David Leblang
dleblang.bsky.social
David Leblang
@dleblang.bsky.social
Husband. Father. Professor. @UVA
studying #migration and #displacement with #bigdata. Unrepentant #Mets #Springsteen fan.
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Spot on. This is the clearest explanation I’ve seen. It ‘s relatable, and humanizes the issue in a way everyone can understand.
June 28, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Terrifying. The last thing we need is creating greater potential for a national or global financial crisis.
June 17, 2025 at 2:02 PM
#migration #buses #lonestar
Has anyone collected information on the buses sent from Texas by Gov Abbott: I am looking for the number of buses, the date, and the destination city. Thus far, I have seen some discussions in @texastribune.org but no data. Thanks.
April 26, 2025 at 4:57 PM
@danielmcdowell.bsky.social....in the unlikely event you have not see this.
tfw the event is so good @adamposen.bsky.social decides to extend it for more discussion

watch Maurice Obstfeld, Warwick McKibbin, Markus Brunnermeir, & Adam Posen discuss what's happening & what could happen with the dollar, how uncertainty is a tax without revenue, & more, here:
Does changing the trade regime change the dollar regime? To Mar-a-Lago and beyond
The Trump administration is undertaking major changes to the geopolitical and trade arrangements that have been the foundation of the world economy for over 70 years. How will these changes impact the...
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April 24, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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April 6, 2025 at 3:55 AM
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Donald Trump has committed the most profound, harmful and unnecessary economic error in the modern era. Almost everything he said—on history, economics and the technicalities of trade—was utterly deluded econ.st/3YbbFjq
April 3, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Dollar falling virtually every major currency in the world right now
April 3, 2025 at 10:47 AM
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Our paper with @dleblang.bsky.social now published in @readdemography.bsky.social

Message: The precariousness created via deportations turns into a push factor for new migration.
“A Deportation Boomerang?”: @dleblang.bsky.social & @chrambrosio.bsky.social show how return of deportees ↑ violence in origin nations, which ↑ emigration intentions & asylum requests, especially for families. @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social @uvabatten.bsky.social read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...
March 26, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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“A Deportation Boomerang?”: @dleblang.bsky.social & @chrambrosio.bsky.social show how return of deportees ↑ violence in origin nations, which ↑ emigration intentions & asylum requests, especially for families. @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social @uvabatten.bsky.social read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...
March 26, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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Clarifying once again whose side our government is on
February 28, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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this is where the rubber meets the road. NIH doesn't just fund research univs and hospitals in blue states. if anything they're most important to regional economies in the reddest states and districts.
Impact of NIH cut starting to sink in

Here's Sen. Katie Britt urging "a smart, targeted approach" in order to protect important research at UA-Birmingham, a top NIH recipient

Also, as article notes, the state's largest employer

www.al.com/news/2025/02...
Katie Britt vows to work with RFK Jr. after NIH funding cuts cause concern in Alabama
UAB and UAH are among Alabama institutions that could be affected by cuts.
www.al.com
February 9, 2025 at 4:06 PM
If you need some sanity or some clarity in the Trump Administration's war on migration and on migrants, you can do no better than reading @micarosenberg.bsky.social and @propublica.org.

www.propublica.org/article/dona...
Trump’s Day One Executive Orders Revived Immigration Policies From His Last Four Years in Office, and Went Beyond
ProPublica and The Texas Tribune took a snapshot of the blitz of executive orders President Donald Trump has signed since taking office, by tallying nearly three dozen from his first day.
www.propublica.org
February 7, 2025 at 2:52 PM

I am teaching a new undergrad seminar this Spring "US Immigration Policy in Real Time" where we will follow Trump Admin policies. I have drawn on amazing work of @mclem.org @mzavodny.bsky.social @chloeneast.bsky.social @davidjbier.bsky.social @chrambrosio.bsky.social @edwardalden.bsky.social
PLAD 4500: US Immigration Policy in Real Time
PLAD 4500 US Immigration Policy In Real Time Spring 2025 Professor David Leblang, leblang@virginia.edu, Gibson 281 Office Hours: Tuesdays 3.00-4.30 and by appointment Description Donald Trump ran fo...
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January 10, 2025 at 7:46 PM
I teach a lecture course on immigration and this spring I want to add a week on immigration and the 2024 election. Public opinion is not my area of expertise so I am looking to crowdsource good articles -- peer reviewed or otherwise -- that provide context and analysis. Any/all appreciated.
December 22, 2024 at 2:34 PM
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“That Texas relies on undocumented labor is one of the state's open secrets, despite Republicans' tough-on-immigration stances.” www.npr.org/2024/11/23/g...
Trump's deportation vow alarms Texas construction industry
Texas builders warn mass deportations of undocumented migrants could devastate the construction industry, threatening housing and infrastructure work in one of the nation's fastest-growing states.
www.npr.org
November 23, 2024 at 10:32 PM
I am trilled that the New York Mets are no longer the biggest losers in New York!!
May 30, 2024 at 10:30 PM
Very excited to share new paper on #migration from #ukraine with a great set of colleagues the University of Virginia
An agent-based framework to study forced migration: A case study of Ukraine
Abstract. The ongoing Russian aggression against Ukraine has forced over eight million people to migrate out of Ukraine. Understanding the dynamics of forc
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March 29, 2024 at 6:25 PM
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A top US presidential campaign has promised the largest mass deportation in US history, starting in 10 months.

It promises this will bring more jobs and "better wages" to US workers

But past mass deportations had the opposite effect.

Here's why—> www.piie.com/blogs/realti... ~ @piie.bsky.social
March 8, 2024 at 3:13 PM