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Jennifer Mayo
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Assistant Professor working on issues in public finance and the nonprofit sector, PhD , London transplant 
jennifer-mayo.comJoined October 2021
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Economists for Ukraine is thrilled to announce a two-day fundraising workshop on difference-in-difference with panel data, with Jeff Wooldridge () covering everything from the basics to nonlinear DiD.
More info here: econ4ua.org/panel-data-wor
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This past Friday and Saturday, we hosted a Public & Labor Economics Workshop, organized by Prof. Jonathan Meer. The workshop featured star junior faculty working on a number of policy-relevant topics.
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It's my favorite time of year! 🥳
Women on the 2022-23 econ job market, in no particular order:
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We are hiring again this year! Apply to be our new colleague !
Lots of great things about the dept but perhaps the most important/relevant is the support for junior faculty; just ask our new APs: me, &
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So glad to have such a great community already!
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The only thing making the end of summer more bearable is having new faces on campus… Welcome @liisatlaine and @JenniferMayo25!
Cheers to the start of a new year and many more lunches!
@DrAHCarlson @MizzouEcon @MizzouTSGPA @MizzouAandS
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The practice job market interviews arranged by were invaluable - I'd highly recommend applying!
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Apply to be part of the NTA/@AEACSWEP Pre-Conference Mentoring Dinner by September 15th! ntanet.org/2022/08/2022-n
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Open letter to AEA Executive Committee regarding the locations of the next ASSA meetings (scheduled for New Orleans & San Antonio).
Letter: pjakiela.github.io/AEA-open-lette
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Sign here: forms.gle/y1m9KN9FymBf8e
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1/The American Economic Association , Econometric Society and other professional associations must act to ensure that no one who is pregnant is obliged to travel to a location where their health or safety is endangered by antiabortion legislation
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Missouri fund here: mofund.org
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Here’s a list of abortion funds by state:
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The job market is over! I'm so happy to be joining as an Assistant Professor in August 🐯 I can't wait to get to know my students and colleagues
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Hello #EconTwitter! I'm an applied microeconomist focusing in public finance. Here’s a JMP🧵:
“Citizenship and taxes: Evaluating the effects of the U.S. tax system on individuals’ citizenship decisions”
Draft and other papers at paulorgan.com
#EconJobMarket
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The design of an optimal rating system depends both on how you weigh the size of the effect against the number of impacted organizations, and on donor preferences. If salience is important, then synthesizing information under a notched rating system can be welfare-improving.10/10
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Charity Navigator’s stars have a large effect! But only on those organizations close to the thresholds. What if charities were to be rated using a continuous measure instead? Well, the effect would be smaller, but all charities would be incentivized to change their behavior. 9/10
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I also find that some charities make intentional adding up errors to try to improve their rating. A back-of-the-✉️ calculation suggests that about 2% of the bunching at the 4⭐️ threshold is due to these errors. 8/10
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The final section of the paper attempts to disentangle real changes in behavior from manipulation. Comparing rated and unrated charities, I find that 19% of rated organizations relabel expenses to try to inflate spending on program services. 7/10
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The figure below shows that, compared to rating charities using a continuous measure, the 4⭐️ threshold induces some organizations to improve their rating. This effect is equivalent to charities halving administrative expenses in response to the 4⭐️ threshold. 6/10
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I find that they do. Charities respond by changing their behavior to try to get themselves above the star thresholds. This leads to “bunching” at the star thresholds, especially the 4⭐️ threshold. 5/10
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Having established that donors value a charity’s rating, the next question is, do charities respond to these incentives? 4/10
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Exploiting a change in the ratings methodology, an increase from 3⭐️ to the highest 4⭐️ rating raises contributions for that charity the following period by 6% (and by 11% for smaller charities).
But losing a 4⭐️ rating does not result in a subsequent decline in donations. 3/10
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Charity Navigator has become the most utilized evaluator of charities in the U.S., with rated organizations attracting around $100 billion in donations every year.
So it’s important that we understand how the rating system affects donor and nonprofit behavior. 2/10
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Hi #EconTwitter. I’m a public finance economist on the #EconJobMarket, which means it’s time for a JMP🧵
“Navigating the Notches: Charity Responses to Ratings” examines donor and nonprofit responses to Charity Navigator’s ⭐️rating system.
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What follows is an animated explainer of my JMP.
With any luck, if you read on you'll understand the main result of the paper within ~2 minutes & you'll understand its derivation within ~6 minutes.
For more details, check out the paper: dylantmoore.github.io/website/JMP_Dy
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Thank you, for featuring me, and so many other wonderful female job market candidates!
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JMP: "Navigating the Notches: Charity Responses to Ratings"
Website: jennifer-mayo.com
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So excited to share that my paper has been published in the Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization! You can find "How do big gifts affect rival charities and their donors" at the website below:
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Joining Twitter and launching my new website, all in the same week
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