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
Time Content Presenters

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
(research brief)
(slides)

Discussant: Avidit Acharya, Hoover Institution & Stanford University 
(slides)

Discussant: Joan Monras, Pompeu Fabra University
(slides) 

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
(slides)

Discussant: Steven Davis, Hoover Institution & Stanford University
(slides)

Discussant: Jonathan Rodden, Hoover Institution & Stanford University
(slides)

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
(research brief)
(slides)

Discussant: Sydnee Caldwell, UC Berkeley

Discussant: Ross Levine, Hoover Institution
(slides)

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
(research brief)
(slides)

Discussant: Ran Abramitzky, Stanford University 
(slides)

Discussant: James Feigenbaum, Boston University
(slides)

Chair: Vicki Fouka, Stanford University 

4:15 PM

Conclusion

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6:00 PM

Dinner

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Friday, November 1st
Time Content Presenters

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 
(slides)

Discussant: Jennifer Hunt, Rutgers 
(slides)

Discussant: Luigi Zingales, University of Chicago
(slides)

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
(slides)

Discussant: Isaac Sorkin, Stanford University  

Discussant: Pete Klenow, Stanford University
(slides)

Chair: Peter Henry, Hoover Institution     

12:00 PM

Lunch

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1:00 PM

Conclusion of conference

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