Sam D. Schmid
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MOVING RESEARCHERS FORWARD | Research and Study Program Manager @ University of Lucerne, Switzerland | Political Science PhD from EUI, Florence | #migration #citizenship #democracy #measurement | he/him/his | www.samdschmid.com
Reposted by Sam D. Schmid
So the new paper…
—finds that immigration economics is identical to other fields of empirical inquiry: researcher priors correlate with results
—finds that the magnitude of this correlation is minuscule
—does not mention the most prominent documented bias of this kind, from one of the authors.
—finds that immigration economics is identical to other fields of empirical inquiry: researcher priors correlate with results
—finds that the magnitude of this correlation is minuscule
—does not mention the most prominent documented bias of this kind, from one of the authors.
January 6, 2026 at 7:59 PM
So the new paper…
—finds that immigration economics is identical to other fields of empirical inquiry: researcher priors correlate with results
—finds that the magnitude of this correlation is minuscule
—does not mention the most prominent documented bias of this kind, from one of the authors.
—finds that immigration economics is identical to other fields of empirical inquiry: researcher priors correlate with results
—finds that the magnitude of this correlation is minuscule
—does not mention the most prominent documented bias of this kind, from one of the authors.
Reposted by Sam D. Schmid
That's false. It is not what the paper shows.
First of all, the "bias" is minuscule.
Quoting Borjas's co-author's analysis of the same dataset:
"Researchers' expertise, prior beliefs, and expectations barely predict the wide variation in research outcomes."
Barely.
doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
First of all, the "bias" is minuscule.
Quoting Borjas's co-author's analysis of the same dataset:
"Researchers' expertise, prior beliefs, and expectations barely predict the wide variation in research outcomes."
Barely.
doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
January 6, 2026 at 7:59 PM
That's false. It is not what the paper shows.
First of all, the "bias" is minuscule.
Quoting Borjas's co-author's analysis of the same dataset:
"Researchers' expertise, prior beliefs, and expectations barely predict the wide variation in research outcomes."
Barely.
doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
First of all, the "bias" is minuscule.
Quoting Borjas's co-author's analysis of the same dataset:
"Researchers' expertise, prior beliefs, and expectations barely predict the wide variation in research outcomes."
Barely.
doi.org/10.1073/pnas...