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Assistant Professor of Economics at U of Delaware. Labor/Migration
https://www.parag-mahajan.com
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The Quarterly Journal of Economics
11 days ago
Recently accepted by
#QJE
, āWhoās Afraid of the Minimum Wage? Measuring the Impacts on Independent Businesses Using Matched U.S. Tax Returns,ā by Rao (
@nirupama.bsky.social
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Whoās Afraid of the Minimum Wage? Measuring the Impacts on Independent Businesses Using Matched U.S. Tax Returns*
Abstract. A common concern surrounding minimum wage policies is their impact on independent businesses, which are often feared to be less able to bear or p
https://doi.org/10.1093/qje/qjaf053
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Joƫl Machado
about 1 month ago
āŖ With
@jeromevalette.bsky.social
& Jesús FernÔndez-Huertas Moraga, we are happy to announce the CfPapers for the 4th edition of the Junior Workshop on the Economics of Migration on May 26-27, 2026
@uc3meconomics.bsky.social
, Spain. Submit until February 1, 2026 on
economig2026.sciencesconf.org
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Erika McEntarfer
4 months ago
The big story here is of an agency of dedicated statisticians and public servants working tirelessly to improve economic data in a climate of budgetary cuts to data collection. They have been very innovative in meeting that mandate. But we should also just fund our economic infrastructure.
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Joshua Mask
4 months ago
Goodbye summer
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Aaron Sojourner
5 months ago
Any economists on here who cen speak about experiences in their (non-US) country with the politicization of official statistics? DM me.
#EconSky
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Prof Dynarski
5 months ago
Why do the jobs numbers get revised? our markets and policymakers want data NOW but employer data dribbles in over months 1st estimate is based on the 75% of employers who respond promptly Updates occur as more data rolls in: 95% response rate by final revision 1/N
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Joey Politanoš³ļøāš
5 months ago
Unquestionably the most dangerous and corrupt attack on the independence of US economic data in American history. Trump is firing the head of the BLS, a longtime civil servant confirmed 86-8 by the Senate, simply because the job numbers came in below his expectations today
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Bitsy Perlman
11 months ago
Everyone who helps the creation of meaningful accurate data for the good of the public: I admire your service and appreciate you ā¤ļøš§”š¤š©·ā¤ļø
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Toby Nangle
6 months ago
šØ Should (macro) investors should care about ICE raids?
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Should investors care about ICE raids?
Deportation nation
https://on.ft.com/4f34KQz
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Dan Diamond
6 months ago
Please read this
@khoureld.bsky.social
story about the consequences of USAID cuts. Children are dying from starvation on the streets of Sudan ā and the food that could save them, already paid for by our government, is languishing in U.S. warehouses. (No paywall)
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In Sudan, where children clung to life, doctors say USAID cuts have been fatal
The Trump administrationās cuts to USAID had an immediate and deadly impact in war-ravaged Sudan, according to civilians, doctors and aid officials.
https://wapo.st/3GjK8qn
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Valerie Mueller
7 months ago
What an important contribution from UMD (Go Terps!) alum
@anamibanez.bsky.social
and co-authors. Programs that integrate refugees work and are fiscally more efficient for host governments as evidenced in Colombia.
#EconSky
check out great paper:
academic.oup.com/jeea/article...
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Life Out of the Shadows: the Impacts of Regularization Programs on the Lives of Forced Migrants
Abstract. We examine the well-being effects of a regularization program offered to half a million Venezuelan forced migrants in Colombia. We collected data
https://academic.oup.com/jeea/article/23/3/941/7754169?utm_source=etoc&utm_campaign=jeea&utm_medium=email&nbd=14473173955&nbd_source=campaigner
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Check out some of my new work on H-2B workers and firms during the pandemic. Thanks to
@upjohninstitute.bsky.social
and
@bradhershbein.bsky.social
for their support!
