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A thread of remarkable research on the economics of international migration that I've discovered recently.I'll add to this regularly in the days ahead, in no particular order. I'm summarizing frontier

A technical question for the #DAG oracles of #EconTwitter, please.How do we describe the bias created by conditioning on a variable that is *nearly* a necessary and sufficient condition for

At left, average emigration from developing countries to rich countries, omitting microstates.The question was raised: But does that snapshot accurately represent the paths they take as they grow?At right, the

Brilliant paper. No meaningful difference in cognitive ability between Black & white children at age 8 mos.Even without controlling for income, home/prenatal conditions, etc.Yet “deep roots” literature in econ. development

Does gender equality, beyond its inherent value, cause economic growth?This is hard to study in cross-country data, but here is a new and smart approach.A short thread on a new

The US Administration is reportedly preparing to bar foreign graduates of US universities from staying here to work. Each percentage point fall in those graduates as a share of population

A thread on the track record of the US President, who just announced his urge to ban all immigration to the United States for the first time in its history.