Caroline Krafft

@ckrafftc.bsky.social

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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

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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.

Reposted by Caroline Krafft, Juan Cole

Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 10h

Tell everyone you know

HALF A BILLION $

apnews.com/article/trum...

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

Reposted by Mariana Mazzucato, Stephen M. Walt, Michael E. Mann , and 157 more Mariana Mazzucato, Stephen M. Walt, Michael E. Mann, Joanna Bryson, Anna O. Law, Marc Lynch, Kim L. Scheppele, Elizabeth Saunders, Rebecca Solnit, Archon Fung, Nandita Sharma, Matthew Bunn, Yadvinder Malhi, Michael Wagner, John T. Jost, Stephan Lewandowsky, Robbert Sanderman, David M. Schultz, Simon Burgess, Marco Festa‐Bianchet, David M. Farrell, Will Jennings, Ashish Arora, Peter Thorne, Martin J. Attrill, Jesse M. Shapiro, Christina C. Hicks, Richard Betts, Richard J. Butler, Mattias Hallquist, Patrick A. Jansen, Jonathan A. Foley, Michael T. Meyer, Joshua S. Weitz, John R. Hutchinson, Mieke Van Houtte, Steve Peers, John McLaren, Andreas Ortmann, Tim Bale, Tom Shakespeare, Mark D. White, Steven S. Smith, Jill Marshall, Rosemary A. Joyce, Caroline Krafft, Jürgen Maier, Leigh Sparks, Marina Jirotka, David Rothschild, Martin Gaynor, Elizabeth Stokoe, Melissa Johnson, Vincent Tiberj, Michael J. Allen, Christian E. Weller, Ian M. Kinchin, Dawn J. Wright, Joseph Schafer, Hester Blum, Markus Jäntti, Anders Nilsson, Alison Phipps, Gerard H. Kuper, David S. Cohen, Joni Lovenduski, Alan Stewart, Patrick Walsh, Sanford F. Schram, Kevin Carey, Shelly Lundberg, Inderjeet Parmar, Göran Bolin, Jussi T. Eronen, Marta Mìrazón Lahr, Raffaella Ravinetto, Smith, Andrew Leyshon, Melanie C. Green, Janet Murray, Steven High, David R. Miller, Robert Wolfe, Duncan Bell, Jesús Rodríguez Pomeda, Patrick Svensson, Wilson McLeod, Stephen D. Murphy, Gerald Friedman, Stacy D. VanDeveer, Fabio Giglietto, Beatriz Gallardo Paúls, Lyndsey Stonebridge, Juan Moreno‐Cruz, Todd Pugatch, Howard Stevenson, Stephen Ryan, Elizabeth Stevenson, Michael D. McDonald, Anne Norton, Josef Früchtl, Manuel Puppis, Graeme Warren, Talia Schaffer, Graham Dutfield, Marco Haan, Antoine Bernard de Raymond, Paul Fisher, Michelle Williams, Alberto Corsín Jiménez, Christian Fisch, Lisa Diedrich, Nicola Carr, Enrique Fatás, Philipp Sarasin, Jessica Silbey, Feargal Cochrane, Stuart White, Mary Jane Curry, Susan Strasser, Claire L. Adida, Sharon Erickson Nepstad, Andrew Guthrie Ferguson, Patrick Meier, Vaughan S. Roberts, Raúl Pacheco-Vega, Ryan K. Brook, Florian Keusch, Andrew Rudalevige, Olivier Jourdan, Cullen S. Hendrix, Jon Dean, Eric J. Sundquist, Guillaume Allègre, Eric J. Segall, Jason A. Heppler, Karen O’Leary, Thomas D. Carroll, David S. Tanenhaus, Kate Jackson, Suzanne Conklin Akbari, Mary McAuliffe, Aviel Roshwald, Pepper D. Culpepper, Émilien Ruiz, Nathan P. Kalmoe, Ryan Calo, Jaap Kooijman, Aidan O’Sullivan, Dan Immergluck, Jeannette Sutton, Fiona Armstrong, Beth Tellman, Lorna Hughes, Ernesto Castañeda, David Spurrett, Dunlap, Stuart Shapiro, David Darmofal, Lars Gamfeldt

Bruce Springsteen @brucespringsteen.net · 17h

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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Reposted by Caroline Krafft

Cato Institute @cato.org · 17h

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

Reposted by Caroline Krafft

Ben Casselman @bencasselman.bsky.social · 17h

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!

