Liz Ananat
@lizananat.bsky.social
Mallya Professor of Women & Economics at Barnard College, Columbia University. Co-convener for Policies & Inequalities, Columbia Population Center. Obama CEA alum. Views=own. She/her.
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Update: we are at 379 signatures in support of Lisa Cook and Fed independence!
The letter be open for signatures through Sun. (Link to sign at the top).
If you are on X or listservs, please spread the word there!
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The letter be open for signatures through Sun. (Link to sign at the top).
If you are on X or listservs, please spread the word there!
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Open letter
Click here to add your signature. An Open Letter from Economists in Support of Governor Lisa Cook and Federal Reserve Independence To the President, Members of Congress, and the American public: We wr...
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August 29, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Update: we are at 379 signatures in support of Lisa Cook and Fed independence!
The letter be open for signatures through Sun. (Link to sign at the top).
If you are on X or listservs, please spread the word there!
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
The letter be open for signatures through Sun. (Link to sign at the top).
If you are on X or listservs, please spread the word there!
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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I signed an open letter from economists supporting Fed independence & Governor Lisa Cook
Letter: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Add your name by Monday: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Letter: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Add your name by Monday: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Open letter
Click here to add your signature. An Open Letter from Economists in Support of Governor Lisa Cook and Federal Reserve Independence To the President, Members of Congress, and the American public: We wr...
docs.google.com
August 31, 2025 at 9:23 PM
I signed an open letter from economists supporting Fed independence & Governor Lisa Cook
Letter: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Add your name by Monday: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Letter: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Add your name by Monday: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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I signed an open letter from economists supporting Fed independence & Gov. Lisa Cook. Add your name by Monday: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... |
Letter: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Letter: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Signature page for Open Letter of Support of Governor Lisa Cook and Federal Reserve Independence
By filling out the form below, you are asking your signature to be added to this open letter.
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August 31, 2025 at 11:51 PM
I signed an open letter from economists supporting Fed independence & Gov. Lisa Cook. Add your name by Monday: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... |
Letter: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Letter: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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@tmmcmillan.bsky.social has a new must-read piece on SNAP and work requirements. While her characterization of the evidence is both accurate and awesome, her story and the stories of other participants matter more. Let's all act in good faith.
Gift article:
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/10/o...
Gift article:
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/10/o...
June 10, 2025 at 3:23 PM
@tmmcmillan.bsky.social has a new must-read piece on SNAP and work requirements. While her characterization of the evidence is both accurate and awesome, her story and the stories of other participants matter more. Let's all act in good faith.
Gift article:
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/10/o...
Gift article:
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/10/o...
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Watch me scramble in real time as I try to find the economic angle on the Musk-Trump tiff.
(I think I found one, and the issues it highlights are terrifyingly important.)
(I think I found one, and the issues it highlights are terrifyingly important.)
June 5, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Watch me scramble in real time as I try to find the economic angle on the Musk-Trump tiff.
(I think I found one, and the issues it highlights are terrifyingly important.)
(I think I found one, and the issues it highlights are terrifyingly important.)
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Seems like if we want to increase a culture of work etc etc, this might be more promising than taking food benefits away from 60 year olds or parents of 9 year olds. Of course funding things like this wouldn’t open up budgetary space for tax cuts for rich people.
New research w/ @kirabojackson.bsky.social & @julia-turner.bsky.social on NBER homepage
“Universal Pre-K across 9 states & cities increased LFP by 0.8 pp, employment by 0.9 pp, & weekly hours worked by 0.42, with strongest effects for moms. Each $1 spent on UPK generated >$3 in additional earnings”
“Universal Pre-K across 9 states & cities increased LFP by 0.8 pp, employment by 0.9 pp, & weekly hours worked by 0.42, with strongest effects for moms. Each $1 spent on UPK generated >$3 in additional earnings”
June 3, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Seems like if we want to increase a culture of work etc etc, this might be more promising than taking food benefits away from 60 year olds or parents of 9 year olds. Of course funding things like this wouldn’t open up budgetary space for tax cuts for rich people.
