They're terminating OPT.

Today the nominee to head USCIS stated directly: he will end Optional Practical Training, the single largest channel for high-skill immigrants to work in the US.

6 weeks ago I warned about this & summarized the research on impacts of this drastic action—> @piie.com

Excited to present at the Advances with Field Experiments (AFE) 2025 Conference in September!! Grateful to @johnlist.bsky.social and @rmetcalfe.bsky.social for organizing such a great event.

What do multiple-choice tests really measure? We explore this in a new @nber.org paper with Kala Krishna & @esmaozer.bsky.social We find time pressure affects sorting—and impacts men and women differently. More in my chat with @tvhe.substack.com
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Time-constrained choices are everywhere—exams, contests, tasks at work. But how much do time limits really matter?

This project began as my third-year paper—and my first time running an experiment. It's now an NBER WP joint with Kala Krishna & Pelin Akyol. 🧵

I'm going to go with "too much"

it looks like structural econ people have trained gpt4 well.

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