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Andrew Foote @afoote-econ.bsky.social · 13d

It worked! I just got my confirmation email. Thanks again Josh.

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Andrew Foote @afoote-econ.bsky.social · 13d

10% of me believes that the AI hype is stoked by cloud provider firms, who are just making a killing on data centers.

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Andrew Foote @afoote-econ.bsky.social · 13d

I will start with Rob. Thanks Josh! Its a paper linking the PSEO data to business formation data to measure business start-up activity of graduates. I think it is a great paper, and its just about ready for the light of day.

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Andrew Foote @afoote-econ.bsky.social · 13d

Would I just cold-email Caroline?

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Andrew Foote @afoote-econ.bsky.social · 13d

What are the odds I can just cold email an extended abstract and still have a shot?

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Andrew Foote @afoote-econ.bsky.social · 13d

I saw this too late 😭
It wasn't listed on the call for Papers on NBER which is what I check regularly.

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Andrew Foote @afoote-econ.bsky.social · 13d

Has the call for Economics of Education NBER conference gone out?
CC @joshua-goodman.com @imbernomics.bsky.social

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Andrew Foote @afoote-econ.bsky.social · 13d

I have documented opinions that show this is the case - one reason why PSEO is so powerful.

Upjohn Institute @upjohninstitute.bsky.social · 14d

Measuring a college's value? It's more complicated than you think. A new study co-authored by Upjohn Institute's @bradhershbein.bsky.social reveals how graduates mobility - and where they end up - can skew traditional college accountability metrics.
www.upjohn.org/research-hig...

Grads on the go: why mobility complicates college accountability

www.upjohn.org

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Andrew Foote @afoote-econ.bsky.social · 17d

While the de minimus exemption causes lots of people to realize how tariffs are impacting them directly, I am reminded of the long literature on the different effects of *where* taxes are collected and how that impacts their salience.

Should be fun to read the papers in a few years on this topic.

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Andrew Foote @afoote-econ.bsky.social · 21d

A really cool paper, with lots more to come on the claims front.

Larry Warren @lfwarren.bsky.social · 22d

Hey #EconSky 📈📉
Excited to finally share this working paper with Roozbeh Hosseini and Martin Gervais.
"Unemployment Insurance, Wage Pass-Through, and Endogenous Take-up"
www2.census.gov/library/work...
A Short 🧵:

Andrew Foote @afoote-econ.bsky.social · 27d

My daughter started at a new school and has had a tough time fitting in. I learned yesterday that she joined a "recess club" of girls who kill lantern flies and dismember them, bringing their wings to science class as trophies.

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 27d

Weather radars were lighting up Thursday with signals that would ordinarily suggest rain — but no precipitation was in the forecast.

Instead, radars have been capturing a massive swarm of spotted lantern flies descending on the Mid-Atlantic.

So many spotted lanternflies are out right now, you can see it on radar

So many have descended across the Mid-Atlantic, swarms of the insects have been appearing on weather radar. Clouds of them have been descending on trees and buildings across the region.

wapo.st

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Andrew Foote @afoote-econ.bsky.social · Sep 9

I mean, I *think* down is bad, but then again, I went to public school in the US so I could be reading the graph wrong.

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Andrew Foote @afoote-econ.bsky.social · Sep 8

The paper opens with an acknowledgement of my former colleague Matt Graham, who is deeply missed and was the chief architect of all things LODES.

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Andrew Foote @afoote-econ.bsky.social · Sep 8

If you love LEHD data products, and want to learn more about how LODES is created, our technical documentation finally got posted!
www2.census.gov/library/work...

www2.census.gov

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Andrew Foote @afoote-econ.bsky.social · Sep 3

I have a new paper that links PSEO data to business formation data at the individual level, but cannot come up with a paper title for the life of me.
Does anyone have a punchy paper title idea? @joshua-goodman.com ?

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Andrew Foote @afoote-econ.bsky.social · Aug 14

This article is written like my kids don't wake up at 5:30am every morning ready to attack the day, despite whenever they go to sleep.

The Associated Press @apnews.com · Aug 14

Experts say it's worth easing kids back into a regular sleep routine with the start of a new school year.

How to get kids back on a sleep schedule for the school year

Experts say it’s worth easing kids back into a regular sleep routine with the start of a new school year.

bit.ly

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Andrew Foote @afoote-econ.bsky.social · Aug 13

If only there wasn't a student unit record ban and all this tabulation could be done centrally with the same methodology.

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Andrew Foote @afoote-econ.bsky.social · Aug 13

I have spent months hyping my kids up about the upcoming Fort Dupont Ice Arena opening just 5 minutes from me - my son loves hockey and my daughter just loves skating.
Thanks to negligence from SMOOT contractors, it looks like we have to wait much longer:
fdia.org/official-sta...

Official Statement | Fort Dupont Ice Arena

fdia.org

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Andrew Foote @afoote-econ.bsky.social · Aug 4

Incredibly helpful explainer.

Elizabeth Weber Handwerker @elizwebhand.bsky.social · Aug 4

Looking for a 2 page explanation of CES Benchmark revisions? I wrote one at www.congress.gov/crs-product/...

www.congress.gov

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Andrew Foote @afoote-econ.bsky.social · May 28

10/10 parody. No notes.

Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · May 28

DC Streetcars will be phased out after just a little over a decade in service, a little longer than it took to build. In its place Mayor Muriel Bowser promises a “next generation streetcar,” otherwise known as an electric bus www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

Bowser to replace D.C. Streetcar with ‘next generation streetcar.’ It’s a bus.

The streetcar that took more than a decade and $200 million to launch will shut down in two more years.

www.washingtonpost.com

Andrew Foote @afoote-econ.bsky.social · May 27

Probably would have been even faster with SAS.

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Andrew Foote @afoote-econ.bsky.social · May 14

Hang this picture in the Louvre

Men in Blazers Media Network @meninblazers.bsky.social · May 14

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Goodison Park to host Everton women 🔵
Singing the (sky) blues 😢

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