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Ok folks, we know work requirements reduce benefits without increasing work (cc: @chloeneast.bsky.social)
But who loses benefits and what happens if work requirements are reversed?
New evidence from linked SNAP-Medicaid data and a natural experiment in CT tell a concerning story...
Thread below 👇
But who loses benefits and what happens if work requirements are reversed?
New evidence from linked SNAP-Medicaid data and a natural experiment in CT tell a concerning story...
Thread below 👇
SNAP work requirements have biggest effect on those least able to work
Most people pushed out of SNAP in Connecticut didn’t find their way back in, even when work requirements were later reversed.
tobin.yale.edu
June 2, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Ok folks, we know work requirements reduce benefits without increasing work (cc: @chloeneast.bsky.social)
But who loses benefits and what happens if work requirements are reversed?
New evidence from linked SNAP-Medicaid data and a natural experiment in CT tell a concerning story...
Thread below 👇
But who loses benefits and what happens if work requirements are reversed?
New evidence from linked SNAP-Medicaid data and a natural experiment in CT tell a concerning story...
Thread below 👇
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New from @chloeneast.bsky.social at Can We Still Govern:
AEI cited her work to make the case for SNAP work requirements. Chloe explains that her and other research show that work requirements reduce SNAP access while doing nothing for employment outcomes.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/what-aei-g...
AEI cited her work to make the case for SNAP work requirements. Chloe explains that her and other research show that work requirements reduce SNAP access while doing nothing for employment outcomes.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/what-aei-g...
What AEI Gets Wrong about SNAP Work Requirements
They cited my research, so let me respond!
donmoynihan.substack.com
May 30, 2025 at 12:33 PM
New from @chloeneast.bsky.social at Can We Still Govern:
AEI cited her work to make the case for SNAP work requirements. Chloe explains that her and other research show that work requirements reduce SNAP access while doing nothing for employment outcomes.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/what-aei-g...
AEI cited her work to make the case for SNAP work requirements. Chloe explains that her and other research show that work requirements reduce SNAP access while doing nothing for employment outcomes.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/what-aei-g...
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The recurring theme of work requirements is that they hurt people who are working or looking for work.
Worse, the requirements make it impossible for some workers, such as those in the service sector with irregular hours. From @lizananat.bsky.social www.hamiltonproject.org/publication/...
Worse, the requirements make it impossible for some workers, such as those in the service sector with irregular hours. From @lizananat.bsky.social www.hamiltonproject.org/publication/...
May 30, 2025 at 3:12 PM
The recurring theme of work requirements is that they hurt people who are working or looking for work.
Worse, the requirements make it impossible for some workers, such as those in the service sector with irregular hours. From @lizananat.bsky.social www.hamiltonproject.org/publication/...
Worse, the requirements make it impossible for some workers, such as those in the service sector with irregular hours. From @lizananat.bsky.social www.hamiltonproject.org/publication/...
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I respond to AEI’s mischaracterization of three of my papers
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discuss the clear evidence that work requirements don’t increase work, but do reduce food assistance for households that need it.
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discuss the clear evidence that work requirements don’t increase work, but do reduce food assistance for households that need it.
New from @chloeneast.bsky.social at Can We Still Govern:
AEI cited her work to make the case for SNAP work requirements. Chloe explains that her and other research show that work requirements reduce SNAP access while doing nothing for employment outcomes.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/what-aei-g...
AEI cited her work to make the case for SNAP work requirements. Chloe explains that her and other research show that work requirements reduce SNAP access while doing nothing for employment outcomes.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/what-aei-g...
What AEI Gets Wrong about SNAP Work Requirements
They cited my research, so let me respond!
donmoynihan.substack.com
May 30, 2025 at 3:01 PM
I respond to AEI’s mischaracterization of three of my papers
AND
discuss the clear evidence that work requirements don’t increase work, but do reduce food assistance for households that need it.
