Jennifer Withrow
@withrowjenny.bsky.social
she/her. Economic Historian. Views are my own. PhD UMass Amherst. https://sites.google.com/view/jennifer-withrow
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👋 I'm Danielle, and I'm on the #econjobmarket this year!
Let's start with a student describing her segregated school:
"The school felt temporary. Built like a warehouse with aluminum siding . . . I had a slipshod education"
The twist? The student is white, and her school is private.
A JMP 🧵 -->
Let's start with a student describing her segregated school:
"The school felt temporary. Built like a warehouse with aluminum siding . . . I had a slipshod education"
The twist? The student is white, and her school is private.
A JMP 🧵 -->
November 12, 2025 at 3:57 PM
👋 I'm Danielle, and I'm on the #econjobmarket this year!
Let's start with a student describing her segregated school:
"The school felt temporary. Built like a warehouse with aluminum siding . . . I had a slipshod education"
The twist? The student is white, and her school is private.
A JMP 🧵 -->
Let's start with a student describing her segregated school:
"The school felt temporary. Built like a warehouse with aluminum siding . . . I had a slipshod education"
The twist? The student is white, and her school is private.
A JMP 🧵 -->
I have had the huge privilege of being a part of Danielle's project estimating the long-run effects on students of all-white private schools opened by segregationists following Brown v. Board of Education. Read all about it in her job market thread below (and our paper!): #econjobmarket
👋 I'm Danielle, and I'm on the #econjobmarket this year!
Let's start with a student describing her segregated school:
"The school felt temporary. Built like a warehouse with aluminum siding . . . I had a slipshod education"
The twist? The student is white, and her school is private.
A JMP 🧵 -->
Let's start with a student describing her segregated school:
"The school felt temporary. Built like a warehouse with aluminum siding . . . I had a slipshod education"
The twist? The student is white, and her school is private.
A JMP 🧵 -->
November 12, 2025 at 4:12 PM
I have had the huge privilege of being a part of Danielle's project estimating the long-run effects on students of all-white private schools opened by segregationists following Brown v. Board of Education. Read all about it in her job market thread below (and our paper!): #econjobmarket
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Studying how exposure to scientific research in university laboratories influences students’ pursuit of careers in science, from Ina Ganguli and Raviv Murciano-Goroff www.nber.org/papers/w34244
October 20, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Studying how exposure to scientific research in university laboratories influences students’ pursuit of careers in science, from Ina Ganguli and Raviv Murciano-Goroff www.nber.org/papers/w34244
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I must explain that this is not accurate, particularly the part about Ellis Island. I cannot speak to the Chinese diaspora angle, but many of us have family whose names were expressed in non-Roman alphabets when they immigrated. This is a long thread, but I literally do this for a living. 1/
Lots of us have great-grandparents names who were absolutely changed when they came here, and when people say otherwise, they're assuming your great-grandparents name was in the Roman alphabet.
Now, more than ever, it's important to understand why so many the myths we tell ourselves about immigration are actually very harmful.
First of all, your great-great-grandparents names *were not changed* at Ellis Island. No one there had the authority to do that.
First of all, your great-great-grandparents names *were not changed* at Ellis Island. No one there had the authority to do that.
October 14, 2025 at 2:42 AM
I must explain that this is not accurate, particularly the part about Ellis Island. I cannot speak to the Chinese diaspora angle, but many of us have family whose names were expressed in non-Roman alphabets when they immigrated. This is a long thread, but I literally do this for a living. 1/
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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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It has been the honor of my life to serve as Commissioner of BLS alongside the many dedicated civil servants tasked with measuring a vast and dynamic economy. It is vital and important work and I thank them for their service to this nation.
August 2, 2025 at 2:18 AM
It has been the honor of my life to serve as Commissioner of BLS alongside the many dedicated civil servants tasked with measuring a vast and dynamic economy. It is vital and important work and I thank them for their service to this nation.
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Check out our BRAND NEW state-level estimates of economic statistics on care! thecareboard.org/distribution...
State Comparison - Flow Of Care | The Care Board
The Care Board: Visualizing care connections across the U.S. economy. Using data, we reveal the essential role of care in sustaining families, communities, workers, and the broader economy.
thecareboard.org
August 1, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Check out our BRAND NEW state-level estimates of economic statistics on care! thecareboard.org/distribution...
