Adrian Haws
@adrianhaws.bsky.social
Economics PhD student at Cornell University. I research economic mobility + [im]migration + record linking w/methods from labor econ, econ history, and econ demography. Road + trail runner
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Adrian Haws
@adrianhaws.bsky.social
· Aug 22
Fantastic lineup of speakers at the Virtual Economic History Workshop this fall!
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The Cornell AAUP chapter has consistently stated that any deal with the Trump administration would be strategically unwise and a betrayal of Cornell’s principles. This remains the case. At best, we can say that this deal could have been worse.
Read our full statement here:
Read our full statement here:
Statement on Cornell’s agreement with federal government
The Cornell AAUP chapter has consistently stated that any deal with the Trump administration would be strategically unwise and a betrayal of Cornell’s principles. This remains the case. We ar…
aaup-cornell.org
November 7, 2025 at 11:24 PM
The Cornell AAUP chapter has consistently stated that any deal with the Trump administration would be strategically unwise and a betrayal of Cornell’s principles. This remains the case. At best, we can say that this deal could have been worse.
Read our full statement here:
Read our full statement here:
Disappointed in Cornell's announcement today.
Despite finding no violations of the law, Cornell will make a direct $30 million direct payment "as a condition for ending pending claims."
Despite finding no violations of the law, Cornell will make a direct $30 million direct payment "as a condition for ending pending claims."
An agreement to restore Cornell’s federal research funding | University Statements | Cornell University
statements.cornell.edu
November 7, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Disappointed in Cornell's announcement today.
Despite finding no violations of the law, Cornell will make a direct $30 million direct payment "as a condition for ending pending claims."
Despite finding no violations of the law, Cornell will make a direct $30 million direct payment "as a condition for ending pending claims."
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Hi all, please spread the word and we hope everyone can make good use of this new data drop: cmfdata.org
The full surviving establishment-level Census of Manufactures manuscripts and digitized data from 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880!
The full surviving establishment-level Census of Manufactures manuscripts and digitized data from 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880!
Historical Census of Manufactures Microdata - Historical Census of Manufactures Microdata
CMFdata.org
November 6, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Hi all, please spread the word and we hope everyone can make good use of this new data drop: cmfdata.org
The full surviving establishment-level Census of Manufactures manuscripts and digitized data from 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880!
The full surviving establishment-level Census of Manufactures manuscripts and digitized data from 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880!
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Also check out #EconJMP. I will repost job market candidates' threads there.
bsky.app/profile/aaro...
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Econ job market candidate intros.
Candidates, communicate:
1) your name, program, & fields,
2) image of JMP title & abstract + Alt Text,
3) #EconJMP, &
4) a link to your website.
Employers, browse & interact respectfully.
Everyone else, shhhh.
📉📈
Candidates, communicate:
1) your name, program, & fields,
2) image of JMP title & abstract + Alt Text,
3) #EconJMP, &
4) a link to your website.
Employers, browse & interact respectfully.
Everyone else, shhhh.
📉📈
October 30, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Also check out #EconJMP. I will repost job market candidates' threads there.
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🧵 This thread is a summary of what’s happened in the Chicago area in recent weeks as the Trump regime uses masked, armed immigration agents to terrorize Chicagoans. 🧵
/ A federal agent shot a Presbyterian minister in the head with a pepper ball at an ICE facility in a Chicago suburb.
/ A federal agent shot a Presbyterian minister in the head with a pepper ball at an ICE facility in a Chicago suburb.
October 29, 2025 at 9:14 PM
🧵 This thread is a summary of what’s happened in the Chicago area in recent weeks as the Trump regime uses masked, armed immigration agents to terrorize Chicagoans. 🧵
/ A federal agent shot a Presbyterian minister in the head with a pepper ball at an ICE facility in a Chicago suburb.
/ A federal agent shot a Presbyterian minister in the head with a pepper ball at an ICE facility in a Chicago suburb.
There's a job posting for a Grok "AI tutor" on the American Economics Association website. No salary, benefits, or job security.
It's gig work for PhDs. Are we really doing this?
@aeainformation.bsky.social
#EconJobMarket #EconSky
It's gig work for PhDs. Are we really doing this?
@aeainformation.bsky.social
#EconJobMarket #EconSky
October 29, 2025 at 4:13 PM
There's a job posting for a Grok "AI tutor" on the American Economics Association website. No salary, benefits, or job security.
It's gig work for PhDs. Are we really doing this?
@aeainformation.bsky.social
#EconJobMarket #EconSky
It's gig work for PhDs. Are we really doing this?
