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Oct 26, 2024 | 
scholarsarchive.byu.edu | Michael Clemens |Robert Davis |Brigham Young
KeywordsAtomic Force Microscope, AFM, Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes, SWNTCollegePhysical and Mathematical SciencesDepartmentPhysics and AstronomyAbstractThe Atomic Force Microscope (AFM) is a powerful instrument that has many applications in various fields of scientific research. It has the ability to image surfaces without requiring a high vacuum and has the ability to image samples that are in a fluid.
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Sep 5, 2024 | 
piie.com | Michael Clemens |WILLIAM Kerr
The United States depends on highly skilled workers from abroad to help drive economic innovation and dynamism, but it also extensively restricts which of these workers can enter and stay in the country. This Policy Brief proposes comprehensive reform of one lesser-known restriction, the Exchange Visitor Skills List.
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Aug 8, 2024 | 
ifp.org | Michael Clemens |Jeremy Neufeld |Amy Nice
High-Skilled Immigration Examining the Exchange Visitor Skills List, a little-known restriction on high-skill immigration to the United States JEL No. F22, J24, O15, O33. The views expressed here are those of the authors alone and do not represent any organization. Clemens acknowledges support from the Peterson Institute for International Economics and from Open Philanthropy.
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Jul 24, 2024 | 
piie.com | Michael Clemens
South Korea faces an unprecedented economic crisis driven by rapid population aging, as it approaches a future of negative economic growth. This paper examines the full range of possible policy responses with the potential to restore dynamism to the Korean economy. Contrary to many prior analyses, the author finds that enhanced labor migration to Korea is necessary, sufficient, and feasible.
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Jun 11, 2024 | 
piie.com | Michael Clemens |Warwick McKibbin |Jonathan Portes |Adam Posen
The Peterson Institute for International Economics holds an event to present recent research on the impact of immigration on national economies. Michael Clemens, PIIE nonresident senior fellow, discusses the latest economic research on alternative approaches to regulate immigration pressure at the US southwest border. He reviews a range of influential proposals, from mass deportation to expanded opportunities for lawful migration.
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May 2, 2024 | 
juneauempire.com | Michael Clemens
Ever wonder why so many different people say so many different things about what the Bible means? You are not alone, but the problem has been around since New Testament times. Scripture itself tells readers that some would misuse or twist its meanings. Jesus warned about “false prophets” (Matt 7:15) and cautioned against “rule taught by men” (Matt 15:9).
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Apr 18, 2024 | 
piie.com | Michael Clemens
Technical SummaryLegal and illegal markets often coexist. In theory, marginal legalization can either substitute for the remaining parallel market, or complement it via scale effects. This paper studies migrants crossing without prior authorization at the US southwest border, where large-scale unlawful crossing coexists with substantial, varying, and policy-constrained lawful crossing.
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Jan 31, 2024 | 
juneauempire.com | Michael Clemens
Does a merciful God really torture unbelievers, forever? Now, more than ever, more people reject God. One reason could be the idea of an “eternal, conscious torment.” I helped with a book that addresses this idea; this traditional view of Hell needs to be more closely examined. Discussion of Hell seems to come and go, maybe because it is such an unpleasant topic. “Heaven or Not?” asks a recent TV ad on the Smithsonian Channel.
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Aug 3, 2023 | 
theunpopulist.net | Michael Clemens
Wikipedia. Creative Commons. Paul Sableman. Even before Donald Trump arrived on the scene, the notion that we have to stop or substantially scale back immigration to America—a country of immigrants— because immigrants today simply do not assimilate like those of yore had been gaining considerable traction on the populist right.
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May 11, 2023 | 
iza.org | Satish Chand |Michael Clemens
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