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A revised version of our paper "Same-Sex and Opposite-Sex Couples and the Child Penalty" is now available as a CES Working paper. Joint work with Barbara Downs, Lucia Foster and Rachel Nesbit. www.census.gov/library/work...
Same-Sex and Opposite-Sex Couples and the Child Penalty
We expand the existing literature on the child penalty in earnings for opposite-sex couples to understand the earnings patterns in same-sex couples.
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July 2, 2025 at 9:37 PM
A revised version of our paper "Same-Sex and Opposite-Sex Couples and the Child Penalty" is now available as a CES Working paper. Joint work with Barbara Downs, Lucia Foster and Rachel Nesbit. www.census.gov/library/work...
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This has happened before: as late as 1982, Goldsboro Christian School in North Carolina did not admit Black students because “We believe that God in his plan and purpose and wisdom separated men into . . . races and that those races should be preserved” (source: www.nytimes.com/1982/01/18/u...)
June 27, 2025 at 4:00 PM
This has happened before: as late as 1982, Goldsboro Christian School in North Carolina did not admit Black students because “We believe that God in his plan and purpose and wisdom separated men into . . . races and that those races should be preserved” (source: www.nytimes.com/1982/01/18/u...)
I was devastated to learn about the unexpected passing of gifted historian and my former committee member Laura Lovett. Dr. Lovett was not only a renowned expert in women's history, but also an incredible mentor. I will miss her greatly. www.history.pitt.edu/news/memoriam
In Memoriam | Department of History | University of Pittsburgh
Laura L. Lovett (1963-2025) Our dear colleague Laura Lovett passed away unexpectedly on March 4, 2025. Laura joined Pitt’s History Department and its Gender, Sexuality, & Women’s Studies Program in 20...
www.history.pitt.edu
April 29, 2025 at 10:32 PM
I was devastated to learn about the unexpected passing of gifted historian and my former committee member Laura Lovett. Dr. Lovett was not only a renowned expert in women's history, but also an incredible mentor. I will miss her greatly. www.history.pitt.edu/news/memoriam
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“I literally for a second thought I would have to quit.” President Trump’s order ending remote work for federal employees led some government worker parents to make tough decisions – and even leave their jobs.
Your job or your kid? Federal worker moms say return-to-office order forced them to choose
After the Trump administration ordered federal workers to end all remote work and return to offices full-time, some parents say they feel forced to choose between their jobs and their families. Expert...
nbc4dc.com
April 8, 2025 at 12:25 AM
“I literally for a second thought I would have to quit.” President Trump’s order ending remote work for federal employees led some government worker parents to make tough decisions – and even leave their jobs.
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#CNS2025 Symposium Session 9 | Happening now
Hosted by Aaron Kucyi kicking-off immerging cool research area in “Decoding spontaneous thought from neural activity.”
Hosted by Aaron Kucyi kicking-off immerging cool research area in “Decoding spontaneous thought from neural activity.”
April 1, 2025 at 5:38 PM
#CNS2025 Symposium Session 9 | Happening now
Hosted by Aaron Kucyi kicking-off immerging cool research area in “Decoding spontaneous thought from neural activity.”
Hosted by Aaron Kucyi kicking-off immerging cool research area in “Decoding spontaneous thought from neural activity.”
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#CNS2025 | Happening now
Symposium 9 Talk 2
Prof. Aaron Kucyi is sharing the preliminary results under the topic of “predicive neural modeling of resting-state spontaneous though” with neural data from 3 intensively-sampled individuals.
Symposium 9 Talk 2
Prof. Aaron Kucyi is sharing the preliminary results under the topic of “predicive neural modeling of resting-state spontaneous though” with neural data from 3 intensively-sampled individuals.
April 1, 2025 at 6:05 PM
#CNS2025 | Happening now
Symposium 9 Talk 2
Prof. Aaron Kucyi is sharing the preliminary results under the topic of “predicive neural modeling of resting-state spontaneous though” with neural data from 3 intensively-sampled individuals.
Symposium 9 Talk 2
Prof. Aaron Kucyi is sharing the preliminary results under the topic of “predicive neural modeling of resting-state spontaneous though” with neural data from 3 intensively-sampled individuals.
