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Rowena Gray

@econhistoryorbust.bsky.social

Associate Professor in Economics at UC Merced writing about New York City's housing affordability and learning urban economics 1 paper at a time.

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Does anybody remember a paper that followed the residents of the earliest public housing projects in the census? I think it was in the history literature rather than economics?

28.07.2025 09:19 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

do you join a group or just find a cool place you want to go to get away from distractions? looks beautiful

08.07.2025 14:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Spending 24 hours in SF Kaiser for a monitored EEG for my 10 year old. Reminder of how precious health is and how great the medical professionals are. Apparently the food is not so great, but you can't have everything.

02.06.2025 17:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

haha-- you got me!

02.06.2025 16:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I wonder when that shift occurred. On the east coast my mom lives in an established subdivision where she can easily walk through to another estate, or down to the seaside and train station, or out to the main road, and their building a brand new estate behind her (will it be connected, let's see?)

02.06.2025 16:33 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Wasn't aware of these recent cultural changes--gotta pay more attention on my summer visits!

02.06.2025 16:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

where are these? I think of Irish suburbs as really good on pedestrian cut-throughs compared to at least California suburbs, where people love to live on culs-de-sac but never occurs to anybody what pedestrians would prefer.

02.06.2025 16:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Putting the current male "crisis" in perspective: 100 men per week were recorded deserting their families in NYC during the 1870s depression.

17.05.2025 19:59 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

huh, I can't view it right now either. will repost once the website recovers. thanks!

13.04.2025 02:28 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Mark Siegler (Sac State) has a good & up to date textbook-- not sure about the slides part though. It doesn't end with the Great Depression like many other books.

31.03.2025 16:12 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

definitely for the better. great line-up of papers.

03.03.2025 17:18 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Does anybody know what's happening with stimulant meds right now? It seems there isn't a pill to be had in NorCal today-- is the shortage getting worse for some reason?

19.02.2025 22:47 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Get your applications in for this year, this workshop was instrumental in my career trajectory:

29.01.2025 03:32 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Price of Housing in the United States, 1890-2006 | Faculti How do newly constructed housing price indices for 1890-2006 reveal trends in U.S. housing markets and explain uneven price growth over time?

I think this came out pretty well: The Price of Housing in the United States, 1890-2006 faculti.net/the-price-of...

27.01.2025 17:21 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

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