AND
discuss the clear evidence that work requirements don’t increase work, but do reduce food assistance for households that need it.
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Who do work requirements penalize? @lizananat.bsky.social, @agpines.bsky.social, and Olivia Howard offer findings on low-income service sector workers whose unpredictable work hours are largely driven by their employers and not by choice. www.brookings.edu/articles/wor...
May 28, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Who do work requirements penalize? @lizananat.bsky.social, @agpines.bsky.social, and Olivia Howard offer findings on low-income service sector workers whose unpredictable work hours are largely driven by their employers and not by choice. www.brookings.edu/articles/wor...
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As @lizananat.bsky.social shows here, work requirements are unrelated to the jobs poor families depend on to survive. The result: one third of eligible service workers would get kicked off of programs with work requirements because of high volatility in the number of hours worked in service jobs.
Combined, these sources of volatility mean that nearly 1 in 3 service workers in households with children *who meet or exceed 80 work hours/month* over the course of the year would fall short of the work requirement in at least one month–and get kicked off basic needs programs: 8/8
May 27, 2025 at 5:11 PM
As @lizananat.bsky.social shows here, work requirements are unrelated to the jobs poor families depend on to survive. The result: one third of eligible service workers would get kicked off of programs with work requirements because of high volatility in the number of hours worked in service jobs.
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Critical point: The legislation is designed to kick people off Medicaid because it ignores the reality that low-wage jobs have highly variable hours--and they can't control that.
Each year, the bill would kick off 1 in 3 parents who work 80+ hours per month in the most common low-wage jobs *even if they manage to fill out the paperwork*, our new research with w/Olivia Howard @hamiltonproject.org finds: www.brookings.edu/articles/wor...
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Work requirements penalize workers in volatile occupations
Elizabeth Ananat, Anna Gassman-Pines, and Olivia Howard warn that work requirements, such as those Congress is currently considering adding or expanding in means-tested programs, penalize low-income w...
www.brookings.edu
May 27, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Critical point: The legislation is designed to kick people off Medicaid because it ignores the reality that low-wage jobs have highly variable hours--and they can't control that.
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Work requirements will trip some people up because they struggle with paperwork, but will by design hurt other people who work a lot but have unstable hours (thread)
Each year, the bill would kick off 1 in 3 parents who work 80+ hours per month in the most common low-wage jobs *even if they manage to fill out the paperwork*, our new research with w/Olivia Howard @hamiltonproject.org finds: www.brookings.edu/articles/wor...
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Work requirements penalize workers in volatile occupations
Elizabeth Ananat, Anna Gassman-Pines, and Olivia Howard warn that work requirements, such as those Congress is currently considering adding or expanding in means-tested programs, penalize low-income w...
www.brookings.edu
May 27, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Work requirements will trip some people up because they struggle with paperwork, but will by design hurt other people who work a lot but have unstable hours (thread)
New research from [email protected]
Congress is pushing work requirements for Medicaid&SNAP. You’ve heard these kick eligible folks off (@pamherd.bsky.social @donmoyn.bsky.social), don't increase work&cause hunger (@laurenhlb.bsky.social @chloeneast.bsky.social). But wait there's more! 1/n
Congress is pushing work requirements for Medicaid&SNAP. You’ve heard these kick eligible folks off (@pamherd.bsky.social @donmoyn.bsky.social), don't increase work&cause hunger (@laurenhlb.bsky.social @chloeneast.bsky.social). But wait there's more! 1/n
May 27, 2025 at 1:51 PM
New research from [email protected]
Congress is pushing work requirements for Medicaid&SNAP. You’ve heard these kick eligible folks off (@pamherd.bsky.social @donmoyn.bsky.social), don't increase work&cause hunger (@laurenhlb.bsky.social @chloeneast.bsky.social). But wait there's more! 1/n
Congress is pushing work requirements for Medicaid&SNAP. You’ve heard these kick eligible folks off (@pamherd.bsky.social @donmoyn.bsky.social), don't increase work&cause hunger (@laurenhlb.bsky.social @chloeneast.bsky.social). But wait there's more! 1/n
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#priorities
It really is just that simple.
