Parag Mahajan
@paragmahajan.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Economics at U of Delaware. Labor/Migration
https://www.parag-mahajan.com
https://www.parag-mahajan.com
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With @jeromevalette.bsky.social & Jesús Fernández-Huertas Moraga, we are happy to announce the CfPapers for the
4th edition of the Junior Workshop on the Economics of Migration
on May 26-27, 2026 @uc3meconomics.bsky.social, Spain.
Submit until February 1, 2026 on economig2026.sciencesconf.org
With @jeromevalette.bsky.social & Jesús Fernández-Huertas Moraga, we are happy to announce the CfPapers for the
4th edition of the Junior Workshop on the Economics of Migration
on May 26-27, 2026 @uc3meconomics.bsky.social, Spain.
Submit until February 1, 2026 on economig2026.sciencesconf.org
November 24, 2025 at 9:27 AM
With @jeromevalette.bsky.social & Jesús Fernández-Huertas Moraga, we are happy to announce the CfPapers for the
4th edition of the Junior Workshop on the Economics of Migration
on May 26-27, 2026 @uc3meconomics.bsky.social, Spain.
Submit until February 1, 2026 on economig2026.sciencesconf.org
With @jeromevalette.bsky.social & Jesús Fernández-Huertas Moraga, we are happy to announce the CfPapers for the
4th edition of the Junior Workshop on the Economics of Migration
on May 26-27, 2026 @uc3meconomics.bsky.social, Spain.
Submit until February 1, 2026 on economig2026.sciencesconf.org
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The big story here is of an agency of dedicated statisticians and public servants working tirelessly to improve economic data in a climate of budgetary cuts to data collection. They have been very innovative in meeting that mandate. But we should also just fund our economic infrastructure.
Important to remember that thanks to the dedicated public servants at BLS, employment estimates have become MORE accurate over time
And the final version of the preliminary revision reported today will probably be smaller when it is incorporated early next year
And the final version of the preliminary revision reported today will probably be smaller when it is incorporated early next year
The preliminary benchmark revision of -911K amounts to -0.6% to March 2025 payroll employment. Combined with 2-month revisions, recent total revisions are big but hardly unprecedented, & smoothed over the business cycle the payroll survey has gotten more accurate over time.
September 9, 2025 at 4:27 PM
The big story here is of an agency of dedicated statisticians and public servants working tirelessly to improve economic data in a climate of budgetary cuts to data collection. They have been very innovative in meeting that mandate. But we should also just fund our economic infrastructure.
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Any economists on here who cen speak about experiences in their (non-US) country with the politicization of official statistics? DM me.
#EconSky
#EconSky
August 3, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Any economists on here who cen speak about experiences in their (non-US) country with the politicization of official statistics? DM me.
#EconSky
#EconSky
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Why do the jobs numbers get revised?
our markets and policymakers want data NOW but employer data dribbles in over months
1st estimate is based on the 75% of employers who respond promptly
Updates occur as more data rolls in: 95% response rate by final revision 1/N
www.bls.gov/opub/btn/vol...
our markets and policymakers want data NOW but employer data dribbles in over months
1st estimate is based on the 75% of employers who respond promptly
Updates occur as more data rolls in: 95% response rate by final revision 1/N
www.bls.gov/opub/btn/vol...
August 2, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Why do the jobs numbers get revised?
our markets and policymakers want data NOW but employer data dribbles in over months
1st estimate is based on the 75% of employers who respond promptly
Updates occur as more data rolls in: 95% response rate by final revision 1/N
www.bls.gov/opub/btn/vol...
our markets and policymakers want data NOW but employer data dribbles in over months
1st estimate is based on the 75% of employers who respond promptly
Updates occur as more data rolls in: 95% response rate by final revision 1/N
www.bls.gov/opub/btn/vol...
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Unquestionably the most dangerous and corrupt attack on the independence of US economic data in American history. Trump is firing the head of the BLS, a longtime civil servant confirmed 86-8 by the Senate, simply because the job numbers came in below his expectations today
August 1, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Unquestionably the most dangerous and corrupt attack on the independence of US economic data in American history. Trump is firing the head of the BLS, a longtime civil servant confirmed 86-8 by the Senate, simply because the job numbers came in below his expectations today
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Everyone who helps the creation of meaningful accurate data for the good of the public: I admire your service and appreciate you
❤️🧡🤍🩷❤️
❤️🧡🤍🩷❤️
February 6, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Everyone who helps the creation of meaningful accurate data for the good of the public: I admire your service and appreciate you
❤️🧡🤍🩷❤️
❤️🧡🤍🩷❤️
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🚨 Should (macro) investors should care about ICE raids? on.ft.com/4f34KQz
Should investors care about ICE raids?
Deportation nation
on.ft.com
July 16, 2025 at 1:20 PM
🚨 Should (macro) investors should care about ICE raids? on.ft.com/4f34KQz
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Please read this @khoureld.bsky.social story about the consequences of USAID cuts.
