The most subversive sentence I've ever written
2011-03-04 · Original WordPress address
In a paper on the "selection" of Mexican immigrants where we find that Mexican immigrants to the US are about the same as non-migrant Mexicans in terms of observable skills like education and age but, as it turns out, they have lower unobserved skills:
It may be the case that because many border crossings occur without documentation, there may be selection on certain unobserved characteristics (e.g. risk-taking, underestimating dangers, low respect for authority) that may have a negative correlation with productivity.
Man, I feel like running down the street with a black bandanna covering my face, breaking windows and burning cars!