Historical demographer and data impresario Wired profile: https://xitter.cf/t.co/e5wKJzgOLv Data: https://xitter.cf/t.co/sZipGO8asb
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Minnesota is a shit hole that I’m embarrassed to live in. Here’s why Minnesotans should make me their next senator.
by Michele Tafoya
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(1/X) The following are as certain as the run rising tomorrow:
(a) Trump will leave the US (and GOP) in shambles
(b) Neither Trump nor anyone who facilitated him will pay a price
(c) Ppl who accurately predicted how bad Trump2 would be will be portrayed as hysterical..
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This graphic is from my 2015 Presidential Address at the PAA, later published as "Patriarchy, Power, and Pay" (Link in reply)
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A right-wing disinformation campaign is using completely false information about the Census Bureau to feed GOP delusions that immigrants are helping Democrats rig federal elections. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/h…
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This graph from our new paper on the invention of microdata shows the involvement of PAA presidents with the Census Bureau from 1930 to 2019.
The tiny grey bar on the right of the graph represents me. 1/2
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A nice new piece of institutional backstory on the Census microdata we use (by Magnuson & Ruggles)
In “Equally Available to Anyone,” @dldmag & @HistDem describe the story of the invention of the 1st microdata sample in interactions between Census Bureau staff & the PAA & how that collaboration “can be a model for preserving broad access" going forward. read.dukeupress.edu/demograp…
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In “Equally Available to Anyone,” @dldmag & @HistDem describe the story of the invention of the 1st microdata sample in interactions between Census Bureau staff & the PAA & how that collaboration “can be a model for preserving broad access" going forward. read.dukeupress.edu/demograp…
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My paper on the "Pig in the Python" is now available with no paywall from NIH. I argue that the demand for young workers will grow dramatically over the coming decades, likely leading to rising wages, stronger unions, and lower inequality. Links to paper in reply.
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A notepad in front of U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent reads "To Do Buy Japanese Yen $5-10 bil" as he participates in a cabinet meeting at Camp David.
The note, photographed at 11:33 EDT, came after Reuters earlier reported the Treasury had put banks on alert for a possible U.S. intervention in the market for Japan's currency.
📸REUTERS/Daniel Heuer
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via @minnpop @ipums.bsky.social IPUMS Time Use Leadership Receives Ellen Galinsky Generative Researcher Award: Since 1993, IPUMS has worked to preserve and harmonize the population data and make them freely accessible to researchers. This includes time… blog.popdata.org/ipums-time-…
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New analysis from @HistDem warns the U.S. could be entering "an unprecedented era of labor scarcity" as Baby Boomers retire.
For NJ, the challenge moving forward won’t just be competing for businesses. It will also be competing for people. wsj.com/economy/jobs/the-nex…
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Wall Street Journal coverage of the Acemoglu/Autor paper and research from @HistDem, suggesting that a shrinking pool of young workers could (1) “bolster workers’ bargaining power and drive wages higher,” (2) bolster wages for young people, “leading more people to enter the labor force,” and (3) create a “huge incentive to adopt labor-saving” technologies.
The article notes a caveat to this scenario: “Notably that if there were a sharp rebound in immigration, the supply of workers might not be so diminished.”
wsj.com/economy/jobs/the-nex…
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Happy #WorldPopulationDay! 🌍 Understanding our world means understanding its people.A massive thank you to the 104 National Statistical Offices worldwide that contribute anonymized census data to the @IPUMS harmonized data repository! 🙌Explore the data: ipums.org/projects/ipums-int…
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My paper on the Pig in the Python is now free of copyediting errors!
Gift link: hist.umn.edu/~ruggles/Articl…