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Elizabeth Weber Handwerker
7 months ago
Economists love when random variation makes it possible to measure causal impacts. I wrote a CRS 2-page summary of three studies that use random variation in application processing to measure the impact of the H-2B visa program on employers and employees:
www.congress.gov/crs-product/...
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https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/IF13016
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Filipe Campante
7 months ago
The reason why this article is so bad is that the only argument it marshals against international students is a fallacy. There isnāt a fixed set of slots for people to compete for, given by nature.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/01/o...
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Adrienne Lucas
8 months ago
New
@nber.org
working paper "Targeted Education Transfers Reduced Long-Run and Intergenerational Ethnic Inequality in Chile" with
#PatrickMcEwan
&
#DavidTorresIrribarra
. Title summarizes it. More details:
www.nber.org/papers/w33798
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Barton Willage
8 months ago
My cake on a face!
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www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/o...
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Opinion | The Science I Would Be Doing if I Werenāt in ICE Detention
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/opinion/ice-detention-russian-scientist.html?smid=url-share
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Elizabeth Weber Handwerker
8 months ago
How many farmworkers in the US have no work authorization? I've published a guestimate in my new CRS 2-pager, "Work Authorization Among Hired Agricultural Workers,"
www.congress.gov/crs-product/...
(One common estimate is 42%. That estimate doesn't include H-2A workers in the denominator.)
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https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/IF12979
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Ian Carrillo
8 months ago
Please highlight this story. ICE stormed into the wrong house, trashed the place, and made women/girls stand outside in the rain in their underwear. ICE also stole phones, laptops, and cash savings from the family, who moved to OKC two weeks ago.
kfor.com/news/local/w...
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'We're citizens!': Oklahoma City family traumatized after ICE raids home, but they weren't suspects
A woman says her familyās fresh start in Oklahoma turned into a nightmare after federal immigration agents raided their home, taking their phones, laptops, and life savings ā even though they were ā¦
https://kfor.com/news/local/were-citizens-oklahoma-city-family-traumatized-after-ice-raids-home-but-they-werent-suspects/
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Catherine Rampell
8 months ago
This morning ICE deported 3 more US citizen children held incommunicado. The families were disappeared and isolated without legal access; one child with cancer deported without medication and pregnant mother deported as well
www.aclu.org/press-releas...
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ICE Deports 3 U.S. Citizen Children Held Incommunicado Prior to the Deportation | American Civil Liberties Union
Families disappeared and isolated without legal access; one child with cancer deported without medication and pregnant mother deported as well
https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/ice-deports-3-u-s-citizen-children-held-incommunicado-prior-to-the-deportation
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James Fallows
9 months ago
Almost every line of this story would have been simply unbelievable a few months ago: āPioneering cancer researcher; ā*Arrested* at airport in Boston; āNow indefinite ICE detention in Louisiana; ā"Crime": not declaring some frog-embryo samples for research. Read it.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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New images could change cancer diagnostics, but ICE detained the Harvard scientist who analyzes them
Without scientist Kseniia Petrovaās expertise, no one can fully unlock the dataās potential, putting crucial advancements in early cancer detection at risk.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ice-detain-kseniia-petrova-protest-harvard-cancer-research-rcna202180
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Review of Economics and Statistics (REStat)
9 months ago
Unprecedented return migration from the US has contributed to Mexico's economic development in recent decades. In the March issue, by JosĆ© R. Bucheli and MatĆas Fontenla
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The Impact of Return Migration on Economic Development
Abstract. Mexican migration to the United Statesāone of the largest flows in human historyāinverted in the late 2000s, and during the next decade more Mexicans returned home than those who migrated north. We exploit this historical reversal to estimate the effects of return migration on economic development in Mexico. We find that return migration leads to higher levels of development through improved income, labor, health, and educational outcomes. Our findings suggest that the benefits of migration extend beyond individualsā tenure abroad, as accumulated capital, skills, and social norms have the potential to contribute to development back home.
https://direct.mit.edu/rest/article-abstract/107/2/393/113785/The-Impact-of-Return-Migration-on-Economic
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G Elliott Morris
9 months ago
Despite what youāve probably heard, Trumpās immigration agenda isnāt actually popular. While Americans sometimes approve of āthe way he is handling immigrationā in abstract, they are very negative on the details.