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The Journal of the Civil War Era will have a special issue on political economy edited by me, @maggor.bsky.social, Sofia Valeonti & Nicolas Barreyre. I'll post again when the link is up on the Muster, but wanted to get the word out now. See CFP. Submission deadline is April 25. 🗃️
March 20, 2025 at 3:47 PM
The Journal of the Civil War Era will have a special issue on political economy edited by me, @maggor.bsky.social, Sofia Valeonti & Nicolas Barreyre. I'll post again when the link is up on the Muster, but wanted to get the word out now. See CFP. Submission deadline is April 25. 🗃️
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I'm very sad that "I have a paper on this" continues
Funding delays of > 30 days lead to, after 5 years:
- 40% increase in scientists exiting US labor force (effect concentrated among those born in the US)
- 20% decrease in wages
- Burden is born by postdocs, grad students, and staff
Funding delays of > 30 days lead to, after 5 years:
- 40% increase in scientists exiting US labor force (effect concentrated among those born in the US)
- 20% decrease in wages
- Burden is born by postdocs, grad students, and staff
National Science Foundation suspends salary payments, leaving researchers unable to pay their bills www.statnews.com/2025/01/30/t...
Story by @ericboodman.bsky.social
Story by @ericboodman.bsky.social
National Science Foundation suspends salary payments, leaving researchers unable to pay their bills
An NSF online payment system remained down after the federal funding freeze was lifted, leaving early-career scientists scrambling to pay bills
www.statnews.com
January 31, 2025 at 1:12 AM
I'm very sad that "I have a paper on this" continues
Funding delays of > 30 days lead to, after 5 years:
- 40% increase in scientists exiting US labor force (effect concentrated among those born in the US)
- 20% decrease in wages
- Burden is born by postdocs, grad students, and staff
Funding delays of > 30 days lead to, after 5 years:
- 40% increase in scientists exiting US labor force (effect concentrated among those born in the US)
- 20% decrease in wages
- Burden is born by postdocs, grad students, and staff
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It's such a weird thing to hear the news and think "that's bad, but also I have a paper about (an aspect) of that"
Funding delays are really not great for people who work in science. Funding delays of > 30 days lead to:
- 40% increase in scientists exiting US labor force
- 20% decrease in wages
Funding delays are really not great for people who work in science. Funding delays of > 30 days lead to:
- 40% increase in scientists exiting US labor force
- 20% decrease in wages
Trump hits NIH with ‘devastating’ freezes on meetings, travel, communications, and hiring www.science.org/content/arti...
Trump hits NIH with ‘devastating’ freezes on meetings, travel, communications, and hiring
Researchers facing
www.science.org
January 23, 2025 at 5:43 PM
It's such a weird thing to hear the news and think "that's bad, but also I have a paper about (an aspect) of that"
Funding delays are really not great for people who work in science. Funding delays of > 30 days lead to:
- 40% increase in scientists exiting US labor force
- 20% decrease in wages
Funding delays are really not great for people who work in science. Funding delays of > 30 days lead to:
- 40% increase in scientists exiting US labor force
- 20% decrease in wages
We extended the Environmental Impacts Frame backward to 1940 using the Census Bureau's historical decennial and IRS 1040 data! Looking forward to working with and seeing what others do with these cool new (old) data!
📈📉 New Census Working Paper: "The Census Historical Environmental Impacts Frame" by Jenny Withrow (@withrowjenny.bsky.social), Kendall Houghton, Eva Lyubich, Mary Munro, Suvy Qin, and John Voorheis (@johnvoorheis.bsky.social) www.census.gov/library/work...
November 25, 2024 at 6:59 PM
We extended the Environmental Impacts Frame backward to 1940 using the Census Bureau's historical decennial and IRS 1040 data! Looking forward to working with and seeing what others do with these cool new (old) data!
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Some current issues to update 1950 Preliminary IPUMS Full Count Data users;
1. Educational attainment is underestimated.
2. RACE data underrepresent Japanese and Chinese persons in the population.
1. Educational attainment is underestimated.
2. RACE data underrepresent Japanese and Chinese persons in the population.
usa.ipums.org
November 20, 2024 at 8:41 PM
Some current issues to update 1950 Preliminary IPUMS Full Count Data users;
1. Educational attainment is underestimated.
2. RACE data underrepresent Japanese and Chinese persons in the population.
1. Educational attainment is underestimated.
2. RACE data underrepresent Japanese and Chinese persons in the population.