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Caroline Krafft
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Economist, Associate Prof. @ Humphrey School of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota Development/Labor/Education/Gender/ECD/Inequality in the Middle East and North Africa.

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Caroline Krafft @ckrafftc.bsky.social · Mar 10
📣 New paper "Do employers discriminate against married women? Evidence from a field experiment in Egypt" published in the Journal of Development Economics! #EconSky #menasky

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ABSTRACT This research submitted fictitious resumes to online job postings in Egypt, randomizing gender and marital status. More job postings explicitly required men (14 per cent) than women (4 per cent). Despite the gender discrimination in postings, women were only slightly less likely to receive callbacks than men, with only a small difference between single and married women. Differences in callbacks by sex and marital status were not statistically significant. Women and especially married women were, however, particularly likely to be asked for more information rather than scheduled for an interview.

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Lisa Kramer @lisakramer.com · 3h
Another important paper, now in print at AER: "Potential" and the Gender Promotion Gap

🎯Subjective assessments of employee "potential" account for about half the gender promotion gap.

🎯 This is despite fact that women go on to outperform their male colleagues.

www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
"Potential" and the Gender Promotion Gap Alan Benson Danielle Li Kelly Shue American Economic Review vol. 116, no. 2, February 2026 (pp. 375–417) Abstract We show that subjective assessments of employee "potential" contribute to gender gaps in promotion and pay. Using data on 29,809 management-track employees from a large retail chain, we find that women receive substantially lower potential ratings despite receiving higher performance ratings. Differences in potential ratings account for approximately half of the gender promotion gap. Women's lower potential ratings do not reflect accurate forecasts of future performance: Women subsequently outperform male colleagues, both on average and on the margin of promotion. We highlight two mechanisms driving the gender potential gap: strategic retention and stereotyping.

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Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 4h
Hola Arepa (on Nicollet Avenue in South Minneapolis) was raided by ICE in early December, at the beginning of Operation Metro Surge. Not only did they refuse to let the ICE agents in. They let other small businesses know how to follow their lead.
Yellow sign attached to a glass entrance door to a restaurant that reads: “Everyone is welcome here! Except ICE. We have the right to deny ICE access to private areas without a judicial warrant. We assert our constitutional rights, which apply to everyone in this country, regardless of immigration status, in this establishment. Members of our community are safe here. Any form of harassment of guests or staff will not be tolerated.” Branding at the side of a restaurant that reads: “Hola Arepa Latin Street Food”

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AAUP @aaup.org · 5h
Texas A&M ends its women's & gender studies program while hundreds of syllabi remain flagged and censored under top-down review policies.

“I have never seen anything like this.”

— Dr. Leonard Bright, @tamu-aaup.bsky.social President

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Texas A&M Ends Women’s Studies and Overhauls Classes Over Race and Gender
www.nytimes.com

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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 7h
The Minnesota Star Tribune, @mprnews.org @minnesotareformer.com , @spokesmanrecorder.bsky.social, @sahanjournal.bsky.social, Center for Broadcast Journalism and Minnesota Newspaper Association today released the following statement:
The Minnesota Star Tribune, Minnesota Public Radio, the Minnesota Reformer, Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder, Sahan Journal, Center for Broadcast Journalism and Minnesota Newspaper Association today released the following statement: “We strongly condemn the arrest of journalists Georgia Fort and Don Lemon, as well as any attempt to intimidate members of the press. The First Amendment recognizes the press as holding a distinct and protected role in our democracy. In America, we do not arrest journalists for doing their jobs. The Minnesota journalism community stands united in defense of press freedom and the essential role reporting plays in holding power to account.”

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Christoph Kronenberg @ckronenberg.bsky.social · 14h
For absolutely no reason, let me remind people of this banger of a paper by @caroartc.bsky.social

doi.org/10.1016/j.jp...

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VoxDev @voxdev.bsky.social · 14h
🆕 Why is female labour force participation still so low in Egypt?

