Workshop on Immigrant Assimilation

A collection of international scholars discuss new research on immigration, one of today's most pressing social issues

The Intergenerational Mobility of Immigrants workshop is sponsored by Princeton's Industrial Relations Section. Organizers are: Leah Boustan and Mathias Jensen.

Attendance is open to the Economics Department. 

Rm, A71 Louis A. Simpson International Building

09:05am - 09:30am
Intergenerational Mobility of Immigrants by Refugee Status: An Analysis of Linked Landing Files and Tax Records
Session 1: Outcomes of refugees & their children

Author: Jonathan Zhang

Duke University 

09:30am - 09:55am
The Effect of Conflict on Refugees' Return and Integration: Evidence from Ukraine
Session 1: Outcomes of refugees & their children

Author: Yvonne Giesing

ifo Institute 

09:55am - 10:20am
What drives refugees' destination choices? Evidence from a conjoint experiment among Ukrainian refugees
Session 1: Outcomes of refugees & their children

Author: Panu Poutvaara

ifo Institute & Munich

10:20am - 10:50am
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10:50am - 11:15am
On the economic prospects of non-Western migrants in Europe
Session 2: Outcomes of immigrants & their children

Author: Dinand Webbink

Erasmus School of Economics

11:15am - 11:40am
Migration policy backlash, identity and integration of second generation migrants in France
Session 2: Outcomes of immigrants & their children

Author: Yajna Govind

Copenhagen Business School

11:40am - 12:05pm
Intergenerational Mobility in Multiple Dimensions
Session 2: Outcomes of immigrants & their children

Author: Isabel Z. Martínez

ETH Zurich

12:05pm - 12:35pm
Potential future directions for the immigration consortium
Session 2: Outcomes of immigrants & their children

Discussion

12:35pm - 01:35pm
Lunch
01:35pm - 02:00pm
Intergenerational mobility among children of immigrants and natives: The role of residential segregation
Session 3: Neighborhoods and communities

Author: Louis Sirugue

London School of Economics

02:00pm - 02:25pm
Community Engagement and Public Safety: Evidence from Crime Enforcement Targeting Immigrants
Session 3: Neighborhoods and communities

Author: Elisa Jacome

Northwestern University

02:25pm - 02:50pm
Dynastic Human Capital, Ethnic Capital and Intergenerational Mobility of Immigrants
Session 3: Neighborhoods and communities

Author: Adrian Adermon

Institute for Evaluation of Labour Market and Education Policy 

02:50pm - 03:20pm
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03:20pm - 03:45pm
Immigration, Education, and Digitalisation: The Emergence of a New Vocation
Session 4: Immigrants and their professions

Author: Mathias F. Jensen

University of Oxford

03:45pm - 04:10pm
Professional networks and the labour market assimilation of immigrants
Session 4: Immigrants and their professions

Author: Olof Åslund

Uppsala University

 

REMOTE: Zoom link

04:10pm - 04:40pm
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04:40pm - 05:05pm
Age at Immigration and the Intergenerational Income Mobility of the 1.5 Generation
Session 5: Age at immigration

Author: Marie Connolly

Université du Québec à Montréal

05:05pm - 05:30pm
Intergenerational Mobility of the 1.5 Generation
Session 5: Age at immigration

Author: Cecilia Karmel

Australian National University