Seems like a good day for TIME to put out my piece with Wendy Edelberg on how immigrants can explain a lot about job growth:
time.com/6963553/immigr…

This Weds event is going to be a terrific discussion of a consensus-based approach to supporting working families. And how to break impasses on critical policy issues. Reception to follow - so come in person if you are DC based!
brookings.edu/events/finding…

Virginia is the second state to ban legacy admissions at public universities. Yet it’s private colleges that are far more likely to practice legacy admissions than public institutions, Sarah Reber & Gabriela Goodman find in a new analysis.

brookings.edu/articles/how-w…

Virginia just banned legacy admissions at its public schools.

New research from Sarah Reber & Gabriela Goodman found that, while most state flagship colleges don’t consider legacy status, half have at least one scholarship catered to legacy students.

brookings.edu/articles/how-w…

Reminder: VEPPS seminar with Sheridan Fuller TODAY at 2pm!

Virtual Econ of Poverty & Policy Seminar continues Mon 3/25 at 2pm ET

Sheridan Fuller will present: 'New Deal, Same Compromise? Measuring the Effect of Racially Linked Welfare Policies on Program Participation and Children’s Development'

More info: lucieschmidt.com/vepps-seminar

Is it possible for the right and left to find common ground on supporting working families with young children? Come to our April 3rd event to find out!
brookings.edu/events/finding…

Check out the latest from Sarah Reber on which schools use legacy admissions:
brookings.edu/articles/how-w…

Thank you to Stan Veuger of American Enterprise Institute and Tara E W of The Brookings Institution for their analysis of Homeland Security data that identified the decrease in overall arrivals of CHNV nationals after the rollout of the CHNV Program that Judge Tipton found compelling in denying Texas’s challenge.

Abstracts for papers in the areas of education policy or immigration and migration are particularly solicited, but abstracts in other areas are also encouraged.
Junior women and non-binary scholars, please submit your papers!
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In January, CBO came out with 2023-24 immigration numbers that were much higher than previously estimated. Wendy Edelberg and I dig into what that means for the economy.

brookings.edu/articles/new-i…

Would love help amplifying this call: NBER with support from the The National Institute on Aging (NIA), is launching a mentoring program for PhD students who are curious about topics of health & aging or students who are already interested and want to dive deeper and develop their ideas.

Looking forward to this Hill event tonight - I was delighted to be part of the effort producing this report
convergencepolicy.org/wp-content/upl…

Curious about the tax bill the House just passed? See my January explainer.
brookings.edu/articles/the-n…

Apply to work as an intern at Brookings this summer!
interns-brookings.icims.com/jobs/3361/summ…

What David J. Bier said.👇

Check out this op-ed from Sarah Reber and Phil Levine based on a recent CESO Brookings Econ report. tl;dr using class-based affirmative action to achieve racial diversity isn't financially viable
washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/…

My latest on the tax deal: brookings.edu/articles/the-n…

.Tara E W & I are excited to announce a new Virtual Economics of Poverty and Policy Seminar (VEPPS)

Spring 2024 speakers include Marianne Bitler🏳️‍🌈 Dr. Chloe N. East (she/her) Sheridan Fuller professional age forecaster & Hilary Hoynes

Sign up for more info at forms.gle/Mp3ZGL8e89TG3o…

We asked 6 The Brookings Institution economists about the issues they tracked in 2023 and what they'll be watching in 2024.

Read what Dr. Chloe N. East (she/her), Ben Harris, Sanjay Patnaik, Louise Sheiner, Tara E W, & Marta Wosinska had to say->-> brookings.edu/articles/major…