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Rowena Gray

@econhistoryorbust.bsky.social

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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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Rowena Gray @econhistoryorbust.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Teaching my grad econ history class this morning and sad to learn of Jeff Williamson's passing. A true great in the field, he will be missed.

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Rowena Gray @econhistoryorbust.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Just read this gem: a visiting European car designer in 1929 declared Detroit to be "an earthly Paradise, the color of smoky gray"-- possibly the heyday of the city, we know housing prices started falling behind at that point after the initial draw to auto jobs

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Rowena Gray @econhistoryorbust.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

Seriously:

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Rowena Gray @econhistoryorbust.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

Geriatric Millennials were late 30s in 2020--turning 40 in a pandemic when society left your kids behind probably a factor

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Rowena Gray @econhistoryorbust.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

Heinz baked beans hadn't increased in price at CostPlus World Market today. I'll take the Win.

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Rowena Gray @econhistoryorbust.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

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?

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Rowena Gray @econhistoryorbust.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

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.

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Rowena Gray @econhistoryorbust.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

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

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Rowena Gray @econhistoryorbust.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

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?

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Rowena Gray @econhistoryorbust.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

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

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Rowena Gray @econhistoryorbust.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

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

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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?

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