I suggest you consult an economist you trust who works with this data for get a 2nd opinion. I'm 98% sure I'm not confused and I did work with this data in the (now distant) past.
U.S. inflation, as measured by the GDP deflator, was about 21.2% (cumulative) between 2005 and 2016. You can check that here:https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/GDPDEF
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Now, taking the $8900 2016 current international $ PPP number from my graph (source: CIA World Factbook https://www.indexmundi.com/g/g.aspx?c=es&v=67 …), and deflating it by the U.S. GDP deflator back to 2005, we get $7343 for 2005.
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That is right at the peak of the curve identified by
@m_clem in this paper: http://ftp.iza.org/dp8592.pdf (Of course, there is uncertainty in that estimate and the curve may change over time; fine.) -
So because El Salvador is right at the peak of the curve
@m_clem identified, and when we add in the fact that El Salvador is already below replacement fertility, I'd say our best guess is that Salvadoran immigration pressure will fall starting now. -
In any case, sorry again for being irritable before. I got almost no sleep last night and was in an airport security line. I apologize. Hope this clears things up.
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Thanks. Twitter on not sleep can go wrong (or even with sleep). Sorry for being more forceful than necessary as well.
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I had a few points to push back on, but I'll leave that for now, especially since I found something odd when looking into the data the uses paper that probably should be resolved first.
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Clemens' paper uses Penn World Table 8.0. So I pulled PWT 8.0 and the more recent 9.0 version.pic.twitter.com/mbnGnqmL4e
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This is what PWT 8.0 and 9.0 show for El Salvador per capita GDP, once in 2005 PPP US$ (for PWT 8.0) and once for 2011 PPP US$ (for PWT 9.0). https://www.rug.nl/ggdc/productivity/pwt/ …pic.twitter.com/ieTKFJFnoo
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