Andrew Foote
@afoote-econ.bsky.social
Follower of Jesus/Husband to Tatum/Father to Hazel and Haddon/Lead Economist at US Census Bureau (LEHD)
https://sites.google.com/site/andrewfooteecon/home
https://sites.google.com/site/andrewfooteecon/home
"Out of the overflow of the hearth, the mouth speaks." (Luke 6:45)
An evergreen truth.
An evergreen truth.
November 20, 2025 at 5:53 PM
"Out of the overflow of the hearth, the mouth speaks." (Luke 6:45)
An evergreen truth.
An evergreen truth.
Sighs, time to go out to the practice field.
@wshcommanders.bsky.social, I haven't kicked in 15 years but I bet I could do pretty well.
@wshcommanders.bsky.social, I haven't kicked in 15 years but I bet I could do pretty well.
Washington is again looking for a new kicker.
The Commanders announced they released Matt Gay, cutting ties with the veteran roughly 24 hours after he missed a pair of field goals — including what would have been the game-winner — in Madrid.
The Commanders announced they released Matt Gay, cutting ties with the veteran roughly 24 hours after he missed a pair of field goals — including what would have been the game-winner — in Madrid.
Commanders cut Matt Gay after two more missed field goals in Madrid
Washington signed him to a lucrative one-year contract in the offseason, hoping to solve what has been an ongoing issue for the team.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Sighs, time to go out to the practice field.
@wshcommanders.bsky.social, I haven't kicked in 15 years but I bet I could do pretty well.
@wshcommanders.bsky.social, I haven't kicked in 15 years but I bet I could do pretty well.
10% of me believes that the AI hype is stoked by cloud provider firms, who are just making a killing on data centers.
September 26, 2025 at 11:53 AM
10% of me believes that the AI hype is stoked by cloud provider firms, who are just making a killing on data centers.
Has the call for Economics of Education NBER conference gone out?
CC @joshua-goodman.com @imbernomics.bsky.social
CC @joshua-goodman.com @imbernomics.bsky.social
September 25, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Has the call for Economics of Education NBER conference gone out?
CC @joshua-goodman.com @imbernomics.bsky.social
CC @joshua-goodman.com @imbernomics.bsky.social
I have documented opinions that show this is the case - one reason why PSEO is so powerful.
Measuring a college's value? It's more complicated than you think. A new study co-authored by Upjohn Institute's @bradhershbein.bsky.social reveals how graduates mobility - and where they end up - can skew traditional college accountability metrics.
www.upjohn.org/research-hig...
www.upjohn.org/research-hig...
Grads on the go: why mobility complicates college accountability
www.upjohn.org
September 25, 2025 at 5:18 PM
I have documented opinions that show this is the case - one reason why PSEO is so powerful.
While the de minimus exemption causes lots of people to realize how tariffs are impacting them directly, I am reminded of the long literature on the different effects of *where* taxes are collected and how that impacts their salience.
Should be fun to read the papers in a few years on this topic.
Should be fun to read the papers in a few years on this topic.
September 22, 2025 at 12:13 PM
While the de minimus exemption causes lots of people to realize how tariffs are impacting them directly, I am reminded of the long literature on the different effects of *where* taxes are collected and how that impacts their salience.
Should be fun to read the papers in a few years on this topic.
Should be fun to read the papers in a few years on this topic.
A really cool paper, with lots more to come on the claims front.
Hey #EconSky 📈📉
Excited to finally share this working paper with Roozbeh Hosseini and Martin Gervais.
"Unemployment Insurance, Wage Pass-Through, and Endogenous Take-up"
www2.census.gov/library/work...
A Short 🧵:
Excited to finally share this working paper with Roozbeh Hosseini and Martin Gervais.
"Unemployment Insurance, Wage Pass-Through, and Endogenous Take-up"
www2.census.gov/library/work...
A Short 🧵:
September 17, 2025 at 4:01 PM
A really cool paper, with lots more to come on the claims front.
My daughter started at a new school and has had a tough time fitting in. I learned yesterday that she joined a "recess club" of girls who kill lantern flies and dismember them, bringing their wings to science class as trophies.
Weather radars were lighting up Thursday with signals that would ordinarily suggest rain — but no precipitation was in the forecast.
Instead, radars have been capturing a massive swarm of spotted lantern flies descending on the Mid-Atlantic.
Instead, radars have been capturing a massive swarm of spotted lantern flies descending on the Mid-Atlantic.
So many spotted lanternflies are out right now, you can see it on radar
So many have descended across the Mid-Atlantic, swarms of the insects have been appearing on weather radar. Clouds of them have been descending on trees and buildings across the region.
wapo.st
September 12, 2025 at 10:22 AM
My daughter started at a new school and has had a tough time fitting in. I learned yesterday that she joined a "recess club" of girls who kill lantern flies and dismember them, bringing their wings to science class as trophies.
If you love LEHD data products, and want to learn more about how LODES is created, our technical documentation finally got posted!
www2.census.gov/library/work...
www2.census.gov/library/work...
www2.census.gov
September 8, 2025 at 12:36 PM
If you love LEHD data products, and want to learn more about how LODES is created, our technical documentation finally got posted!
www2.census.gov/library/work...
www2.census.gov/library/work...
I have a new paper that links PSEO data to business formation data at the individual level, but cannot come up with a paper title for the life of me.
Does anyone have a punchy paper title idea? @joshua-goodman.com ?
Does anyone have a punchy paper title idea? @joshua-goodman.com ?
September 3, 2025 at 10:20 AM
I have a new paper that links PSEO data to business formation data at the individual level, but cannot come up with a paper title for the life of me.
Does anyone have a punchy paper title idea? @joshua-goodman.com ?
