Matt Nelson
@mattanelson.bsky.social
Historical demographer | ISRDI Senior Research Scientist | IPUMS Full Count Census Data 1790-1950 | Kinship Networks | 10 gallon 🩸 donor
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The Cambridge Group for the History of Population and Social Structure invites applications for a two-week Summer School on ‘Micro-Census Insights into Historical Households, Mortality and Fertility’, held at University of Cambridge from July 6-17th, 2026. Application deadline February 2 2026.
The Cambridge Group for the History of Population and Social Structure, Cambridge » Events
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November 26, 2025 at 2:14 PM
The Cambridge Group for the History of Population and Social Structure invites applications for a two-week Summer School on ‘Micro-Census Insights into Historical Households, Mortality and Fertility’, held at University of Cambridge from July 6-17th, 2026. Application deadline February 2 2026.
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George Alter & Sam Williamson discuss the 1st pensions for Pennsylvania RR workers at the 50th anniversary SSHA meeting. Men in strenuous occupations often shifted to less demanding jobs as they aged. Late retirees lived longer. Locomotive engineers & conductors were well paid for travelling work.
November 22, 2025 at 4:22 PM
George Alter & Sam Williamson discuss the 1st pensions for Pennsylvania RR workers at the 50th anniversary SSHA meeting. Men in strenuous occupations often shifted to less demanding jobs as they aged. Late retirees lived longer. Locomotive engineers & conductors were well paid for travelling work.
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Participants at the 50th meeting of the Social Science History Association take a moment to remember the great Andrew Beveridge. Steve Ruggles, Margo Anderson and Vernon Burton led the appreciation!
www.gc.cuny.edu/news/memoria...
www.gc.cuny.edu/news/memoria...
November 22, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Participants at the 50th meeting of the Social Science History Association take a moment to remember the great Andrew Beveridge. Steve Ruggles, Margo Anderson and Vernon Burton led the appreciation!
www.gc.cuny.edu/news/memoria...
www.gc.cuny.edu/news/memoria...
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When Canada tried this is was a data disaster for large swaths of the country
November 18, 2025 at 10:32 PM
When Canada tried this is was a data disaster for large swaths of the country
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I moved to Minnesota in June 2023 during a day when the air smelled like a campfire. When I’ve asked longtime Minnesotans about the increasingly severe smoke during our summers, they all say it was never a problem until a few years ago. And wow, this graph has got the receipts.
November 14, 2025 at 9:17 PM
I moved to Minnesota in June 2023 during a day when the air smelled like a campfire. When I’ve asked longtime Minnesotans about the increasingly severe smoke during our summers, they all say it was never a problem until a few years ago. And wow, this graph has got the receipts.
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One week until the start of the Social Science History Association annual meeting in Chicago, 20-23 November. The Data Infrastructure Network can't wait to see you! @socscihistory.bsky.social ssha2025.ssha.org
November 13, 2025 at 5:45 PM
One week until the start of the Social Science History Association annual meeting in Chicago, 20-23 November. The Data Infrastructure Network can't wait to see you! @socscihistory.bsky.social ssha2025.ssha.org
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The Cdn Network for Economic History & the Indigenous Economics Study Group invite proposals for a conference Aug 21-23 2026 in Yellowknife NWT: “Historical Persistence & Economic Development: Culture, Institutions & Understudied Economies”
More info [email protected] or [email protected]
More info [email protected] or [email protected]
2026 Conference – The Canadian Network for Economic History
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November 13, 2025 at 1:08 PM
The Cdn Network for Economic History & the Indigenous Economics Study Group invite proposals for a conference Aug 21-23 2026 in Yellowknife NWT: “Historical Persistence & Economic Development: Culture, Institutions & Understudied Economies”
More info [email protected] or [email protected]
More info [email protected] or [email protected]
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"At Iowa [Writing Workshop], many of my colleagues had attended Ivy Leagues, yet received nothing close to the level of thought and care I did as a student."