@aeainformation.bsky.social
#EconJobMarket #EconSky
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We're RT'ing the BEST #CensusData and #govtstats insights, news, etc. Recent tweets from SDCs, affiliates in: CA, CO, CT, DC, GA, IN, MA, MD, MN, NC, NY, OR, PR, TN, TX and UT. Follow us on 🟦@censussdc.bsky.social – also 🐘sciences.social/@censusSDC
October 24, 2025 at 5:10 PM
We're RT'ing the BEST #CensusData and #govtstats insights, news, etc. Recent tweets from SDCs, affiliates in: CA, CO, CT, DC, GA, IN, MA, MD, MN, NC, NY, OR, PR, TN, TX and UT. Follow us on 🟦@censussdc.bsky.social – also 🐘sciences.social/@censusSDC
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Did you hear the USDA plans to cease data collection for the CPS Food Security supplement? We have a blog post to give you more information. If you want to sign a letter asking for data collection to continue, see the threaded opportunities below. blog.popdata.org/food-securit...
Measuring Food Security with U.S. Federal Data – Use It for Good
blog.popdata.org
October 21, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Did you hear the USDA plans to cease data collection for the CPS Food Security supplement? We have a blog post to give you more information. If you want to sign a letter asking for data collection to continue, see the threaded opportunities below. blog.popdata.org/food-securit...
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The scenes out of Chicago should outrage us all. These federal agents are out of control, committing senseless acts of violence & putting everyone at risk.
American citizens are being detained & brutalized.
This kind of immigration "enforcement" shouldn't be acceptable to anyone.
American citizens are being detained & brutalized.
This kind of immigration "enforcement" shouldn't be acceptable to anyone.
Immigration agents become increasingly aggressive in Chicago
Activists, residents and elected leaders say increasingly combative tactics used by federal immigration agents are sparking violence and fueling neighborhood tensions in the nation’s third-largest cit...
www.pbs.org
October 7, 2025 at 8:02 PM
The scenes out of Chicago should outrage us all. These federal agents are out of control, committing senseless acts of violence & putting everyone at risk.
American citizens are being detained & brutalized.
This kind of immigration "enforcement" shouldn't be acceptable to anyone.
American citizens are being detained & brutalized.
This kind of immigration "enforcement" shouldn't be acceptable to anyone.
We need to keep talking about this.
October 5, 2025 at 10:35 PM
We need to keep talking about this.
We should be horrified that a live news broadcaster is calling for murdering homeless people.
But this is just another blip in the barrage of violence and dehumanization against many groups including...
1/
But this is just another blip in the barrage of violence and dehumanization against many groups including...
1/
Brian Kilmeade endorses euthanizing homeless people: "Involuntary lethal injection, or something. Just kill them."
September 14, 2025 at 12:45 AM
We should be horrified that a live news broadcaster is calling for murdering homeless people.
But this is just another blip in the barrage of violence and dehumanization against many groups including...
1/
But this is just another blip in the barrage of violence and dehumanization against many groups including...
1/
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Rubio has already sought to punish immigrants for speech. New legislation might let him do it for U.S. citizens.
New Bill Would Give Marco Rubio “Thought Police” Power to Revoke U.S. Passports
Secretary of State Marco Rubio has already sought to punish immigrants for speech. New legislation might let him revoke passports from U.S. citizens.
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September 13, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Rubio has already sought to punish immigrants for speech. New legislation might let him do it for U.S. citizens.
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🎂🎉 Lucky 13 is William Cockriel's fascinating paper on the introduction of the McKay stitcher, which dramatically changed shoe production in the late 19th century. Using the Census Tree, he shows that the most exposed shoemakers and their children lost 2.2 and 1.9 years of wages, respectively.
September 10, 2025 at 6:50 PM
🎂🎉 Lucky 13 is William Cockriel's fascinating paper on the introduction of the McKay stitcher, which dramatically changed shoe production in the late 19th century. Using the Census Tree, he shows that the most exposed shoemakers and their children lost 2.2 and 1.9 years of wages, respectively.
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Universities must be bastions of open inquiry, not battlegrounds for partisan intimidation.
Please sign & share.
Please sign & share.
chng.it/v648fZ9tKW Solidarity with colleagues at Texas A&M.
Sign the Petition
Stop the Overreach: Reinstate the Dean of Arts & Sciences Now
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September 10, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Universities must be bastions of open inquiry, not battlegrounds for partisan intimidation.
Please sign & share.
Please sign & share.
Likely several violations of constitutional and international human rights. And it’s happening every day now.