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/trumps-imm...
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Trump's immigration agenda isn't popular, actually
Polling shows most Americans oppose the details of enforcement and the presidentās most extreme tactics
https://www.gelliottmorris.com/p/trumps-immigration-agenda-isnt-popular?r=a9pj&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
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Barack Obama
9 months ago
Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Letās hope others follow suit.
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ian bremmer
9 months ago
bloomberg: ~90% of deported migrants to el salvador had no criminal record
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Maya Sen
9 months ago
Here is the situation if Iām understanding it correctly: 1. They are deporting lawful immigrants erroneously to prisons overseas 2. They are claiming no recourse to return these individuals 3. They say they are open to deporting citizens in the same way
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick
9 months ago
No, absolutely not. I do not think we should be reading that into anything. The primary reason the government does not want him back is the much simpler explanation: they don't want to admit any mistakes, his very presence would be a huge embarrassment to them, and he'll tell tales about CECOT.
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Joe Weisenthal
9 months ago
If it weren't for the tariffs, this would be one of the biggest stories right now.
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David Evans
9 months ago
A remedial education program in India worked well when teachers were given strict implementation guidelines. It worked just as well when teachers had discretion to adapt.
www.nber.org/papers/w33242
by Beg,
@annefitz13.bsky.social
,
@jkerwin.bsky.social
,
@profalucas.bsky.social
, &
@kwrahman.com
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jamelle
9 months ago
this is a great example of trying to rationalize a fundamentally irrational decision. youāll notice that at no point does cass ever articulate what the american public is supposed to get out of the deal here.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/o...
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Opinion | āLiberation Dayā Was Messy, but Trumpās Tariffs Can Still Work
Itās a matter of timing and communication.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/opinion/trump-tariffs-success-failure.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
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60 Minutes
9 months ago
60 Minutes found no criminal record for 75% of the Venezuelan migrants the U.S. sent to a mega-prison in El Salvador.
https://cbsn.ws/4lC4Vp5
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Max Berger
9 months ago
Donald Trump and Elon Musk are disrupting a breakthrough cancer treatment so they can fund tax cuts for billionaires. Tell your friends.
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NIH scientists have a cancer breakthrough. Layoffs are delaying it.
A big step forward in cancer therapy has been slowed by layoffs and new restrictions at the National Institutes of Health, where it was developed.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025/04/06/nih-firings-cancer-immunotherapy-treatment/
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Seema Jayachandran
9 months ago
When home heating is less affordable, more people die each winter. That's what our analysis found for a period when LIHEAP was in place. Without LIHEAP, the effect would presumably much larger. Ungated copy of the study here:
bit.ly/2JrJfxR
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The New York Times
9 months ago
A Maryland man who was in the U.S. legally was deported to El Salvador and imprisoned there because of an āadministrative error,ā Trump administration officials said in a court filing on Monday. The man has lived in the U.S. since 2019 and his wife and 5-year-old child are both U.S. citizens.
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U.S. Says Deportation of Maryland Man Was an āAdministrative Errorā
Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, who was in the U.S. legally, is now in prison in El Salvador, and federal courts have no jurisdiction to order his release, the Trump administration said in a court filin...
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/us/politics/maryland-man-deportation-error-el-salvador.html?smtyp=cur&smid=bsky-nytimes
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Catherine Rampell
10 months ago
FT ed board weighs in on the White House war on federal statistics. I hope more media outlets do as well. Still waiting for more market participants who rely on these critical data series to speak up.
www.ft.com/content/a2cb...