Minnesotans are so lucky to have this wonderful liberal arts college in our public university system. I hope we see & preserve its value
Minnesotans are so lucky to have this wonderful liberal arts college in our public university system. I hope we see & preserve its value
Opinion | Changes proposed for the University of Minnesota Morris warrant pushback
"University of Minnesota administrators, especially President Rebecca Cunningham: Please acknowledge the college’s historical and current value, as well as that of the liberal arts in general, when co...
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November 10, 2025 at 7:48 PM
"At Iowa [Writing Workshop], many of my colleagues had attended Ivy Leagues, yet received nothing close to the level of thought and care I did as a student."
Minnesotans are so lucky to have this wonderful liberal arts college in our public university system. I hope we see & preserve its value
Minnesotans are so lucky to have this wonderful liberal arts college in our public university system. I hope we see & preserve its value
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New @pewresearch.org on how the Census has measured race over time. The social construction of race made apparent.
Counting Race: How the Census Measures Identity and What Americans Think About It
How the U.S. government measures race has changed substantially since censuses began in 1790. Today, Americans differ on whether the government should ask about race.
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November 10, 2025 at 6:16 PM
New @pewresearch.org on how the Census has measured race over time. The social construction of race made apparent.
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Hi all, please spread the word and we hope everyone can make good use of this new data drop: cmfdata.org
The full surviving establishment-level Census of Manufactures manuscripts and digitized data from 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880!
The full surviving establishment-level Census of Manufactures manuscripts and digitized data from 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880!
Historical Census of Manufactures Microdata - Historical Census of Manufactures Microdata
CMFdata.org
November 6, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Hi all, please spread the word and we hope everyone can make good use of this new data drop: cmfdata.org
The full surviving establishment-level Census of Manufactures manuscripts and digitized data from 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880!
The full surviving establishment-level Census of Manufactures manuscripts and digitized data from 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880!
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Check out this conference if you work on topics related to kinship structure and dynamics (within and beyond the household), caregiving, intergenerational processes, family bereavement, LGBTQ+ & chosen kinship, etc. @iussp.bsky.social Submit by 21 Jan 2026 👇 www.demogr.mpg.de/go/kinship-conference
November 6, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Check out this conference if you work on topics related to kinship structure and dynamics (within and beyond the household), caregiving, intergenerational processes, family bereavement, LGBTQ+ & chosen kinship, etc. @iussp.bsky.social Submit by 21 Jan 2026 👇 www.demogr.mpg.de/go/kinship-conference
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www.cmfdata.org Great data drop! @rickhornbeck.bsky.social
Historical Census of Manufactures Microdata - Historical Census of Manufactures Microdata
www.cmfdata.org
November 5, 2025 at 10:44 PM
www.cmfdata.org Great data drop! @rickhornbeck.bsky.social
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Curious about using census microdata in your research? 📊
Join us for a webinar on IPUMS International, the world’s leading repository of harmonized census data.
🗓️ 12 Nov 2025 | 🕒 15:15–16:30 UK | 💻 Zoom
Register: forms.gle/oqTDNU4Zpn2s...
Hosted by the LSE Historical Economic Demography Group.
Join us for a webinar on IPUMS International, the world’s leading repository of harmonized census data.
🗓️ 12 Nov 2025 | 🕒 15:15–16:30 UK | 💻 Zoom
Register: forms.gle/oqTDNU4Zpn2s...
Hosted by the LSE Historical Economic Demography Group.
Register for IPUMs International Online Session
Please use this form to register for the IPUMs International Session hosted by the Historical Economic Demography Group at LSE.
The session will be on Zoom from 15:15-16:30 UK Time on 12 November 202...
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November 5, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Curious about using census microdata in your research? 📊
Join us for a webinar on IPUMS International, the world’s leading repository of harmonized census data.
🗓️ 12 Nov 2025 | 🕒 15:15–16:30 UK | 💻 Zoom
Register: forms.gle/oqTDNU4Zpn2s...
Hosted by the LSE Historical Economic Demography Group.
Join us for a webinar on IPUMS International, the world’s leading repository of harmonized census data.
