Professor of economics and international affairs at the George Washington University. Former Treasury official and Indeed Hiring Lab founder. Personal views.
Jul 27, 2022 • 11 tweets • 2 min read
With all this talk about the definition of a recession, it's time for another summertime 🧵 from your macroeconomics professor...
The definition of the term recession is important. We need to understand the particular economic conditions we're experiencing - this will help guide appropriate policy responses.
Feb 24, 2022 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
Has there been a wholesale shift in the labor market so that occupations job seekers are interested in no longer match jobs on offer? I used @Indeed data on job postings and job seeker clicks on those postings to investigate this question. A brief 🧵: hiringlab.org/2022/02/24/is-…
One of the (many) cool things about @Indeed data is that it is forward-looking. If the pandemic caused large-scale rethinking of the occupations job seekers are interested in, then there would be a substantial shift in the types of jobs they’re clicking on.
May 20, 2019 • 18 tweets • 8 min read
Today I shared some thoughts at the #FedFMC session on #data regulation. Understanding the potential benefits and challenges of new sources of data is an important step to getting regulation right. frbatlanta.org/news/conferenc…
I focused my comments at the #FedFMC on my experience working with private data to develop public insights: opportunities to use new sources of data to learn more about the world around us, e.g. economic indicators and societal trends. Like what we do at the @indeed#HiringLab.
