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Economist in Indianapolis. Dataviz, labor markets, education, workforce development. waldrn.com
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This chart shows the common evolution of economic development in OECD countries and China: Beginning as agricultural economies, industrializing, then ultimately becoming service-based (tertiarization). blog.waldrn.com/p/what-happe...

submitted 23 days ago • 1 comment

Median number of authors on an top econ journal publication: 1963-1983: One 1993-2011: Two 2024: Three

submitted 29 days ago • 1 comment

Two quick updates: First, the analysis script is available here: github.com/dawaldron/bo... Second, I've realized that there was a mode change that I didn't note in the initial post. The Monitoring the Future survey switched from paper forms to electronics tablets between 2018 and 2020.

submitted 38 days ago • 1 comment

Here’s my latest post on the concerning trend of American boys becoming less supportive of gender equality. blog.waldrn.com/p/american-b...

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A concerning trend has emerged among American boys. The share of 8th and 10th graders who support gender equality has dropped from 2018 to 2023.

submitted 41 days ago • 3 comments

⚾️New side project for baseball fans: Minimalist newspaper-style MLB box scores, available daily at waldrn.com/boxscores/. Code available at github.com/dawaldron/ba... for those interested.

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Today's annual benchmark revisions to jobs data turned tech job growth from bad to worse—instead of only slow growth from late 2023 through 2024, the industry has actually been losing jobs at a rate not seen since the Great Recession

submitted 125 days ago • 16 comments

“Actually it’s good that a bunch of teenagers are unilaterally firing thousands of government employees because they have ChatGPT” i can’t get over how unfathomably stupid the average SF venture capitalist is

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Here's a map of where high-tech manufacturing is located in the U.S.:

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“High-tech” sounds like the future, but American high-tech manufacturing has been declining for decades.

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Indiana lawmakers are considering cutting the benefits duration for UI. Some potential effects include a less efficient labor market, lower re-employment wages, higher risk of poverty for unemployed workers.

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1935 report on unemployment compensation in Indiana uses log scales for several charts #dataviz📊

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Here’s a map of when housing structures were built in the United States

submitted 178 days ago • 1 comment

There’s more pickup trucks on the road than ever before. There are increasingly used for personal use only, rather than being used for work.

submitted 197 days ago • 1 comment

Here’s a 3d render of Lego Mount Rainier

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Here’s a map of Indy’s foreign-born population as of 2022. #gischat #Indianapolis

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Here’s a map of Indy’s foreign-born population as of 2022. #gischat #Indianapolis

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Happy International Men’s Day! 🥳 Icymi: what’s hurting the least educated men? And how might that change? open.substack.com/pub/dralicee...

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