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Allison Shertzer @econhist-allday.bsky.social · 17h

Even this definitive effort to define regions on the United States didn't dare to take a stand on Pittsburgh (the city is on a border). Pittsburgh is just in a category all its own!

William Hazen @williamhazen.bsky.social · 1d

This is the most accurate depiction of the Midwest to date. Wichita has always felt like the last Midwest city while also being the first plains city.

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Allison Shertzer @econhist-allday.bsky.social · 23d

Ronan is dropping more facts about the U.S. housing market over time and space using the HHP dataset:

ronanlyons.substack.com/p/101-things...

101 things we now know about US housing markets (Part IV)

World War I and the Roaring Twenties

ronanlyons.substack.com

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Erika McEntarfer @erikamcentarfer.bsky.social · 29d

The big story here is of an agency of dedicated statisticians and public servants working tirelessly to improve economic data in a climate of budgetary cuts to data collection. They have been very innovative in meeting that mandate. But we should also just fund our economic infrastructure.

Ben Zipperer @benzipperer.org · 29d

Important to remember that thanks to the dedicated public servants at BLS, employment estimates have become MORE accurate over time

And the final version of the preliminary revision reported today will probably be smaller when it is incorporated early next year

Ernie Tedeschi @ernietedeschi.bsky.social · 29d

The preliminary benchmark revision of -911K amounts to -0.6% to March 2025 payroll employment. Combined with 2-month revisions, recent total revisions are big but hardly unprecedented, & smoothed over the business cycle the payroll survey has gotten more accurate over time.

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Joshua Goodman @joshua-goodman.com · Aug 12

Help my colleague find all the ways in which his work is reaching your students!

James Feigenbaum @jamesfeigenbaum.bsky.social · Aug 12

Are any of my papers on your syllabus? Undergrad, PhD, econ history, or (preparing myself for crickets) a non-econ history class are all great. DMs are open and huge thanks in advance

(I guess @barbarabiasi.com is a month ahead of me on tenure packet paperwork)

Barbara Biasi @barbarabiasi.com · Jun 26

Hello #econtwitter community: if any of you has been teaching any of my papers, would you mind shooting me a DM? I would hugely appreciate that 🙏 and thanks in advance!

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Allison Shertzer @econhist-allday.bsky.social · Jul 17

Yes! We talk about this a lot in the updated working paper (on my website).

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Allison Shertzer @econhist-allday.bsky.social · Jul 17

Yes, the indices were revised. We collected additional data and improved the specification as part of the peer review process. So you should use the V2 version from now on. Thank you for asking.

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Allison Shertzer @econhist-allday.bsky.social · Jul 16

No way he got stuck in an airport and had to present from there??

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NBER @nber.org · Jul 16

Examining the effects of public debt on municipal services and real outcomes during financial crises using data on US cities from 1924 to 1943, from Pawel Janas https://www.nber.org/papers/w34011

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Allison Shertzer @econhist-allday.bsky.social · Jul 16

New release for the HHP project. We now have rent and sales price indexes for 30 cities along with rental yields, capital gains, and housing returns for the years 1890-2006. Online data viz tools and download here:

www.philadelphiafed.org/surveys-and-...

Historical Housing Prices Project

The Historical Housing Prices (HHP) Project at the Philadelphia Fed provides new data on the price of housing for sale and for rent over the 20th century using the real estate sections of historical n...

www.philadelphiafed.org

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David L. Ortega @dlortega.bsky.social · Jul 15

One of the most surprising details in the latest CPI: an increasing share of price data was estimated, not observed.

In June, over 1/3 of #CPI imputations came from other items or locations likely due to budget cuts and staffing shortages at BLS.

We can’t fight #inflation without reliable data.

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Allison Shertzer @econhist-allday.bsky.social · Jul 8

I've been teaching her myself for the past few years!

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Allison Shertzer @econhist-allday.bsky.social · Jul 8

I'm so glad this post made its way to the music theorists 🤣

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Allison Shertzer @econhist-allday.bsky.social · Jul 7

For more info on what we do, see www.philadelphiafed.org/consumer-fin...

My personal website is linked in my bio.

