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Abigail Wozniak
@AbigailWozniak
Labor economist. Director Mpls Fed OIGI. Former WH CEA, ND Econ. Tweets not endorsements, Fed views, or hot takes. https://t.co/kws5Crx538
Mar 17, 2022 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
Some evidence on time to the (Econ) PhD...

Turns out median age at the PhD has fallen over the last 2-3 decades, in econ as well as soc sci and STEM.
🤔 1/n Image But wait, don't we frequently hear how much more is expected of students applying to Econ PhDs?

This is harder to see in the data, but one explanation is that requirements for more full-time preparation mean that students need to go "straight through" or not at all. 2/n
Feb 6, 2021 • 10 tweets • 4 min read
🚨NEW: The @uscensusbureau Household Pulse Survey has started asking Americans if they have been diagnosed with Covid. Here’s what these new data show…

First, almost 15% of respondents report a Covid diagnosis. This is considerably higher than the rate of confirmed cases, of about 8%. Could this be correct? The HPS asks if a provider has diagnosed you with Covid. This diagnosis may have been made without a confirmatory test. So it’s possible, but the difference deserves more study.
Sep 4, 2020 • 10 tweets • 4 min read
I share the overall view that we are in a very different place in the pandemic economy than we were in April, but a lot of people are still very exposed to severe hardship that may last a long time.

These are the facts that have me concerned… The Black unemployment rate is not coming down as fast as the white or Hispanic rates, in spite of Hispanic rates climbing fastest and having highest peak in April (an unprecedented change in the relative rates).

Mar 22, 2020 • 15 tweets • 3 min read
I’ve created a proposal to use a daily survey of 2 million Americans to generate timely data on where coronavirus cases are emerging and how populations are faring under movement restrictions. 1/x This would create a survey-based surveillance system for tracking emerging coronavirus AND gauging the impacts of social & economic disruption. 2/x
Mar 15, 2020 • 9 tweets • 3 min read
MN was slightly behind other states in announcing school closures, but it's b/c they were putting together an incredibly thorough plan with an emphasis on clarity, order, equity & cross-agency cooperation. Really impressive. Other states can follow. 1/x. Plan includes provisions/guidance for so many important things. To list a few: childcare will be provided for elementary aged children of first responders, schools/districts directed to incorporate *all* employees in their distance learning delivery, ...
Dec 3, 2018 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
In the last few weeks, I’ve had several questions about declining long-distance migration in the US, both on twitter and IRL. \Thread with what my co-authors and I think is going on… 1/n 2/n. While it’s generally true that the decline in migration since (at least) 1980 is not well explained, RMolly, CSmith and I attribute this to declines in labor market transitions.
Nov 21, 2018 • 10 tweets • 3 min read
Like so many, I was dismayed by this story. So, I decided to see what economics had contributed to our understanding of DV. To assess, I searched NBER for “domestic violence” in the title/abstract. I didn’t expect to find much. I didn’t. But what was there is powerful. Thread… 2. My search turned up six papers. I completely acknowledge the limitations of this search.