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David Deming
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Danoff Dean of Harvard College @harvard. Isabelle and Scott Black Professor of Political Economy @Kennedy_School. Newsletter - forklightning.substack.com
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    David Deming
    @ProfDavidDeming
    Jan 3, 2022
    Delighted to announce that @elianalaferrara is joining the HKS faculty starting July 2022. Welcome to HKS, Eliana! Huge win for dev econ @Kennedy_School @gordon_h_hanson @rodrikdani @aikhwaja @rema_nadeem
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    David Deming
    @ProfDavidDeming
    Sep 9, 2024
    My piece in @TheAtlantic today: Break Up Big Econ The economics profession has become insular and status-obsessed, and not focused enough on making a positive impact on the world.
    Break Up Big Econ
    From theatlantic.com
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    David Deming
    @ProfDavidDeming
    Aug 2, 2021
    Saturday was my last day as Coeditor of AEJ: Applied. I am stepping down to serve as the Academic Dean @Kennedy_School. I learned a ton from the AEJ coeditor team and became a better researcher. Here is a final public audit of my 3.5 years at AEJ plus some reflections 1/X
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    David Deming
    @ProfDavidDeming
    Oct 3, 2023
    I wrote a piece for @TheAtlantic about the growing perception that college is no longer worth it. It's important for people to know that the value of a BA increases with work experience, peaking at ages 45-55. Tuition (and loans) must be repaid long before that. College seems
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    The Atlantic
    @TheAtlantic
    Oct 3, 2023
    "The long-term value of a bachelor’s degree is much greater than it initially appears," @ProfDavidDeming writes. "If a college professor or pundit tries to convince you otherwise, ask them what they would choose for their own children." theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…
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    David Deming
    @ProfDavidDeming
    Mar 19, 2018
    In the @UpshotNYT this morning – nytimes.com/interactive/20… - coverage of an important paper by Raj Chetty and @nhendren82 about race and economic opportunity in the US. Here are my initial thoughts on this landmark piece of research: 1/x
    Extensive Data Shows Punishing Reach of Racism for Black Boys (Published 2018)
    From nytimes.com
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    David Deming
    @ProfDavidDeming
    Apr 24, 2019
    Professional News! Starting July 1st, I will be faculty director of the Malcolm Wiener Center for Social Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School hks.harvard.edu/announcements/… 1/n
    hks.harvard.edu
    David Deming appointed faculty director of the Malcolm Wiener Center for Social Policy at Harvard...
    CAMBRIDGE, MA—Harvard Kennedy School has named David Deming as the faculty director of the School’s Malcolm Wiener Center for Social Policy. Deming serves as a professor of public policy at the...
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    David Deming
    @ProfDavidDeming
    May 16, 2025
    Personal news. I am starting a new job on July 1: news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/… Still planning to do research and writing, although perhaps at a slower pace!
    David Deming named Harvard College dean — Harvard Gazette
    From news.harvard.edu
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    David Deming
    @ProfDavidDeming
    Sep 18, 2020
    New column! nytimes.com/2020/09/17/bus… Here I make the case that we should make community colleges the centerpiece of a plan to get Americans back to work 1/x
    Community Colleges Can Be Engines of Economic Recovery (Published 2020)
    From nytimes.com
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    David Deming
    @ProfDavidDeming
    May 11, 2022
    Incredibly honored to receive the Sherwin Rosen Prize for outstanding contributions to labor economics - sole-jole.org/sherwin-rosen-…
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    Harvard Kennedy School
    @Kennedy_School
    May 11, 2022
    HKS's @ProfDavidDeming has been awarded the Sherwin Rosen Prize for Outstanding Contributions in the Field of Labor Economics by the Society of Labor Economists ken.sc/3w3UzGz
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    David Deming
    @ProfDavidDeming
    Feb 19, 2021
    Check out my new column today in @nytimes ! I am writing about the importance of making socially valuable data available to the public nytimes.com/2021/02/19/bus… 1/x
    Balancing Privacy With Data Sharing for the Public Good (Published 2021)
    From nytimes.com
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    David Deming
    @ProfDavidDeming
    Sep 16, 2019
    New paper alert! “The School to Prison Pipeline: Long-Run Impacts of School Suspensions on Adult Crime” with @abacherhicks and @billingsecon nber.org/papers/w26257 1/X
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    The School to Prison Pipeline: Long-Run Impacts of School Suspensions on Adult Crime
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    David Deming
    @ProfDavidDeming
    Apr 11, 2024
    Proud of my employer for seeing the light. The fairest admissions policy IMO is universal testing + a thumb on the scale for disadvantaged applicants.
    news.harvard.edu
    Harvard announces return to required testing — Harvard Gazette
    Leading researchers cite strong evidence that testing expands opportunity.
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    David Deming
    @ProfDavidDeming
    Aug 2, 2021
    Replying to @ProfDavidDeming and @Kennedy_School
    What I did right 1) I wrote every R&R decision letter like a contract. Do these X things and we will publish. And now here are some suggestions that you should do but don’t have to do. Very straightforward and transparent. 7/X
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    David Deming
    @ProfDavidDeming
    Jun 28, 2019
    1.5 years into coediting AEJ: Applied, here is a public audit on my job performance and then some thoughts on being an editor 1/X