Immigration is one of the most controversial public policy
topics today. On one hand, tens of millions of immigrants and their
children are assimilating and integrating into American economic
life. On the other, concerns about immigrants and how they will
affect the economic future of Americans and our nation as a whole
is one of the best predictors of support for Donald Trump, the 2016
Republican Presidential candidate. Unfortunately, many of those
concerns are fueled by misunderstanding the effects that immigrants
and their descendants have on the U.S. economy. This special
conference, timed just prior to the Presidential election, brings
together some of the best minds and researchers on the economics of
immigration to help inform Americans and to guide policymakers.
Major topics that will be covered include:
- How immigration affects wages and the labor market.
- What factors incentivize and slow unauthorized immigration.
- Immigration’s impact on the real-estate market and entrepreneurship.
- How immigration affects America’s political and economic
institutions.
Please join our distinguished speakers on Friday, September 2, to discuss these and related issues.
| 8:30-9:00AM | Registration |
| 9:00-9:10AM | Welcoming Remarks Alex Nowrasteh, Immigration Policy Analyst, Cato Institute |
| 9:15-10:45AM | Panel 1: Labor and
Wages Download a video of the Welcoming Remarks and Panel 1 Download a podcast of the Welcoming Remarks and Panel 1 Ethan Lewis, Associate Professor, Economics Department, Dartmouth College Alan de Brauw, Senior Research Fellow in the Markets, Trade, and Institutions Division, International Food Policy Research Institute Moderated by David Roodman, Senior Advisor, Open Philanthropy |
| 10:45-11:05AM | Break |
| 11:05AM-12:05PM | Panel 2: Illegal
Immigration Douglas S. Massey, Henry G. Bryant Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs, Princeton University Bryan Roberts, Research Economist, previously with the Department of Homeland Security Moderated by Philip E. Wolgin, Managing Director, Immigration Policy, Center for American Progress |
| 12:05-12:50PM | Lunch |
| 12:50-2:00PM | Panel 3: Immigration and Real
Estate Gary D. Painter, Professor and Director of Social Policy, University of Southern California Sol Price Center for Social Innovation Jacob Vigdor, Daniel J. Evans Professor of Public Policy and Governance, University of Washington Susan M. Wachter, Albert E. Sussman Professor of Real Estate, the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania Moderated by Mark Calabria, Director of Financial Regulation Studies, Cato Institute |
| 2:00-3:00PM | Panel 4:
Entrepreneurship Margaret Blume-Kohout, Visiting Faculty, Department of Economics, Colgate University Magnus Lofstrom, Senior Fellow, Public Policy Institute of California Moderated by Brink Lindsey, Vice President for Research, Cato Institute |
| 3:00-3:20PM | Break |
| 3:20-4:50PM | Panel 5: How Immigration Affects
Political and Economic Institutions Download a video of Panel 5 and the Closing Remarks Download a podcast of Panel 5 and the Closing Remarks Ryan Murphy, Research Assistant Professor, O’Neil Center, Southern Methodist University Benjamin Powell, Director, Free Market Institute, Texas Tech University Moderated by Alex Nowrasteh, Immigration Policy Analyst, Cato Institute |
| 4:50-5:00PM | Closing Remarks |
| 5:00-5:30PM | Reception |