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The White House war on federal statistics
Economists and scientists worry over disappearing data and advisory groups
https://www.ft.com/content/a2cbb4e6-c0d8-49ee-84db-a708fdfb7c52?shareType=nongift
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Upjohn Institute
9 months ago
Before becoming parents, men and women increasingly move to higher-paying employers and to higher-paying roles with current employers. After childbirth, men stay on this upward path while women move to lower-paying employers, the research finds.
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Gender pay gap widends at childbirth, research finds
Throughout their careers, U.S. women earn less, on average, than do men. New research funded by the Upjohn Instituteās Early Career Research Awards program shows how drastically parenthood widensā¦
https://www.upjohn.org/research-highlights/gender-pay-gap-widends-childbirth-research-finds
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Ellen Nakashima
9 months ago
NEW: Sen. Todd Young (R-Ind.)& Trump's former NatSec Advisor Matt Pottinger make the case that funding for scientific R&D isn't a gift to academia. It's vital to U.S. national security, as China, the United States' primary strategic adversary, is already investing heavily in R&D.
shorturl.at/PgUK0
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Opinion | Funding for R&D isnāt a gift to academia
Investing in scientific research and development is vital to U.S. security.
https://shorturl.at/PgUK0
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick
9 months ago
NEW:
@aclu.org
obtained ICE's "Alien Enemies Act Validation Guide," confirming all it takes to be sent to rot in prison in El Salvador is being Venezuelan and 1) having a tattoo an ICE officer says is a "gang tattoo" and 2) displaying "logos," "symbols" or clothes an ICE officer says are gang signs.
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Pam Herd
9 months ago
Trump has cut the NIH budget by more than half in defiance of Congressionally mandated appropriations for the agency. No comparison historically, not even the Great Recession. This is clearly not legal and Congress needs to address it.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick
9 months ago
NEW! The Trump administration appears to have sent a married father with NO CRIMINAL RECORD in any country to rot in a prison in El Salvador because of a PAPERWORK ERROR. This man doesnāt even have tattoos! But his paperwork has two different peoplesā ID numbers listed and the wrong last name!
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Ken Opalo
10 months ago
Thereās a certain form of paternalism out there that refuses to acknowledge this fact. This, of course, isnāt just about personal income. Itās also about the sorts of social and physical ācivic goodsā that high-income affords societies.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick
10 months ago
This ridiculous deflection is such a non sequitur. Due process is what distinguishes us as a people from the monsters who do commit heinous crimes. If thereās no due process, weāre a society that can just lynch people on an accusation, with no need to get it right.
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Eric Topol
10 months ago
A pie graph worth keeping in mind as the NIH budget plummets
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
for 356 new FDA drugs approved
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Virginia Gewin
10 months ago
Just the beginning of real-world consequences to Trump scientific funding cuts: āThe early results ā a scientific first ā were published Wednesday even as study participants worried that politics could cut their access to a possible lifeline.ā
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Researchers find a hint at how to delay Alzheimer's symptoms. Now they have to prove it
An experimental treatment appears to postpone Alzheimer's symptoms in some people genetically destined to get the disease at a young age.
https://apnews.com/article/alzheimers-treatment-prevention-amyloid-trump-0e824790486e06bcfbd5711df4abf0ba
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Mark Cuban
10 months ago
From 2010 to 2016 (latest data I have ), NIH research contributed to EVERY drug approved by the FDA
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Jen Jennings
10 months ago
International students donāt take opportunities from American students. They create them. Mingyu Chen (PhD
@princetonecon.bsky.social
now@Amazon) built a powerful tool showing exactly how much international students contribute by state, degree type, & over time. Please share this tool far & wide!
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Todd Jones
10 months ago
Mississippi State Univ. is hiring a tenure-track Econ Assistant Prof w/ August start! Open field; pref. for applied micro & teaching PhD Micro I & II (Micro II this fall). Apply: MSU site &
www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing.php?JOE_ID=2025-01_111475768
Please repostāit's an off-cycle search. Thanks!
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Sarah Cohodes
10 months ago
In addition to being morally wrong this is also just plain old wrong as shown by research by
@kevinshih.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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