Dillon Laaker

Assistant Prof @cornellgov, studying international trade and immigration, Nebraska native, R/T not endorsements.

[Dillon Laaker @laaker_dillon]

It has been a long journey. I’m thrilled to announce that I have accepted a tenure-track Assistant Professor position at @cornellgov! So many people from Nebraska, Truman, Forensics, Wisconsin, Georgetown, and LSE have helped me reach this point, and I’m extraordinarily grateful.

[krzysztof pelc @KrzPelc]

What will determine the future politics of AI?
In this new paper, I address this Q by examining the partisan valence of the job tasks most exposed to AI.

The headline finding: the jobs most exposed to AI are sharply skewed towards “Democrat occupations”.
https://t.co/7MyUjGo7zN

[Dillon Laaker @laaker_dillon]

@lockhartm lol I have a few reasons why

[Dillon Laaker @laaker_dillon]

@lockhartm Haven’t you lived in the US for 9 years?

[Nate Silver @NateSilver538]

Pretty striking contrast in the ages of Democratic candidates for U.S. Senate this year vs. their last midterm against Trump in 2018.

[Jeffrey Wooldridge @jmwooldridge]

Everybody’s talkin’ ‘bout the new diff-in-diffs but it’s still two-way FE to me.

[Dillon Laaker @laaker_dillon]

@lockhartm NERD

[Alexander Kustov @akoustov]

Tomorrow's post will be my hottest and nerdiest take yet:

Abstract concepts like "inequality," "diversity," and even "immigration" aren't tangible things that have identifiable true effects in the real world. Policies do.

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[Dillon Laaker @laaker_dillon]

@lockhartm When was the last time you were in the UK, Mac?

[haley talbot @haleydtalbot]

"There'll be a lot of people watching parades and fireworks on folding chairs today. HFC folded like one of those CVS chairs, and this is not a knock on CVS, which is a great store, great institution, but they folded like a cheap lawn chair." - @JakeSherman on The Daily Punch

[Maya Sen @maya_sen]

I think this is a really important point, and people in academia need to consider this viewpoint

[Legislative Studies Quarterly @LSQjournal]

"Minor Party Major Change: Democratic Environmental Re-Prioritization in Response to Green Party Competition" by @CassidyReller (@UFPoliSci)
https://t.co/LUtiasSolB

[The New York Times @nytimes]

Breaking News: The Trump administration has frozen more than $1 billion in funding for Cornell University and $790 million for Northwestern, two officials said. https://t.co/jKSzNug9Gg

[Scott Lincicome @scottlincicome]

Question for the customs lawyers/brokers out there: Now that there are dozens of different, country-specific tariff rates for the same product (as opposed to one MFN rate), how are you/your clients properly documenting the country of origin... in just a week?

[Josh Barro @jbarro]

You idiots. The Trump team didn’t use a formula of (exports-imports)/exports. As Kush here points out, the formula was (exports-imports)/exports*4*.25

[American Political Science Review @apsrjournal]

Just published on APSR First View: "Domestic Institutions, Geographic Concentration, and Agricultural Liberalization" by In Song Kim, Megumi Naoi, and Tomoya Sasaki. https://t.co/3CeP9kzn3y

[Dillon Laaker @laaker_dillon]

@lockhartm @notanastronomer AC blasting high - 50/50 electric bill!

[Dillon Laaker @laaker_dillon]

@lockhartm @notanastronomer you guys had ac...

[Dillon Laaker @laaker_dillon]

@aligarfield_ @UWMadison I mean, I can't believe I wasn't the first you asked...

[Keir Starmer @Keir_Starmer]

My support for Ukraine is unwavering.

The UK stands with you, @ZelenskyyUa.

[Alexander Kustov @akoustov]

This is exactly right: no democracy has immigration that’s both relatively popular but not selective or selective but not popular.

To put numbers to it: across the OECD, the correlation between how much easier it is to migrate as a skilled worker and public perceptions is 0.9!