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Immigration and House Prices
The rent is too damn high. If there is one thing that young people seem to agree on these days, it is that the rent is too damn high.
Jun 9
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March 2026
Updates From The Immigration Literature in 2025
Academic literature is not static.
Mar 18
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January 2026
Immigrant Cultural Assimilation In The United States
Late last year, Vivek Ramaswamy - an Indian-American Republican - published an essay about America as a creedal nation, one defined by ideals rather…
Jan 29
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Undocumented People In The United States
In light of ICE stepping up interior “enforcement”, I thought I would republish a piece I wrote last year about what we know about the undocumented…
Jan 16
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Lauren Gilbert
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December 2025
Immigration and Innovation
Generally, the arguments around migration tend to center on its direct effects.
Dec 5, 2025
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Lauren Gilbert
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November 2025
2025-2026 Within-Country Migration Job Market Papers
In economics, graduate students going on the job market present a single job market paper (that is supposed to showcase their skills and work).
Nov 12, 2025
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Lauren Gilbert
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2025-2026 International Migration Job Market Papers
In economics, graduate students going on the job market present a single job market paper (that is supposed to showcase their skills and work).
Nov 11, 2025
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Lauren Gilbert
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October 2025
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…
Oct 24, 2025
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Lauren Gilbert
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September 2025
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…
Sep 27, 2025
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Lauren Gilbert
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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…
Sep 20, 2025
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Lauren Gilbert
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What happens when you send Ugandan students to Germany?
Most of this blog is about international migration, and particularly, the economics of international migration.
Sep 5, 2025
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August 2025
Are recent immigrants a "ticking time bomb" for British public finances?
At a few recent policy events, I keep hearing that dependents on visas are a Problem.
Aug 26, 2025
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