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.
Research
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 is the Ultimate Security
The United States will become stronger than ever, and far stronger than China, by embracing its heritage of exceptional openness.
The Case for Economic Openness in the Time of Coronavirus
To maintain gains from trade, immigration, and capital flows, we must update economic policies for today's era.
Immigration as a Tool to Boost U.S. Economic Growth and Prosperity
The United States should be a beacon of opportunity that welcomes talented, hard-working people, not one that closes its doors to foreigners.
A Proposal for Immigration Reform
Reform should expand, not limit, immigration for the economic growth of America and its global recovery role.
Students, Skilled Immigration and Our Path to Recovery
Economic integration and openness to foreign talent are a stronger path for long-term success as a country.
The Ethics of Immigration and Economic Recovery
One of the dangers of a crisis is that measures are initially put in place as temporary yet remain thereafter. It’s happened before.
Immigrant Entrepreneurs
The importance of immigrant entrepreneurs as firm founders and job creators has grown significantly over the last few decades.
Openness Is as Important Now as It Has Ever Been
Despite their distinct contributions to the economy during the pandemic, many immigrants have been largely excluded from CARES protections.
How Immigrants Can Help the “Transition to a Great Economy” after COVID-19
COVID-19 risks are generating fear and uncertainty, which may trigger further aversion to immigration and even more restrictive policies.
Refugees and Asylum Seekers Can Help us Rebuild after COVID-19
As we consider reforms to our immigration system, we should not be pushing away the very people who are saving lives.
An Auctions Approach to Immigration Policy
In this paper, immigration scholars discuss points-based and merit-based immigration reform proposals before detailing their limitations.
Asylum Application, Interview, and Employment Authorization for Applicants
Josh Smith and Innovation Fellow Katarina Hall comment on the unintended consequences of the suggested increase in wait time.
Immigration and the Stock Market
This study examines the relationship between immigration and the stock prices of firms most likely to be affected by immigration.
Impeding or Accelerating Assimilation?
This research examines the effect of immigration enforcement inside the US rather than at the border on naturalization rates.
Occupational Licensing and Immigrants
This research examines how immigrants, in particular, are impacted by occupational licensing rules in the US.
Immigration and Spatial Equilibrium: The Role of Expenditures in the Country of Origin
This research investigates where immigrants to the US choose to live and their impact on economic activity in cities across the US.
Do Immigrants Threaten US Public Safety?
This study analyzes existing literature on immigrant crime rates and the impact of legalizing undocumented immigrants through public policy.