Today on VoxDev, Rana Hendy (American University in Cairo) discusses how Egypt's persistently low FLFP does not reflect a lack of education, but rather structural barriers: https://ow.ly/pEQA50Y5OVG
Why is female labour force participation still so low in Egypt?
Egypt’s persistently low female labour force participation reflects not a lack of education, but structural barriers – segmented labour demand, heavy unpaid care burdens, restrictive social norms, and weak policy enforcement – that prevent women’s educational gains from translating into sustained employment.
ow.ly

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Philip N Cohen @philipncohen.com · 21h
Why the total fertility rate falls for a while when women have children later, even though everyone ends up with the same number -- in one chart.
Year 1 Stable younger motherhood Why the total fertility rate falls for a while when women have children later, even though everyone ends up with the same number Year 10 Transition to older motherhood Year 20 Stable older motherhood Twenties TWO babies in their twenties, as one does. ONE baby in their twenties, because now people wait ONE baby in their twenties, because now people wait same women same women Thirties ONE baby in their thirties, because people have most in their twenties. ONE baby in their thirties, because they already had two in their twenties. TWO babies in their thirties, as one does. Total Fertility Rate (sum of this column) 3 Total Fertility Rate (sum of this column) 2 Total Fertility Rate (sum of this column) 3 PN Cohen illustration.

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Bryce Covert @brycecovert.bsky.social · 1d
The gender wage gap has widened for two consecutive years, the first time that's happened since data collection started in 1960 nwlc.org/resource/wag...
A Window Into the Wage Gap: What’s Behind It and How to Close It - National Women's Law Center
Women in the United States who work full time, year-round are typically paid only 83 cents for every dollar paid to men.
nwlc.org

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Dylan Tusinski @dylantus.bsky.social · 1d
Video shows ICE leaving behind an infant and broken glass after arresting a man with no criminal history.
“There was a car seat in the back... There were broken glass shards all over it... There was just this tiny peanut of a baby. He was crying.”
My latest: www.pressherald.com/2026/01/28/i...
ICE agents shatter window, leave 1-month-old baby, mother in car after Portland arrest
Video shows federal immigration agents leaving behind an infant and broken glass after detaining a Guinean immigrant with no known criminal history.
www.pressherald.com

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Ben Casselman @bencasselman.bsky.social · 1d
Atlanta Fed GDP Now estimate for Q4 was down sharply to 4.2%on today's trade and inventories data. Still well above most private-sector forecasts.
www.atlantafed.org/cqer/researc...
#EconSky

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 2d
Tell everyone you know

HALF A BILLION $

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Federal troop deployments to US cities cost taxpayers $496M and counting
The Trump administration's deployment of federal troops to six U.S. cities has cost taxpayers about $496 million through December.
apnews.com

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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 2d
I am hearing that RFK Jr.’s minions are going to go after HPV vaccines. I’ve got problems with these people and now you’re going to hear about them, first from a personal perspective and then from a professional one.

It all boils down to this: WE HAVE A SAFE VACCINE THAT PREVENTS CANCER.

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Bruce Springsteen @brucespringsteen.net · 2d
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.

Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
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Cato Institute @cato.org · 2d
Native-born Americans consume more welfare and entitlement benefits per capita than all immigrants, according to a new Cato study by Alex Nowrasteh and Jerome Famularo.

https://ow.ly/63ma50Y4BAO

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Ben Casselman @bencasselman.bsky.social · 2d
3. It looks like Census did a heroic job with these estimates, under extremely difficult circumstances. CBO and Census now largely agree on the 2025-26 pop. @wendyedelberg.bsky.social et al have a lower figure, but at least the estimates are converging. Very helpful!

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Ben Casselman @bencasselman.bsky.social · 2d
Must-read post for labor data nerds from @JedKolko on the implications of the new Census pop. estimates. More on this to come, but three immediate takeaways:
jedkolko.substack.com/p/four-takea... #EconSky
Four takeaways from the new Census population estimates
Immigration declined dramatically. Census estimates now align with other government estimates. The 2026 Current Population Survey population base will be adjusted downward.
jedkolko.substack.com

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James Brandt @jamesbrandt.bsky.social · 2d
I will simply never recover from reading this sentence:

"Since Georgia implemented work requirements in 2020, they have spent twice as much on Deloitte consultants and administrative costs as on healthcare for people."

