Just got a notification that my January complaint about a crosswalk blocked by winter snow has now been resolved. Seriously, @marylanddot.bsky.social?

The US military is also one of the agencies administering PEPFAR, and has been involved in international infectious disease research for over a century. For example, usamrukenya.org

Cherry and Magnolia trees in bloom outside the Supreme Court.

Cherry trees in bloom in lower Senate Park.

Flowers in bloom outside the Russell Senate office building.

I love the walk between Metro and the office.

In my current role, I cannot present unpublished research. However, I am able to serve as a discussant. If you're putting together a session and you need a discussant in one of my areas of expertise, please reach out to me.

Public Inspection: Improving Wage Protections for the Temporary and Permanent Employment of Certain Foreign Nationals in the United States Improving Wage Protections for the Temporary and Permanent Employment of Certain Foreign Nationals in the United States

New H1-B and PERM wage regulation just dropped. As expected, it would raise wage requirements: www.federalregister.gov/public-inspe...

Changes the administration is making to the H-1B and PERM programs (raising wage requirements) and the H-2A program (lowering wage requirements) are so different.

I attempted to summarize causal estimates of the impact of immigration enforcement on labor markets in two pages, at www.congress.gov/crs-product/...

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One big difference between the H-2A program and other visa programs is that H-2A workers are admitted to the US only for a season, and then they leave. They currently have no path to permanent residency in the US. They cannot bring spouses with them and will not have children born in the US.

A finance professor reviewed this advice (without naming names) here: www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...

I've been reading a great deal about current and potential impacts of AI on labor markets. Just published: a 2-page overview of frameworks for thinking about this: www.congress.gov/crs-product/...

This is a really useful summary--thank you for writing it!

But how did you get it published as an NBER Working Paper? (Can other CRIW members also do this?)

I was selected as a respondent to fill out O*Net questionnaires. I had opinions about O*Net before. Now I have more informed opinions...

DC Pepco Feeder Lines: The Best-Kept Secret About Solar In The DMV | Uprise Solar If your Maryland home is on the DC Pepco feeder lines, you're eligible to take advantage of solar incentives in Maryland and Washington, DC.

I believe this page provides an accurate description of these incentives: www.uprisesolar.com/blog/dc-pepc...

Those of us on the DC power grid (yes, it's possible to live in MD and be on the DC power grid) can receive thousands of dollars per year in SREC income. My jaw dropped the first time someone showed me the financial incentives for rooftop solar in my neighborhood.

Tayari Jones wrote a novel that is getting a lot of attention. I haven't read it. But I think more people should know about her mom, economics professor Barbara Ann Posey Jones: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara...

Check out this week's Washington Jewish Week reader poll: www.washingtonjewishweek.com/polls/

From my experience as a parent in Montgomery County Maryland Public Schools, almost no whole books are assigned. Not even in high school "honors" English classes (there is no tracking for English here; all high school English classes in grades 9 and 10 are "honors").

I would like to know what it would take for more legacy media companies to be owned by local non-profit organizations (following the example of The Philadelphia Inquirer). Who should I follow to learn more about this?

(This is my own interest, NOT a topic I am researching on behalf of my employer)

I've written a report on all the changes to wage regulations for H-2A temporary agricultural worker visas since the H-2A program began in the 1980s. The report is at www.congress.gov/crs-product/....

I cover the wage requirements for both the H-1B and H-2A visas. Recent policy developments for these two visas have been so very different.

I wrote the report because of a new interim final rule effective in October. I wanted to better understand which changes had precedent and which changes did not.

I've written a report on all the changes to wage regulations for H-2A temporary agricultural worker visas since the H-2A program began in the 1980s. The report is at www.congress.gov/crs-product/....

I've never met a Presidential Management Fellow with a STEM PhD. I think all those I've met have had a recent MPP degree.

January 6, 2021, I meant.

I tried to watch the recording of Leah Boustan's lecture, but found only a recording of the awards ceremony. Can you please fix that?

Five years ago, I had a very sick child and referrals to several pediatric medical specialists and tests in a building a few blocks from the US Capitol. The kid got a diagnosis. Treatment worked. But for me, January 6, 2020 means memories of rescheduling medical appointments for a very sick child.

I don't recognize the acronym "DFL" outside the context of econometrics. Please spell it out for your readers.

In contrast to me, who moved to that town the week before starting high school, but was in at least one class at the public HS with you...

Rule text just appeared at www.federalregister.gov/public-inspe.... It says,"DHS is issuing this final rule as proposed in the NPRM, without modifications to the regulatory text."

This is why BLS has been requesting funding to test an online version of the CPS, which is currently conducted by phone. (AKA "modernizing the CPS")