Melissa Knox
@mknox.bsky.social
Economist at the University of Washington. Interested in health and nutrition policy, public health, demography, econ of gender, and gender in econ. More of a data nerd than a data geek. #EconSky 📉📈 #TeachEcon (Also 🚴🏻♀️☕️🧶)
More at: melissaknox.net
More at: melissaknox.net
Interested in learning more about the heterogeneous impacts of policies to fight poverty and food insecurity? Come to our session at 8:30 am on Thursday at #2025APPAM with @johncawley.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Interested in learning more about the heterogeneous impacts of policies to fight poverty and food insecurity? Come to our session at 8:30 am on Thursday at #2025APPAM with @johncawley.bsky.social
Here’s a screenshot of the info since the link is a bit slow. #2025APPAM
November 12, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Here’s a screenshot of the info since the link is a bit slow. #2025APPAM
What’s left when you try to buy donuts after 11am on a rainy Sunday in my neighborhood.
October 26, 2025 at 8:52 PM
What’s left when you try to buy donuts after 11am on a rainy Sunday in my neighborhood.
Yes, but also… (Can still feel and hear exactly how my grandmother’s felt and sounded when I would play with it at her house.)
October 14, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Yes, but also… (Can still feel and hear exactly how my grandmother’s felt and sounded when I would play with it at her house.)
Oh hell yes, UW and Washington state!
September 6, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Oh hell yes, UW and Washington state!
Using one photo already on your phone, what is the announcement tomorrow at 2?
September 2, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Using one photo already on your phone, what is the announcement tomorrow at 2?
But to me, one of the most interesting results were the heterogeneities in fruit and vegetable consumption by income, race, and language among those gaining the program. The total effect was null, but the groups that did see increases were also those with lower baseline values of this outcome. 5/7
August 20, 2025 at 1:18 AM
But to me, one of the most interesting results were the heterogeneities in fruit and vegetable consumption by income, race, and language among those gaining the program. The total effect was null, but the groups that did see increases were also those with lower baseline values of this outcome. 5/7
One of our neighborhood bunnies decided to make her nest under the Adirondack chair right outside our door. So now my pets have their own nature program/cooking show to watch.
May 7, 2025 at 8:25 PM
One of our neighborhood bunnies decided to make her nest under the Adirondack chair right outside our door. So now my pets have their own nature program/cooking show to watch.
Doomscroll got you down? Here’s Moxie, looking even more like a Jim Henson creation than usual, to cheer you up.
May 1, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Doomscroll got you down? Here’s Moxie, looking even more like a Jim Henson creation than usual, to cheer you up.
A little WA springtime to cleanse your timeline in case you are as sick of the news as I am. What does it look like where you are?
April 8, 2025 at 3:52 PM
A little WA springtime to cleanse your timeline in case you are as sick of the news as I am. What does it look like where you are?
Any Severance super fans or former Bell/Lucent employees out there? One reason I love the show are memories of being in the beautiful old Bell Labs building where I did a summer internship in 1998. (Not on the severed floor afaik.) I heard on the podcast that it’s now a mall!
January 17, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Any Severance super fans or former Bell/Lucent employees out there? One reason I love the show are memories of being in the beautiful old Bell Labs building where I did a summer internship in 1998. (Not on the severed floor afaik.) I heard on the podcast that it’s now a mall!
If you’re at #ASSA2025 and interested in gender representation in econ, pedagogical research, or nudges, come see my talk tomorrow at 10:15 at the Hilton.
January 4, 2025 at 5:42 AM
If you’re at #ASSA2025 and interested in gender representation in econ, pedagogical research, or nudges, come see my talk tomorrow at 10:15 at the Hilton.
It’s pretty cute how much my cats love Christmas.
December 8, 2024 at 4:48 PM
It’s pretty cute how much my cats love Christmas.
And here is the correlation between those factors (work by Jared Schachner @ USC)
November 22, 2024 at 9:10 PM
And here is the correlation between those factors (work by Jared Schachner @ USC)
Had to go to #APPAM2024 session on school enrollment declines and closures, based on the recent issue with Seattle Public Schools. First, we saw that in pre-covid times, declines can be attributed to both population declines and share of population enrolled.
November 22, 2024 at 9:10 PM
Had to go to #APPAM2024 session on school enrollment declines and closures, based on the recent issue with Seattle Public Schools. First, we saw that in pre-covid times, declines can be attributed to both population declines and share of population enrolled.
In my ever-evolving struggle against my joints, my knee decided to jump in the ring. Did you know door dash delivers canes? Anyway… Come say hi if you see me slowly making my way through #APPAM2024!
November 22, 2024 at 4:34 PM
In my ever-evolving struggle against my joints, my knee decided to jump in the ring. Did you know door dash delivers canes? Anyway… Come say hi if you see me slowly making my way through #APPAM2024!