Petra Moser
@pmoser.bsky.social
Economic historian, studying creativity, science, and innovation, mom of 2 boys. Love running in the mountains, climbing, and singing.
A personal anecdote: a Syrian surgeon amputated my step-Dad's leg last Christmas, assisted by a Syrian surgeon. There's an enormous shortage of doctors in our rural town, long wait times, even with life-threatening disease. Zero capacity. And I did not see a single German-born physician.
March 13, 2025 at 11:47 AM
A personal anecdote: a Syrian surgeon amputated my step-Dad's leg last Christmas, assisted by a Syrian surgeon. There's an enormous shortage of doctors in our rural town, long wait times, even with life-threatening disease. Zero capacity. And I did not see a single German-born physician.
Effects on US innovation were disastrous. After the quotas US scientists patented 30% less in the pre-quota fields of ESE-based scientists relative to other fields. Research with @mulysan.bsky.social & Sahar Parsa: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/h80j9...
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March 13, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Effects on US innovation were disastrous. After the quotas US scientists patented 30% less in the pre-quota fields of ESE-based scientists relative to other fields. Research with @mulysan.bsky.social & Sahar Parsa: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/h80j9...
Eastern & Southern Europeans (ESE) had the same response to the 1920s quotas act. Intended to limit low-skilled immigration to the US the quotas exempted university scientists and students. Still, the US lost an estimated 122 ESE-born professors & 670 scientists who would have come as students 2/n
March 13, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Eastern & Southern Europeans (ESE) had the same response to the 1920s quotas act. Intended to limit low-skilled immigration to the US the quotas exempted university scientists and students. Still, the US lost an estimated 122 ESE-born professors & 670 scientists who would have come as students 2/n
Sounds fascinating!
February 5, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Sounds fascinating!
What's up with 1913 and 1958?
February 4, 2025 at 12:47 PM
What's up with 1913 and 1958?