Hoover Hosts Inaugural Conference on Economics of Immigration

Paola Sapienza, the J-P Conte Family Senior Fellow and codirector of the J-P Conte Initiative on Immigration at the Hoover Institution, delivers opening remarks at the initiative's inaugural conference. (Patrick Beaudouin)

Pascal Michaillat of UC Santa Cruz presents research on the short-term economic effects of immigration. (Patrick Beaudouin)

J-P Conte, donor to the initiative, relays firsthand experiences of the importance of immigrants to American businesses. (Patrick Beaudouin)

Ross Levine, Booth Derbas Family/Edward Lazear Senior Fellow, delivers comments on a paper presented at the conference. (Patrick Beaudouin)

Conference participants continue discussing the implications of immigration research over lunch. (Patrick Beaudouin)

Stephen Haber, Peter and Helen Bing Senior Fellow and codirector of the J-P Conte Initiative on Immigration, chairs a session on the economic impact of legalizing undocumented workers. (Patrick Beaudouin)

Stanford University's Rebecca Diamond presents research on immigrants’ contributions to US innovation. (Patrick Beaudouin)