Retired “archetypal unglamorous expert — a statistician in the federal bureaucracy.” Emeritus professor at Cornell. Opinions are my own. johnabowd.com
Joined January 2009
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7 Apr 2019
25. This tweetorial and slides from my recent AAAS and AAG talks published blogs.cornell.edu/abowd/spec…. @HistDem @frankmcsherry @AppDemography @EricaGroshen @xchatty @larsvil
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21 Aug 2024
20 Aug 2024
The August 2024 issue of the Canadian Journal of Economics is now online. Check out the table of contents at onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/…. @WileyEconomics, @CanEconomics, #cdnecon, #EconTwitter
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20 Nov 2023
Working paper! 🚨🚨
"A New Approach to Evaluating the Welfare Effects of Decentralized Policies" with @WilliamHHoytand Tidiane Ly
What are the welfare effects of decentralization? How can federal govn'ts prioritize grants for local policies to internalize spillovers?
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Congratulations to @ErikaMcentarfer, who has been nominated to be the next @BLS_gov Commissioner!
Such a great choice and well-deserved honor.
whitehouse.gov/briefing-room…
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11 Jul 2023
I couldn't be prouder for our @uscensusbureau colleague @ErikaMcentarfer who's been nominated to be the next @BLS_gov Commissioner. The Center for Economic Studies will now be able to claim both the Census Deputy Director and the BLS Commissioner! Not too shabby.
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12 Dec 2022
I am honored by this recognition @ASHE_ASSA and the congratulations from colleagues and @DukeSocialEQ / @stcloudstate. All previous individual service awardees have elevated the profession w/ their research and their vocation to elevate everyone else with them!
Thank you!
12 Dec 2022
Congratulations to Cook Center visiting faculty member Dr. Monica García-Peréz @econ_garcia
from @stcloudstate, who has received the 2022 @ASHE_ASSA Individual Service Award! Read the announcement from ASHE here: ow.ly/mKIk50M0UEf
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15 Dec 2022
Momentum continues. This is the future of empirical social science.
15 Dec 2022
The data editors of @aeadata, @EJ_RES, @reveconstudies, @canjecon, and @InquiryWEAI launch the Data and Code Availability Standard datacodestandard.org/2022/12… DCAS describes an appropriate replication package and helps authors comply with journals' data and code availability policies
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17 Nov 2022
🚨New Business Dynamics Statistics Data 🚨
BDS of High Tech industries is out today w/ detial geo data. We identify HT using the share of STEM employment, which picks up things like semi conductor manuf, data processing, and engineering services.
census.gov/programs-surveys/…
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23 Sep 2022
So happy to be getting some KC BBQ with these hard working @uscensusbureau folks after the first annual #FSRDC meeting since 2019…cuz you know. Thanks to @DidemTuzemen and the team at the KC Fed for hosting a great two days!
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31 Aug 2022
Submissions open for Empirical Management Conference 2022 organized by @I_Am_NickBloom @renata__lemos Denis Medvedev William Maloney @raffasadun @danielascur @TTeodorovicz & @johnvanreenen
Link: worldmanagementsurvey.org/wp…
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18 Aug 2022
Here’s a wrap-up of all the takeaways from the Mar-a-Lago search documents hearing from our fantastic team @HBRabinowitz @kpolantz @Tierney_Megan cnn.com/2022/08/18/politics/…
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10 Aug 2022
On today's #HDSRpodcast we embark on part 2 of our discussion about the #2020Census with our guests, @john_abowd from @uscensusbureau & danah boyd (@zephoria) who discuss the pros & cons of the bureau's decision to adopt #DifferentialPrivacy
Listen: hdsr.podbean.com/e/different…
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9 Aug 2022
Nice work @KateAbowdJ
8 Aug 2022
In their new Forefront article, @KateAbowdJ, Natalia Barolin, @ChristineOgbue @KatieVerlander from @CMSGov discuss bringing together key evaluation findings to date promising practices that providers payers can implement to address HRSNs. bit.ly/3QqqxEu
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One of the best undergraduate research opportunities around.
29 Jul 2022
We are hiring again for the Fall at the LDI Replication Lab working for @aeadata . See ilr.cornell.edu/labor-dynami… Looking for students in any discipline interested in a behind-the-scenes look at scientific articles in economics! @cornellilr @CornellCHE @CornellEcon @CornellDSDS
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24 Jul 2022
Still time to add to your summer reading list. Full of examples of how novel data sources and modern methods are transforming economic measurement. Read the intro by @kgahome, Brian Moyer, Matthew Shapiro and me here: www-personal.umich.edu/~shap….
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8 Jul 2022
Nice way to finish the week: grant award email from @NSF for a project I'm excited about (more soon), lost suitcase finally found, & it's ☀️. I'm out of here...🍻
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30 Jun 2022
🚨🚨New PSEO Data Just Dropped!!!🚨🚨
Very excited to announce the release of 6 new states (OR, HI, MA, SD, MT, GA) and three new partners in existing states (CT, IA), which brings us to 660 institutions and over 25% coverage of graduates nationally.
ALT Map of PSEO coverage by state
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29 Jun 2022
Many articles worth a careful read.
27 Jun 2022
In our special #Census issue @uscensusbureau experts present the rationale for & the design of the differential private TopDown Algorithm used to produce the #2020Census redistricting data #DifferentialPrivacy @john_abowd @xchatty @machanavajjhala Read:hdsr.mitpress.mit.edu/pub/7e…
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19 May 2022
New post: Our writeup on how we train the members of the LDI/AEA Replication Lab is out vilhuber.com/lars/our-writeu…
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10 May 2022
Super proud of all the @uscensusbureau employees awarded @CommerceGov Gold and Silver Medals this year. Lots of great work represented here from the #2020Census to our innovative #COVID19 Pulse Surveys.
commerce.gov/hr/73rd-annual-… via @CommerceGov
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4 May 2022
Congratulations.
4 May 2022
Katharine G. Abraham of @UofMaryland @bsosumd has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences for furthering the understanding of labor economics #NAS159
Read more: ow.ly/nemf50IYyW1 #economics
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