Marianne Bitler

A Federal Rule about the Decennial Census would eliminate race/ethnicity questions, alter the timing for ?s on people's usual residence, restrict use of some disclosure avoidance rules, and prohibit questions on sexual orientation (not asked now). Comment here: www.regulations.gov/commenton/US...

It's transgender day of visibility for a few more hours. Be an ally to our colleagues and graduate and UG students and all others in the community.

Application Deadline April 5!

#LoveData26 Day 2 of Love Data Week. Email updates at myumi.ch/ICPSRLoveDat.... #LoveData26

I am extremely honored to be running for the Executive Committee of the @aeainformation.bsky.social. My statement will be released in the coming months. Stay tuned and vote for me if you are so inclined!

Inspiring trans rally in Arkansas this weekend. For pride, be an ally to your trans/NB/GNC people.

‼️ #EconSky Colleagues, we need your help! If you or your organization is so inclined, please sign onto this letter (prepared by the Population Association of America) to restore funding to the Social Security Administration’s Retirement and Disability Research Consortium.

..."These changes are far ranging and if they are not reversed they will have very important consequences for NIH-funded research generally and for the NBER in particular."

A version has been preserved by a kind soul at doi.org/10.3886/E217...

PAA and the Association of Population Centers express alarm about recent events in which federal agencies have been purging scientific and statistical data from publicly available portals and websites. Read our full statement: www.populationassociation.org/blogs/paa-we...

HIRING: The Chicago Federal Statistical Research Data Center (FSRDC) anticipates hiring a Research Administrator for their branch lab located on the University of Chicago campus. More info & application here: job-boards.greenhouse.io/universityof... #EconSky #EconJobMarket

Thrilled that my very first post at Bluesky is helping get the word out that CSWEP's mentoring workshop will be held June 30-July 2 in Chicago. Applications are open! @aeacswep.bsky.social @loribeaman.bsky.social

*new research from NEWS project* Using linked survey, census, admin and commercial data, we aim to produce the best estimates of income & poverty in the US. We find disposable median hhld income is 7.1% higher and SPM poverty is 2.4pp lower than 2018 survey-based estimates. (1/n)

The assault on NIH is a test for how the national media covers the Trump admin: Trump is shutting down medical research! That is easy to communicate. Will they treat it as a 5 alarm fire in a way that forces the government to respond, or will they downplay & caveat it?

Today is transgender day of remembrance. GLAAD defines this as "an annual observance on 11/20 that honors the memory of the transgender people whose lives were lost in acts of anti-transgender violence." Our transgender colleagues, friends, students, family members need us to stand up for them.

📉📈 via @ckrafftc Research in Labor Economics (RLE) is planning a volume highlighting research on New Developments in Labor Economics. The editors Solomon Polachek and @ben_elsner are soliciting up to ten new papers showcasing new developments in #laborEconomics. … 1/2

📉📈 Beneficial use of scholars' time and expertise. Not super well rewarded in academia but valuable in improving public decisions.

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AEA's CSQIEP is launching a new round of our standing 1 on 1 mentoring program for queer PhD students/early career folks. Find out more/apply here to be a mentee or a mentor by 10/15: sites.google.com/view/csqiep-... oost/share with your networks!

9/23 is bisexual+ visibility day. According to Gallup, this includes a large share of Gen Zers and of college students. Be kind to them fellow academics. It includes some of us "olds" too.

Hi all! The @aeainformation.bsky.social CSMGEP holds a great event at ASSA that brings together junior scholars who identify as URM along with senior leaders in the field for networking. Apply by Nov 1! Info here: www.aeaweb.org/about-aea/co... Please share with your networks. #EconSky

The deadline to apply to the W.E. Upjohn Institute’s dissertation award is soon! Please apply if your dissertation is on policy-relevant & employment-related issues! Link: upjohn.org/sites/defaul... #EconSky @upjohninstitute.bsky.social @aaronsojourner.org

🚨New working paper!🚨 Non-Binary Gender Economics. Gender econ has almost exclusively measured gender as binary. But 1+ million people in US identify as non-binary. Nat'l Academies + American Psych Assn recommend better measurement of gender v. bio sex. www.nber.org/papers/w32222 Thread: (1/n)

Great opportunity @ U Wisc.'s Center for Demography & Ecology! CALL FOR APPLICATIONS! We invite U.S.-based scholars from underrepresented populations to apply to our 2024-2025 Visiting Scholars Program! Short app: cde.wisc.edu/research/cde...

NBER training opportunity led by Jetson Leder-Luis (BU) and Sebastian Tello Trillo (UVA, @sebastiantt.bsky.social) for grad students who want to study health and aging economics, and who come from an under-represented or non-traditional group. See the link for more info: www.nber.org/calls-papers...

Today is #BiVisibilityDay. Fellow academics, Gallup's recent poll suggests 15% of Gen Z (their definition, born 1997-2003) are bisexual. Be kind to your queer students. Bi+/pan students, you aren't alone in the academy (bi+ woman professor from Gen X here).