Masks, secrecy, and lightning speed are the actions of a group that knows its own illegitimacy.
www.archives.gov/founding-doc...
www.law.cornell.edu/wex/crime_ag...
Masks, secrecy, and lightning speed are the actions of a group that knows its own illegitimacy.
www.archives.gov/founding-doc...
www.law.cornell.edu/wex/crime_ag...
September 10, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Likely several violations of constitutional and international human rights. And it’s happening every day now.
Masks, secrecy, and lightning speed are the actions of a group that knows its own illegitimacy.
www.archives.gov/founding-doc...
www.law.cornell.edu/wex/crime_ag...
Masks, secrecy, and lightning speed are the actions of a group that knows its own illegitimacy.
www.archives.gov/founding-doc...
www.law.cornell.edu/wex/crime_ag...
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We're back at it with Day 12 🎂🎉:
In his job market paper, Dongkyu Yang uses the Census Tree to create the shift-share IVs for his investigation into the role of labor scarcity in facilitating capital-augmenting technical change in the American South during the Second Great Migration (1940-1970).
In his job market paper, Dongkyu Yang uses the Census Tree to create the shift-share IVs for his investigation into the role of labor scarcity in facilitating capital-augmenting technical change in the American South during the Second Great Migration (1940-1970).
September 9, 2025 at 3:16 PM
We're back at it with Day 12 🎂🎉:
In his job market paper, Dongkyu Yang uses the Census Tree to create the shift-share IVs for his investigation into the role of labor scarcity in facilitating capital-augmenting technical change in the American South during the Second Great Migration (1940-1970).
In his job market paper, Dongkyu Yang uses the Census Tree to create the shift-share IVs for his investigation into the role of labor scarcity in facilitating capital-augmenting technical change in the American South during the Second Great Migration (1940-1970).
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Census Tree Bday Celebration 🎂🎉Day 11:
Ager & Malein use the Census Tree to show that early 20th century charity nurseries w/kindergarten instruction significantly improved children’s educational attainment & long-run economic outcomes, especially for disadvantaged immigrant children.
Ager & Malein use the Census Tree to show that early 20th century charity nurseries w/kindergarten instruction significantly improved children’s educational attainment & long-run economic outcomes, especially for disadvantaged immigrant children.
September 5, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Census Tree Bday Celebration 🎂🎉Day 11:
Ager & Malein use the Census Tree to show that early 20th century charity nurseries w/kindergarten instruction significantly improved children’s educational attainment & long-run economic outcomes, especially for disadvantaged immigrant children.
Ager & Malein use the Census Tree to show that early 20th century charity nurseries w/kindergarten instruction significantly improved children’s educational attainment & long-run economic outcomes, especially for disadvantaged immigrant children.
Thanks for the shoutout!
Without the Census Tree, we could not have studied how a parental wealth shock affects daughters‘ education, labor market, and marriage outcomes
Without the Census Tree, we could not have studied how a parental wealth shock affects daughters‘ education, labor market, and marriage outcomes
For Day 10🎂🎉 I'll share work by a team that includes PhD student @adrianhaws.bsky.social--one of my awesome collaborators in building the Census Tree
They exploit quasi-random oil discoveries in early 20thC OK to document large long-run benefits from parental wealth shocks for both daughters & sons
They exploit quasi-random oil discoveries in early 20thC OK to document large long-run benefits from parental wealth shocks for both daughters & sons
September 4, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Thanks for the shoutout!
Without the Census Tree, we could not have studied how a parental wealth shock affects daughters‘ education, labor market, and marriage outcomes
Without the Census Tree, we could not have studied how a parental wealth shock affects daughters‘ education, labor market, and marriage outcomes
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🚨 The Cornell Population Center is recruiting our next CPC Rhodes Postdoctoral Fellow (start: Aug 2026).
We welcome outstanding early-career scholars in all disciplines engaging population research.
Apply + share widely: academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30347
We welcome outstanding early-career scholars in all disciplines engaging population research.
Apply + share widely: academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30347
Cornell University, Cornell Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy
Job #AJO30347, WDR-00054856 Postdoctoral Associate, Cornell Population Center (CPC): Frank H.T. Rhodes Postdoctoral Fellowships, Cornell Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy, Cornell University, Itha...
academicjobsonline.org
September 4, 2025 at 9:15 PM
🚨 The Cornell Population Center is recruiting our next CPC Rhodes Postdoctoral Fellow (start: Aug 2026).
We welcome outstanding early-career scholars in all disciplines engaging population research.
Apply + share widely: academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30347
We welcome outstanding early-career scholars in all disciplines engaging population research.
