @iza_bonn, @nberpubs affiliate, by way of 46's CEA, @UChicago @HarrisPolicy, Bluegrass; mom x4; personal acct, views=mine

south bend, indiana

Joined October 2012

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chloe gibbs
@chloergibbs
Feb 17
🚨🚨It's new research week for me on the socials!🚨🚨 First up, just released today as an NBER working paper: "More Hours, More Work: Head Start Expansions Boost Maternal Employment" with fantastic coauthors Esra Kose and Maria Rosales-Rueda nber.org/papers/w34831
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chloe gibbs
@chloergibbs
Jan 16, 2022
My 6-year old just walked in with a fake phone made of plus-plus blocks & exclaimed, "Oh no! I have 6 missed calls from Luann!" To which I of course said, "who is Luann?" 6 yo: "My coauthor." 😹💀
chloe gibbs
@chloergibbs
Feb 19, 2019
When you come across a paper that just makes you want to burn it all down: journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.117… (h/t @TrevonDLogan). I'll be sure to tell my daughters to work hard, but not too too hard. 🙄
chloe gibbs
@chloergibbs
Aug 18, 2021
I'm sorry, I'm just going to go ahead and stop you at "conducted the analysis in Excel"
chloe gibbs
@chloergibbs
Dec 20, 2020
Here’s the thing: data, statistics, even empirical evidence don’t tell you which policy path is right. Policymaking invokes value judgments & ethical considerations in deciding which outcomes matter, for whom & how much. I’m always wary of those who claim to advance some... 1/2
chloe gibbs
@chloergibbs
Feb 18, 2022
Is today an "Econs should stay in their lane" day or a "Let's lecture Econs about economics" day ?
chloe gibbs
@chloergibbs
May 4, 2021
Counter. factuals. How. do. they. work.
chloe gibbs
@chloergibbs
Jul 14, 2023
That’s a wrap on an amazing year @WhiteHouseCEA. I need to sit in a quiet, dark room for a few days and then I’ll share some thoughts on the whole experience. j/k I have 4 kids and a TT job awaiting me back home… there’s no quiet, dark room in my future.
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chloe gibbs
@chloergibbs
May 16, 2022
In the car today, 12yo puts on a song & says, “I’ve said it before & I’ll say it again, old music really is just better.” Dear reader, the song she was playing: Justin Timberlake’s Mirrors.
chloe gibbs
@chloergibbs
Jun 26, 2019
Been pretty quiet on here as I got an RCT into the field, submitted a paper & an R&R, & finished a couple referee reports, all in anticipation of my biggest project of late, our 4th little one who arrived on Monday. He is the sweetest & totally worth the productivity losses.
chloe gibbs
@chloergibbs
May 11, 2020
My daughter just walked into my (makeshift home) office & requested a poster board for her "economics poster competition." This is first I've heard of it, so of course, I asked her what her poster will be about: "oh, I'm doing opportunity cost." (beaming 😍)
chloe gibbs
@chloergibbs
Feb 13, 2019
Newest paper idea: impact of winter weather on parenting academics' tenure likelihood. I'm thinking of using a continuous measure of exposure, something like estimated number of school closings during tenure-track years in "high impact" geographic locations. Thoughts?
chloe gibbs
@chloergibbs
Nov 8, 2021
Wait for it... (No, like seriously, wait for it. 2 of my 4 kids are now older than 10, and I've been married 13 years.)
NBER
@nberpubs
Nov 6, 2021
Kids affect the timing of productivity in science: While other scientists peak in their mid-30s, mothers become more productive after 35 and after 15 years of marriage, when their kids are older than 10, from @scottdaewonkim and @PMoserEcon nber.org/papers/w29436
chloe gibbs
@chloergibbs
Jun 11, 2024
File under: “tell a younger Chloe that…” she’ll be speaking at a Brookings conference on the same program as her idols former CEA chair Ceci Rouse and Nobel Laureate Claudia Goldin 🤯
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