Does anyone have a punchy paper title idea? @joshua-goodman.com ?
This article is written like my kids don't wake up at 5:30am every morning ready to attack the day, despite whenever they go to sleep.
Experts say it's worth easing kids back into a regular sleep routine with the start of a new school year.
How to get kids back on a sleep schedule for the school year
Experts say it’s worth easing kids back into a regular sleep routine with the start of a new school year.
bit.ly
August 14, 2025 at 10:41 AM
This article is written like my kids don't wake up at 5:30am every morning ready to attack the day, despite whenever they go to sleep.
I have spent months hyping my kids up about the upcoming Fort Dupont Ice Arena opening just 5 minutes from me - my son loves hockey and my daughter just loves skating.
Thanks to negligence from SMOOT contractors, it looks like we have to wait much longer:
fdia.org/official-sta...
Thanks to negligence from SMOOT contractors, it looks like we have to wait much longer:
fdia.org/official-sta...
Official Statement | Fort Dupont Ice Arena
fdia.org
August 13, 2025 at 2:04 PM
I have spent months hyping my kids up about the upcoming Fort Dupont Ice Arena opening just 5 minutes from me - my son loves hockey and my daughter just loves skating.
Thanks to negligence from SMOOT contractors, it looks like we have to wait much longer:
fdia.org/official-sta...
Thanks to negligence from SMOOT contractors, it looks like we have to wait much longer:
fdia.org/official-sta...
Incredibly helpful explainer.
Looking for a 2 page explanation of CES Benchmark revisions? I wrote one at www.congress.gov/crs-product/...
www.congress.gov
August 4, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Incredibly helpful explainer.
10/10 parody. No notes.
DC Streetcars will be phased out after just a little over a decade in service, a little longer than it took to build. In its place Mayor Muriel Bowser promises a “next generation streetcar,” otherwise known as an electric bus www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
Bowser to replace D.C. Streetcar with ‘next generation streetcar.’ It’s a bus.
The streetcar that took more than a decade and $200 million to launch will shut down in two more years.
www.washingtonpost.com
May 28, 2025 at 3:53 PM
10/10 parody. No notes.
Hang this picture in the Louvre
YOUR MID-WEEK EARLY KICK OFF
Sunderland's last minute magic 🐈⬛
Goodison Park to host Everton women 🔵
Singing the (sky) blues 😢
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Sunderland's last minute magic 🐈⬛
Goodison Park to host Everton women 🔵
Singing the (sky) blues 😢
🎧: mibcourage.co/EKO14MAY25
May 14, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Hang this picture in the Louvre
waking up every day looking at the Samuelson Condition like
a basketball player is standing on a court with a go logo in the background
ALT: a basketball player is standing on a court with a go logo in the background
media.tenor.com
May 1, 2025 at 6:36 PM
waking up every day looking at the Samuelson Condition like
The meme potential is endless here.
Apparently Claudia Goldin said something shocking to me at this year's AEA meeting!
April 4, 2025 at 8:07 PM
The meme potential is endless here.
I know this is the smallest thing, but can we require CRs to end at the end of a pay period?
March 12, 2025 at 9:19 PM
I know this is the smallest thing, but can we require CRs to end at the end of a pay period?
Just finished the podcast series Scam Inc. from the @economist.com
I learned a lot of things, including the "securitization of scam targets."
I also learned that crypto makes these crimes very easy.
I learned a lot of things, including the "securitization of scam targets."
I also learned that crypto makes these crimes very easy.
March 3, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Just finished the podcast series Scam Inc. from the @economist.com
I learned a lot of things, including the "securitization of scam targets."
I also learned that crypto makes these crimes very easy.
I learned a lot of things, including the "securitization of scam targets."
I also learned that crypto makes these crimes very easy.
I predict another wave of "housing lock" papers in the next 5 years. Maybe my least favorite paper (which was also my JMP) will get cited on accident.
February 18, 2025 at 1:52 PM
I predict another wave of "housing lock" papers in the next 5 years. Maybe my least favorite paper (which was also my JMP) will get cited on accident.
Going on a ski weekend in your late 30s with your friends means packing the equal amounts of beer and NA beer.
January 30, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Going on a ski weekend in your late 30s with your friends means packing the equal amounts of beer and NA beer.
Getting a PhD should require at least one project management course. Just like a three hour course. Learning on the fly is not the best.
January 27, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Getting a PhD should require at least one project management course. Just like a three hour course. Learning on the fly is not the best.
In 2013, JI Packer published what would be one of his final books, called "Weakness is the Way."
I think about that book a lot.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=seBs...
I think about that book a lot.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=seBs...
J.I. Packer - Weakness is the Way
YouTube video by Crossway
www.youtube.com
January 22, 2025 at 1:16 PM
In 2013, JI Packer published what would be one of his final books, called "Weakness is the Way."
I think about that book a lot.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=seBs...
I think about that book a lot.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=seBs...
Reposted by Andrew Foote
Open call for papers: Measurement of Housing and the Housing Sector — CRIW/NBER Conference, Washington, DC — March 12–13, 2026. Full details and submission link available: https://www.nber.org/calls-papers-and-proposals/measurement-housing-and-housing-sector-criwnber-conference
January 21, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Open call for papers: Measurement of Housing and the Housing Sector — CRIW/NBER Conference, Washington, DC — March 12–13, 2026. Full details and submission link available: https://www.nber.org/calls-papers-and-proposals/measurement-housing-and-housing-sector-criwnber-conference
You know you have gone full boar into government middle management when you get excited about a new Office 365 product that you discovered.
January 16, 2025 at 7:36 PM
You know you have gone full boar into government middle management when you get excited about a new Office 365 product that you discovered.