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Matt Holian
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Husband to Bridget, dad of girls, economics professor, from Ohio, lives in San Francisco, camps and skis in the Sierras.

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And 1890…sad fact, nearly all of the original records from the 1890 Census were lost in a fire in 1921.

emuseum.huntington.org/objects/1312...
October 16, 2025 at 10:36 PM
What do you notice about this map?
September 28, 2025 at 3:39 AM
I checked ACS. Although it’s only available through 2023, there it is decreasing since 2021, while in CPS it begins to increase.
July 2, 2025 at 5:08 AM
The instructor who developed the materials is pretty funny #rstats
June 30, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Congratulations to the editors of the Journal of Economics, Race and Policy, on your journal’s first impact factor!

For a new journal like JERP, it takes time to get established. But the strong initial numbers are exciting. I believe the journal is poised for continued growth in the years ahead.
June 18, 2025 at 3:41 PM
They’re a savory bunch (no prune or cherry).
May 10, 2025 at 9:38 PM
“Following the end of the 5th inning, the Pierogies take the field to run the 280-yard Great Pittsburgh Pierogy Race.”

www.mlb.com/pirates/fans...
May 10, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Never say never!

“Useful, requires oversight…”

Likely to improve.

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May 8, 2025 at 1:53 AM
I disagree but I have colleagues who feel this way. I wrote a pedagogical article on term paper assignments and shared my thoughts on gen AI at the behest of a reviewer.

Preprint: drive.google.com/file/d/15d50...

Published version: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
May 8, 2025 at 1:22 AM
A wrote a pedagogical article on teaching students to write term paper and a reviewer asked me to address Gen AI. Here’s what I wrote:
May 8, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Conductor’s bio:
April 17, 2025 at 2:20 AM
The program:
April 17, 2025 at 2:20 AM
If you are in Chicago on this Palm Sunday there will be a beautiful benefit concert in Ukrainian village. My uncle will conduct.
April 13, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Volodymyr is, as of 2023, a name we see in Social Security card applications in the U.S.

I think the 2024 data will come out next month and I’ll update this figure then.
February 15, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Revised and resubmitted. drive.google.com/file/d/19XEI...
January 29, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Computer Engineering and Computer Science are still the 2nd and 6th highest paid majors.
January 26, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Four months later. Sidra de pera.
January 11, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Weather looks pretty good for #ASSA2025 though Friday will be a little wet. Here are some tips for enjoying your free time (1/N).
January 2, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Got to take the cellophane off a brand new (but 20+ year old) cassette tape that I got at Salvation Army store. #analog.
December 17, 2024 at 3:19 AM
Treat Street, San Francisco
November 1, 2024 at 2:21 AM
I will begin reading Dr. Emily Oster’s book The Family Firm while I continue to reread Cribsheet. There’s a lot I’ve learned in the last 8 years of parenthood which makes rereading Cribsheet especially rewarding.
October 29, 2024 at 4:27 PM
And for comparison…
October 8, 2024 at 4:48 AM
Even Google finds this confusing.
October 8, 2024 at 3:59 AM
Today was the hottest day of 2024 in San Francisco.
October 7, 2024 at 4:06 AM
September 12, 2024 at 3:28 AM