RT @nd_econ: Moving from left to right, first up is "The Great Recession’s Baby-less Recovery: The Role of Unintended Births" from our coll….

7/7.By analyzing both the sending and receiving regions, Illing shows how migration policy reshapes economies across borders, and why context and commuting patterns all matter.

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6/7.The study challenges conventional fears about immigration harming native workers. Instead, labor integration here led to gains for Czech workers, and no backlash in local German labor markets.

5/7.Most Czech workers commuted and earned German wages but spent at home. This unique dynamic likely increased local Czech demand, exacerbating labor shortages.

4/7 .On the German side, despite an inflow of Czech workers, unemployment did not rise, wages did not fall, and native employment remained stable. If anything, German firms, facing a tight labor market, benefited from a more elastic labor supply.

3/7.Czech regions near the German border saw #unemployment drop and job vacancies surge—clear signs of labor shortages. The #labor outflow actually tightened the Czech local labor market.

2/7.In 2011, Czech citizens gained full access to work in Germany without a permit. Many began cross-border commuting. Illing uses rich administrative data and a matched difference-in-differences approach to estimate what happened next.

What happens when labor markets integrate across borders?. Hannah Illing studies a major EU policy that opened Germany’s labor market to Czech workers in 2011 and traces its effects on both countries' local economies.

8/8.A moving look at #migration, opportunity, and long-run integration.

7/8.This research reveals how initial disadvantage doesn’t have to persist, but also that convergence takes time. It shows the complexity of migration beyond short-term outcomes.

6/8.Why? The authors argue these migrants were under-placed and held back in their home country by unequal opportunities. In the Netherlands, their children had a chance to realize their potential.

5/8.But by the second and third generations, something remarkable happened: the children and grandchildren of beat-the-ban migrants closed much of the gap with native Dutch in education and income.

4/8.In the first generation, #beat-the-ban migrants earned less, had lower education, and higher welfare dependence compared to economic migrants and natives.

3/8.Using Dutch administrative data with family links, the authors compare these migrants to earlier “economic” migrants—those who migrated voluntarily in better times.

2/8.In 1975, as Suriname approached independence from the Netherlands, many rushed to migrate before losing citizenship rights. These “beat-the-ban” migrants were more rural, less educated, and less economically prepared.

Can the children of ‘negatively selected’ migrants still thrive economically? @anne_c_giele & Webbink study a rare case: a mass migration from Surinname to the Netherlands, just before a ban, and trace its effects over three generations.

Can terrorism affect test scores? A featured article by Adi Shany finds that a fatal attack before an exam lowers performance for only five days. Shany explores the psychological reasoning behind this in his open access piece.

Which data tells the true story of job training impacts—survey data or administrative records? Eleanor L. Harvill, @laurarpeck, and @DougWalton_ 's open-access article finds that employment impacts are the same whereas earnings impacts are different.

Does timing matter for hybrid education models? Using an IV based on cohort & distance to school, Machin, @Sandra_McNally, @CamilleTerrier1 & Ventura estimate effects of #UniversityTechnicalColleges.

What happens when a test designed to certify teachers ends up discouraging them? Alexis Orellana and @MarcusAWinters show that failing Praxis II disproportionately deters effective candidates and those headed to schools with fewer disadvantaged students.