Edward Conard's Macro Roundup ·
Aerospace and AI drive U.S. manufacturing job growthFeatured my analysis of the manufacturing subsectors still adding jobs.
Media Mentions
2026
Politico ·
Best of Substack"The big exceptions to the American manufacturing jobs decline" selected for Best of Substack.
Newsweek ·
H-1B Visas Skyrocket Despite Trump Admin CrackdownQuoted on why continuing-employment H-1B approvals overcount unique workers.
Manufacturing Momentum ·
Where the Manufacturing Jobs Are, and What It Means for DefenseCites my EIG analysis of post-2019 manufacturing job growth concentration.
Manufacturing.net · April 2026
The Great Divide: 12 States Control 95% of Manufacturing Job GrowthCoverage based on my analysis of state-level manufacturing employment growth.
NBER Working Paper No. 34793 (George J. Borjas) · March 2026
The H-1B Wage Gap, Visa Fees, and Employer DemandCites and responds to He & Ozimek (2026), our critique of the paper's wage-gap methodology.
Edward Conard's Macro Roundup ·
The Flawed Paper Behind Trump's $100,000 H-1B FeeFeatured our finding that a temporal mismatch inflated Borjas's estimate of the H-1B wage gap.
Center for Strategic and International Studies ·
Practical H-1B Reforms to Serve U.S. Economic InterestsCites our EIG comment letter on the DHS H-1B weighted-lottery proposal.
2025
Edward Conard's Macro Roundup ·
Blunt Tariffs Undermine Efforts to Reshore High-Tech ManufacturingFeatured our finding that advanced manufacturers import 27-37 percent of their inputs, so blunt tariffs raise their costs.