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Krista Ruffini

@kristaruffini.bsky.social
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Assistant Professor at Georgetown McCourt. Labor/public/health econ

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Krista Ruffini @kristaruffini.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Pay is low and turnover high among direct care workers in long-term care. In new descriptive work (+ interactives!), we find many workers leave these positions to work elsewhere in healthcare and many others leave employment but continue to provide care for others.
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NBER @nber.org · 09/09/2026
Cash or kind? One-time or monthly? It matters. Food-store marginal propensity to consume range 0.06 to 0.38 across four pandemic transfers, from Therese Bonomo, @kristaruffini.bsky.social, and Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach www.nber.org/papers/w35698
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Lauren Bauer @laurenhlb.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
New analysis from me & Diane Schanzenbach, possibly my favorite piece ever: We study the SNAP payment error rate and explain why tying how much a state will have to contribute toward SNAP payments to its PER is inherently empirically unstable. Remand. www.hamiltonproject.org/publication/...
A policy that could cause states to drop out of the SNAP program due to chance should not be left to chance. SNAP should be fully federally funded.Figure 3 shows confidence intervals around the point estimates for a states SNAP payment error rate in FY2023. The confidence intervals are larger than the bins.
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Krista Ruffini @kristaruffini.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
2 weeks from today is the 6th Washington Area Labor Economics Symposium (WALES). In DC (or close by)? Want to spend a Friday hearing great labor (+) econ research? Join us @mccourtschool.bsky.social on April 24! Registration and program available: events.georgetown.edu/mccourt/even...
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Washington Area Labor Economics Symposium (WALES)
About WALES: WALES is a one-day labor economics conference bringing together researchers from DC-area institutions. The goals are to provide a fo...
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Krista Ruffini @kristaruffini.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
DC-area economists: It's that time of year... the annual Washington Area Labor Economics Symposium (WALES) will be held at Georgetown's @mccourtschool.bsky.social 4/26/26. Send us your papers by 2/22/26! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
WALES is a one-day labor economics conference bringing together researchers from DC-area institutions. April 24, 2026, McCourt School of Public Policy, 125 E St, NW
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Journal of Public Economics @jpube.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
Just published in @jpube.bsky.social: "In-kind government assistance and crowd-out of charitable services: Evidence from free school meals" By @kristaruffini.bsky.social, @orgulozturk.bsky.social, @ppekgun.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #econsky #publiceconomics
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UC Berkeley Institute for Research on Labor & Employment (IRLE) @ucberkeleyirle.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Virtual registration is still open for the "Minimum Wages & Monopsony Power" conference! Featuring an all-star lineup of labor economists, this one-day event also honors career of Dr. Michael Reich. 📅 June 6, 2025 | 8am - 5pm 🔗 Register today: irle.berkeley.edu/events/minim...
Minimum Wages and Monopsony Power: MichalReichFest. June 6, 2025. Learn more: irle.berkeley.edu/events
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UC Berkeley Institute for Research on Labor & Employment (IRLE) @ucberkeleyirle.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Register now for the Minimum Wages & Monopsony Power Conference at UC Berkeley on June 6. Join leading scholars for this one-day conference, which also honors Michael Reich’s influential career. Space is limited. Register: irle.berkeley.edu/minimum-wage... #EconSky #MinimumWage #LaborEconomics
Minimum Wages & Monopsony Power Conference 2025. MichaelReichFest. June 6, 2025 at UC Berkeley's Alumni House and streaming via Zoom. Learn more and register: irle.berkeley.edu/events
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Krista Ruffini @kristaruffini.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
What does all of this mean? 1st, government and community orgs are imperfect substitutes (intuitively, given different pop'ns, types of goods offered) but changes in gov programs can still have meaningful effects for the charitable sector. 5/5
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Krista Ruffini @kristaruffini.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
This reduction in use ISN'T because there's less food available to distribute -- if anything -- if anything, donations increase, particularly from large/corporate donors. So factors other than pure altruism play a role in donation decisions (at least in the short-run). 4/5
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Krista Ruffini @kristaruffini.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Big takeaway: even though families with kids are a small share of food bank clients and prepared meals at school != grocery items at food banks, food bank use falls (blue markers). 10% expansion in free school meals lowers food bank use about 1%. 3/5
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Krista Ruffini @kristaruffini.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
We look at how food bank use and donations change when more kids have access to free school meals by matching universal school meal introduction to admin data on food distribution and donations from the US's largest network of food banks nationwide 2/5
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Krista Ruffini @kristaruffini.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
New updated/overhauled paper 🧵: Governments and community orgs often provide similar services (think: nutrition, cash/emergency financial aid, housing services), but the specific populations served and goods provides differ. What happens to the charitable sector when gov services increase? 1/5
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Jonathan Ladd @jonathanmladd.com · 18/03/2025
Georgetown has put together resources for federal workers who may be facing a transition in jobs. These include various seminars and workshops, as well as tuition scholarships providing a discount on many master's programs and certificates. Please spread the word to anybody who might benefit.
