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Return Migration
Particularly in rich countries, people often assume that once a migrant arrives, they are likely to stay for life. This is not true. Many migrants move…
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Some Personal News: I’m transitioning out of my role at RenPhil to join GeoQuant as their director of political data science.
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I was incredibly privileged to be in Larissa Schiavo’s wedding this weekend.
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Two (Meta)science Conferences I Think Should Exist
I go to a lot of conferences. I even go to a reasonable number of conferences on the science of science. I think there are two conferences that should…
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PSA: I will be at Roots of Progress this year, and also generally Around in the Bay the week before the conference.
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September 2025

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I’m pretty sure everyone has seen the new Azoulay et al paper about what would have happened had the NIH had been 40% smaller, but also: it’s very good.
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Migration Job Market Papers
Please help me out by sending me any and all migration PhD job market papers. Send me your paper. To quote Matt: send me your student’s paper. Send me…
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High-skilled immigration is broadly popular in the US - among both Republicans and Democrats.
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R³: Randomized Replication Residency
A proposal to determine the reliability of federally funded science while building out replication capacity
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The New H-1B Visa Fee
As you may have read, President Trump announced last night that the issuance of a H-1B visa will now come with a $100,000 fee. This is up from around…
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US support for immigration is at a record high (79%).
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It’s been about a year of this Substack!
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