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Andrea Velasquez @andreavelasquez.bsky.social · 1d

First day at the Conference Redesdal! A perfect day at my alma mater @uniandes.bsky.social full of great presentations, a chance to reconnect with friends & colleagues, a talk by former president Juan Manuel Santos, & insights from Maria Jimena Duzan on communicating research to a wider audience.

Andrea Velasquez @andreavelasquez.bsky.social · 8d

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Austin Kocher, PhD @austinkocher.com · 14d

In case you missed it, this new immigration enforcement dashboard contains detailed data from the deportation data project, no affiliation, and will be updated in the coming weeks with detainer data and detention data. Stay tuned and follow me here and on Substack for announcements.

Austin Kocher, PhD @austinkocher.com · 20d

New Immigration Enforcement Dashboard Makes ICE Arrest Data Accessible to More People

New dashboard makes Deportation Data Project data accessible through interactive visualizations, bridging the gap between complex datasets and public understanding.

austinkocher.substack.com/p/new-immigr...

New Immigration Enforcement Dashboard Makes Deportation Data Project Data Accessible to More People

New Immigration Enforcement Dashboard makes ICE arrest data accessible through interactive visualizations, bridging the gap between complex datasets and public understanding.

austinkocher.substack.com

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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 15d

This is another crippling blow not just to high-skill immigration in America, but specifically to the talented students who come here to study at US universities in the hope of staying to contribute their skills to the US.

There won't be many chances to do that anymore. Door slammed in their faces.

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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 15d

You've likely seen the new $100,000 penalty on high-skill immigrant workers.

Here's the next, separate bomb the White House is dropping on high skill immigration, to be officially published *tomorrow*.

tl;dr: Most H-1Bs now inaccessible for entry-level jobs, e.g. new grads from US universities.

public-inspection.federalregister.gov

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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 15d

Very useful summary by @mclem.org of the evidence on skilled migration and the likely impact of Trump's H1B visa fee.

www.piie.com/blogs/realti...

New US curb on high-skill immigrant workers ignores evidence of its likely harms

President Donald Trump on Friday ordered an unprecedented new restriction on lawful immigration to the US by high-skill workers. Starting Sunday, new applications for H-1B visas required payment of an...

www.piie.com

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Alexander Kustov @akoustov.bsky.social · 19d

Do voters prefer refugees to economic immigrants? A simple question that decades of social science still can't answer.

In my new piece, I go down the rabbit hole of why the evidence is mixed, and what that means for debates about populist accommodation.

alexanderkustov.substack.com/p/do-people-...

Do People Like Refugees more than Economic Immigrants?

A simple question that our best research still hasn't settled

alexanderkustov.substack.com

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Andrea Velasquez @andreavelasquez.bsky.social · 16d

Happy to share my new working paper with my great co-authors @chrambrosio.bsky.social & Juliana Quigua where we estimate the labor market effects of U.S. immigration enforcement policies in El Salvador www.iza.org/pub/0mZVpDAb
@iza.org
#econsky
#academicsky

Beyond the Border: Labor Market Effects of U.S. Immigration Enforcement Policies in El Salvador

By 2020, one in four Salvadorans lived abroad, with 88 percent residing in the United States. The remittances to GDP ratio was about 25 percent, highl...

www.iza.org

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Nico Ajzenman @nicolasajz.bsky.social · Aug 27

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Our paper Discrimination in the Formation of Academic Networks: A field Experiment on #EconTwitter has just been published in the American Economic Review: Insights.

with @brunoferman.bsky.social and Pedro Sant'Anna

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Pedro Sant’Anna @pedrosantanna.bsky.social · Jan 3

I've decided to collect my DiD materials in a single place.

psantanna.com/did-resources

There, you will find
- 14 lectures of my comprehensive DiD course
- Shorter lectures/talks I have given on DiD
- My DiD R/Stata/Python packages
- Some DiD checklists
- DiD materials from my friends

Enjoy!

Pedro H. C. Sant’Anna

psantanna.com

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Chloe N East (she/her) @chloeneast.bsky.social · Jul 24

Who is Arrested by ICE under Trump 2.0? A 🧵

New from me & @elizabethacox.bsky.social!

