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Charlotte Ambrozek
@cambrozek.bsky.social
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Assistant Prof, Applied Econ, UMN
Food, econ, and data
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dlortega.bsky.social
Wait, it gets worse. The team of economists and researchers responsible for the USDA survey that measures food insecurity and hunger were put on indefinite paid leave today.

www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Exclusive | USDA Puts Food Researchers on Leave
The move comes days after the Trump administration abruptly canceled an annual Agriculture Department report that measures hunger in America.
www.wsj.com
September 23, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Reposted by Charlotte Ambrozek
springerecon.bsky.social
🧵 of my favorite new papers that I saw at #ASHEcon2025

First up is “Stigmas and Social Safety Net Participation” from @kpukelis.bsky.social and Michael Holcomb which finds interesting stigma difference along political lines
June 27, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Reposted by Charlotte Ambrozek
instrumenthull.bsky.social
Coming soon to Zoom rooms near you!

We're excited to announce a reboot of the Chamberlain Seminar, five years after its 2020 debut

We'll kick things off on 3/21 with a tribute to Gary. More info and future seminars here:
chamberlainseminar.org

Register here: stanford.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
March 7, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Reposted by Charlotte Ambrozek
corinnelow.com
I am hearing that PEPFAR programs are still being stalled, and medication appointments cancelled, despite a waiver in place to allow life-saving programs to continue. Thus,
@belindaarch.bsky.social
and I are sharing the letter we wrote, signed by 110 economists, urging its continuation. 1/4
Text of letter available here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SMkdyaeJWOHN4y-DC5RPY1ZGk9B_SIIk5Tv_Yz5zQRw/edit?tab=t.0
February 4, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Reposted by Charlotte Ambrozek
jpam-dc.bsky.social
We are now on Bluesky! Follow us for the latest news and updates from JPAM. #EconSky #PolicySky
February 3, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Reposted by Charlotte Ambrozek
corinnelow.com
@belindaarch.bsky.social and I have written a letter from economists regarding PEPFAR. Please sign and share with your network. Only economist signatures right now (for more focused impact). Once signed, we will share with the administration, congress, + the media. #econsky
forms.gle/C5roVX5sFF14...
January 28, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Reposted by Charlotte Ambrozek
crampell.bsky.social
Broader agreement that it to applies to discretionary spending payments (Head Start, WIC, etc).
January 28, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Reposted by Charlotte Ambrozek
dismalscientist86.bsky.social
📈📉 New Census Working Paper: "Food Security Status Across the Rural-Urban Continuum Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic" by Patrick J. Brady, Melissa N. Laska, Rachel Widome, and Sruthi Valluri www.census.gov/library/work...
Background: Food security, defined as consistent access to sufficient food to support an active life, is a crucial social determinant of health. A key dimension affecting food security is position along the rural-urban continuum, as there are important socio-economic and environmental differences between communities related to urbanicity or rurality that impact food access. The COVID-19 pandemic created social and economic shocks that altered financial and food security, which may have had differential effects by rurality and urbanicity. However, there has been limited research on how food security differs across the shades of the rural-urban community spectrum, as most often researchers have characterized communities as either urban or rural. Methods: In this study, which linked restricted use Current Population Survey Food Security Supplement data to census-tract level United States Department of Agriculture Rural-Urban Commuting Area codes, we estimated the prevalence of household food security across temporal (2015-2019 versus 2020-2021) and socio-spatial (urban, large rural city/town, small rural town, or isolated rural