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Temp Agencies
Using the new QWI data by 6-digit NAICS to understand temp agency employment
Jan 24
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Highlights from the 2026 ASSA meetings
These were some of my favorite sessions and events from the ASSA meetings this weekend.
Jan 6
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Dani Sandler
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December 2025
Does Working from Home Make Us More Isolated?
As the structure of work changes from work in an office to remote and hybrid work, the people we spend time with will also change.
Dec 13, 2025
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Dani Sandler
August 2025
Work-from-Home as a Lever Against the Motherhood Penalty
Emma Harrington and Matthew Khan recently posted their paper "Has the Rise of Work-from-Home Reduced the Motherhood Penalty in the Labor Market?" as an…
Aug 23, 2025
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Dani Sandler
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The Politics of Parenthood: Two Decades Later, the Same Struggles
I just started reading The Politics of Parenthood: Child Care, Women’s Rights, and the Myth of the Good Mother by Mary Frances Berry. It was published…
Aug 16, 2025
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April 2025
Government Efficiency
Part of the reassignment from my home office in Davis to the FSRDC in Berkeley was a change in my locality.
Apr 29, 2025
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Dani Sandler
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A book (?)
As I said in my previous post, I am working mostly on personal projects on the train.
Apr 27, 2025
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Dani Sandler
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My Unplayable Piano
I am a big fan of Tim Harford, so I have heard the story of Keith Jarrett and the unplayable piano several times.
Apr 24, 2025
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Dani Sandler
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February 2025
Defending Transgender Women
On January 30th at 5pm Census.gov went down, so that the Census Bureau could review the website for materials that did not comply with one of the…
Feb 22, 2025
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Dani Sandler
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January 2025
Measuring the Impact of the Tulsa Race Massacre
In the paper “After the Burning: The Economic Effects of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre” the authors measure the economic well-being of individuals in…
Jan 20, 2025
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Dani Sandler
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Coworking Couples
Maxwell Rong presented his paper “Income Dynamics and Rent Sharing of Coworking Couples” at the All California Labor Economics Conference (ACLEC) this…
Jan 8, 2025
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Dani Sandler
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Ideas for Using Census Microdata
Inspired by a couple of recent conversations, I’m introducing a new section of this blog, provisionally titled “Census Microdata”.
Jan 8, 2025
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