What can the universe of mortgages guaranteed under the Veterans Administration loan program tell us about how credit conditions affect house prices? Read the latest in the Institute Working Paper series, from Moritz Kuhn Tobias Herbst + Farzad Saidi: bit.ly/4b1XT76

The experience of being homeless varies by place. Where are people mostly sheltered, and where are they mostly unsheltered? Our short article takes stock of homelessness in the U.S.: bit.ly/3SDu7O9

Director Abigail Wozniak spoke with Business Insider about trends in labor force participation: 'In recent decades, declines in labor-force participation have tended to accompany recessions. Participation dips and then does not fully recover.' bit.ly/44wIg53

Return? Stay? Succeed? Our new article from senior writer @lisacamnermckay + Landon Peterson looks at research from former visiting scholar Misty Heggeness + Ana Sofía León on how mothers went back to work when schools reopened after COVID. bit.ly/3y7XuBy

In case you missed it: Last week we announced the 2024-2025 cohort of Institute Visiting Scholars. We are excited to welcome these outstanding scholars during their visit to Minneapolis Fed! bit.ly/4a0wdhv

In new For All, senior writer @lisacamnermckay + Natalie Gubbay use #IDDA to identify where income disparities are larger and smaller, whose incomes are more and less mobile, and how incomes have evolved over time. Read the article: bit.ly/3W0NuUK

“If you had told me at the beginning of my Ph.D. that this is the job I would have, I would have told you, ‘This is perfect.’” Visiting scholar Sheridan Fuller Federal Reserve describes his path to public service: bit.ly/3vTxVmX

Attention students and researchers! Abigail Wozniak, Institute director, shares how Income Distributions and Dynamics in America (IDDA) data provide valuable information accessible to YOU. Want to learn more? Watch the #IDDA webinar: bit.ly/3QDboCC

Volunteering at a prison while taking a class on policy evaluation made Aurelie Ouss wonder: “I wanted to see if economic tools could answer these complicated causal questions. Do we actually know what works to reduce crime?” Read more in new For All bit.ly/3U3sJou

Is there an income/equality trade-off across U.S. states -- that is, do states with higher median incomes also have greater concentration of income at the top of the distribution? Our new data dive explores. bit.ly/3TY3vrH

If the dozens of articles are any indication, Americans love ranking the 50 states. With 6M+ statistics, Income Distributions and Dynamics in America lets you dive into what income patterns look like across U.S. states. bit.ly/3W0NuUK

How the research assistant program leaves its mark on participants and the Institute, advancing research and fostering community: bit.ly/3Q3rULx

The trajectory of incomes in America for the demographic and geographic groups we live in. The prosperity of foreign-born workers. Building research and community through research assistantships. Read it all in new FOR ALL: bit.ly/32ycmGd

Last call 📣to submit your work to the Institute Research Conference, which will take place in Minneapolis on Oct 3-4. Follow the link for last year's agenda and photos -- and the link to submit for this year! Deadline 4/30 at 5pm CT. bit.ly/3wiLpn8

Reminder: Submission deadline for Institute Research Conference is approaching 4/30. Scholars up to 8 yrs post-PhD are invited to submit to early career researchers' workshop. Apply to present your work, receive constructive feedback, and network. bit.ly/3wiLpn8

“Averages do serve as reference points, but they do not tell the whole story. We are in the room with policymakers to bring up how a specific macroeconomic pattern we might be seeing is not equal.” On the value of real-time tools to track equitable growth: bit.ly/3xDwFVB