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Some Friday thoughts on labor supply, inspired by @Neil_Irwin thoughtful piece in @UpshotNYT on the flip from low demand to constrained supply in the economy.https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/09/upshot/economy-supply-shortages.html1/ Concerns

Job losses much worse in blue states than red states. Northern battleground states lost more jobs than Sunbelt battlegrounds.(New BLS state data for Sept, out this morning.)1/ Among battleground states,

No question that the less well-off -- whether measured by income or education -- are suffering more in this recession. And, for some narrowly defined groups, the recession may be

Another way this time is different:This is a big-city recession. Payroll employment has fallen most in the largest metros since February.1/ Unemployment has risen most in the largest metros.The BLS

I think the opposite is true. Short thread.The relationship between death rates (and case rates) and (1) density and (2) partisanship has gotten slightly _stronger_ in recent weeks. Here's the

An r^2 of .81 — the dependent variable is log(number of cases), with log(population) on the right hand side.https://twitter.com/richard_florida/status/1246827366854336515 Key table below, from https://marroninstitute.nyu.edu/uploads/content/The_Coron