Edward Berchick

Demographer @zillowgroup; Formerly @uscensusbureau. All opinions my own.

[Rich Barton @Rich_Barton]

@Zillow research found a clear majority of homeowners & renters nationwide support this type of action to help housing affordability in their community. https://t.co/dkdb4EOVzH

[Rich Barton @Rich_Barton]

Housing affordability continues to plague Seattle and cities across the U.S.

@ChallengeSeaWA in @seattletimes explores what it takes to tackle this growing issue. Every option needs to be on the table to create more homes for people to live.

[Jeff Tucker @Jeff_Tucke]

An absolute barnburner of a report on America's housing shortage dropped today, estimating that the U.S. was almost 4 million homes short of household needs on the eve of the pandemic.

Very proud that @zillow was a sponsor for this research effort: https://t.co/iAhjsdMkuX.

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[Jenny Schuetz @jenny_schuetz]

Marin County homeowner who bought her home 40 years ago for $100k doesn’t think California has a housing shortage-and that her personal preferences should govern housing policy for the entire state. With all due respect, no. https://t.co/5Hr1dJrUai

[Heidi Groover @heidigroover]

In this Zillow survey, 71% of Seattle-area residents said more apartments would have a positive impact on housing affordability, but only 53% would support an apartment building in their neighborhood. Among homeowners: 45%.
https://t.co/FOPrQwDqGh

[U.S. Census Bureau @uscensusbureau]

The U.S. Census Bureau has decided to defer the introduction of updated confidentiality protections and release the January 2022 Current Population Survey Public Use File in Feb 2022 as originally scheduled. Read more 👉 https://t.co/Rp6yp82cpW

[Betsy Levy Paluck @betsylevyp]

Rest in peace, Dr. Sara McLanahan. Your contributions were deep and wide. Today I’m going to listen to your voice on the podcast from 2018 with @msalgani, done by @NPRinvisibilia. An example of how you fostered so much research out of your own work. https://t.co/vSfw6hlLpR

[Miriam Venturini @VenturiniMiri]

When you find out that you mis-coded a variable 3 years earlier.

[Edward Berchick @EBerchick]

@FSUPopCenter Congrats @LaurenMedina_

[Emily Gee @EmilyG_DC]

@EGolberstein @uscensusbureau 2019 CPS ASEC will forever be the Barry Bonds of Census data.

[Jason Furman @jasonfurman]

If you are interested in financial markets there are new data available every nanosecond.

If you are interested in the macroeconomy there are major new data available every week.

If you are interested in people the best data (Census Income & Poverty) is only once a year.

[David Brady (@davebrady72.bsky.social) @DaveBrady72]

Someone remind me again why/how administrative tax data is some sort of gold standard for measuring income???

FYI at $600 Billion in unpaid taxes, we’re talking about sums that could almost cover cost of Medicare or Medicaid…

[Dr. Kate Rogers (she/her/dr) @rogers_k8]

One of the most common Qs I get from ppl considering academia -> industry is what my days look like/what do I actually do?
To provide some insight I thought I’d recount a few days across the next few weeks.
Usual caveats: n of 1, n of not many days.

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[Edward Berchick @EBerchick]

@AudreyDorelien @jt_kerwin @horner_km @JayantiOwens @PrincetonOPR @KristinBietsch 🙋‍♂️

[Norm Matloff 你有冇諗清楚呀? @matloff]

@HistDem Both data privacy methodology (whether DP or not) and missing data methods are extremely difficult problems with NO fully feasible solution. The Census Bureau should state that point publicly, and give detailed explanations of why they chose certain methods.

[Edward Berchick @EBerchick]

@phdlt @TaniaMJenkins @ZippyShell Let me know if you need to borrow my air mattress (and/or other odds and ends)!

[Edward Berchick @EBerchick]

@rogers_k8 @andreasaris13 But no greyhound? :sideeye:

[Edward Berchick @EBerchick]

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[Seattle Weather Blog @KSeattleWeather]

As excruciatingly hot as it’s been the past two days, tomorrow will be even worse.

Seattle is likely to top 110 degrees (perhaps hitting 112) as hot dry winds from the east take us to hell and beyond.

[Edward Berchick @EBerchick]

More evidence that denominators matter

[Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World @SociusJournal]

NEW #OA research - "Changes in Census Data Will Affect Our Understanding of Infant Health" by @AppDemography is out now!

https://t.co/1Dz7O4pulE

#openscience #openaccess #opensociology #soctwitter