Apply + share widely: academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30347
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Census Tree birthday party Day 9 🎂🎉:
@withrowjenny.bsky.social uses the Census Tree to explore the roles of race & gender in migrant selection & sorting during the exodus of single young people from U.S. Southern farms from 1900-1940. Female migration rates ⬆️ in response to ⬇️ male marriageability.
@withrowjenny.bsky.social uses the Census Tree to explore the roles of race & gender in migrant selection & sorting during the exodus of single young people from U.S. Southern farms from 1900-1940. Female migration rates ⬆️ in response to ⬇️ male marriageability.
September 3, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Census Tree birthday party Day 9 🎂🎉:
@withrowjenny.bsky.social uses the Census Tree to explore the roles of race & gender in migrant selection & sorting during the exodus of single young people from U.S. Southern farms from 1900-1940. Female migration rates ⬆️ in response to ⬇️ male marriageability.
@withrowjenny.bsky.social uses the Census Tree to explore the roles of race & gender in migrant selection & sorting during the exodus of single young people from U.S. Southern farms from 1900-1940. Female migration rates ⬆️ in response to ⬇️ male marriageability.
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We took Labor Day off, but we're back with Day 8 of the Census Tree's bday celebration!🎂🎉
Bazzi et al. find that frontier exposure entrenched inegalitarian conservative gender norms in the U.S., leading to long-run decreases in female labor force & political participation & higher fertility rates.
Bazzi et al. find that frontier exposure entrenched inegalitarian conservative gender norms in the U.S., leading to long-run decreases in female labor force & political participation & higher fertility rates.
September 2, 2025 at 2:10 PM
We took Labor Day off, but we're back with Day 8 of the Census Tree's bday celebration!🎂🎉
Bazzi et al. find that frontier exposure entrenched inegalitarian conservative gender norms in the U.S., leading to long-run decreases in female labor force & political participation & higher fertility rates.
Bazzi et al. find that frontier exposure entrenched inegalitarian conservative gender norms in the U.S., leading to long-run decreases in female labor force & political participation & higher fertility rates.
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It’s Day 7! 🎂🎉
@jacobvanecon.bsky.social
uses the Census Tree to show that individuals exposed to the Galveston Hurricane of 1900 were less geographically mobile, had shorter lifespans, and were less likely to be literate, with some of these effects persisting across generations.
@jacobvanecon.bsky.social
uses the Census Tree to show that individuals exposed to the Galveston Hurricane of 1900 were less geographically mobile, had shorter lifespans, and were less likely to be literate, with some of these effects persisting across generations.
August 31, 2025 at 5:43 PM
It’s Day 7! 🎂🎉
@jacobvanecon.bsky.social
uses the Census Tree to show that individuals exposed to the Galveston Hurricane of 1900 were less geographically mobile, had shorter lifespans, and were less likely to be literate, with some of these effects persisting across generations.
@jacobvanecon.bsky.social
uses the Census Tree to show that individuals exposed to the Galveston Hurricane of 1900 were less geographically mobile, had shorter lifespans, and were less likely to be literate, with some of these effects persisting across generations.
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For Day 6 🎂🎉 I bring you Clay & Schmick, who use the Census Tree in their paper showing that the boll weevil’s damage to cotton production reduced labor market frictions in the American South, significantly increasing the long-run wages of Black sons born after the shock.
www.nber.org/papers/w27101
www.nber.org/papers/w27101
August 30, 2025 at 5:55 PM
For Day 6 🎂🎉 I bring you Clay & Schmick, who use the Census Tree in their paper showing that the boll weevil’s damage to cotton production reduced labor market frictions in the American South, significantly increasing the long-run wages of Black sons born after the shock.
www.nber.org/papers/w27101
www.nber.org/papers/w27101
This is an amazing and valuable data collection.
Link for community contributions: greenbookproject.org.ohio-state.edu/centered-hea...
Link for community contributions: greenbookproject.org.ohio-state.edu/centered-hea...
Did you or members of your family stop at a Green Book hotel? Get their hair done at a Green Book beauty shop or barbershop? Eat at a Green Book cafe? Pin it to the Community Map! Short memories welcome. Contribute: greenbookproject.org.ohio-state.edu #GreenBookProject
#CommunityMap #EconSky
#CommunityMap #EconSky
August 29, 2025 at 4:13 PM
This is an amazing and valuable data collection.
Link for community contributions: greenbookproject.org.ohio-state.edu/centered-hea...
Link for community contributions: greenbookproject.org.ohio-state.edu/centered-hea...