town/area) dimensions in order to characterize variations before and during the COVID-19 pandemic by urbanicity/rurality. We report prevalences as point estimates with 95% confidence intervals. Results: The prevalence of food security was 87.7% (87.5-88.0%) in 2015-2019 and 88.8% (88.489.3%) in 2020-2021 for urban areas, 85.5% (84.7-86.2%) in 2015-2019 and 87.1% (85.7-88.3%) in 2020-2021 for large rural towns/cities, 82.8% (81.5-84.1%) in 2015-2019 and 87.3% (85.789.2%) in 2020-2021 for small rural towns, and 87.6% (86.3-88.8%) in 2015-2019 and 90.9% (88.792.7%) in 2020-2021 for isolated rural towns/areas. Conclusion: These findings show that rural communities experiences of food security vary and aggregating households in these environments may mask areas of concern and concentrated need.
January 14, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Reposted by Charlotte Ambrozek
hec-wiley.bsky.social
Hello World! The Editorial Board of Health Economics is pleased to announce that we are now live on the happier, friendlier, and all-together Blue-er place. Please follow us (and repost) for updates on articles and journal issues as they come out.
January 15, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Reposted by Charlotte Ambrozek
tderyugina.bsky.social
PSA to job market candidates: if you didn't get a particular flyout, it may have had nothing to do with the quality of your interview. Departments have a myriad of internal constraints and goals that are unobservable to you, and the process is a lot more complex than you think.
January 10, 2025 at 3:23 PM
cambrozek.bsky.social
Excited to start the year off sharing some memes made by my students in Intro Econometrics for extra credit on their final. The prompt is to make a meme about an econometrics concept, and then explain to me, as if I am your less econometrically savvy relative, why the meme works.
January 3, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Reposted by Charlotte Ambrozek
justincarinci.bsky.social
Judith Liu presenting research with our Alfonso Flores-Lagunes, and Norbert Wilson, on disparities in food insecurities between foreign-born and U.S.-born-headed households. #ASSA2025
Alfonso Flores-Lagunes watches Judith Liu present their joint research
January 3, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Reposted by Charlotte Ambrozek
jurawho.bsky.social
🚨Closing out 2024 with a new paper with @hristakeva.bsky.social and @leofeler.com: How GLP-1 medications like Ozempic are reshaping food demand and changing the rules of the game for the food industry.
Screenshot of paper title and abstract
December 31, 2024 at 3:29 PM
Reposted by Charlotte Ambrozek
centeronbudget.bsky.social
New statement from Ty Jones Cox on the continuation of #SNAP benefit theft protections in a proposed farm bill extension: www.cbpp.org/press/statem...
Congress Set to Extend Vital Protections for Victims of SNAP Benefit Theft | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Legislation to temporarily extend food and agriculture programs authorized by the farm bill, including the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), will also extend protections for victims of...
www.cbpp.org
December 18, 2024 at 6:12 PM
Reposted by Charlotte Ambrozek
nomadj1s.bsky.social
The technical term for this move is “some BS” … the only tax program that scored higher in reviews from users was the pre-populated tax return pilot in California … also targeted by massive for-profit tax preparer lobbying …
NEW: Reps. Adrian Smith and Chuck Edwards wrote Trump a letter today urging him to terminate the IRS’s new free tax filing service, otherwise known as Direct File, on “day one” through an executive order. It’s co-signed by 27 House Republicans
December 12, 2024 at 1:01 AM
Reposted by Charlotte Ambrozek
gemmadipoppa.bsky.social
🚨 New @apsrjournal.bsky.social Paper! 🚨
In “When Migrants Mobilize against Labor Exploitation: Evidence from the Italian Farmlands,” I study how empowering undocumented migrants can reduce labor exploitation and even weaken organized crime.

Thread : 🧵
December 11, 2024 at 6:04 PM
cambrozek.bsky.social
🚨 new policy brief 🧵

poverty.ucdavis.edu/post/snap-pa...

Farmworkers have high food insecurity AND low SNAP participation (even if eligible).

We show big correlations between harvest timing and farmworkers leaving then re-entering SNAP.

