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18th Annual Migration Meeting

Organizers: George J. Borjas(Harvard University and IZA),Kirk Doran(University of Notre Dame and IZA),Gordon H. Hanson(Harvard University and IZA),Marc J Witte(IZA)
Location: Cambridge, USA
Date: April 22, 2022 - April 23, 2022

Event Manager:

Dominik Spitza(IZA)

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Program


All times are stated in Eastern Daylight Time (EDT): GMT-4



+++ presentation: 30 min +++ discussion: 15 min +++

Friday, April 22:

The Economics of Immigration: A Conference in Honor of George J. Borjas

09:30 - 09:55 Registration / Coffee and Pastries
09:55 - 10:00 Welcome
Session A: Immigration Causes and Consequences
Chair:David Autor(MIT and IZA)
10:00 - 10:45 Kirk Doran(University of Notre Dame and IZA), Alex Gelber (UC, San Diego), Adam Isen (U.S. Treasury Department)
"The Effects of High-Skilled Immigration Policy on Firms: Evidence from Visa Lotteries"
10:45 - 11:15 打破
11:15 - 12:00 Panu Poutvaara(University of Munich and IZA), Ilpo Kauppinen (VATT Institute for Economic Research)
"Decomposing Migrant Self-selection: Education, Occupation, and Unobserved Abilities"
12:00 - 13:30 Lunch / Keynote Lecture
Lawrence Katz(Harvard University and IZA)
Session B: Internal Migration
Chair:Jeffrey Grogger(University of Chicago and IZA)
13:30 - 14:15 Brian K. Kovak(Carnegie Mellon University and IZA), Kirill Borusyak (University College London), Rafael Dix-Carneiro (Duke University)
"Understanding Migration Responses to Local Shocks"
14:15 - 15:00 Gordon H. Hanson(Harvard University and IZA), David Autor (MIT and IZA), David Dorn (University of Zurich and IZA)
"Foreign-Born and Native-Born Migration Responses to the China Shock"
15:00 - 15:30 打破
Session C: Immigrant Assimilation and Human Capital
Chair:Jeffrey Grogger(University of Chicago and IZA)
15:30 - 16:15 Stephen Trejo(University of Texas at Austin and IZA), Brian Duncan (University of Colorado Denver)
"Which Mexicans Are White? Enumerator-Assigned Race in the 1930 Census and the Socioeconomic Integration of Mexican Americans"
16:15 - 17:00 Daniel S. Hamermesh(德克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校和现,杰夫Biddle (Michigan State University)
"Days of Work Over a Half Century: The Rise of the Four-Day Week"
18:00 Dinner / Keynote Lecture
Richard B. Freeman(Harvard University and IZA)

Saturday, April 23:

08:30 - 09:00 Coffee and Pastries
Session D: Enclaves and Monopsony
Chair:Marc J Witte(IZA)
09:00 - 09:45 Jan Stuhler(Universidad Carlos III de Madrid and IZA), Michael Amior (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
"Immigration and Monopsony: Evidence across the Distribution of Firms"
09:45 - 10:30 Trine Skriver Hoholt Jensen(Aarhus University), Anna Piil Damm (Aarhus University and IZA), Ahmad Hassani (Aarhus University), Marie Louise Schultz-Nielsen (Rockwool Foundation Research Unit and IZA)
"Co-Ethnic Neighbors and Investment in Host-Country Language Skills"
10:30 - 11:00 打破
Session E: Assimilation
Chair:Marc J Witte(IZA)
11:00 - 11:45 Christian Chacua(University of Bordeaux), Richard B. Freeman (Harvard University and IZA)
"Migration and Changes in Research Interest: A Life Cycle Analysis"
11:45 - 12:30 Marco Tabellini(Harvard Business School and IZA), Philipp Jaschke (Institute for Employment Research (IAB)), Sulin Sardoschau (Humboldt University Berlin and IZA)
"Scared Straight? Threat and Assimilation of Refugees in Germany"
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch
Session F: Immigration Restrictions
Chair:George J. Borjas(Harvard University and IZA)
13:30 - 14:15 Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes(UC, Merced and IZA), Jose Bucheli (New Mexico State University)
"Family Seperation and Reunification under President Trump's Zero-Tolerance Policy"
14:15 - 15:00 Joan Monras(Princeton University and IZA), Clement Imbert (University of Warwick), Marlon Seror (UQAM), Yanos Zylberberg (University of Bristol)
"Floating Population: Consumption and Location Choices of Rural Migrants in China"
15:00 - 15:45 Stephanie Zonszein(University of Pennsylvania), Guy Grossman (University of Pennsylvania)
"Voted In, Standing Out: Public Response to Immigrants' Political Accession"