Children are dying from starvation on the streets of Sudan — and the food that could save them, already paid for by our government, is languishing in U.S. warehouses.
(No paywall)
Children are dying from starvation on the streets of Sudan — and the food that could save them, already paid for by our government, is languishing in U.S. warehouses.
(No paywall)
In Sudan, where children clung to life, doctors say USAID cuts have been fatal
The Trump administration’s cuts to USAID had an immediate and deadly impact in war-ravaged Sudan, according to civilians, doctors and aid officials.
wapo.st
June 29, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Please read this @khoureld.bsky.social story about the consequences of USAID cuts.
Children are dying from starvation on the streets of Sudan — and the food that could save them, already paid for by our government, is languishing in U.S. warehouses.
(No paywall)
Children are dying from starvation on the streets of Sudan — and the food that could save them, already paid for by our government, is languishing in U.S. warehouses.
(No paywall)
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What an important contribution from UMD (Go Terps!) alum @anamibanez.bsky.social and co-authors. Programs that integrate refugees work and are fiscally more efficient for host governments as evidenced in Colombia. #EconSky check out great paper: academic.oup.com/jeea/article...
Life Out of the Shadows: the Impacts of Regularization Programs on the Lives of Forced Migrants
Abstract. We examine the well-being effects of a regularization program offered to half a million Venezuelan forced migrants in Colombia. We collected data
academic.oup.com
June 19, 2025 at 4:51 PM
What an important contribution from UMD (Go Terps!) alum @anamibanez.bsky.social and co-authors. Programs that integrate refugees work and are fiscally more efficient for host governments as evidenced in Colombia. #EconSky check out great paper: academic.oup.com/jeea/article...
Check out some of my new work on H-2B workers and firms during the pandemic. Thanks to @upjohninstitute.bsky.social and @bradhershbein.bsky.social for their support!
New research shows temporary foreign workers were a lifeline for US businesses during COVID-19. Access to H-2B visa holders led to stronger survival rates, higher payrolls & revenue – without harming US-born workers. #Econsky #Labor #Economy #Immigration #UpjohnInstitute
Foreign workers helped firms survive COVID, boosted local economies
www.upjohn.org
June 18, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Check out some of my new work on H-2B workers and firms during the pandemic. Thanks to @upjohninstitute.bsky.social and @bradhershbein.bsky.social for their support!
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Economists love when random variation makes it possible to measure causal impacts. I wrote a CRS 2-page summary of three studies that use random variation in application processing to measure the impact of the H-2B visa program on employers and employees: www.congress.gov/crs-product/...
www.congress.gov
June 4, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Economists love when random variation makes it possible to measure causal impacts. I wrote a CRS 2-page summary of three studies that use random variation in application processing to measure the impact of the H-2B visa program on employers and employees: www.congress.gov/crs-product/...
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The reason why this article is so bad is that the only argument it marshals against international students is a fallacy. There isn’t a fixed set of slots for people to compete for, given by nature. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/01/o...
June 1, 2025 at 11:45 AM
The reason why this article is so bad is that the only argument it marshals against international students is a fallacy. There isn’t a fixed set of slots for people to compete for, given by nature. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/01/o...
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New @nber.org working paper "Targeted Education Transfers Reduced Long-Run and Intergenerational Ethnic Inequality in Chile" with #PatrickMcEwan & #DavidTorresIrribarra.
Title summarizes it. More details: www.nber.org/papers/w33798
Title summarizes it. More details: www.nber.org/papers/w33798
May 20, 2025 at 5:53 PM
New @nber.org working paper "Targeted Education Transfers Reduced Long-Run and Intergenerational Ethnic Inequality in Chile" with #PatrickMcEwan & #DavidTorresIrribarra.
Title summarizes it. More details: www.nber.org/papers/w33798
Title summarizes it. More details: www.nber.org/papers/w33798
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My cake on a face!
On reading day, graduate students present their research, and we honor outstanding faculty by putting their faces on cake— @bartonwillage.com #ThomasBridges #OlgaGorbachev. Best day of the academic year!
May 16, 2025 at 11:04 PM
My cake on a face!
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How many farmworkers in the US have no work authorization? I've published a guestimate in my new CRS 2-pager, "Work Authorization Among Hired Agricultural Workers," www.congress.gov/crs-product/...
(One common estimate is 42%. That estimate doesn't include H-2A workers in the denominator.)
(One common estimate is 42%. That estimate doesn't include H-2A workers in the denominator.)
www.congress.gov
May 2, 2025 at 4:19 PM
How many farmworkers in the US have no work authorization? I've published a guestimate in my new CRS 2-pager, "Work Authorization Among Hired Agricultural Workers," www.congress.gov/crs-product/...
(One common estimate is 42%. That estimate doesn't include H-2A workers in the denominator.)
(One common estimate is 42%. That estimate doesn't include H-2A workers in the denominator.)
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Please highlight this story.