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LPE Blog @lpeblog.bsky.social · 2d
Today, Luke Farrell (@lukef.bsky.social) explains how complex eligibility requirements have turned America’s safety net into a lucrative revenue stream for monopolistic private contractors.
The Means-Testing Industrial Complex
As Republicans tightened work requirements and eligibility rules for Medicaid and SNAP last year, Equifax’s CEO openly celebrated the profits to be made from administering this deprivation.
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The Nation Magazine @thenation.com · 2d
As longtime observers of struggles to establish peace and justice in the US and around the world, The Nation is honored to nominate the city of Minneapolis and its people for the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize.
“The Nation” Nominates Minneapolis for the Nobel Peace Prize
With their resistance to violent authoritarianism, the people of Minneapolis have renewed the spirit of Dr. King’s call for “the positive affirmation of peace.”
www.thenation.com

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Middle East Studies Association of North America (MESA) @mesa1966.bsky.social · 2d
MESA 2026 Call for Papers is open! Submit your proposals by February 17th to speak at our 60th Annual Meeting in Boston.

Learn more and submit now: mesana.org/annual-meeti...

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 2d
“The ‘No Kings’ nationwide demonstration that has come to symbolize the resistance to the Trump administration is returning March 28, this time with a flagship event in the Twin Cities.”
Next 'No Kings' march on the horizon with flagship event in the Twin Cities
The liberal grassroots group Indivisible simultaneously announced nationwide "Eye on ICE" trainings in the wake of the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti.
www.nbcnews.com

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NBER @nber.org · 2d
Women and under-represented minorities experience lower returns to college majors that has substantial impact on cross-group earnings gaps, from Scott A. Imberman, Michael F. Lovenheim, Patrick Massey, Kevin M. Stange, and Rodney J. Andrews www.nber.org/papers/w34726

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 2d
Cartoon by @mluckovich.bsky.social.

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Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 2d
Hi! Are you doomscrolling? Have you moisturized your hands recently? Dry winter weather can lead to painful cracked skin. I recommend using products specifically formulated for this and applying Aquaphor on top.

Also, sleep deprivation makes everything harder. Try not to stay up too late tonight.

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 2d
Ilhan Omar is an American hero. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
Ms. Omar, visibly shaken after the assault, insisted to her staff and security that she would continue. She asked for a napkin and told them: "Just give me 10 minutes. I beg you. Please don't let them have the show." Ms. Omar then turned the crowd. "Here's the reality that people like this ugly man don't understand," she said. "We are Minnesota strong, and we will stay resilient in the face of whatever they might throw at us." Someone in the crowd later thanked Ms. Omar for staying and continuing after the assault, which had shaken not only her but the entire room. "I learned at a young age you don't give in to threats," Ms. Omar said.

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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 2d
Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Tom Chitty. #NewYorkerCartoons

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John Holbein @johnholbein1.bsky.social · 3d
"How do class gaps compare to race and gender gaps? Strikingly, we find that the class gaps in tenure-track academia are as large as or larger than analogous race or gender gaps."
johnholbein1.bsky.social John Holbein @johnholbein1.bsky.social · 3d
In academia, class background strongly shapes who advances and who stalls.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 3d
After being held in two of them as a boy, I fought for decades urging America to never again build concentration camps and put human beings in them. It breaks my heart to watch this happen twice now in my own lifetime.
Screenshot of an X.com post by The Associated Press (@AP) stating that dozens of immigrant families protested for better treatment behind fences at a Texas detention facility, where a 5-year-old Ecuadorian boy and his father were sent after being detained in Minnesota. Below is a video thumbnail showing a crowd gathered outdoors along a fenced walkway; many people wear bright blue or red outerwear, and some hold signs.

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CIDRAP @cidrap.bsky.social · 3d
CIDRAP launches new effort to boost evidence-based vaccine information

The collaboration with The Evidence Collective and Unbiased Science aims to support and expand access to clear, evidence-based vaccine information.

www.cidrap.umn.edu/a...

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Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 3d
Minneapolis has seen a stunning 1,646% spike in calls from families who can't pay rent because they're afraid to leave their homes to work.

This is state violence manufacturing housing precarity in real time.

People should not be facing eviction when their city is under occupation.
Hotline operators report flood of calls for rental assistance as residents hide during ICE surge
211 calls from Spanish-speakers have increased more than 1,600 percent and requests for rental assistance have more than tripled, according to Greater Twin Cities United Way. Local officials are pushi...
www.mprnews.org