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social scientist (economist). interests: equality of opportunity, skill development, and education. paulhufe.net
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@paulhufe.bsky.social@paulhufe.bsky.social → @paulhufe.netChristoph Albert shows that US immigrants buy substantially more imported goods than natives. They also reduce trade costs and increase local import supply, with small spillovers to natives. Tariffs hit immigrant households far harder than natives. Paper: www.ifo.de/DocDL/cesifo...
Show PostRan Abramitzky addresses the interaction between immigration and politics: if immigrants' outcomes are positive, why are immigration politics so negative? Long-run perspective using historical US data.
Show PostCan migrant letters shape culture at origin? @martinfs23.bsky.social presents evidence from 6,000+ letters by 19th-century Irish migrants in North America. The Catholic Church’s staggered expansion in the US increased religious content, contributing to a Catholic revival in Ireland.
Show PostWelcome to day 2! @david-schindler.de shows that sexual violence committed by Moroccan soldiers in Italy during WWII triggered a far-right shift after the recent arrival of immigrants from Syria/MENA. Mechanism: selective recall of collective memory. Paper: david-schindler.de/workingpaper...
Show PostClosing talk for today by @mushfiq-econ.bsky.social, who revisits the role of outmigration for development, with a focus on rural agricultural economies.
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