ICE stormed into the wrong house, trashed the place, and made women/girls stand outside in the rain in their underwear. ICE also stole phones, laptops, and cash savings from the family, who moved to OKC two weeks ago.
kfor.com/news/local/w...
ICE stormed into the wrong house, trashed the place, and made women/girls stand outside in the rain in their underwear. ICE also stole phones, laptops, and cash savings from the family, who moved to OKC two weeks ago.
kfor.com/news/local/w...
'We're citizens!': Oklahoma City family traumatized after ICE raids home, but they weren't suspects
A woman says her family’s fresh start in Oklahoma turned into a nightmare after federal immigration agents raided their home, taking their phones, laptops, and life savings – even though they were …
kfor.com
April 29, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Please highlight this story.
ICE stormed into the wrong house, trashed the place, and made women/girls stand outside in the rain in their underwear. ICE also stole phones, laptops, and cash savings from the family, who moved to OKC two weeks ago.
kfor.com/news/local/w...
ICE stormed into the wrong house, trashed the place, and made women/girls stand outside in the rain in their underwear. ICE also stole phones, laptops, and cash savings from the family, who moved to OKC two weeks ago.
kfor.com/news/local/w...
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This morning ICE deported 3 more US citizen children held incommunicado.
The families were disappeared and isolated without legal access; one child with cancer deported without medication and pregnant mother deported as well www.aclu.org/press-releas...
The families were disappeared and isolated without legal access; one child with cancer deported without medication and pregnant mother deported as well www.aclu.org/press-releas...
ICE Deports 3 U.S. Citizen Children Held Incommunicado Prior to the Deportation | American Civil Liberties Union
Families disappeared and isolated without legal access; one child with cancer deported without medication and pregnant mother deported as well
www.aclu.org
April 26, 2025 at 12:26 PM
This morning ICE deported 3 more US citizen children held incommunicado.
The families were disappeared and isolated without legal access; one child with cancer deported without medication and pregnant mother deported as well www.aclu.org/press-releas...
The families were disappeared and isolated without legal access; one child with cancer deported without medication and pregnant mother deported as well www.aclu.org/press-releas...
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Almost every line of this story would have been simply unbelievable a few months ago:
—Pioneering cancer researcher;
—*Arrested* at airport in Boston;
—Now indefinite ICE detention in Louisiana;
—"Crime": not declaring some frog-embryo samples for research.
Read it.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
—Pioneering cancer researcher;
—*Arrested* at airport in Boston;
—Now indefinite ICE detention in Louisiana;
—"Crime": not declaring some frog-embryo samples for research.
Read it.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
New images could change cancer diagnostics, but ICE detained the Harvard scientist who analyzes them
Without scientist Kseniia Petrova’s expertise, no one can fully unlock the data’s potential, putting crucial advancements in early cancer detection at risk.
www.nbcnews.com
April 22, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Almost every line of this story would have been simply unbelievable a few months ago:
—Pioneering cancer researcher;
—*Arrested* at airport in Boston;
—Now indefinite ICE detention in Louisiana;
—"Crime": not declaring some frog-embryo samples for research.
Read it.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
—Pioneering cancer researcher;
—*Arrested* at airport in Boston;
—Now indefinite ICE detention in Louisiana;
—"Crime": not declaring some frog-embryo samples for research.
Read it.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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Unprecedented return migration from the US has contributed to Mexico's economic development in recent decades. In the March issue, by José R. Bucheli and Matías Fontenla zurl.co/h2IZ1
The Impact of Return Migration on Economic Development
Abstract. Mexican migration to the United States—one of the largest flows in human history—inverted in the late 2000s, and during the next decade more Mexicans returned home than those who migrated north. We exploit this historical reversal to estimate the effects of return migration on economic development in Mexico. We find that return migration leads to higher levels of development through improved income, labor, health, and educational outcomes. Our findings suggest that the benefits of migration extend beyond individuals’ tenure abroad, as accumulated capital, skills, and social norms have the potential to contribute to development back home.
direct.mit.edu
April 21, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Unprecedented return migration from the US has contributed to Mexico's economic development in recent decades. In the March issue, by José R. Bucheli and Matías Fontenla zurl.co/h2IZ1
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Despite what you’ve probably heard, Trump’s immigration agenda isn’t actually popular. While Americans sometimes approve of “the way he is handling immigration” in abstract, they are very negative on the details.
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/trumps-imm...
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/trumps-imm...
Trump's immigration agenda isn't popular, actually
Polling shows most Americans oppose the details of enforcement and the president’s most extreme tactics
www.gelliottmorris.com
April 15, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Despite what you’ve probably heard, Trump’s immigration agenda isn’t actually popular. While Americans sometimes approve of “the way he is handling immigration” in abstract, they are very negative on the details.
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/trumps-imm...
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/trumps-imm...
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Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.
April 15, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.
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bloomberg: ~90% of deported migrants to el salvador had no criminal record
April 14, 2025 at 7:12 PM
bloomberg: ~90% of deported migrants to el salvador had no criminal record