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May 1

Davos, but with wings!

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Greg Shill

@greg_shill

May 1

When I described the event location to a family member - the off-the-beaten-track town/venue were part of the appeal - he immediately replied: “oh, it’s like Davos?” Congrats to @ModeledBehavior for creating the Davos of #EconTwitter (and welcoming us econ-adjacent folks too). twitter.com/thestalwart/st…

Apr 30

Great time yesterday at the econ twitter correspondents dinner

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kicking off #EconTwitterIRL at his bowling alley in Lancaster, PA

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Council of Economic Advisers

@WhiteHouseCEA

Apr 27

Today CEA published a blog post about housing inflation, how it’s been affecting the Consumer Price Index, and where it might evolve from here. /1

whitehouse.gov

An Update on Housing Inflation in the Consumer Price Index | CEA | The White House

Housing inflation has risen even as overall inflation has slowed. CEA explains factors behind this shift and a model that predicts easing later this year.

The Internet isn’t killing cities.

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Prof. Brian Keating

@DrBrianKeating

Apr 20

Your PhD thesis in five words. Go!

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Apr 12

The 47% of counties that shrank between 2021 and 2022 are home to 41% of the population. It's not just sparsely populated counties 4 of 10 largest counties lost people, including LA & Orange (CA), Cook (IL), and Kings (NY) More here: twitter.com/JedKolko/statu

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Matthew Yglesias

@mattyglesias

Apr 12

It’s bad news for your local economy when huh start losing people. But with 47% of American counties shrinking, it’s too much to ask every local government to be above average. We need more people overall. slowboring.com/p/almost-half-

California Budget & Policy Center

@CalBudgetCenter

Apr 11

Our Policy Insights conference is 2 weeks away! Join us and this line-up of workshop speakers on April 25th. ⚡ Save your spot today — tickets are going fast! calbudgetcenter.org/event/policy-i

Hilton Foundation and 3 others

#PAA2023 Attendees: Stop by our booth next week to learn about employment opportunities at the Census Bureau and join our researchers as they present their findings on various topics. Schedule details: populationassociation.org/paa2023/relate #CensusJobs #NowHiring #HiringNow #hiring

Email etiquette poll. Is it rude to send work emails that:

Lack a subject line
60.4%
Lack salutation & closing
1.8%
Both are rude
18.3%
Neither is rude
19.4%

278 votesFinal results

Do you use County Business Patterns? (You should! It's great data on businesses and employment in specific industries at the local level.)

Differential Privacy Methodology for County Business Patterns Data

seeks comments on their approach to applying differential privacy to 2022 CBP. And, webinar on 4/20

federalregister.gov

The U.S. Census Bureau (Census Bureau) has been working to implement modernized methods to continue to ensure the privacy protections of its information products and seeks public engagement and...

Retweeting so responses aren’t biased toward extreme east coast earlybirds.

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Email etiquette poll. Is it rude to send work emails that:

Show this poll

Email etiquette poll. Is it rude to send work emails that:

Lack a subject line
60.4%
Lack salutation & closing
1.8%
Both are rude
18.3%
Neither is rude
19.4%

278 votesFinal results

Apr 5

Four out of seven nights are different from all other nights.

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Apr 23, 2016

Replying to @tompaper

First Seder falls only on M, W, F, or Sa. @tompaper

Substantial Changes to Counties and County Equivalent Entities: 1970-Present

Mar 30

Geography nerds note: this release reports data for Connecticut's 9 planning regions instead of its 8 counties. More detail here: federalregister.gov/documents/2022 Crosswalks by city/town to old counties and new planning regions here: census.gov/programs-surve 11/end

census.gov

In a sad sign of the times, the data files this decade now refer to births minus deaths as "natural change" instead of "natural increase." With the high number of deaths during COVID, deaths exceeded births in many parts of the country. 10/

This analysis is all based publicly available data. The source dataset for 2022 county population estimates is here: www2.census.gov/programs-surve County education data are from

