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Liya Palagashvili

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Liya Palagashvili

@MissLiyaP

Economist @Mercatus Center @GeorgeMasonU. Data Users Committee for @BLS_gov. Scholar @nyulaw. @Forbes 30under30 in Law&Policy. Former economics professor @suny.

liyapalagashvili.substack.com

Joined September 2009

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Liya Palagashvili
@MissLiyaP
Feb 13, 2025
🚨I took this picture on February 27, 2020, after my first briefing on the Hill on portable benefits for independent workers 🔈 My pitch was simple: Remove the legal barriers that prevent the flow of benefits to independent workers 🎆Today, the U.S. House introduced that bill!
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Liya Palagashvili
@MissLiyaP
Sep 13, 2024
As one of those immigrants from the Soviet Union, I can attest to everything @tylercowen is saying here. The American Dream is alive, and I am a living representation of it.
Alex Tabarrok
@ATabarrok
Sep 13, 2024
This is great! So proud to have @tylercowen as friend, colleague and co-author!
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Liya Palagashvili
@MissLiyaP
Sep 13, 2024
It's true, we had the coolest undergrad Econ club. How many other economics students carved supply & demand into a pumpkin!? #econtwitter
Filip Jolevski
@FilipJole
Sep 12, 2024
I urge the @GeorgeMasonU students, especially those studying @MasonEconomics, to join @Masonomics - the Economics Society at GMU. I had my some great friends through it and I am still rocking the cool t-shirts from the time when @MissLiyaP was our president 🙂
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Liya Palagashvili
@MissLiyaP
Apr 11, 2024
Life comes to full circle! The last time I testified for House Ed & Workforce (last April), I was 6 weeks pregnant, and now this April I’m back in the same room with my 4-month old 🥰
Liya Palagashvili
@MissLiyaP
Apr 11, 2024
I’m about to testify for the House Education & The Workforce committee on the future of work and flexible benefits for a flexible workforce! Watch it starting at 9am! youtube.com/live/r_4lxG_17…
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Liya Palagashvili
@MissLiyaP
Dec 9, 2024
The @elonmusk effect: 63 million views!! Thanks for sharing my interview, Elon! #Grateful🙂
Elon Musk
@elonmusk
Dec 7, 2024
John Stossel
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John Stossel
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Liya Palagashvili
@MissLiyaP
Oct 3, 2024
Also, Econtwitter coming together against the ILA Luddite monopoly!
Brian Albrecht
@BrianCAlbrecht
Oct 3, 2024
Econtwitter coming together against Acemoglu
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Liya Palagashvili
@MissLiyaP
Feb 6, 2023
The world of work is changing. More & more Americans are choosing flexible & entrepreneurial jobs. But our policies often cling to the past, like @USDOL's contractor rule. Instead, let's look to the future: Flexible work benefits for a flexible workforce: mercatus.org/research/polic…
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Liya Palagashvili
@MissLiyaP
Jan 22, 2025
📢IT'S HAPPENING! The flexible benefits for a flexible workforce revolution is here! So excited to see that our research on portable benefits has inspired @SenBillCassidy! This momentum makes all the trips to DC (even with a little baby) worth it! @mercatus
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Rowan Saydlowski
@rsaydlowski
Jan 21, 2025
.@SenBillCassidy: “We must empower and protect the rights of more than 27 million gig workers nationwide. The Biden-Harris administration attempted to erode the flexibility of independent workers… but that anti-worker agenda is over.”
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Liya Palagashvili
@MissLiyaP
Jul 29, 2024
A conservative pro-worker agenda must lean into what has traditionally made the U.S. labor market vibrant--entrepreneurial dynamism generating an abundance of work opportunities, not rigid European-style labor policy. My latest in @FortuneMagazine this morning! Maybe of
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Liya Palagashvili
@MissLiyaP
Apr 22, 2024
#EconTwitter: My RA is heading to Duke to pursue his PhD in economics. We are now looking for a new RA/pre-doc to work with me on labor econ and applied micro: candidates can apply here and let me know if you have any questions! paycomonline.net/v4/ats/web.php… @econ_ra
Susannah Petitt
@susannahpetitt
Apr 19, 2024
📣 We're hiring a predoc! Come work with @MissLiyaP and I on applied micro/labor econ! More info here ⤵️ @econ_ra paycomonline.net/v4/ats/web.php…
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Liya Palagashvili
@MissLiyaP
Apr 19, 2023
Department of Labor’s independent contractor rule makes an egregious assessment that 100 percent of impacted contracting jobs will turn into employment jobs. Not grounded in any research and aftermath of AB5 shows this will not be the case
House Committee on Education & Workforce
@EdWorkforceCmte
Apr 19, 2023
.@RepGrothman and @MissLiyaP discussing the cost of DOL's proposed rule that would effectively fire independent contractors across the nation. Q: "Do you find Labor's cost assessment of its rule to be realistic?" A: "It's not grounded in any economics research."
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Liya Palagashvili
@MissLiyaP
Jul 29, 2024
Do people support less spending and lower taxes when they're given personalized fiscal information on how much they're actually being taxed and how much public spending is costing them? ✅Yes. A new study published last week created a novel survey experiment on fiscal illusion
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Liya Palagashvili
@MissLiyaP
Dec 11, 2024
Busy days in DC for independent work & portable benefits! Yesterday I presented at a Brookings Institution roundtable & last week to Hill staffers on how federal reforms can unleash flexible benefits for a flexible workforce! #portablebenefits #gigeconomy
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Liya Palagashvili
@MissLiyaP
Jan 18, 2024
Our new study on California's #AB5: ⏩Self-employment and overall employment significantly decreased post-AB5 ⏩Occupations w/ high level of self-employment saw greater reductions in employment (~28%) ⏩ No robust evidence that traditional (W-2) employment increased post AB5
Scott Lincicome
@scottlincicome
Jan 18, 2024
New @mercatus analysis of CA's #AB5 finds it: ❌Reduced self-employment (-10.5%) AND overall employment (-4.4%); ❌Disproportionately hurt occupations w/ high levels of self-employment; ❌Did NOT increase traditional (W-2) employment as intended Failure. mercatus.org/research/worki…
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