Immigration How Does Allowing Noncitizens to Vote Affect Local Government? This paper shows that policy ideas of the political left and right have theoretical benefit to increasing public good optimization.
Immigration The Relationship Between Assimilation and Immigrant Wages Immigration policies designed to enhance the assimilation of immigrant workers also favor their economic integration and vice-versa.
Technology and Innovation CGO Abundance Poll The CGO polled 1,000 Americans about abundance, technology and innovation, immigration, and America’s prospects for the future.
Environmental Stewardship Adapting to Climate Change through Migration Climate change will impact humans in many diverse ways. The greatest impact, however, will be felt by people living in the Global South.
Immigration What Are the Effects of Allowing Undocumented Immigrants to Earn Occupational Licenses? Chung's study: Removing legal work status requirement increased employment for undocumented immigrants without affecting others.
Immigration Do Immigrants Ever Oppose Immigration? Researchers Tani and Kaeser delve into an understudied area: Immigrants' feelings toward other immigrants in their host country.
Immigration If You Extend It, They Will Come: The Effects of the STEM OPT Extension Economist Pauline Khoo considers how the OPT extension affects the schooling decisions of international students.
Immigration How Does Granting Driving Privileges to Undocumented Migrants Affect Traffic Fatalities? Proponents of these laws have reasoned that giving driving privileges to undocumented migrants would improve public safety.
Immigration The Long-Run Effects of Temporary Protection from Deportation Harris and Jerch find that temporary legalization under TPS created significant economic benefits for eligible recipients.
Immigration Taking Politics Out of Refugee Policy: Improving US Resettlement for Those Most in Need The US can both match and exceed other countries in refugee resettlement by changing the way refugees are admitted and resettled.
Technology and Innovation What Policies Promote Abundance? If Congress and other policymakers take the right steps in important areas, then abundance is within reach.
Technology and Innovation CGO Abundance Poll October 2022 The CGO polled 1,000 Americans to learn what they think about abundance, technology and innovation, and America’s prospects for the future.
Immigration Immigration Enforcement and Labor Supply: Hispanic Youth in Mixed-Status Families Authors Joaquin Alfredo-Angel Rubalcaba, Jose R. Bucheli, and Camila Morales evaluate the labor supply behavior of US-born Hispanic youth.
Immigration Manufacturing a Pathway to Citizenship: How Legal Immigration Can Improve Economic Outcomes In this paper, Todd Griffith examines what happened with manufacturing and productivity after Immigration Reform and Control Act took effect.
Immigration Spillover Effects of Immigration Policies on Children’s Human Capital What happens to immigrant communities when immigration enforcement is strictly enforced? Children may be affected the most.
Immigration Send Them Back? The Real Estate Consequences of Repatriations During the Great Depression, the United States removed approximately 263,000 Mexicans, including US citizens. These are the effects.
Immigration Explaining ICE’s Problematic IMAGE: A Public-Private-Partnership in Immigration Policy This little known ICE program called IMAGE has some serious issues. Daniel Chand of Kent State University explains in this working paper.
Immigration Confronting the Immigration Paradox How much does an immigration visa cost? In this policy paper, Korok Ray answers and estimates how many immigrants the U.S. can take in.
Immigration International Student Applications in the United Kingdom After Brexit Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes and Agnese Romiti examine how Brexit affected international student applications to study in the UK.
Immigration Are College Graduate Immigrants on Work Visas Cheaper than Natives? Companies hire workers outside the US for positions in the country. Omid Bagheri examines if immigrants are a cheaper workforce than natives.
Immigration Are Programs That Use Local and State Police to Enforce Federal Immigration Policies Effective? This piece summarizes research on the costs and benefits of 287(g) programs and The Secure Communities Program.
Immigration The Economic Impact of Migrants from Hurricane Maria In this paper, the authors explore Hurricane Maria’s economic effects on native earnings within the Orlando area.
Immigration Occupational Licensing and Skills Mismatches Researchers examine whether occupational licensing improves the match between workers’ skills and those needed for their occupations.
Immigration Police Trust and Domestic Violence among Immigrants: Evidence from VAWA Self- Petitions The study shows that adopting welcoming policies towards immigrants increases VAWA self-petitions. Learn more about the research here.
Immigration Looking for the Best and Brightest This research paper examines how US employers use the H-1B visa program to find workers. Learn more about H-1B visas in the US.
Immigration A Macroeconomic Analysis of Deportation or Legalization of Illegal Immigrants What would happen if policymakers decided to provide a path to citizenship for all 11 million immigrants? What about deport all 11 million?
Immigration Sanctuary Cities and Crime This working paper from Washington University's Yuki Otsu finds no evidence that sanctuary policies cause an increase in crime overall.
Immigration Guiding Principles for Immigration Policy in a Post-Pandemic World This essay discusses the positive-sum benefits of immigration and decentralized solutions to immigrant needs during COVID-19.
Immigration Lessons on Immigration During COVID-19 Examples that highlight the key role immigrants play in western countries and provide several important lessons for policy.
Immigration Immigration is the Ultimate Security The United States will become stronger than ever, and far stronger than China, by embracing its heritage of exceptional openness.