ACS, and metro cost of living data are from

@BEA_News

regional price parities. 9/

Notes, sources, and caveats follow. The official release from

Growth in the Nation’s Largest Counties Rebounds in 2022

is here: census.gov/newsroom/press All changes are July 1 of the previous year to July 1 of the stated year. 8/

census.gov

Despite all the pandemic upheaval, growth patterns are surprisingly consistent. Correlation of county pop growth in 2019 with growth in: 2020: 0.89 2021: 0.68 2022: 0.77 For the most part, places that grew faster pre-pandemic also grew faster during pandemic and now. 7/

Outside of metro areas, population growth is much faster in counties with higher educational attainment -- before the pandemic, during the pandemic, and now. 6/

The big difference among large metros is between really expensive and more affordable places. High-cost large metros lost people during the pandemic. More affordable large metros gained people throughout. 5/

Number of the 25 largest metros that lost population in: 2019: 7 2020: 7 2021: 12 2022: 10 The three largest metros -- NY, LA, Chicago -- lost population in all four years, including before the pandemic. 4/

More immigration in 2022 boosted urban population growth. Net domestic migration improved in urban counties, too. But urban counties continue to lose more people to other parts of the country than before the pandemic. 3/

Domestic migration drives population changes and favors lower-density suburbs. International migration and "natural change" (births minus deaths) contribute to urban growth more than to other types of counties, but not enough to offset domestic out-migration. 2/

Today Census released 2022 county population estimates -- one of my favorite data releases of the year! A thread of (unofficial) insights. Urban counties lost people in 2022, at a slower rate than 2021. Low density suburbs remain the fastest growing counties. 1/

Thrilled to announce

Regional Economic Research Initiative: linking local economic data with place-based program data. This will improve program design, implementation, and evaluation -- ultimately to combat geographic inequality and boost regional competitiveness.

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Secretary Gina Raimondo

@SecRaimondo

Mar 27

Today, @CommerceGov is announcing the Regional Economic Research Initiative. This new initiative will use the power of data to identify and catalyze investments to spur economic opportunities across America. commerce.gov/news/press-rel

Council of Economic Advisers

@WhiteHouseCEA

Mar 20

Today, the Council of Economic Advisers released the 2023 Economic Report of the President, which includes the Annual Report of the Council of Economic Advisers. 1/ whitehouse.gov/wp-content/upl

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Guten Morgen autocorrected to Gluten Morgen, and I feel seen.

The deadline to respond to the 2022 Economic Census is fast approaching! Businesses invited to participate have until Wednesday, March 15, to respond before nonresponse follow-up begins. Use our social media toolkit to help spread the word: census.gov/library/spotli #EconCensus

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So you want to turn an office building into housing? Let's dig into how that actually works, and why older buildings are much easier to convert. w/ the amazing

@larrybuch

nytimes.com

Here’s How to Solve a 25-Story Rubik’s Cube

Cities are eager to turn office buildings into housing amid rising remote work. But that's harder than you might think.

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Barnard College Names Florida Law Dean as New President

Mar 11

TFW an article answers every question you ever had about something you think about all the time

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Emily Badger

@emilymbadger

Mar 11

So you want to turn an office building into housing? Let's dig into how that actually works, and why older buildings are much easier to convert. w/ the amazing @larrybuch nytimes.com/interactive/20

Congratulations to

!!! Barnard College Names Florida Law Dean as New President

nytimes.com

Laura A. Rosenbury will become president in the fall, leaving her position as dean of the University of Florida law school.

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Secretary Gina Raimondo

@SecRaimondo

Mar 8

Happy Holi from Delhi, India! Thank you for hosting me,

@rajnathsingh

. What an incredible start to my visit.

Secretary Raimondo meets with people at a Holi festival

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Secretary Raimondo dances at a Holi festival

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Secretary Raimondo plays a drum at a Holi festival

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Secretary Raimondo walks with leaders at a Holi festival

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Mar 7

How did we ever get research done without the GETCENSUS #Stata package? It loads American Community Survey data seamlessly into Stata via

API Thank you

@CenterOnBudget

@c_zippel

for creating and maintaining this amazing public service centeronbudget.github.io/getcensus/