Ben Glasner
@benglasner.bsky.social
Economist with the Economic Innovation Group. Ex-post-doc with the Center on Poverty & Social Policy (CPSP). Ex-Ex-Grad Student at the Evans School (UW). Tweets on policy and research. All good posts are from my dog.
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Come work with me, and more importantly with all the much smarter and cooler people than I am, at the @innovateeconomy.bsky.social:
Full-time, entry-level research role for someone who wants to work directly with data, policy ideas, all while building strong quantitative and writing skills.
Full-time, entry-level research role for someone who wants to work directly with data, policy ideas, all while building strong quantitative and writing skills.
Economic Innovation Group hiring Research Assistant in Washington, DC | LinkedIn
Posted 6:08:41 PM. Research Assistant
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November 24, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Come work with me, and more importantly with all the much smarter and cooler people than I am, at the @innovateeconomy.bsky.social:
Full-time, entry-level research role for someone who wants to work directly with data, policy ideas, all while building strong quantitative and writing skills.
Full-time, entry-level research role for someone who wants to work directly with data, policy ideas, all while building strong quantitative and writing skills.
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When states like Colorado passed policies requiring employers to disclose salary information in job postings, what happened?
It increased competition, and raised wages, without harming employment or changing skill requirements.
Improved functioning of markets, helped workers.
It increased competition, and raised wages, without harming employment or changing skill requirements.
Improved functioning of markets, helped workers.
November 17, 2025 at 4:41 PM
When states like Colorado passed policies requiring employers to disclose salary information in job postings, what happened?
It increased competition, and raised wages, without harming employment or changing skill requirements.
Improved functioning of markets, helped workers.
It increased competition, and raised wages, without harming employment or changing skill requirements.
Improved functioning of markets, helped workers.
SNAP isn't a partisan program, and recipients are split across red and blue America. #SNAP #FoodSecurity #GovernmentShutdown #Economy
November 13, 2025 at 2:32 PM
SNAP isn't a partisan program, and recipients are split across red and blue America. #SNAP #FoodSecurity #GovernmentShutdown #Economy
Ready to get back to my old home at @uwevansschool.bsky.social and @appam.bsky.social in Seattle.
You should not miss the full panel where I’ll be covering the impact of Opportunity Zones on housing.
You should not miss the full panel where I’ll be covering the impact of Opportunity Zones on housing.
November 12, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Ready to get back to my old home at @uwevansschool.bsky.social and @appam.bsky.social in Seattle.
You should not miss the full panel where I’ll be covering the impact of Opportunity Zones on housing.
You should not miss the full panel where I’ll be covering the impact of Opportunity Zones on housing.
Be the change you want to see in the world.
November 11, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Be the change you want to see in the world.
This is perhaps the most directly targeted/seen I've felt by a post. Immediate flashbacks to my dissertation on alternative work arrangements
November 8, 2025 at 6:05 PM
This is perhaps the most directly targeted/seen I've felt by a post. Immediate flashbacks to my dissertation on alternative work arrangements
Last night we wrote about the geo. and poli. dist. of SNAP reliance. We walked back language to reflect that the admin stated they would resume paying. Yet here we are.
A SNAP shutdown does not punish one side. It punishes families, our neighbors, and local economies.
A SNAP shutdown does not punish one side. It punishes families, our neighbors, and local economies.
Where any SNAP lapse will bite hardest
How the shutdown threatens food aid across the U.S.
agglomerations.substack.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Last night we wrote about the geo. and poli. dist. of SNAP reliance. We walked back language to reflect that the admin stated they would resume paying. Yet here we are.
A SNAP shutdown does not punish one side. It punishes families, our neighbors, and local economies.
A SNAP shutdown does not punish one side. It punishes families, our neighbors, and local economies.
Read the full analysis here:
Where any SNAP lapse will bite hardest
How the shutdown threatens food aid across the U.S.
agglomerations.substack.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Read the full analysis here:
Last night we wrote about the geo. and poli. dist. of SNAP reliance. We walked back language to reflect that the admin stated they would resume paying. Yet here we are.
A SNAP shutdown does not punish one side. It punishes families, our neighbors, and local economies.
A SNAP shutdown does not punish one side. It punishes families, our neighbors, and local economies.
November 4, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Last night we wrote about the geo. and poli. dist. of SNAP reliance. We walked back language to reflect that the admin stated they would resume paying. Yet here we are.
A SNAP shutdown does not punish one side. It punishes families, our neighbors, and local economies.
A SNAP shutdown does not punish one side. It punishes families, our neighbors, and local economies.
What’s next: two federal judges ordered emergency funds to continue until Congress acts.
Bottom line: even short lapses drain local spending, hitting distressed communities hardest.
Bottom line: even short lapses drain local spending, hitting distressed communities hardest.
