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ImmigrationandPoverty: EconomicandSocialConnections,PolicyApproaches

May1718,2012 UniversityofCalifornia,Davis

(sponsoredbytheUCDavisEconomy,Justice,andSocietyProgramand theUCDavisCenterforPovertyResearch) Themobilityofpeopleacrossnationalboundariesisanexceptionaleconomicforceandcatalystofsocial and cultural change, but it is also a source of significant policy challenges. This interdisciplinary conference brings together scholars examining the connection between migration and the economic developmentofindividuals,markets,andstatesinbothsendingandreceivingcountries. Thefirstdayoftheconferencewillfeaturecuttingedgeresearchbyeconomists,sociologists,and demographers.Theresearchwilladdressthreethemes:InternationalMigrationandGlobalPoverty, Immigration,JobsandWages,andUndocumentedImmigrantsandTheirAssimilation.Thesecond dayoftheconferencewillexamineImmigrationPolicy:CurrentLimitsandPotentialforReformwitha moderateddiscussionamongimmigrationexpertsfromthefieldsoflaw,economics,andsociology. Conferenceadmissionisfreewithpreregistration.Interestedstudents,faculty,researchers,policy makers,andjournalistsareinvitedtoattend. Formoredetailsandonlineconferenceregistration,visittheconferencewebsiteat: www.iga.ucdavis.edu/events/economyjusticeandsocietyconference

Presentersandpanelmembersinclude: FrankBean(Chancellor'sProfessor,SchoolofSocialSciences,andDirectoroftheCenterforResearchon Immigration,PopulationandPublicPolicy,UCIrvine) DavidCard(Classof1950ProfessorofEconomicsProfessorofEconomics,UCBerkeley) KatharineDonato(ProfessorofSociology,VanderbiltUniversity) FilizGarip(AssociateProfessorofSociology,HarvardUniversity) KevinJohnson(DeanandMabieApallasProfessorofPublicInterestLawandChicana/oStudies,UC DavisSchoolofLaw) PhilippeLegrain(VisitingFellowattheLondonSchoolofEconomicsEuropeanInstitute) EthanLewis(AssistantProfessorofEconomics,DartmouthCollege) DougMassey(HenryG.BryantProfessorofSociologyandPublicAffairs,PrincetonUniversity) PiaOrrenius(ResearchOfficerandSeniorEconomist,FederalReserveBankofDallas) JeffreyPassel(SeniorDemographer,PewHispanicCenter) StevenRaphael(ProfessorofPublicPolicy,GoldmanSchoolofPublicPolicy,UCBerkeley) ArthurSakamoto(ProfessorofSociology,UniversityofTexas,Austin) KevinThomas(AssistantProfessorofSociologyandDemography,andAssistantProfessorofAfrican Studies,PennsylvaniaStateUniversity) DeanYang(AssociateProfessorofPublicPolicyandEconomics,GeraldR.FordSchoolofPublicPolicy, UniversityofMichigan)

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