It really is just that simple.
Republicans are seeking to take away health insurance from millions of Americans, and they are doing it to give billions of dollars in tax cuts to the wealthy.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/23/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/23/o...
Opinion | Trump Promised Not to Cut Medicaid. Republicans Are Trying Anyway.
www.nytimes.com
May 23, 2025 at 1:42 PM
#priorities
It really is just that simple.
It really is just that simple.
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ICYMI: Check out @lizananat.bsky.social Elizabeth Ananat’s, Mallya Professor of Women and Economics, Barnard College, presentation, “Schedule Volatility in Hourly Service Work: Evidence and Implications for Federal Income-Support Policies.” #academicsky
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqwG...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqwG...
Elizabeth Ananat: Schedule Volatility in Hourly Service Work
YouTube video by Stone Center for Inequality Dynamics
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April 9, 2025 at 12:47 PM
ICYMI: Check out @lizananat.bsky.social Elizabeth Ananat’s, Mallya Professor of Women and Economics, Barnard College, presentation, “Schedule Volatility in Hourly Service Work: Evidence and Implications for Federal Income-Support Policies.” #academicsky
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqwG...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqwG...
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Congress is considering adding or expanding work requirements for Medicaid and SNAP. But work requirements penalize low-income workers and families, who—not by choice—often experience volatility in employment and work hours. @lizananat.bsky.social, @agpines.bsky.social, and Olivia Howard explain:
Work requirements penalize workers in volatile occupations
www.brookings.edu
May 22, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Congress is considering adding or expanding work requirements for Medicaid and SNAP. But work requirements penalize low-income workers and families, who—not by choice—often experience volatility in employment and work hours. @lizananat.bsky.social, @agpines.bsky.social, and Olivia Howard explain:
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New @hamiltonproject.org research by @lizananat.bsky.social @agpines.bsky.social & Olivia Howard finds that work requirements penalize low-income workers for something they can’t control: employer-driven volatility in employment and hours.
www.brookings.edu/articles/wor...
www.brookings.edu/articles/wor...
Work requirements penalize workers in volatile occupations
Elizabeth Ananat, Anna Gassman-Pines, and Olivia Howard warn that work requirements, such as those Congress is currently considering adding or expanding in means-tested programs, penalize low-income w...
www.brookings.edu
May 22, 2025 at 4:45 PM
New @hamiltonproject.org research by @lizananat.bsky.social @agpines.bsky.social & Olivia Howard finds that work requirements penalize low-income workers for something they can’t control: employer-driven volatility in employment and hours.
www.brookings.edu/articles/wor...
www.brookings.edu/articles/wor...
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A striking admission in Trump officials’ work requirements NYT op-ed: many working ppl who “work inconsistently throughout the year” will lose Medicaid & SNAP
New @hamiltonproject.org brief by @lizananat.bsky.social, @agpines.bsky.social, Olivia Howard shows this is true - and why 1/
New @hamiltonproject.org brief by @lizananat.bsky.social, @agpines.bsky.social, Olivia Howard shows this is true - and why 1/
Volatility in employment and hours is endemic in the service sector. Under current and proposed work requirements, this means that low-income workers could lose access to basic needs programs because of factors often out of their control—even if they work enough hours across the year on average.
Work requirements penalize workers in volatile occupations
Elizabeth Ananat, Anna Gassman-Pines, and Olivia Howard warn that work requirements, such as those Congress is currently considering adding or expanding in means-tested programs, penalize low-income w...
www.brookings.edu
May 23, 2025 at 1:53 PM
A striking admission in Trump officials’ work requirements NYT op-ed: many working ppl who “work inconsistently throughout the year” will lose Medicaid & SNAP
New @hamiltonproject.org brief by @lizananat.bsky.social, @agpines.bsky.social, Olivia Howard shows this is true - and why 1/
New @hamiltonproject.org brief by @lizananat.bsky.social, @agpines.bsky.social, Olivia Howard shows this is true - and why 1/
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The administration is moving the rule. Official public (that's us!!) comment period is open.