🗓️ 12 Nov 2025 | 🕒 15:15–16:30 UK | 💻 Zoom
Register: forms.gle/oqTDNU4Zpn2s...
Hosted by the LSE Historical Economic Demography Group.
What a travesty. Besides the point of detaining people (& at sensitive locations) but what would they do with the children in these circumstances? What about rising costs of child care for parents?
Many are already aware of the hypocrisy of this administration but what a lack of morality & concern.
Many are already aware of the hypocrisy of this administration but what a lack of morality & concern.
‘I have papers’: Child care worker detained by ICE officers inside a Chicago day care
Raids inside day cares had been off limits until this year, when, on his first day in office, President Donald Trump removed that protection.
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November 5, 2025 at 6:42 PM
What a travesty. Besides the point of detaining people (& at sensitive locations) but what would they do with the children in these circumstances? What about rising costs of child care for parents?
Many are already aware of the hypocrisy of this administration but what a lack of morality & concern.
Many are already aware of the hypocrisy of this administration but what a lack of morality & concern.
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Shari Eli, Nicholas Li & Janki Shah use new complete count data to assess what can & cannot be learned about socio-economic status from the Canadian census 1871-1901. They analyze the non-reporting of earnings despite having an occupation & the characteristics of people at different earning levels.
November 2, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Shari Eli, Nicholas Li & Janki Shah use new complete count data to assess what can & cannot be learned about socio-economic status from the Canadian census 1871-1901. They analyze the non-reporting of earnings despite having an occupation & the characteristics of people at different earning levels.
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Pleased to be part of the history making "IPUMS USA Full Count Census Data" special issue in Historical Methods 58(4). @ipums.bsky.social @stevenruggles.bsky.social @mattanelson.bsky.social @juliariveradrew.bsky.social @evanrobertsnz.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/toc/vhim20/5...
Historical Methods: A Journal of Quantitative and Interdisciplinary History
IPUMS USA Full Count Census Data Collection. Volume 58, Issue 4 of Historical Methods: A Journal of Quantitative and Interdisciplinary History
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October 31, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Pleased to be part of the history making "IPUMS USA Full Count Census Data" special issue in Historical Methods 58(4). @ipums.bsky.social @stevenruggles.bsky.social @mattanelson.bsky.social @juliariveradrew.bsky.social @evanrobertsnz.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/toc/vhim20/5...
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TCRG Webinar: Evan Roberts @evanrobertsnz.bsky.social and Natalia Uro-De Leon will present on Shoreland and setbacks: The Minnesota Zoning Atlas. Wed., Nov. 19, 12:00 Noon. RSVP here tcrgnov19.eventbrite.com
TCRG Webinar: Shoreland and setbacks: The Minnesota Zoning Atlas
Evan Roberts and Natalia Uro-De Leon will present on Shoreland and setbacks: The Minnesota Zoning Atlas.
tcrgnov19.eventbrite.com
October 29, 2025 at 5:10 PM
TCRG Webinar: Evan Roberts @evanrobertsnz.bsky.social and Natalia Uro-De Leon will present on Shoreland and setbacks: The Minnesota Zoning Atlas. Wed., Nov. 19, 12:00 Noon. RSVP here tcrgnov19.eventbrite.com
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Postdoc at the Minnesota Population Center, @minnpop.bsky.social
Applications open now and being evaluated on a rolling basis. Pass on to demographers you know!
(This one requires folks to relocate to the Twin Cities, because it involves work in the restricted data center)
Applications open now and being evaluated on a rolling basis. Pass on to demographers you know!
(This one requires folks to relocate to the Twin Cities, because it involves work in the restricted data center)
hr.myu.umn.edu
October 23, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Postdoc at the Minnesota Population Center, @minnpop.bsky.social
Applications open now and being evaluated on a rolling basis. Pass on to demographers you know!
(This one requires folks to relocate to the Twin Cities, because it involves work in the restricted data center)
Applications open now and being evaluated on a rolling basis. Pass on to demographers you know!
