Diane Schanzenbach

@dwschanz

Director , nonres Sr Fellow , Social Policy Prof , board member & . Economist. Midwesterner.

Chicago, IL
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Joined February 2012
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    22 Dec 2020

    New! App graphs weekly Census Pulse data on employment, food hardship, housing, expectations, mental health, finances & schooling. Trying to make it easier to see what's happening in states. App designed by fab NU senior

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    Oct 7

    Thread on this paper Going from the 2020 CTC to the ARP 2021 CTC does two things - it increases the maximum credit ($2000-> $3000) and eliminates the phase in portion of the CTC, making it fully refundable.

    Winship is right that this is an important paper. But it's not the last word. Several scholars I talked to — , , , — suggested that this paper uses outdated, and overly large work disincentive estimates. More soon
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    Sep 1

    Great piece by on the new Thrifty Food Plan: The new Thrifty Food Plan re-evaluates a 50-plus-year-old design and low-income kids will benefit via

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    Aug 31

    Congrats to Carol Lee and , who received 2021 awards. was only school with 2 winners, further evidence of something we all know -- that SESP is a family of extraordinary scholars who are making the world better.

    Carol Lee, smiling with glasses and hoop earring on the left. Megan Bang, long brown hair pulled back, smiling on right.
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    Aug 29

    I am increasingly convinced that it doesn’t do to respond to the EJMR cesspool by saying “ignore it.” That’s easy for those not targeted by it, or already secure in their careers to say; much harder for early career, women, POC. (1/5)

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    Aug 29

    School finance reforms promoting adequate funding increased high school completion, college-going, and returns to education, from and

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    Aug 27

    We are still taking nominations for the 2021 Carolyn Shaw Bell Award. Send your nominations to info@cswep.org by September 15th! To learn more, click the link below.

    CSWEP’s Bell Award is given each year to an individual who has furthered the status of women in the economics profession. Nominations this year are due September 15. Find more information about the criteria and nominating someone here:
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    Aug 27

    My colleagues who work on the National Longitudinal Surveys (NLS) have released microdata from their spring 2021 supplemental NLS97 questionnaire on the effects of the Coronavirus pandemic. You can read more at and the data is at

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    Aug 27

    Session I of : New Research on the EITC is getting started with moderator & IRP Affiliate of and first presenter of discussing Long-Run Effects of Incentivizing Work After Childbirth

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    Aug 26

    The best part of this graph (from ) is the increase in the payment from $0-$2K to $3,000-$3,600 at the left end. In tax parlance that's "full refundability"; in practical terms that's "target income assistance on those who need it the most".

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  11. Aug 26

    FWIW, my last RA wrote a ton of papers with me while simultaneously getting a master's degree AND meeting her spouse. I can't promise the exact same for my next RA, but the track record is good!

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  12. Aug 26

    I'm looking for a full-time research assistant to work with me at ! Have some great projects in the works on education & anti-poverty programs. Also have great coauthors that you'll get to meet... hoping they'll retweet too! 😉

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    Aug 26

    TOMORROW! web conference on new EITC research & tax policy innovations for low-income Americans. Fri, Aug 27,1:00-4:15pm EDT. Hear from +more Register here:

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    Aug 25

    Does increased school spending matter? & find that post-1990 school finance reforms increased high school graduation & college attendance, especially among Black students & women, and raised earnings.

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    Aug 25

    Like I predicted - if you got a larger CTC (3 or more kids), you were more likely to use it to pay down debt and spend it on rent/mortgage.

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  16. Aug 25

    This likely reflects a combination of the CTC, other relief payments, and an improving economy. Let's keep this moving in the right direction and not stop until we eliminate hunger in the US!

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  17. Aug 25

    Here's predicted food insecurity for those w/kids, by race & ethnicity.

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  18. Aug 25

    I predict the broader measure of from these data. Same pattern as hunger, and predicted food insecurity is also at its pandemic low.

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  19. Aug 25

    More good news! Last time hunger estimate didn't decline for Blacks w/kids. It's down today! Lowest rate since pandemic began.

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  20. Aug 25

    2 weeks ago, almost all of decline was for those w/kids, suggesting the Child Tax Credit made a big dent in hunger. ~half of those who received the CTC said they used it to buy food. This current decline still stronger for those w/kids, but good direction for those w/out too.

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  21. Aug 25

    More good news today from the Pulse data. Hunger in the last week continued to decline. Hunger overall & those with children now at their lowest rates during the pandemic.

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