Piece: immresearch.org/publications...

1. ICE arrests spike in Jan & May 2025; when arrests increase, percent of those arrested who are convicted of a crime falls

Majority arrested have no criminal conviction

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Andrea Velasquez @andreavelasquez.bsky.social · Jun 23

Mend the Gap conference on women and jobs blogs.worldbank.org/en/impacteva...

Mend the Gap conference on women and jobs

The Mend the Gap policy research workshop, held in Rome in May 2025, brought together leading researchers and policymakers to share insights and strategies for impacting the jobs landscape and women's...

blogs.worldbank.org

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Andrea Velasquez @andreavelasquez.bsky.social · May 21

A great conference at my beautiful alma mater, Uniandes! Don't miss the chance to submit your paper here:
evento.uniandes.edu.co/en/callforpa...

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Andrea Velasquez @andreavelasquez.bsky.social · May 15

You can read the paper here:
www.andreapvelasquez.com/uploads/1/2/...

www.andreapvelasquez.com

Andrea Velasquez @andreavelasquez.bsky.social · May 15

I also want to thank my amazing co-authors. We learned a lot writing this paper. Every iteration made it better, & I truly enjoyed every single one of our meetings & brainstorming sessions. We are more motivated than ever to keep working on these important topics for the region!

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Andrea Velasquez @andreavelasquez.bsky.social · May 15

This paper greatly benefited from seminar discussions & from the thoughtful suggestions of two anonymous referees & our editor, Lucas Davis.

It was a rewarding & intellectually engaging process. The feedback helped us strengthen the evidence we present on this important topic.

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Andrea Velasquez @andreavelasquez.bsky.social · May 15

These findings go beyond El Salvador. Approx. 30 million farms in low-income countries operate under similar conditions: high climate risk, limited formal insurance, & access to remittances.

Understanding these dynamics is key for increasing the resilience of countries to extreme weather events.

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Andrea Velasquez @andreavelasquez.bsky.social · May 15

Migrant networks matter.
The migration response is strongest in areas with more established U.S. networks, which help lower the cost of migration and make it a viable option.

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Andrea Velasquez @andreavelasquez.bsky.social · May 15

We find multiple responses:

• Reduced use of production inputs
• Decline in demand for non-household labor
• Increased reliance on international migration

One additional week of extreme heat raises migration among corn-producing households by 0.15% points, a 23% increase relative to the mean.

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Andrea Velasquez @andreavelasquez.bsky.social · May 15

We start by showing that extreme temperatures during the main growing season reduce corn yields by 3% and hired labor by 3.6%. So how do agricultural producers respond to these shocks?

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Andrea Velasquez @andreavelasquez.bsky.social · May 15

In this paper, we study how extreme temperatures affect international migration in El Salvador—a country with strong U.S. migration networks and a population heavily reliant on remittances and subsistence agriculture.

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Andrea Velasquez @andreavelasquez.bsky.social · May 15

I am excited to share that our paper "Responses to Extreme Temperatures: Migrant Networks and International Migration from El Salvador" with @anamibanez.bsky.social, Juliana Quigua and @jimenaromero.bsky.social has been conditionally accepted at the AEJ: Economic Policy! #econsky #academicsky

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Andrea Velasquez @andreavelasquez.bsky.social · Apr 12

Big thanks to the scientific committee for including our paper, to all the participants, and to the founders of HUMANS, Ana María Ibáñez, Marcela Meléndez, Antonella Bandiera, and @sandrarozo.bsky.social, for building such a strong network of people working on migration.

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Andrea Velasquez @andreavelasquez.bsky.social · Apr 12

Days 2 and 3 in Mexico City presenting our work with @chrambrosio.bsky.social and Juliana Quigua at the HUMANS LACEA Network (working paper coming soon!). Always inspiring to connect with so many people who have shaped my own work on migration.. #econsky #academicsky

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Andrea Velasquez @andreavelasquez.bsky.social · Apr 12

Day 1 in Mexico City talking to an impressive group of undergrads at ITAM’s Econ Week. There’s a lot of hope when you get to meet students like them. Thanks to Arturo Aguilar for the invitation!
#econsky #academicsky

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