Michael Clemens

mclem.org

08 October 2026 09:22

The US Administration's new proposed $100,000 tax on Optional Practical Training (int'l students who stay to work) was published this morning—> public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-20660.pdf I analyze the effects of this OPT tax in my new paper at @iza.org —> www.iza.org/publications...

Alex Bryson

alexbryson.bsky.social

28 September 2026 09:19

My new @iza.org paper finds conditioning on circumstances in childhood accounts for none of the raw gender wage gap among a cohort born in 1958, no matter what estimation technique you use to run the numbers docs.iza.org/dp18960.pdf @sriucl.bsky.social @clscohorts.bsky.social

Michael Clemens

mclem.org

24 September 2026 08:34

The United States faces enormous productivity losses from its current policy of international student exclusion. These arise from the consequent loss of STEM workers and the innovation they catalyze. Thank you @iza.org for this nice summary of our research —> www.iza.org/en/news/brai...

Michael Clemens

mclem.org

18 September 2026 08:50

The US Administration is poised to announce a new $100,000 tax on international students who work even briefly after graduation. This is not the H-1B tax, it's new and additional. Today @iza.org released my new estimates of the economic effects of that tax —>

UCL Social Research Institute

sriucl.bsky.social

29 July 2026 10:59

📣New @iza.org working paper by our colleague @alexbryson.bsky.social and co-authors finds a striking pattern of mental health across five European countries: wellbeing rises, while depression and anxiety fall with age. The young now clearly fare the worst. #mentalhealth docs.iza.org/dp18803.pdf