Michael Clemens
Fellow @CGDev and @IZA_bonn, winner of @RoyalEconSoc Prize. My views only. Assoc. Editor @JPopEcon. Author of @WallsofNations. YouTube: bit.ly/1JWpML8
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NZ to lift restrictions as virus cases hit zero
PM Jacinda Ardern says she 'did a little dance' as it was confirmed NZ had no active virus cases.
Coronavirus Outbreak Hits Mississippi Legislature
At least 26 members of Mississippi's legislature have tested positive for COVID-19. After lawmakers returned to session in May, safety precautions at the Capitol gradually slipped.
When Scholars Collaborate With Tech Companies, How Reliable Are the Findings?
Uber and Lyft hailed a Cornell paper’s conclusion that their drivers make solid wages. But others have questioned the researchers’ approach.
Tissue-specific tolerance in fatal Covid-19
Successful host defence against a pathogen can involve resistance or tolerance, with implications for prioritising either antimicrobial or immunomodulatory therapeutic approaches. Hyper-inflammation occurs in Covid-19 and is associated with worse...
Droplet Infection and Its Prevention by the Face Mask on JSTOR
George H. Weaver, Droplet Infection and Its Prevention by the Face Mask, The Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol. 24, No. 3 (Mar., 1919), pp. 218-230
The History of Immigrant Deportations
"The History of Immigrant Deportations" published on by Oxford University Press.
Prominent Claims that Policing is Not Racially Biased Rest on Flawed Science
By Dean Knox and Jonathan Mummolo
The Virus: What Went Wrong?
As COVID-19 spread from Asia to the Middle East to Europe, why was the U.S. caught so unprepared?
The Collapse of Racial Liberalism - The American Interest
Both the Right and the Left have dropped the pretense of racial liberalism, and the country faces a choice.
Tucker Carlson's top writer resigns after secretly posting racist and sexist remarks in online forum
Editor's note: This article quotes racist, homophobic and sexist language, much of which has not been censored.
A More Specific Letter on Justice and Open Debate
On Tuesday, 153 of the most prominent journalists, authors, and writers, including J. K. Rowling, Malcolm Gladwell, and David Brooks, published an open call for civility in Harper’s Magazine. They write, in the pages of a prominent magazine that’s...
Tammy Duckworth: Tucker Carlson Doesn’t Know What Patriotism Is
Neither does President Trump.
Michael Clemens
“Attacks from self-serving, insecure men who can’t tell the difference between true patriotism and hateful nationalism will never diminish my love for this country.”
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How Liberalizing Trade with China Led to a Boom in International Students in the US
China’s accession to the WTO and the ensuing surge in goods exports helped induce many Chinese students to study at US universities. Our findings show trade liberalization dramatically increased the number of Chinese students studying in the United...
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Michael Clemens
In the older models, trade substitutes for migration.
With US & China, the opposite happened.
"How Liberalizing Trade with China Led to a Boom in International Students in the US"
New @CGDev research by @econgaurav, @econoshih, @ArielWein, Xu, and Yu —>
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Rapid isolation and profiling of a diverse panel of human monoclonal antibodies targeting the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein
A platform for rapid antibody discovery enabled the isolation of hundreds of human monoclonal antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 and the prioritization of potent antibody candidates for clinical trials in patients with COVID-19.
DataSpace: Best and Brightest? The Impact of Student Visa Restrictiveness on Who Attends College in the US
Michael Clemens
More evidence: When the US cuts the *number* of int'l students by denying visas, how does this shape their *ability* level?
@mingyuchen_econ, Howell, and @jonisaacsmith study this using rich data on int'l SAT scores, in this @Princeton paper—> dataspace.princeton.edu/jspui/handle/8… pic.twitter.com/7RTQ8DvDXb
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Foreign students in US 'scared for the future'
The US said some visas could be revoked because of coronavirus, leaving students confused and uncertain.
More migrants caught crossing U.S.-Mexico border despite pandemic restrictions
U.S. Border Patrol detained roughly 30,000 migrants attempting to cross the southwest border with Mexico in June, a 41% increase from the previous month, even as sweeping coronavirus-related border restrictions instituted by President Donald Trump...
U.S. Broadcasting Agency Will Not Extend Visas For Its Foreign Journalists
Dozens of foreign nationals working in the U.S. for Voice of America may have to leave the country, putting some at risk of retribution from their nations' governments.
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Michael Clemens
But wait, do foreign students simply crowd out native students?
No. @econoshih of @QC_News uses @ipeds_nces data to measure the effect of foreign student enrollment on native enrollment, using the post-9/11 collapse in foreign students.
In @JPubEcon —> dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpub… pic.twitter.com/IleCFLtpYm
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