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Chloe N East (she/her)

@chloeneast.bsky.social

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Associate Professor in Economics at University of Colorado. I study immigration, the safety net, and inequality Affiliated with Hamilton Project at Brookings, NBER, IRP, IZA, United Campus Workers Colorado https://www.chloeneast.com Texas forever

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Chloe N East (she/her) @chloeneast.bsky.social · Jan 21

I am and will continue to do my best to track and talk about what Trump does on the issues I am an expert on -- immigration policy and safety net policy

But I will also be taking a broader view of American politics, thinking about how I can help change structures so we don't end up here again

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Chloe N East (she/her) @chloeneast.bsky.social · 7d

My parent caregiving responsibilities are way up. Forgive me if I'm slower to respond to you right now!

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Chloe N East (she/her) @chloeneast.bsky.social · 15d

haha seriously what am i doing

Chloe N East (she/her) @chloeneast.bsky.social · 15d

omfg

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The Hamilton Project @hamiltonproject.org · 18d

What are work requirements, and how do they affect SNAP recipients? For this week’s #FigureFriday, @laurenhlb.bsky.social and @chloeneast.bsky.social review the literature on SNAP work requirements: www.hamiltonproject.org/publication/...

Figure 8, Causal estimates of the effect of ABAWD work requirement reinstatement
on labor market outcomes and SNAP participation

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Chloe N East (she/her) @chloeneast.bsky.social · 19d

One of many reasons I've been quiet on here recently. Plenty of work to be done to make the world better off of social media.

Beth Popp Berman @epopppp.bsky.social · 20d

You know things are rough when the AAUP's advice on how to use social media is just "set all your accounts to private."

Kevin Reuning @reuning.bsky.social · 20d

The @aaup.org just shared guidance for academic workers on how to protect themselves online www.aaup.org/news/advisor...

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Beth Popp Berman @epopppp.bsky.social · 20d

You know things are rough when the AAUP's advice on how to use social media is just "set all your accounts to private."

Kevin Reuning @reuning.bsky.social · 20d

The @aaup.org just shared guidance for academic workers on how to protect themselves online www.aaup.org/news/advisor...

Advisory to Academic Workers

In a moment when it is becoming increasingly difficult to predict the consequences of our online speech and choices, the AAUP and Faculty First Responders are issuing guidance to AAUP members and othe...

www.aaup.org

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Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 20d

*looks directly at bsky devs*

Beth Popp Berman @epopppp.bsky.social · 20d

You know things are rough when the AAUP's advice on how to use social media is just "set all your accounts to private."

Kevin Reuning @reuning.bsky.social · 20d

The @aaup.org just shared guidance for academic workers on how to protect themselves online www.aaup.org/news/advisor...

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 26d

“Kirk & I were on different sides of most political arguments. We were on the same side of the continued possibility of American politics.”

So it’s personal? B/c if you were a Black woman or transgender, Kirk would not imagine you having any role in the future of American politics.

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Chloe N East (she/her) @chloeneast.bsky.social · 28d

This is my current mental state rn. Doctor told me the stress is impacting my health.

Not sharing for sympathy -- I know many of us are in the same boat right now, and sometimes just being honest about this helps.

a baby girl is sitting on a couch with her eyes closed and making a funny face .

ALT: a baby girl is sitting on a couch with her eyes closed and making a funny face .

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Chloe N East (she/her) @chloeneast.bsky.social · Sep 4

Brutal rejection today. May have to binge watch the first two seasons of TSITP to make myself feel better.

It Was Brutal Conrad GIF

ALT: It Was Brutal Conrad GIF

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Stephen Nuñez @socio-steve.bsky.social · Sep 4

Here is part I of my piece w/ Noa Rosinplotz on "ABAWDs," a category constructed to provide a rhetorical punching bag for politicians who want to cut the social safety net. This piece focuses on misconceptions about the group. Part II will be on the consequences of sorting folks by "deservingness."

Roosevelt Forward @rooseveltforward.org · Sep 4

“ABAWDs,” aren’t the lazy caricature politicians make them out to be.

They’re caregivers, neighbors, and workers trying to get by.

The latest #FiresideStacks 🔥 from @socio-steve.bsky.social and Noa Rosinplotz unveils the truth behind the rhetoric: www.firesidestacks.com/p/abawds-are...

