My book, In Our Interest: How Democracies Can Make Immigration Popular, now has a cover and publication date of March 25, 2025, with praise from W. Cornelius, @bryan_caplan, @dhopkins1776, and @profzeke. It is time to make immigration popular. Let's go!

RT @akoustov: Will Trump’s efforts to cut immigration be popular? It's common to assume high immigration triggers backlash and cutting it…

RT @MattGrossmann: 2 mechanisms for thermostatic reaction to party in power moving policy. 1 is easy to grasp: some people favoring prior s…

I mean, it's not either or--I would definitely do both. Most immigration preferences, while distinct, are highly correlated, so I don't see how adding one general estimate clearly tapping into some kind of general attitude in addition to all separate estimates can be bad. Besides, some people may also worry about the measurement error of single-item questions prevalent in survey research:

RT @ryanbedwards: Today's blog is the second on our new paper: A mixed bag: views on immigration in Australia Full…

RT @jamesbreckwoldt: I have a new article in @ElectoralStdies I ran conjoint experiment in UK testing how important culture war (statues,…

RT @akoustov: RE the moral circle debate: Simply asking people who they care about is cheap talk. In my book, I find that when their own i…

RT @RickPildes: I agree with this good thread. I believe Chadha was the most consequential separation of powers decision the Court has iss…

RT @dylanmatt: I find this project from @BrendanNyhan and the team at @metaculus trying to project exactly what democratic backsliding is g…

@annabellehutch @EricPatashnik? I haven't seen anyone do a full course yet but I can imagine how one could use "Countermobilization" (2023) for that

RT @ModeledBehavior: Is it worth $1 per US person, per year, to save 1.5m lives? You don't have to weigh foreigners and Americans as equal…

RT @rachelbnfield: This is factually incorrect - by a long shot. Here's our explainer, with @JustinSandefur: No, 90 Percent of Aid Is Not…

For my previous paper on the topic, see here: For the new book, see here:

RT @Leahgreenb: friendly reminder that the best case scenario over the coming years is that a lot of people say "I supported Trump but this…

RT @Afinetheorem: The new OpenAI model announced today is quite wild. It is essentially Google's Deep Research idea with multistep reasonin…

RT @BeckerFriedman: (1/2) Measuring global GDP is challenging, especially in middle- and low-income countries where reliable statistics are…

RT @RiverTamYDN: Polymarket had 20% odds on tariffs until Jan 29th

RT @ShachiKurl: A few reminders about tariffs, counter tariffs & public opinion, from our most recent cross-border survey on the issue. Min…