Reposted by Caroline Krafft

Ben Casselman @bencasselman.bsky.social · 17h

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

Reposted by Caroline Krafft, Michael D. McDonald, Julia M. Wright , and 4 more Caroline Krafft, Michael D. McDonald, Julia M. Wright, Nelson Flores, Anthony Burke, Joanna L. Grossman, Sarah Brouillette

James Brandt @jamesbrandt.bsky.social · 17h

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."

LPE Blog @lpeblog.bsky.social · 18h

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.

lpeproject.org

Reposted by Mary Feeney, Caroline Krafft, Rebecca Tushnet , and 6 more Mary Feeney, Caroline Krafft, Rebecca Tushnet, Michael D. McDonald, Julia M. Wright, Joanna L. Grossman, Peter Gratton, Sarah Brouillette, Peter Bergman

LPE Blog @lpeblog.bsky.social · 18h

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.

lpeproject.org

Reposted by Caroline Krafft

Middle East Studies Association of North America (MESA) @mesa1966.bsky.social · 18h

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...

Reposted by Caroline Krafft

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 19h

“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

Reposted by Dan Goldhaber, Caroline Krafft

NBER @nber.org · 20h

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

Reposted by Caroline Krafft

Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 20h

Cartoon by @mluckovich.bsky.social.

Reposted by Caroline Krafft

Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 1d

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.

Reposted by Steve Peers, Rosemary A. Joyce, Caroline Krafft , and 7 more Steve Peers, Rosemary A. Joyce, Caroline Krafft, Joseph Schafer, Aaron Sojourner, Gerald Friedman, Sam Kamin, Greg Linden, Peter Gratton, Timothy D. McBride

southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 1d

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.

Reposted by Caroline Krafft

The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 1d

Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Tom Chitty. #NewYorkerCartoons

Reposted by Caroline Krafft, Erika Franklin Fowler

John Holbein @johnholbein1.bsky.social · 1d

"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."

John Holbein @johnholbein1.bsky.social · 1d

In academia, class background strongly shapes who advances and who stalls.

George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 1d

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.

Reposted by Caroline Krafft

CIDRAP @cidrap.bsky.social · 1d

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...

Reposted by Caroline Krafft, Smith, Nathan P. Kalmoe , and 1 more Caroline Krafft, Smith, Nathan P. Kalmoe, David Darmofal

Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 1d

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

Reposted by Caroline Krafft

VoxDev @voxdev.bsky.social · 1d

Formally including Ugandan women in commercial agriculture – through contract ownership or behaviour-change interventions – can increase women’s empowerment without reducing productivity, and with positive spillovers for household welfare and gender relations.

Read today's article to learn more:

Reposted by Lisa W. Fazio, Caroline Krafft, David Rothschild , and 3 more Lisa W. Fazio, Caroline Krafft, David Rothschild, David R. Miller, Sarah Roberts, Mark Rice

Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 2d

For any elected official who needs to hear this, I impart a lesson learned from the NFL:

When the other team is tired and on the back foot, you don’t call a timeout so they can catch their breath. You grind their fucking face into the dirt until the final whistle blows and you’ve won the game.

Reposted by Caroline Krafft, Melanie C. Green, Claire L. Adida , and 3 more Caroline Krafft, Melanie C. Green, Claire L. Adida, Magda Teter, Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò, Nathan P. Kalmoe

Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 2d

NEW: There are 2,400+ elections for DA & sheriff this year.

