So pleased to win the best paper award this year 🎉 at CJRES @cjres.bsky.social for 'Who gets left behind by left behind places'. ICYMI, paper is here doi.org/10.1093/cjre...

Who gets left behind by left behind places?

Abstract. We document that children growing up in places left behind by today’s economy experience lower levels of social mobility as adults. Using a longi

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Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society@cjres.bsky.social · last yr.

The 2024 Editors' Choice award has been made to Dylan Connor, Aleksander Berg, Tom Kemeny and Peter Kedron for their paper "Who gets left behind by left behind places?" doi.org/10.1093/cjre...

The US GDP nowcast for Q1 is now -2.8%, dropping further from the -1.5% previous estimate 😱

Joel Suss@joelsuss.ft.com · last yr.

The Atlanta Fed's US GDP now estimate has fallen off a cliff into contraction territory

This is really excellent. Donald Trump’s first month in charts: tepid approval ratings, huge number of executive orders & lawsuits, and not enough on inflation on.ft.com/4189Q7E

Big cities once lifted generations out of poverty. Now, they entrench it. New research by @dyligent.bsky.social, @tkemeny.bsky.social et al. shows that since the mid-20th century, upward mobility has shifted to smaller towns. #Cities must reconnect growth with opportunity. doi.org/10.1093/pnas...

Big cities fuel inequality within and across generations

Abstract. Urbanization has long fueled a dual narrative: cities are heralded as sources of economic dynamism and wealth creation yet criticized for fosteri

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🚨 New Research: The American Dream is Dying in Big Cities Cities used to be ladders of opportunity for their residents. Not anymore. Our new paper shows smaller cities & towns now outperform major metros for kids born into poverty. academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar... 1/8

Wealth in the U.S. is increasing concentrated in the hands of the few. My work with @dyligent.bsky.social & @joelsuss.bsky.social shows *where* the wealth is, which cities are the most unequal and how trends have evolved. My new piece for @theconversation.com brings you up to speed. bit.ly/40gqvoZ

Soaring wealth inequality has remade the map of American prosperity

The wealthiest areas in the US are almost 7 times richer than the poorest regions, a disparity that has nearly doubled since 1960.

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GEOWEALTH is an incredible new data source on wealth inequality in the US since 1960! Kudos to @dyligent.bsky.social @tkemeny.bsky.social and team More here: www.nature.com/articles/s41... Data here: github.com/jhsuss/wealt... #socsky #sociology

GEOWEALTH-US: Spatial wealth inequality data for the United States, 1960–2020 - Scientific Data

Scientific Data - GEOWEALTH-US: Spatial wealth inequality data for the United States, 1960–2020

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Dylan Connor@lifechances.bsky.social · 2y ago

Read this new post on the Fed's Open Vault Blog based on our GEOWEALTH data infrastructure!

Ana Hernández Kent & I wrote a short piece about how wealth is distributed across the Midwest and Southeast, for the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. It's based on GEOWEALTH-US, my recent work with @joelsuss.bsky.social & @dyligent.bsky.social . Details: bit.ly/3VrNT1d #inequality #regions #wealth

The Uneven Heartland: A Look at Household Wealth in the Midwest and Southeast

Typical households in the St. Louis Fed District’s seven states have had wealth levels lower than those in many other states, new local-level estimates show.

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📣📣📣Talk Alert: Dec 4 12ET, I'll be speaking (online) about why we should care about place-based economic inequality, what it looks like today, and what we can do about it. If you're interested, sign up at the School of Cities' Knowledge Cafe - t.co/5n1fA3jPMK

Fascinating charts. The American left was sent spinning in 2016, by John Burn-Murdoch on.ft.com/40KKDBt via @FT