link roundup

• Mirror life would be… bad.

• Since we are still having H-1B Discourse, a reminder that skilled immigrants in the US are paid more than natives in the same jobs.

• Also, doubling the size of the H-1B program would increase long-run US growth by 4% by moving people to the production frontier.

• Niko McCarty says we should have an Our World in Data for biotech.

• Women in economics seminars are more likely to be asked patronizing and hostile question than men are. News at 11.

• Heterosexual couples also tend to move to benefit the man’s career, rather than the woman’s. Cheerful set of links, this.

• Making public transit very cheap in Germany did not decrease car usage but did increase passenger load and degrade service.

• Poland has authorized a release from their strategic butter reserves.