Friends of BLS has resources making it super easy & efficient for you to:
1) submit evidence to the official record &
2) communicate to your federal reps
#econsky
www.friendsofbls.org/updates/2025...
Friends of BLS has resources making it super easy & efficient for you to:
1) submit evidence to the official record &
2) communicate to your federal reps
#econsky
www.friendsofbls.org/updates/2025...
April 29, 2025 at 1:45 PM
The administration is moving the rule. Official public (that's us!!) comment period is open.
Friends of BLS has resources making it super easy & efficient for you to:
1) submit evidence to the official record &
2) communicate to your federal reps
#econsky
www.friendsofbls.org/updates/2025...
Friends of BLS has resources making it super easy & efficient for you to:
1) submit evidence to the official record &
2) communicate to your federal reps
#econsky
www.friendsofbls.org/updates/2025...
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Economists who use BLS data-- submit a public comment to defend its integrity!! See Aaron's thread!! #econsky
The administration is moving the rule. Official public (that's us!!) comment period is open.
Friends of BLS has resources making it super easy & efficient for you to:
1) submit evidence to the official record &
2) communicate to your federal reps
#econsky
www.friendsofbls.org/updates/2025...
Friends of BLS has resources making it super easy & efficient for you to:
1) submit evidence to the official record &
2) communicate to your federal reps
#econsky
www.friendsofbls.org/updates/2025...
April 29, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Economists who use BLS data-- submit a public comment to defend its integrity!! See Aaron's thread!! #econsky
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This can't be said enough. The narrative is quickly becoming but universities need fed funds, when it should be that the fed govt needs universities. NCI/NIGMS funding to Harvard/MIT supported research that led to the discovery of Herceptin, a cancer drug that has saved 3 million lives to date! 🧪
The trope that universities are "dependent" on the federal government fundamentally misunderstands how vital this partnership has been for the US. The private sector can't replace it. If we kill it, we're all worse off. From @donmoyn.bsky.social and me: donmoynihan.substack.com/p/are-univer...
April 24, 2025 at 4:36 PM
This can't be said enough. The narrative is quickly becoming but universities need fed funds, when it should be that the fed govt needs universities. NCI/NIGMS funding to Harvard/MIT supported research that led to the discovery of Herceptin, a cancer drug that has saved 3 million lives to date! 🧪
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Can we get more of this? “The Japanese American National Museum will ‘scrub nothing,’ Fujioka said, and instead will highlight the importance of DEI.
“Our community is based on diversity, equity is guaranteed to us in the Constitution, and inclusion is what we believe in,” Fujioka said.
“Our community is based on diversity, equity is guaranteed to us in the Constitution, and inclusion is what we believe in,” Fujioka said.
Japanese American National Museum takes a stand against DOGE cuts to NEH
The National Endowment for the Humanities warned museums across the country that it was slashing funding, including money previously pledged to places such as LACMA and the Japanese American National ...
www.latimes.com
April 6, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Can we get more of this? “The Japanese American National Museum will ‘scrub nothing,’ Fujioka said, and instead will highlight the importance of DEI.
“Our community is based on diversity, equity is guaranteed to us in the Constitution, and inclusion is what we believe in,” Fujioka said.
“Our community is based on diversity, equity is guaranteed to us in the Constitution, and inclusion is what we believe in,” Fujioka said.
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The problem is: they've mistaken correlation for causation. They think their parents and grandparents had a good life *because* of manufacturing jobs. When, in reality, their parents and grandparents had a good life *despite* manufacturing jobs, because of unions, high taxes, and social policies.
April 3, 2025 at 3:22 PM
The problem is: they've mistaken correlation for causation. They think their parents and grandparents had a good life *because* of manufacturing jobs. When, in reality, their parents and grandparents had a good life *despite* manufacturing jobs, because of unions, high taxes, and social policies.