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Federal Workforce Transition Resources - Georgetown Graduate School
The Georgetown Graduate School of Arts and Sciences is offering resources to assist in federal workforce transitions. Check out our career seminars to learn more.
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Krista Ruffini @kristaruffini.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
Honest Q: For the 700k DCians who don't have representation, ideas other than calling our (non-existent) elected officials? (EHN's vote only counts in committee -- so when y'all call your reps, additional plea for DC statehood is much appreciated, though a lil further down the priority list)
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Krista Ruffini @kristaruffini.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
... As a preprint 🤔
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Journal of Public Economics @jpube.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Just published in the Journal of Public Economics: "The effects of lump-sum food benefits during the COVID-19 pandemic on spending, hardship, and health" By @laurenhlb.bsky.social, @kristaruffini.bsky.social, & Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Lisa A. Gennetian @lisagennetian.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
It's a wrap! whirlwind conference streak #2024APPAM #2024SEA; so many insights. Shout out to @chloergibbs.bsky.social @lindsbullinger.bsky.social @kristaruffini.bsky.social & K. Rittenhouse; keep an 👀 for this crew & their work on resources to children. sea.mymeetingsavvy.net/program#sess...
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Krista Ruffini @kristaruffini.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
The month after P-EBT receipt, food hardship fell by ~40% and mental health among mothers improved, providing some of the 1st evidence that 1x increases in in-kind benefits can help offset negative shocks. N/N
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Krista Ruffini @kristaruffini.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
P-EBT gave families ~$300/student to use for groceries during spring/summer 2020 when schools were closed due to COVID. Families spent the $ more slowly than SNAP AND P-EBT helped smooth the "SNAP-month" 2/N
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Krista Ruffini @kristaruffini.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
📈📉 Just published in @jpube.bsky.social with @laurenhlb.bsky.social & Diane Schanzenbach: We examine how 1-time, in-kind food vouchers thru Pandemic EBT affected family well-being 1/N www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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The effects of lump-sum food benefits during the COVID-19 pandemic on spending, hardship, and health
This paper examines how providing families with lump-sum in-kind assistance during the pandemic affected food hardship, economic well-being, and mater…
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Kevin Rinz @kevinrinz.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
It’s WALES submission/registration time again! One of the best days of the late-winter if you’re a labor-adjacent economist around DC - check it out!
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Krista Ruffini @kristaruffini.bsky.social · 01/08/2024
Join us! This is a great opportunity for ABDs/postdocs interested in policy-relevant research. The best of all worlds: RCT, admin data, great collaborators! apply.interfolio.com/150652
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Krista Ruffini @kristaruffini.bsky.social · 07/05/2024
How does housing assistance affect child welfare involvement? Wi/ 6mo, family reunification ⬆️ 68% among kids in foster care, w/ more child welfare involvement among kids in in-home care. Plus shelter use ⬇️ 1/2 & rapid-rehousing ⬆️2x. Full report: www.capolicylab.org/bringing-fam...
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Bringing Families Home Program Evaluation - California Policy Lab
REPORT: Bringing Families Home Program Evaluation  POLICY BRIEF: Bringing Families Home Program Evaluation TECHNICAL APPENDIX: Bringing Families Home Program Evaluation PRESS RELEASE: Research Shows P...
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