Mark Regets

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Mark Regets

Mark Regets

@markregets

Economist who researches and writes about immigration, higher ed, and STEM labor markets. 'Retired' from NSF's NCSES, continuing to write for IZA and NFAP.

North Bethesda, MD Katılım Kasım 2012
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Neera Tanden🌻@neeratanden·
I am voting for McDuffie because I think blue cities need to be governed well, JLG's policies will more likely than McDuffie's raise crime, and Trump would weaponize that against Dems everywhere. My fellow DCers, don't sleepwalk into this
Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias

JLG winning white people 45 and younger (some of my best friends are…) while McDuffie wins older Black voters. Real story is education polarization everywhere. dc.citycast.fm/dc-politics/dc…

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Andrew Friedson
Andrew Friedson@amfriedson·
We can’t make Montgomery County more affordable if we make it more expensive. And we can’t address our fiscal and economic challenges if we continue to make them worse.
Councilmember Andrew Friedson@Andrew_Friedson

I respectfully voted no on today's budget which included tax increases and a $300 million structural imbalance. We can’t make Montgomery County more affordable if we make it more expensive. And we can’t address our fiscal and economic challenges if we continue to make them worse.

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Mark Regets@markregets·
@zach_baylor @JustinWolfers Both actually. If anything those without legal status compete less with natives, though I think we benefit more from legal immigrants because of their greater career advancement. Census data seems to suggest we are losing immigrants of all legal statuses and skill levels.
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zach baylor@zach_baylor·
@markregets @JustinWolfers Do you mean immigrants like my survivor family who came here only after applying for authorization & meeting all US requirements,i.e. interviews, med exams, & waiting their turn for authorization to enter, or illegal aliens who broke US laws?
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Justin Wolfers
Justin Wolfers@JustinWolfers·
Hassett, translated: Now that we have fewer immigrants, we have fewer jobs. I know that contradicts what we told you when we said immigrants were taking your jobs. I just figured you rubes would fall for the lump of labor fallacy.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar

Hassett: "The breakeven job number is a lot lower than it used to be because we're tightened the border. So 130,000 jobs this year is sort like 200,000 two or three years ago because we don't have this massive inflow of immigrants that are working. So these are really great jobs numbers."

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Mark Regets@markregets·
@Noahpinion And there have been huge gains in 55-65 and 66-70 LFP. In any given year that might be driven by economic conditions, but the gains over the decades have almost certainly been driven by better health.
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Andrew Friedson
Andrew Friedson@amfriedson·
🚨Endorsement Alert! 🚨 Senator Cheryl Kagan is officially on #TeamFriedson! She’s a tireless advocate for our community, election integrity, and public safety. We will deliver on affordability, job growth, and protecting our people and values. Join us: andrewfriedson.com.
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Mark Regets@markregets·
As the Debt to GDP ratio passes 1.0 (links to NYT and NFAP to follow) it seemed like a good time to repost NFAP's October 2025 estimate that Trump's immigration policy could lead to a ratio of 1.29 by 2035. This is due to BOTH reduced GDP and increased Federal debt.
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Mark Regets@markregets·
NFAP's October 2025 report, which used CBO's model to estimate a rise in Debt-to-GDP to 1.29 by 2035 as a result of immigration changes. (CBO's own baseline estimate at the time showed it rising to 1.18) nfap.com/wp-content/upl…
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Andrew Friedson
Andrew Friedson@amfriedson·
I am honored to be endorsed by former County Executive Doug Duncan! Doug was a visionary leader who revitalized our community. Together with our broad and growing coalition, we will make Montgomery County more affordable and competitive. Join us: andrewfriedson.com.
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Mark Regets@markregets·
@VincentGeloso 🙃 Economist do sometime use regressions just to compare two means. If all you have is a phillip's head screwdriver, you begin to imagine every nail has threads and a plus sign on its back.
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John Nevelten
John Nevelten@NeveltenJohn·
Wes Moore @iamwesmoore @GovWesMoore Just said on Bill Maher that "the closed primary process has run it's course". Will he commit to changing Maryland's CLOSED primary system? I prefer the AK system, but moving to semi-open primaries goes in the right direction.
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NFAPResearch
NFAPResearch@NFAPResearch·
Mass deportation is a poor economic policy. Economists Chloe East & Elizabeth Cox on the impact of ICE arrests: “There is a negative and significant impact on employment of US-born male workers with at most a high-school education.” @David_J_Bier @gsiskind forbes.com/sites/stuartan…
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John Nevelten
John Nevelten@NeveltenJohn·
We are all better off with MORE people working. It is both bad economics and horrible morality to think you can make people better off by forbidding others from working.
Senator Jim Banks@SenatorBanks

