The Hoover Institution will host the Conference on the Economics of Immigration on October 31, 2024 - Friday, November 1, 2024. This conference is the inaugural event of the J-P Conte Initiative on Immigration.
Immigration stands at the crossroads of economic transformation, impacting labor markets, innovation, and economic growth in complex ways. By examining a broad spectrum of evidence and perspectives, this conference examines how immigration, historically and presently, shapes economic outcomes through a rigorous analysis of its myriad benefits, challenges, and unintended consequences.
| Thursday, October 31st | ||
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| Time | Content | Presenters |
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8:30 AM |
Breakfast |
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9:00 AM |
Welcome |
Paola Sapienza, Hoover Institution |
| 9:15 AM |
“Modeling Migration-Induced Unemployment” by Pascal Michaillat |
Presenter: Pascal Michaillat, UC Santa Cruz Discussant: Avidit Acharya, Hoover Institution & Stanford University Discussant: Joan Monras, Pompeu Fabra University Chair: Stephen Haber, Hoover Institution & Stanford University |
| 10:30 AM |
Break |
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| 11:00 AM |
"Immigration and Inequality in the Next Generation," by Mark Borgschulte, Heepyung Cho, Darren Lubotsky, and Jonathan Rothbaum |
Presenter: Mark Borgschulte, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Discussant: Steven Davis, Hoover Institution & Stanford University Discussant: Jonathan Rodden, Hoover Institution & Stanford University Chair: Amit Seru, Hoover Institution & Stanford University |
| 12:15 PM |
Lunch |
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| 1:15 PM |
“Monopsony, Efficiency, and the Regularization of Undocumented Immigrants” by George J. Borjas & Anthony Edo |
Presenter: George Borjas, Harvard University Discussant: Sydnee Caldwell, UC Berkeley Discussant: Ross Levine, Hoover Institution Chair: Jens Hainmueller, Stanford University |
| 2:30 PM |
Break |
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| 3:00 PM |
“The Impact of the Chinese Exclusion Act on the Economic Development of the Western U.S.” by Joe Long, Carlo Medici, Nancy Qian and Marco Tabellini |
Presenter: Marco Tabellini, Harvard University Discussant: Ran Abramitzky, Stanford University Discussant: James Feigenbaum, Boston University Chair: Vicki Fouka, Stanford University |
| 4:15 PM |
Conclusion |
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| 6:00 PM |
Dinner |
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| Friday, November 1st | ||
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| Time | Content | Presenters |
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8:30 AM |
Breakfast |
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9:00 AM |
“The Contribution of High-Skilled Immigrants to Innovation in the United States” by Shai Bernstein, Rebecca Diamond, Abhisit Jiranaphawiboon, Timothy McQuade & Beatriz Pousada |
Presenter: Rebecca Diamond, Stanford University Discussant: Jennifer Hunt, Rutgers Discussant: Luigi Zingales, University of Chicago Chair: Paola Sapienza, Hoover Institution |
| 10:15 AM |
Break |
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| 10:45 AM |
“Immigration, Innovation, and Growth” by Konrad B. Burchardi, Thomas Chaney, Tarek Alexander Hassan, Lisa Tarquinio & Stephen J. Terry |
Presenter: Thomas Chaney, USC Discussant: Isaac Sorkin, Stanford University Discussant: Pete Klenow, Stanford University Chair: Peter Henry, Hoover Institution |
| 12:00 PM |
Lunch |
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| 1:00 PM |
Conclusion of conference |
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