My papers arguing that the "Abundance Movement" needs broadening to include place-based jobs policies for distressed places are being released today, with a long paper at the Upjohn Institute & a shorter summary at Brookings Metro.

Why does Tulsa Remote produce over $4 in higher per capita income benefits for other Tulsa residents, per $1 of program costs? 3 reasons: (1) the program's offer of $10,000 moving incentive, plus other support services, tips location decision of at least 58% of Tulsa Remoters.

Finally, @mattyglesias.bsky.social mentions that notion that high end housing can help requires looking at "complicated" analyses by economists. I should mention that my colleague @kathleenbolter.bsky.social has done a great "explainer" on this topic: research.upjohn.org/reports/310/

Beautiful data visualization from the @nytimes.com. I love the subtle color shift that runs through the piece. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Here is the Friday night executive order on Public Service Loan Forgiveness, which directs ED to make changes (with Treasury) to the list of eligible organizations.

As we appear headed for more economic turmoil, I wanted to share the latest New Hires Quality Index from @upjohninstitute.bsky.social, which tracks the earnings power of newly hired workers: www.upjohn.org/nhqi

can't believe it's 2025 and i'm stressed about tariffs and measles, like am i a character in an american girl book

Childcare isn’t a market that can self-correct, and deregulation will be an incomplete solution. A more complete fix? Strong public investment to ensure families have the care they need. @ehaspel.bsky.social breaks it down ⤵️ rooseveltinstitute.org/blog/w...

A good breakdown of why it's important to invest in distressed places. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/w...

In partnership with @schmidtsciences.bsky.social, @dacemoglumit.bsky.social, David Autor and I are seeking funding proposals from researchers conducting innovative field experiments on the labor economics of frontier AI. Learn more and apply by March 31. shapingwork.mit.edu/call-for-pro...

Several good things are happening according r/fednews so I am going to drop them here. If federal workers are fighting back, how much more us? A thread/

Not every benefit/cost estimate gives you roughly the proportions of a pencil to visualize. But, the large benefits to Michigan residents in the form of increased earnings by enabling parents to work are a win/win for the populace and design!

My new report, on shorter-run economic benefits of Michigan's state pre-K program, was released today by @upjohninstitute.bsky.social . This links to the Research Highlights page, from which you can access the full report: www.upjohn.org/research-hig...

This one-pager summary, prepared by @kathleenbolter.bsky.social , provides a nice summary of the report: www.upjohn.org/sites/defaul...

I really liked this idea of using a histogram as a legend in a choropleth map (since land isn't unemployed; people are), so I made a little guide to doing it with #rstats, {ggplot2}, and {patchwork} www.andrewheiss.com/blog/2025/02...

Wow, listen to this guy. He served as chief economist of the U.S. Department of Labor, former senior economist at the White House Council of Economic Advisers and serves as board member @upjohninstitute.bsky.social & the Society of Labor Economists, & is generally a great labor economist. ⬇️

ICYMI: What Works in Workforce Development? A Review of the Evidence by @maryalicemcc.bsky.social @newamerica.org

A research "explainer" on how building more new housing, even market-rate housing, can provide broad benefits.

Housing is a complex ecosystem and my latest explainer for @upjohninstitute.bsky.social illustrates (quite literally) why we need to build more of it. research.upjohn.org/cgi/viewcont... An excerpt from the report, here's a cartoon explaining the chain reaction driving this argument. . .(1/10)

Why do we need a Department of Education? Just a few of the things ED has done in recent years to help students, from @jbeowulf.bsky.social #EduSky www.newamerica.org/education-po...

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Along with @mmilleradams.bsky.social & @bradhershbein.bsky.social , I co-direct "Policies for Place" at the @upjohninstitute.bsky.social , w/ project manager @kathleenbolter.bsky.social . We'e updated our webpages so that they better highlight our data and research: www.upjohn.org/mri/policies...

And so it begins... "The Consumer Price Index jumped more than expected, data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics showed on Wednesday, rising 0.5 percent from December in what was the fastest monthly increase since August 2023. Last month, the annual pace was 2.9 percent."

Oddly one of the more reassuring takes on what is happening. “Democracy is not yet lost.”

The @nytimes.com literally connects the dots. Elon Musk’s Business Empire Scores Benefits Under Trump Shake-Up www.nytimes.com/2025/02/11/u...

Looking for a simple, quick, fun way to participate in #LoveData25? Adopt a dataset! Find out more at buff.ly/3WPZ9p2 and then make it official at buff.ly/4jSZNMb!

Courts *ordered* the Trump admin to stop its spending freeze Yet ProPublica found place after place where $ is still frozen -hot meals for elderly and disabled -groceries for those in need -maternal & child health services -a clinic that serves the poor www.propublica.org/article/trum...

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What can you do about the assault on USAID? Share this far and wide. Do your part! Please do retweet 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

Murphy: "I continue to get reports from Connecticut that agencies there, like Head Start programs and community health centers, are actually not receiving the funding they are due. So I think there's a big question as to whether the administration actually is implementing the court order."

“We know that we’re preparing for a longer-term fight. This is the beginning.” www.edweek.org/policy-polit...

🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.

#Econsky. If you're looking for a way to help your students better understand trade (or just want a fun party game 😄), here's an interactive classroom activity I used to use in my International Relations class to illustrate global trade. kathleenboltercom.wordpress.com/wp-content/u...

📊 W.E.B. Du Bois and Data Visualization in the Fight for Civil Rights In 1900, Du Bois created 60+ charts to illustrate Black Americans’ progress at the Paris Expo. The Du Bois Challenge 2025 invites participants to recreate them using modern tools. 📈 Join here: github.com/ajstarks/dub... #dataviz

I did not think I could love @ipums.bsky.social more!

You might not like it, or want to change or reduce it, but US engagement is a fact of the international system as we know it, and cutting it off at the knees this suddenly will hurt a lot of people, and it will not be the blob or the professors or the “elites” who will feel it first or worst.

This is a masterclass in communication! Let’s start using terminology that people can better understand. Tariffs are taxes. Trump just raised taxes.

This is what happens when you ask me to help sanewash the Trump tariffs.

The Internet Archive has to date downloaded 500 terabytes of US government websites, which it crawls at the end of every presidential term. The whole archive is fully searchable. This effort's housed by a donation-funded nonprofit, not a branch of the US government. blog.archive.org/2024/05/08/e...

This is going to make work really interesting on Monday. . .

A plausible theory, based on anecdotal evidence and survey data. UMich consumer sentiment survey showed huge post-election surge in consumers saying they expected big-ticket durables to get more expensive

I love a good trilemma chart!

Great explainer and visuals that up-ends the narrative that Musk and Trump have established about the federal government

New results from "The Nation's Report Card" just dropped and they are pretty bad. I got a sneak peek as a member of IES’s Standing Committee, so I had an extra day or so to ruminate about them. A few thoughts 👇 1/n

What a cool way to learn about philosophers and see how their ideas are interconnected!

Since this was blowing up my group chats, I was just curious how the rest of the internet felt...

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Hey, I am guest editing a special issue on student loans. RE: collapse of Academic Twitter, we're extending the call for abstracts til March 31st. If you have #Qualitative work on #studentloans, submit! Plz, requote and share widely. #AcademicSky #EduSky #HigherEd app.bsky.cz/profile/did:...

I don’t know why we don’t talk more about this? The federal government built a social welfare state seemingly overnight and then let everything sunset. Maybe we should acknowledge that people kinda liked having that safety net? And building this back should be a major policy goal.