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It turns out that immigration may be good for the environment

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In a paper  published  in  Population and Environment , I assessed the impact of immigration on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions across U.S. states. Immigrants form a crucial part of American society. They make up more than 13% of the US population as a whole and are anticipated to contribute 88% to population growth. Immigration can alter the physical, social, cultural, and economic landscape of host nations and significantly boost productivity, economic growth, and the vitality of labor markets. Immigration is politically and socially controversial. Immigrants have historically been blamed for being unable to assimilate, responsible for lowering wages, displacing native people from their employment, and disproportionately utilizing social, health, and educational services. More recently, as environmental concerns gained popularity, they were blamed for climate change arising from the population growth in host nations. Scatter plot of immigrant share and Greenness Score (2014) A prelimi
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Intelligence, Religiosity, and the Environment

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In a paper  published  in the  Eastern Economic Journal , I analyzed the link between IQ, religiosity, and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions at the U.S. state level. Previous research has established that religiosity is associated with negative attitudes toward the environment. Negative correlation has also been established between intelligence and religiosity and between intelligence and environmental outcomes. Hypothesized Relationships The rationale behind my hypotheses is that the association between intellect and environmental emissions may be moderated by religion. This theory is based on the expectation that intellectual people’s capacity to act in favor of the environment might be hampered by religiosity, which manifests in a tight adherence to religious doctrine and beliefs. Result # 1 The relationship between IQ and religiosity is negative and unidirectional flowing from IQ to religiosity. Result # 2 There is no evidence of an association between IQ and GHG emissions. Result # 3
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