These matter hugely to criminal justice & policing—including: *these are often officials who decide ICE collaboration.*

So I took a dive into these 2,400+ races to identify early hotspots and battlegrounds.

Read, & check out our maps:

In Criminal Justice Elections This Year, ICE Contracts Are on the Hot Seat - Bolts

With roughly 2,400 elections for prosecutor and sheriff this year, Bolts reviews the map and early hotspots that will shape criminal punishment and law enforcement practices.

boltsmag.org

Reposted by Caroline Krafft, Ann Bartow, Robert Marten

Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 2d

Fun fact: Your local bookstore is doing more to protect you and your neighbors than Amazon is.

Reposted by Caroline Krafft, Olivier Sterck

VoxDev @voxdev.bsky.social · 2d

Global poverty trends look radically different depending on the poverty line used. A new measure that doesn’t depend on ‘lines’ – the average time needed to earn a dollar – shows that global poverty has fallen sharply, by about 55% since 1990.

Read today's article to learn more:

Maria Langholz @marialangholz.bsky.social · 2d

pretty wild statement re: Republican Chris Madel drop from race for MN governor:

"Saying he cannot support the national GOP's 'stated retribution on citizens of our state, nor can I count myself a member of a party that would do so."

Reposted by Stephen P. Jenkins, Caroline Krafft

UCL Social Research Institute @sriucl.bsky.social · 3d

Want to learn about time use research?

Want to learn how to manage and analyse time diary data?

Register for the online short course today delivered by the Centre for Time Use Research, UCL.

timeuse.org/introduction...

Reposted by Caroline Krafft, Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò

Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 3d

Despite the focus on small boats, most refugees stay in poor countries.

I went to Sudan, where nearly 1/3 of the population has left their homes, to see how the UN is coping with Trump's cuts and the west's retreat.

Sudan is a brutal, forgotten war. Please do read: as.ft.com/r/7db76b9a-8...

Adapt, shrink or die: the global crisis in humanitarian aid

[FREE TO READ] The UN’s outgoing High Commissioner for Refugees on the west’s retreat in Sudan, the folly of abandoning state-building and ‘necessary anger’

as.ft.com

Reposted by Nancy Kanwisher, Peter Thorne, Brendan Nyhan , and 9 more Nancy Kanwisher, Peter Thorne, Brendan Nyhan, Caroline Krafft, Jonathan M. Gilligan, Gernot Wagner, Patricia Owens, Michael Jones‐Correa, Erin O’Donnell, Karen O’Leary, Nathan P. Kalmoe, Kristina McElheran

Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 3d

Reposted by Cas Mudde, Menzie Chinn, David Dunning , and 7 more Cas Mudde, Menzie Chinn, David Dunning, John R. Hutchinson, Caroline Krafft, Jonathan M. Gilligan, Nazita Lajevardi, Prokla Redaktion, Magda Teter, David Darmofal

NBC News @nbcnews.com · 3d

DHS has shot 12 people during immigration enforcement operations since September:

Reposted by Caroline Krafft

Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 3d

Minnesota believes in law and order. We believe in peace. And we believe that Trump needs to pull his 3,000 untrained agents out of Minnesota before they kill another American in the street.

Reposted by Caroline Krafft

Southwest Voices @southwestvoices.bsky.social · 4d

Lyndale resident Alex Pretti was killed by an ICE agent today on Nicollet Avenue near 26th Street. People have been gathering at the location of the shooting all day in subzero temperatures.

ICE observer Alex Pretti, 37, killed by ICE agent on Eat Street - Southwest Voices

An ICE agent shot and killed Minneapolis resident Alex Pretti, 37, around 9:30 a.m. on Jan. 24 along Nicollet Avenue just south of 26th Street. Videos of the incident show the ICE agent shooting &hel...

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