Center for the Restoration of Economic Data (CREED)

Welcome to CREED (Center for the REstoration of Economic Data). CREED advances research in many fields, including topics in regional economics and consumer finance, by converting information in books,...

www.philadelphiafed.org

Allison Shertzer @econhist-allday.bsky.social · Jul 7

I am looking for a research assistant to work with me on the development of U.S. housing markets. Experience with ArcGIS, Stata useful. We build datasets that allow us to understand housing affordability, the impacts of transit and zoning, and more:
rb.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/FRS/jo...

Research Assistant/Sr. Research Assistant

Company Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia Job Description Summary Research assistants (RAs) at the Philadelphia Fed play a key role in the Economic Research Department. Whether they are helping eco...

rb.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com

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Allison Shertzer @econhist-allday.bsky.social · Jul 7

It actually works, with a musical question and answer. ❤️❤️❤️

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Allison Shertzer @econhist-allday.bsky.social · Jul 6

My 9 yo composed a song about me. 🥹

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Allison Shertzer @econhist-allday.bsky.social · Jul 1

How was this in the bargain bin??

NE Ohio Regional Sewer District @neorsd.org · Jul 1

book stores are cool. first edition 1898. bargain bin $5.

spine of an old book, worn brown cover, gold leaf text reads “SEWERAGE / FOLWELL”

inside page of an old book.

SEWERAGE.
THE DESIGNING, CONSTRUCTION, AND MAINTENANCE
OF
SEWERAGE SYSTEMS.
BY
A. PRESCOTT FOLWELL,
Member American Society of Civil Engineers.
FIRST EDITION.
FIRST THOUSAND.

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Ben Casselman @bencasselman.bsky.social · Jun 4

This isn't good: "BLS is reducing sample in areas across the country. In April, BLS suspended CPI data collection entirely in Lincoln, NE, and Provo, UT. In June, BLS suspended collection entirely in Buffalo, NY." #EconSky
www.bls.gov/cpi/notices/...

Notice of CPI collection reductions

www.bls.gov

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Allison Shertzer @econhist-allday.bsky.social · Jun 2

Economic historians take note - big methodological advances in digitizing data from old, irregularly formatted tables. But they are easy to use.

Chris Severen @chrisseveren.bsky.social · Jun 2

Curious how accurate multimodal LLMs are at digitizing diversely formatted historical tables?

➡️ pretty accurate!
➡️ helps a lot with harmonization
➡️ far cheaper than manual digitization
➡️ but iterative, disciplined prompt training is important!

Check out our new WP - arxiv.org/abs/2505.11599

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Allison Shertzer @econhist-allday.bsky.social · May 7

Also enjoyed the sanitation infrastructure

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Allison Shertzer @econhist-allday.bsky.social · May 7

In Dublin to meet with @ronanlyons.bsky.social and present to @cephie.bsky.social. Enjoying the sunshine, eating all the pub food, and doing research in together in person. Highly recommend getting an Irish coauthor.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · May 5

JUST IN: ProPublica’s “Life of the Mother” series, which exposes the fatal consequences of abortion bans, has won the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service.

This is the second consecutive year we’ve been awarded this distinction and our eighth Pulitzer: www.propublica.org/series/life-...

Pulitzer Prizes Public Service Winner: ProPublica. Image (right) displays headline that reads: Their States Banned Abortion. Doctors Now Say They Can't Give Women Potentially Lifesaving Care.

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Urban Economics Association @urbaneconomics.bsky.social · May 1

The next OSUS seminar is tomorrow at 11:30am ET. osus.info

Marco Gonzalez-Navarro (UC Berkeley) presents “Immigration and Slums”.

Sebastian Galiani and Aradhya Sood will be our panelists.

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Allison Shertzer @econhist-allday.bsky.social · Apr 29

Petting zoo inexplicably set up by the federal building next door today. If anyone is trying to think of a present for me, I'd like one of these tiny pigs.

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Allison Shertzer @econhist-allday.bsky.social · Apr 28

As I was walking home, all the neighbors and kids were wishing me a happy birthday and I couldn't figure out how everyone knew 🥲

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