ICYMI: Last night, Senate Democrats voted to automatically extend work authorizations for illegal aliens. They wanted to take jobs from hardworking Americans and give them to illegal aliens. This is unacceptable and we blocked them. The American people must always come first.

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Bridget Brink
Bridget Brink@AmbBridgetBrink·
I resigned as U.S. Ambassador Ukraine when Trump kept siding with Putin over our democratic partner. Now, my successor is doing the same. I knew I had to speak out and run for office because siding with dictators is just not who we are.
Amy Mackinnon@ak_mack

Scoop: Julie Davis, the acting US Ambassador in Kyiv, is leaving the State Department having grown frustrated with Trump's dwindling support for Ukraine. Davis's resignation follows that of her predecessor, Bridget Brink, who resigned for similar reasons early last year. W/@christopherjm  as.ft.com/r/1781e555-fad…

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Mark Regets@markregets·
@JBlunt1018 @Immigration_Lab We benefit from foreign students even after they leave. ¾ of R&D takes place outside America now. While the numbers are rising, not many US-born scientists and engineers go abroad. The people we educate help connect us to research labs all over the world.
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James Blunt
James Blunt@JBlunt1018·
International students brought $43.8 BILLION into the U.S. economy in one year and supported 378,000+ American jobs. And here’s the part many miss: roughly 63% do not remain in the U.S. long term. We educate them, benefit from their spending, then many take their skills elsewhere. For the senator from Missouri who seems clueless on basic economics: International students likely generate around $950 million to $1 billion+ annually in Missouri economic activity based on enrollment and national averages. That is in the neighborhood of a major Missouri state budget category, including public higher education support. America is one of the few countries lucky enough to have talented people pay us to study here. Only fools treat that like a problem.
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Mark Regets@markregets·
Immigrant perceptions of their permanence in America are a major factor in their investment in American skills (i.e. the "assimilation" that makes US labor markets dynamic). There has always been non-trivial emigration of even longterm immigrants. One of my fears for the American economy is that hostility to immigrants will not only shrink the labor force, but reduce the rate at which those immigrants who do stay adapt to America.
Jonathan Blitzer@JonathanBlitzer

According to an internal agency document, US Citizenship & Immigration Services has created the "Tactical Operations Division." This is entirely new. It consists of teams called: "Denaturalization"; "Refugee Re-Vetting"; "LPR Operations"; "Fraud Detection & National Security" 1/

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John Nevelten
John Nevelten@NeveltenJohn·
@GtaThoughts @David_J_Bier My standard reply: "Of course I am a globalist, are you a cubist?" My less snarky reply is that the world is full of opportunities you will miss if you pretend it does not exist or that it only contains dangers
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Sidharth
Sidharth@Cloudwatch199·
I'm featured in today's @WIRED piece on MAGA and Indian Americans. Everything I said, I stand behind. Every word. Indian Americans helped build this country's tech backbone, its hospitals, its economy. We showed up. We contributed. We believed in the system. What did we get? A Vice President who let white nationalists drag his own wife's name through the mud. A base that tells us to go back to India while cashing the checks our labor writes. A movement that took our money, our votes, our energy and handed us contempt in return. The H-1B debate is not a policy debate anymore. It's a hate campaign dressed in economic language. The people screaming loudest about H-1Bs couldn't explain the program if their life depended on it. 5 million Indian Americans live in this country. We are doctors, engineers, founders, taxpayers, parents, voters. We are not here to audition for acceptance. We are not here to prove we belong. That's why @IAACouncil exists. The Indian American Advocacy Council doesn't kneel to any party. We fight on issues. We organize. We show up. Not as anyone's model minority. Not as anyone's scapegoat. Not as anyone's token. Full stop. Here it is : wired.com/story/maga-ind…
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