November 4, 2025 at 3:10 PM
What’s next: two federal judges ordered emergency funds to continue until Congress acts.
Bottom line: even short lapses drain local spending, hitting distressed communities hardest.
Bottom line: even short lapses drain local spending, hitting distressed communities hardest.
SNAP shouldn’t be viewed as partisan.
51.5% of SNAP households live in Harris counties, 48.5% in Trump counties. Nationally SNAP ≈0.6% of income; but where SNAP >1% of total income 19.5% of households receive SNAP (vs 12.1% nationally).
51.5% of SNAP households live in Harris counties, 48.5% in Trump counties. Nationally SNAP ≈0.6% of income; but where SNAP >1% of total income 19.5% of households receive SNAP (vs 12.1% nationally).
November 4, 2025 at 3:10 PM
SNAP shouldn’t be viewed as partisan.
51.5% of SNAP households live in Harris counties, 48.5% in Trump counties. Nationally SNAP ≈0.6% of income; but where SNAP >1% of total income 19.5% of households receive SNAP (vs 12.1% nationally).
51.5% of SNAP households live in Harris counties, 48.5% in Trump counties. Nationally SNAP ≈0.6% of income; but where SNAP >1% of total income 19.5% of households receive SNAP (vs 12.1% nationally).
42M of us/our neighbors rely on SNAP, nearly 12% of households and 1 in 5 children. As high as 30%+ of households in 138 distressed, mostly rural counties; even in the most well-off places it’s ~1 in 20.
November 4, 2025 at 3:10 PM
42M of us/our neighbors rely on SNAP, nearly 12% of households and 1 in 5 children. As high as 30%+ of households in 138 distressed, mostly rural counties; even in the most well-off places it’s ~1 in 20.
@kenanfikri.bsky.social, @saraheckhardt.bsky.social, and I pulled some insight out of our data on local government transfer reliance. Read the full analysis here:
Where any SNAP lapse will bite hardest
How the shutdown threatens food aid across the U.S.
agglomerations.substack.com
November 4, 2025 at 3:10 PM
@kenanfikri.bsky.social, @saraheckhardt.bsky.social, and I pulled some insight out of our data on local government transfer reliance. Read the full analysis here:
Among counties that received more than 1% of total income from SNAP, 82% voted for Trump and 18% voted for Harris.
The on-again-off-again, still-looming, lapse in SNAP benefits for 42 million people is not in fact a “largely Democrat” issue.
The on-again-off-again, still-looming, lapse in SNAP benefits for 42 million people is not in fact a “largely Democrat” issue.
Trump Claims SNAP Recipients Are 'Largely’ Democrats
YouTube video by Bloomberg News
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November 4, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Among counties that received more than 1% of total income from SNAP, 82% voted for Trump and 18% voted for Harris.
The on-again-off-again, still-looming, lapse in SNAP benefits for 42 million people is not in fact a “largely Democrat” issue.
The on-again-off-again, still-looming, lapse in SNAP benefits for 42 million people is not in fact a “largely Democrat” issue.
1 in 5 children receive SNAP. 1 in 2 children receive assistance from at least one nutrition program.
Cannot emphasize enough how important stable access to nutrition is for everyone, and especially for kids.
Cannot emphasize enough how important stable access to nutrition is for everyone, and especially for kids.
November 1, 2025 at 3:10 PM
1 in 5 children receive SNAP. 1 in 2 children receive assistance from at least one nutrition program.
Cannot emphasize enough how important stable access to nutrition is for everyone, and especially for kids.
Cannot emphasize enough how important stable access to nutrition is for everyone, and especially for kids.
SNAP isn’t just about hardship today, it is an investment in all of our futures. Both program participants and those lucky enough to never have to be. Short-run support and long-run gains in health, safety, and economic mobility, especially for the kids who need it most.
October 29, 2025 at 5:42 PM
SNAP isn’t just about hardship today, it is an investment in all of our futures. Both program participants and those lucky enough to never have to be. Short-run support and long-run gains in health, safety, and economic mobility, especially for the kids who need it most.
Early access cuts adult poverty by ~5 pp, with largest gains for Black adults whose parents lacked a HS diploma; deep poverty falls ~9 pp. Transfers in childhood narrow racial gaps.
The Effectiveness of the Food Stamp Program at Reducing Differences in the Intergenerational Persistence of Poverty
Access to food stamps in childhood can disrupt the intergenerational persistence of poverty, particularly for Black children.
equitablegrowth.org
October 29, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Early access cuts adult poverty by ~5 pp, with largest gains for Black adults whose parents lacked a HS diploma; deep poverty falls ~9 pp. Transfers in childhood narrow racial gaps.
Changes in documented immigrants’ Food Stamp eligibility (1996–2003) show that tighter rules cut take-up, and an added year of parental eligibility before age five boosts child health at ages 6–16.
