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Peter Bergman
@peterbergman.bsky.social
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Associate Prof. of Economics @utaustin. Director http://learningcollider.org. @NBERpubs affiliate. Co-Chair @mit @jpal edtech. Schmidt Futures Innovation Fellow. www.peter-bergman.com.

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Peter Bergman @peterbergman.bsky.social · Jun 2
Our work now published showing how better AI can improve both accuracy and diversity in hiring relative to supervised learning tools and status-quo human hiring.
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The Review of Economic Studies (REStud) @reveconstudies.bsky.social · Jun 2
Li, @lindseyraymond.bsky.social & @peterbergman.bsky.social show that incorporating exploration into an interview screening algorithm improves demographic diversity & hiring efficiency, while traditional supervised learning-only tools improve hiring rates at the expense of minority applicants.

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 9h
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Can you put into words what that purpose is? You and the frog have really become icons of this protest. There’s been a nice overall whimsy that has shown up. The frog is amazing. We had a bunch of other inflatable people here last night, too. I saw people playing Twister the other day. What they rely on is fear. So by coming out in an absurdist manner, it speaks to them, to some extent, that we’re actually not that afraid. It also dismantles their narrative a little bit. When they try to describe this situation as “war-torn,” it becomes much harder to take them seriously when they have to post a video saying [U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security] Kristi Noem is up on the balcony staring over the Antifa Army and it’s, like, eight journalists and five protesters and one of them is in a chicken suit.
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Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 5d
I visited the apartment building ICE raided on Tuesday today. Story to come, but you can walk right in. Half of the apartments have no doors on them. Children's stuff abandoned in some flats. *Citizen* residents told me they were arrested and held for hours in zipties. This is America
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Kristina Cooke @kristinacooke.bsky.social · 5d
I spoke to a Venezuelan woman who was arrested in this raid and later released with her 4yo son. She said agents broke down their door, pointed guns at them and made sexualized remarks about Venezuelan women. When she returned to her apartment it was boarded up and all her possessions were gone.
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Ted Hesson @tedhesson.bsky.social · 5d
US Border Patrol raid sweeps in citizens, families as Chicago crackdown intensifies, w/ @reneehickman.bsky.social @kristinacooke.bsky.social www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
US Border Patrol raid sweeps in citizens, families as Chicago crackdown intensifies
U.S. Border Patrol agents deployed to Chicago led a late-night raid on an apartment building this week, rappelling from helicopters onto rooftops and breaking down doors in an operation authorities said targeted gang members but which swept up U.S. citizens and families.
www.reuters.com
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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 6d
ICE is out of control in Chicago. Now just tossing tear gas canisters out of the car in the middle of one of our neighborhoods as kids are walking home from school, people out going grocery shopping.

chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/10...
News Masked federal agent throws chemical irritants outside Logan Square grocery store: 'My eyes are burning' Video taken by several witnesses captured the moments where the agent can be seen dropping a canister from a white SUV.
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Jessica Pishko @jesspish.bsky.social · 7d
This raid is disgusting, abominable behavior, traumatizing children and families in their homes.
abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chi...
"They was terrified. The kids was crying. People was screaming. They looked very distraught. I was out there crying when I seen the little girl come around the corner, because they was bringing the kids down, too, had them zip tied to each other," Watson said. "That's all I kept asking. What is the morality? Where's the human? One of them literally laughed. He was standing right here. He said, 'f*** them kids.'"
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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 8d
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"They was terrified. The kids was crying. People was screaming. They looked very distraught. I was out there crying when I seen the little girl come around the corner, because they was bringing the kids down, too, had them zip tied to each other," Watson said. "That's all I kept asking. What is the morality? Where's the human? One of them literally laughed. He was standing right here. He said, 'f*** them kids.'" Watson said trucks and military-style vans were used to separate parents from their children. Other neighbors said agents destroyed property to get in the building.
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Opportunity Insights @oppinsights.bsky.social · 8d
📢 OI’s Summer ’25 Newsletter is out!

