Migration Across International Frontiers

November 7 and 12, 2001

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You can find the sources for specific topics by clicking on the topic in the provisional agenda. You can read the paper by clicking on the author's name.)

Provisional Agenda

I. OPENING REMARKS

II. THE ECONOMIC CAUSES OF INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION

"How Well Does Economic Theory Explain International Migration?"

Tyler Beebe and Abdur-Rahim Syed

"Are We Accepting the Wrong Migrants?"

Tyson Schoelzel

III. THE EFFECTS OF INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION

"What is The Short-Term Effect of Immigration on Receiving Countries?"

Gregory Kraczkovsky

"What is The Long-Run Effect of Immigration on Receiving Countries?"

Bradley Holden and David Seeley

"Are Immigrants Holding Down the Wages of Native Americans?"

Charles Leonard

"Are Immigrants a Burden on the American Taxpayer?"

Michael DeGregorio

IV. SUMMARY AN CONCLUSIONS

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Sources for Presentations:

II. THE ECONOMIC CAUSES OF INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION

"How Well Does Economic Theory Explain International Migration?"

Douglas S. Massey, Juaquin Arango, Graeme Hugo, Ali Kouaouci, Adfela Pellegrino, J. Edward Taylor, "Theories of International Migration: A Review and Appraisal", Population and Development Review, Vol. 19, No. 3, September 1993, pp. 431-466.

Douglas S. Massey, "Social Structure, Household Strategies and the Cumulative Causation of Migration", Population Index, Spring 1990, Vol. 56, No. 1, pp. 3-26.

Douglas S. Massey, Juaquin Arango, Graeme Hugo, Ali Kouaouci, Adela Pellegrino, J. Edward Taylor, "An Evaluation of International Migration Theory: The North American Case", Population and Development Review, Vol. 20, No. 4, December 1994, pp. 699-751.

Subrata Ghatak , Paul Levine and Stephen Price, "Migration Theories and Evidence: An Assessment", Journal of Economic Surveys, Vol. 10, No. 2, 1996, pp. 159-198.

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"Are We Accepting the Wrong Immigrants?"

George Borjas, "Assimilation and Changes in Cohort Quality Revisited: What Happened to Immigrant Earnings in the 1980s?", in Journal of Labor Economics, Vol. 13, No. 2, 1995, pp. 201-245.

National Research Council, "Immigration's Effect on Jobs and Wages: Empirical Evidence " in The New Americans: Economic, Demographic and Fiscal Effects of Immigration, edited by James P. Smith and Barry Edmonsten, National Academy Press, Washington, D.C., 1997, Chapter 5, pp. 173-219 .

Alan Barrett, "The Greencard Lottery Winners: Are they More or Less Skilled than Other Migrants?", Economic Letters, Vol. 52, 1996, pp. 331-335.

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III. THE EFFECTS OF INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION

"What is The Short-Run Effect of Immigration on Receiving Countries?"

National Research Council, "Immigration's Effect on Jobs and Wages: First Principles (Labor Market Effects)" in The New Americans: Economic, Demographic and Fiscal Effects of Immigration, edited by James P. Smith and Barry Edmonsten, National Academy Press, Washington, D.C., 1997, Chapter 4, pp. 135-153.

George J. Borjas, "The Economic Benefits from Immigration" in Journal of Economic Perspectives, Vol. 9, No. 2, Spring 1995, pp. 3-22.

Rachel M. Friedberg and Jennifer Hunt, "The Impact of Immigrants on Host Country Wages, Employment and Growth" in The Journal of Economic Perspectives, Volume 9, Number 2, Spring 1995, pp. 23-44.

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"What is The Long-Run Effect of Immigration on Receiving Countries?"

Elise S. Brezis and Paul Krugman, "Immigration, Investment and Real Wages", Journal of Population Economics, Vol. 9, 1996, pp. 83-93.

National Research Council, "Immigration's Effect on Jobs and Wages: First Principles(Growth and Immigration)" in The New Americans: Economic, Demographic and Fiscal Effects of Immigration, edited by James P. Smith and Barry Edmonsten, National Academy Press, Washington, D.C., 1997, Chapter 4, pp. 153-165 .

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"Are Immigrants Holding Down the Wages of Native Americans?"

George J. Borjas, Richard B. Freeman and Lawrence F. Katz, "Searching for the Effect of Immigration on the Labor Market". National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper No. 5454, 1996.

Augustine J. Kposowa, "The Impact of Immigration on Unemployment and Earnings among Racial Minorities in the United States", in Ethnic and Racial Studies, Volume 18, Number 3, July 1995, pp. 605-628.

National Research Council, "Immigration's Effect on Jobs and Wages: Empirical Evidence (Impact of Immigrants on Native Earnings and Employment)" in The New Americans: Economic, Demographic and Fiscal Effects of Immigration, edited by James P. Smith and Barry Edmonsten, National Academy Press, Washington, D.C., 1997, Chapter 5, pp. 219-230 .

Staughton Y. Lewis, "Impacts of Immigration on U.S. Natives' Employment and Earnings: A Summary of the Evidence" in Thomas J. Espenshade, (editor), A Stone's Throw From Ellis Island: Economic Implications of Immigration to New Jersey, University Press of America, Lanham, Maryland, 1994, Chapter 4, pp.169-215.

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"Are Immigrants a Burden on the American Taxpayer?"

George J. Borjas, "Immigration and Welfare, 1970-1990". National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper No. 4872, 1994.

George J. Borjas and Lynette Hilton, "Immigration and the Welfare State: Immigrant Participation in Means Tested Entitlement Programs", Quarterly Journal of Economics, , 1996, pp. 576-604.

National Research Council, "The Future Fiscal Impacts of Current Immigrants" in The New Americans: Economic, Demographic and Fiscal Effects of Immigration, edited by James P. Smith and Barry Edmonsten, National Academy Press, Washington, D.C., 1997, Chapter 7, pp. 297-354.

"How Does Immigration Affect Sending Countries?"

J. Edward Taylor, "The New economics of labor migration and the Role of remittances in the migration Process", in International Migration, Vol. 37, No. 1, 1999, pp. 63-88.