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profzeke.bsky.social
Wharton professor. Immigration. Global business. Economic growth. Author of THE TRUTH ABOUT IMMIGRATION (coming June 2024).
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If you’re enjoying March Madness this weekend, don’t forget to thank an immigrant: James Naismith, the inventor of basketball. #innovation #immigration #lowbrow #basketball #marchmadness (continues)

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Here's a mindblowing fact: the share of US patenting produced by immigrant/ethnic inventors has risen extremely fast.

submitted 12 days ago • 1 comment

Movement is good for innovation! Cool study of eventual Nobel Prize winners: Moving to a new location or having lived in multiple locations shortens the time between the start of an eventual winner's start their work and earn the award.

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*THREAD* When it comes to immigration, we don't live in an information neutral environment. Everyone should read this well-researched, powerful article on how we choose to visually portray migrants. www.migrationpolicy.org/article/visu...

submitted 14 days ago • 1 comment

Ask any mayor, chamber of commerce, or city council what they fear most. It's population decline. Without people you lose taxpayers, workers, businesses, investors, and consumers. It’s not political to say that this is the *worst* possible time to reduce immigration. It’s a verifiable fact.

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Really grateful and excited that my book received a Kirkus *starred* review! My editor tells me they’re notoriously hard to get. www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...

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I talked with CNN about how restrictions on hiring migrants for fundamental jobs are affecting US firms, such as in construction—> www.cnn.com/2024/03/21/b... This is based on my research with Ethan Lewis summarized here—> cepr.org/voxeu/column...

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I spoke on Marketplace about #immigration and the #economy. We covered all the hot button issues. Thanks for having me on the show! www.marketplace.org/2023/12/12/w...

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Our #media environment isn’t as neutral as it should be. #Ownership of a newspaper by a media conglomerate is part of the reason. Important findings from a study of the acquisition of the WSJ by News Corp. pubsonline.informs.org/doi/abs/10.1...

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Immigrants, they get the job done—especially where nobody else wants to do it. www.npr.org/2023/10/25/1...

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#Demography is king in the long run. We aren’t talking enough about how to deal with massive changes in #fertility, #mortality, and #migration. Here’s a case in point on how it affects the strategy and location of businesses finance.yahoo.com/news/china-b...

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Please consider applying to this conference. And help spread the word. We’re slowly but surely building a fantastic community of scholars interested in #migration & #organizations. We try to be rigorous and welcoming of all disciplines.

submitted 528 days ago • 1 comment

Hello Bluesky community! I’m starting to migrate from that other, messed up place. Please connect if we followed each other there, or if you want to discuss all things migration, global business, and anything else interesting.

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