🔎 Inside: new research on disparities in credit access, how leaders are using OI data, a new local journalism initiative, and how wealth shapes access at elite colleges.
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Opportunity Insights Summer 2025 Newsletter
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Jesse Rothstein @jrothst.bsky.social · 10d
Come join us at the @capolicylab.bsky.social as our new policy director in Sacramento!
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The California Policy Lab @capolicylab.bsky.social · 10d
Please share with your networks: The California Policy Lab is hiring a policy director to amplify our policy impact in Sacramento. We're looking for a seasoned policy professional with deep experience in California state government. First review date is Oct. 10th: capolicylab.org/careers/poli...
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The California Policy Lab @capolicylab.bsky.social · 10d
Please share with your networks: The California Policy Lab is hiring a policy director to amplify our policy impact in Sacramento. We're looking for a seasoned policy professional with deep experience in California state government. First review date is Oct. 10th: capolicylab.org/careers/poli...
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 12d
“They’re, they’re animals anyway. That’s what I would tell my kids all the time,” said the ICE agent, according to body cam footage. spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/central-...
Man detained in Cato ICE raid wrongfully deported, separated from his family
Body camera footage released from the raid shows agents referring to immigrants as 'animals.'
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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 12d
“It’s fall, fuckfaces. You’re either ready to reap this freaky-assed harvest or you’re not.”
It’s Decorative Gourd Season, Motherfuckers
First published on October 9, 2009, this classic by Colin Nissan is our most-read article of all time. We’re celebrating the 16th anniversary of th...
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Peter Hull @instrumenthull.bsky.social · 13d
My coauthors and I are hiring a project coordinator for new research on an innovative jail-based rehabilitation paper (IGNITE), building on our recent QJE

Apply at careersearch.stanford.edu/jobs/project...
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Peter Bergman @peterbergman.bsky.social · 18d
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Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 18d
NEW: Air Force jets are doing ICE flights to Africa with transponders turned off, making them nearly un-trackable.

This includes the third-country removal to Ghana and another secret flight. We figured out where it landed.

From me for @rollingstone.com:

www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
ICE Is Deporting People to Africa on Nearly Un-Trackable Military Flights
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is deporting people to African countries like Ghana on military flights that are nearly un-trackable.
www.rollingstone.com
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 19d
Tom Homan to join Harvard’s Institute of Politics
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Peter Bergman @peterbergman.bsky.social · 19d
I appreciate it! (But understand the reluctance.)

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Peter Bergman @peterbergman.bsky.social · 19d
Looks like a great conference. They didn’t stream this one did they? I couldn’t find a link or any results googling some of the papers. Thanks for sharing these.
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Dina Pomeranz @dinapomeranz.bsky.social · 19d
We're hiring a research associate or research manager for a project in the DRC! This is a great opportunity for anyone who is interested in gaining very hands-on research and work experience in a low-income country in partnership with the local government. Also a great preparation for a PhD.
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Peter Bergman @peterbergman.bsky.social · 19d
I’m not confident that “entry” distinguishes between re-entry and entry; I don’t think it does. I believe his previous proclamations had distinct, explicit carve out for existing visa holders. But obviously I’m no lawyer; just very concerned for ppl I work w/ (among many concerns).
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Peter Bergman @peterbergman.bsky.social · 20d
Link to the White House official posting in the thread.
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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 20d
yes and tech companies definitely knew this was coming aaron
Tech companies are telling immigrant employees on visas not to leave the U.S.
Uncertainty around high-skilled visas is rattling the immigrant tech community in Silicon Valley long viewed as one of the key pillars of U.S. innovation
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 20d
🚨🚨🚨🚨Without explanation, BLS has indefinitely delayed a key data release used to calculate inflation.
Annual Consumer Expenditures data is used to determine the weighting of specific goods and services in the Consumer Price Index for the year ahead. www.axios.com/2025/09/19/b...
Bureau of Labor Statistics postpones key data report with no explanation
There is heightened concern about the future of key government statistics, including politicization and accuracy.
www.axios.com
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Peter Bergman @peterbergman.bsky.social · 21d
Just going to quietly move along from this project now...
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Peter Bergman @peterbergman.bsky.social · 21d
Asked ChatGPT to categorize some data it just produced for me, and got this mournful piece of existentialism back. Thanks ChatGPT!
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Peter Bergman @peterbergman.bsky.social · 26d
Congratulations Max! 👏👏👏
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Katy Milkman @katymilkman.bsky.social · 26d
I’m hosting a Zoom chat with @mikegeruso.bsky.social ‬⁩on Wednesday, 9/17 from 8-9 PM ET about his fantastic new book AFTER THE SPIKE. I hope you’ll join us! Register at www.bit.ly/GerusoFANWebinar for this FAN‬⁩ event.
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