(This one requires folks to relocate to the Twin Cities, because it involves work in the restricted data center)
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Was Manchester really as segregated as Engels said? What kept the rich and poor apart.... if anything? My first article is out today in @historicaljnl.bsky.social and I'm so pleased to share it with you all! doi:10.1017/S0018246X25101246
@stjohnscollege.bsky.social @camunicampop.bsky.social
@stjohnscollege.bsky.social @camunicampop.bsky.social
October 21, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Was Manchester really as segregated as Engels said? What kept the rich and poor apart.... if anything? My first article is out today in @historicaljnl.bsky.social and I'm so pleased to share it with you all! doi:10.1017/S0018246X25101246
@stjohnscollege.bsky.social @camunicampop.bsky.social
@stjohnscollege.bsky.social @camunicampop.bsky.social
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Just sayin' 😉
With 4 econ hist prizes in a row they should give it to Steve Ruggles already and get it over with
October 14, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Just sayin' 😉
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Our 50th Meeting program is nearly complete. If you plan to come to the conference, book your hotel soon as the special rate ends on October 15th. To find out how and to register for the conference, visit: ssha.org/conference/t...
Travel and Hotel Information | Social Science History Association
Travel and Hotel Information SSHA 2025 will be held at the Palmer House Hotel in downtown Chicago, a usual stop for the SSHA. Rooms are $199 (USD) per night ...
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October 10, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Our 50th Meeting program is nearly complete. If you plan to come to the conference, book your hotel soon as the special rate ends on October 15th. To find out how and to register for the conference, visit: ssha.org/conference/t...
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Our student Yue (Bruce) Yu has been working on an improved pipeline for nominative record linkage in Chinese historical datasets that uses machine learning. This working paper describes the approach and compares it with our existing, somewhat ad hoc approach for the 缙绅录.
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osf.io/preprints/so...
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September 29, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Our student Yue (Bruce) Yu has been working on an improved pipeline for nominative record linkage in Chinese historical datasets that uses machine learning. This working paper describes the approach and compares it with our existing, somewhat ad hoc approach for the 缙绅录.
osf.io/preprints/so...
osf.io/preprints/so...
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It’s horrific and inexplicable. Donald Trump and RFK Jr. are objectively pro-cancer. They’re destroying the entire infrastructure that has made so much progress and is poised to make much more. People will suffer and die because of them. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/m...
How the Trump Administration Is Dismantling America’s Cancer-Research System
www.nytimes.com
September 14, 2025 at 12:25 PM
It’s horrific and inexplicable. Donald Trump and RFK Jr. are objectively pro-cancer. They’re destroying the entire infrastructure that has made so much progress and is poised to make much more. People will suffer and die because of them. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/m...
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"The labor participation rate for women with children younger than 5 had the biggest midyear drop in more than 40 years during the first six months of 2025."
September 14, 2025 at 12:03 PM
"The labor participation rate for women with children younger than 5 had the biggest midyear drop in more than 40 years during the first six months of 2025."
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#ESHD2025 AWARDS!!!!!
The Tamara Hareven Award has been established by the ESHD to recognize the best PhD thesis.
Björn Quanjer @Radboud_Uni
"A Tale Of Tallness. A household perspective on early life determinants of male height within the Netherlands between 1850 and 1950"
The Tamara Hareven Award has been established by the ESHD to recognize the best PhD thesis.
Björn Quanjer @Radboud_Uni
"A Tale Of Tallness. A household perspective on early life determinants of male height within the Netherlands between 1850 and 1950"
September 13, 2025 at 2:31 PM
#ESHD2025 AWARDS!!!!!
The Tamara Hareven Award has been established by the ESHD to recognize the best PhD thesis.
Björn Quanjer @Radboud_Uni
"A Tale Of Tallness. A household perspective on early life determinants of male height within the Netherlands between 1850 and 1950"
The Tamara Hareven Award has been established by the ESHD to recognize the best PhD thesis.
Björn Quanjer @Radboud_Uni
"A Tale Of Tallness. A household perspective on early life determinants of male height within the Netherlands between 1850 and 1950"