The Effect of Food Stamps on Children’s Health
The Food Stamp program is currently one of the largest safety net programs in the United States and is especially important for families with children. The existing evidence on the effects of Food Sta...
jhr.uwpress.org
October 29, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Changes in documented immigrants’ Food Stamp eligibility (1996–2003) show that tighter rules cut take-up, and an added year of parental eligibility before age five boosts child health at ages 6–16.
More early-childhood access → less crime later. Each added year of FSP lowers young-adult conviction risk ~2.5%, especially for violent/felony offenses and for nonwhite children. The crime-reduction benefits exceed costs.
Fighting Crime in the Cradle
Using variation in the rollout of the Food Stamp Program (FSP), combined with criminal conviction data from North Carolina, we find that FSP availability in early childhood leads to large reductions i...
jhr.uwpress.org
October 29, 2025 at 3:20 PM
More early-childhood access → less crime later. Each added year of FSP lowers young-adult conviction risk ~2.5%, especially for violent/felony offenses and for nonwhite children. The crime-reduction benefits exceed costs.
Early-life poverty depresses adult labor market success, lower earnings and fewer hours, but shows no clear effects on general adult health or on out-of-wedlock births/arrests. Implications for child well-being metrics and policy.
The Importance of Early Childhood Poverty - Social Indicators Research
Most poor children achieve less, exhibit more problem behaviors and are less healthy than children reared in more affluent families. We look beyond correlations such as these to a recent set of studie...
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October 29, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Early-life poverty depresses adult labor market success, lower earnings and fewer hours, but shows no clear effects on general adult health or on out-of-wedlock births/arrests. Implications for child well-being metrics and policy.
Cumulative childhood poverty has lasting scars: each additional year poor raises the odds of poverty in early/middle adulthood. Racial gaps are stark, with higher adult poverty risks for Black individuals at every exposure level.
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October 29, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Cumulative childhood poverty has lasting scars: each additional year poor raises the odds of poverty in early/middle adulthood. Racial gaps are stark, with higher adult poverty risks for Black individuals at every exposure level.
Staggered Food Stamp rollout across counties (1960s–70s). Introduction lowers work on extensive & intensive margins—less employment and fewer hours—consistent with labor supply theory. Effects are concentrated among single-women–headed families.
Work incentives and the Food Stamp Program
Labor supply theory makes strong predictions about how the introduction or expansion of a social welfare program impacts work effort. Although there i…
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October 29, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Staggered Food Stamp rollout across counties (1960s–70s). Introduction lowers work on extensive & intensive margins—less employment and fewer hours—consistent with labor supply theory. Effects are concentrated among single-women–headed families.
Food Stamp rollout: Early-life access (pre-age 5) improves adult outcomes: +6% SD human capital, +3% SD self-sufficiency, +8% SD neighborhood quality, +1.2 years life expectancy, −0.5 pp likelihood of incarceration. marginal value of public funds ≈ 62
Is the Social Safety Net a Long-Term Investment? Large-Scale Evidence From the Food Stamps Program
Abstract. We use novel, large-scale data on 17.5 million Americans to study how a policy-driven increase in economic resources affects children's long-term
academic.oup.com
October 29, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Food Stamp rollout: Early-life access (pre-age 5) improves adult outcomes: +6% SD human capital, +3% SD self-sufficiency, +8% SD neighborhood quality, +1.2 years life expectancy, −0.5 pp likelihood of incarceration. marginal value of public funds ≈ 62
Study leverages the gradual Food Stamp rollout (1961–75) + PSID. Kids with access in utero/childhood show better adult health (lower metabolic syndrome). Women also achieve greater economic self-sufficiency.
Long-Run Impacts of Childhood Access to the Safety Net
(April 2016) - We examine the impact of a positive and policy-driven change in
economic resources available in utero and during childhood. We
focus on the introduction of the Food Stamp Program, which...
www.aeaweb.org
October 29, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Study leverages the gradual Food Stamp rollout (1961–75) + PSID. Kids with access in utero/childhood show better adult health (lower metabolic syndrome). Women also achieve greater economic self-sufficiency.
USDA ERS analysis: when the economy cools, +$1B SNAP → +$1.54B GDP. The ripple adds ~$32M to farm income and ~480 full-time ag jobs. SNAP benefits are spent quickly, amplifying demand.
Quantifying the Impact of SNAP Benefits on the U.S. Economy and Jobs | Economic Research Service
Participants in USDA’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) generally spend their benefits soon after receiving them, spending that has cascading effects through the economy. A recent ERS ...
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October 29, 2025 at 3:20 PM
USDA ERS analysis: when the economy cools, +$1B SNAP → +$1.54B GDP. The ripple adds ~$32M to farm income and ~480 full-time ag jobs. SNAP benefits are spent quickly, amplifying demand.