Two individuals, one appearing elderly, look at a laptop in a kitchen, with text overlay emphasizing that ABAWDs are workers, caregivers, and neighbors, not political punching bags.

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Just Futures Law @justfutureslaw.bsky.social · Sep 2

Trump is paying Palantir millions of dollars to create a database to access ALL personal information about EVERYONE in America.

Our data can be used against us at any time; we must stop this machine before we are one search away from criminalization.
www.mercurynews.com/2025/08/23/o...

Cohn: Trump is building ‘one interface to rule them all.’ It’s terrifying.

A single searchable database of all Americans’ sensitive information is the goal of the president and Palantir – and the dream of authoritarians.

www.mercurynews.com

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Chloe N East (she/her) @chloeneast.bsky.social · Sep 1

Join your union & help build worker power this labor day

A good example of why this is important for those of us in academia

Massachusetts academic unions pushed state to commit $400 million to fill in lost federal funding, while those of us without strong union power are just hoping for the best

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Ben Zipperer @benzipperer.org · Aug 28

Latest Gallup poll data reveal, once again, that the main obstacles to unions in the the US are broken labor laws and employer aggression

Two-thirds of the US public approves of labor unions, but unions only represent about 11 percent of the workforce

Line plot showing the historical share of those who approve of unions in a Gallup poll from January 1936 to August 2025

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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · Aug 28

CBO analysis of the One Big Beautiful Bill and how it impacts different parts of the income spectrum:

—A net resource increase of $13,600, on average, for the top one-tenth of U.S. earners.

—A net resource decrease of $1,200, on average, for the bottom one-tenth of U.S. earners.

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Chloe N East (she/her) @chloeneast.bsky.social · Aug 27

Short Answer: NO THEY DO NOT

The Hamilton Project @hamiltonproject.org · Aug 27

Do work requirements work? @laurenhlb.bsky.social and @chloeneast.bsky.social review the literature on SNAP work requirements:

A primer on SNAP work requirements - The Hamilton Project

An explainer on work requirements for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, summarizing the research on work requirements and their efficacy.

www.hamiltonproject.org

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Chloe N East (she/her) @chloeneast.bsky.social · Aug 25

Key lesson learned from New Hampshire on minimizing the impact on Medicaid Work Requirements -- it's VERY hard to do this and even good faith efforts might fail:

donmoynihan.substack.com/p/what-can-b...

What can be learned from states that made good faith efforts with work requirements?

Lessons from New Hampshire

donmoynihan.substack.com

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Chloe N East (she/her) @chloeneast.bsky.social · Aug 22

Amazing!! Hope it goes well!

Chloe N East (she/her) @chloeneast.bsky.social · Aug 22

lol cause I took basically this exact same picture that day

Chloe N East (she/her) @chloeneast.bsky.social · Aug 22

In case you hadn't seen my earlier posts, I'm a new Associate Professor of Economics at UC Boulder this fall!

www.colorado.edu/economics/ch...

Chloe East

www.colorado.edu

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Chloe N East (she/her) @chloeneast.bsky.social · Aug 22

First day of teaching at my new job!

(Same first day outfit as when I started my sabbatical job at Hamilton Project.)

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Chloe N East (she/her) @chloeneast.bsky.social · Aug 20

Submit your papers now for the SOLE Conference in Denver May 2026!

I'll be reviewing the immigration paper submissions along with the wonderful @elisajacome.bsky.social!

Info here:
mailchi.mp/sole-jole/so...

SOLE 2026 Submissions Open

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Chloe N East (she/her) @chloeneast.bsky.social · Aug 19

Anyone know of good estimates of the effect of BBB on college enrollment? Ideally by state? Thanks!

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Adam Sawyer @adamjst.bsky.social · Aug 18

Prince Edward County (Farmville) is located in Farmville, Virginia.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement currently detains a person at this facility for an average of 44 days.

detentionreports.com/facility/PRI...

Prince Edward County (Farmville) indicated with a blue marker on a map of Virginia between Lynchburg and Richmond.
Map by OpenStreetMap, ODbL using Leaflet.

Farmville Detention Center.
Photo from CoreCivic

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Chloe N East (she/her) @chloeneast.bsky.social · Aug 18

Trying out in class reflection papers for the first time this semester (thanks to LLMs).

Have you done anything like this? Do you have a detailed assignment description or grading rubric I could look at? Thanks!