This pattern hurts both households and state budgets. 1/3
Screenshot of the title, author list, and abstract of a policy brief from the UC Davis Center for Poverty and Inequality Research December 2024 issue. Title: "SNAP Participation Among Agricultural Workers Impacted by Seasonal Employment" Authors: Casey J. McNichols and Charlotte E. Ambrozek, University of Minnesota; and Timothy K. M. Beatty, UC Davis The text of the abstract reads: "The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) serves as a safety net for more than 41 million low-income families, but only about 80 percent of eligible individuals participate. Among SNAP-eligible agricultural workers, take-up is likely even lower. In a recent study, we explored the seasonality of agricultural employment and the extent to which its associated administrative burdens impact households’ SNAP eligibility and participation. To measure households’ attachment to SNAP, we used ‘churn’—exit and subsequent re-entry into SNAP—among Fresno County, CA households. We found a significant negative correlation between SNAP churn and agricultural employment seasonality. Understanding the relationship between SNAP churn and the seasonality of agricultural employment would likely improve access to the safety net for a vulnerable population, as well as reduce SNAP implementation costs for both households and the state."
December 10, 2024 at 8:30 PM
Reposted by Charlotte Ambrozek
donmoyn.bsky.social
Mandatory interviews with a fixed interview time are a critical administrative checkpoint for SNAP applicants.
Giving them flexibility in scheduling interviews helps them get past this checkpoint. We ran experiments to increase interview flexibility with Code for America in LA and Boulder, CO.
The results were strikingly consistent: In both places, about half of the people who were offered the flexible interview option chose to use it. In Los Angeles applicants given the flexible interview option (not just those who used it) had 30 day approval rates that were 6.2 points higher than those who were in the status quo scheduled interview-only process. In Boulder, applicants texted about a flexible interview option had an approval rate that was 6-7 points higher than those who only received a mailer with a scheduled interview time.
December 6, 2024 at 3:43 PM
Reposted by Charlotte Ambrozek
pkrugman.bsky.social
Sometimes the combination of arrogance and ignorance is breathtaking. Yes, US health care has high admin costs; that's because it relies so much on private insurers. Govt-run health insurance has much lower overhead
December 6, 2024 at 11:49 AM
Reposted by Charlotte Ambrozek
crampell.bsky.social
Fun fact: “The average American eats about 20 pounds of fresh tomatoes per year, two-thirds of which now come from Mexico.”

asmith.ucdavis.edu/news/mexican...
Mexican Tomatoes are Winning the American Market
This article was written by UC Davis ARE PhD students Yuhan Wang and Wenjie Zhan.  It is the fifth in a series of excellent articles written by students in my ARE 231 class this fall.
asmith.ucdavis.edu
November 26, 2024 at 2:42 AM
cambrozek.bsky.social
@ #SEA2024 tomorrow and Monday.

Tomorrow I’m presenting new work on the effect of SNAP retailer disqualifications on participation in “Food Insecurity and Food Assistance” from 4-5:45p in Georgetown East

Looking forward to meeting/reconnecting with folks

Come say hi!
November 24, 2024 at 2:21 AM
cambrozek.bsky.social
UMN APEC is hiring in ag business!

Come work with us, one of the best ag econ depts in the US, excellent colleagues and students. Twin Cities amenities - great for food + 🎸🎹🎻 + 🚲 + 🛶

Apply by December 15

aaea.execinc.com/edibo/JobBoa...
Agricultural & Applied Economics Association (AAEA)
The Agricultural & Applied Economics Association (AAEA) is a not-for-profit association serving the professional interests of members working in agricultural and broadly related fields of applied econ...
aaea.execinc.com
November 21, 2024 at 7:32 PM
Reposted by Charlotte Ambrozek
hbottemiller.bsky.social
Hello, hello! I'm officially back on here. Who should I be following? Where are the food/agriculture policy nerds? Help me out!
November 20, 2024 at 6:35 PM
Reposted by Charlotte Ambrozek
laurenhlb.bsky.social
For #FarmBill & #EconSky followers gearing up:

@chloeneast.bsky.social & I wrote a comprehensive explainer on SNAP work requirements: the rules, the research, and our recommendations.

www.hamiltonproject.org/publication/...
A primer on SNAP work requirements - The Hamilton Project
An explainer on work requirements for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP; formerly known as the Food Stamp Program) summarizes the research on work requirements and their efficacy.
www.hamiltonproject.org
November 20, 2024 at 1:32 PM
Reposted by Charlotte Ambrozek
cpsc.gov
One of Trent Turkey's favorite fire safety songs: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkqB...
Se Pone Caliente - We're Safety Now Haven't We
YouTube video by U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
www.youtube.com
November 19, 2024 at 5:33 PM