Fifth Annual Workshop on the Macroeconomic Implications of Migration
October 2 – 3, 2026
Dallas
This event will bring together leading researchers to promote discussion and dissemination of innovative theoretical and empirical research on the macroeconomic implications of migration. The workshop is co-sponsored by the Federal Reserve banks of Dallas, Atlanta and San Francisco; Banco de México; Bank of Canada; Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México's economics department; and the Global Migration Center at the University of California, Davis.
| Oct. 2, 2026 |
| 8:20 a.m. |
Continental breakfast |
| 8:50 a.m. |
Welcoming remarks
Santiago Pérez, University of California, Davis |
| 9:00 a.m. |
Welcoming remarks
Lorie K. Logan, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas |
| 9:10 a.m. |
Session 1:
- 9:10 a.m. Paper 1:—The Impacts of Unauthorized Immigration on U.S. Labor and Housing Markets: New Evidence from Administrative Microdata
Daniel Wilson, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
Discussant: Federico Mandelman, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
- 9:55 a.m. Paper 2—Immigration Restrictions and the Wages of Low-Skilled Labor: Evidence from the 1920s
Elior Cohen, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
Discussant: Santiago Pérez, University of California, Davis
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| 10:40 a.m. |
Break |
| 10:55 a.m. |
Session 2
- 10:55 a.m. Paper 3—Voting and Crime after the Migrant Buslift: Evidence from New York City’s Shelter System
Kevin Shih, University of California, Riverside
Discussant: Madeline Zavodny, University of North Florida
- 11:40 a.m. Paper 4—International Students and Innovation: Evidence from Restrictions on US-Trained Foreign STEM Workers,
Michael Clemens, Johns Hopkins University and PIIE
Discussant: Thomas Pearson, Syracuse University
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| 12:30 p.m. |
Lunch |
| 1:00 p.m. |
Keynote Lecture 1
Petra Moser, New York University |
| 2:00 p.m. |
Session 3
- 2:00 p.m. Paper 5—Cross-Border Product Adoption: Individual Imports, Migrant Networks, and Domestic Retailers
David Argente, Yale University
Discussant: Charly Porcher, Georgetown University
- 2:45 p.m. Paper 6—Prices and Immigration: Firm-Level Evidence
Ariel Weinberger, George Washington University
Discussant: Xiaoqing Zhou, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
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| 3:30 p.m. |
Break |
| 3:45 p.m. |
Policy panel discussion: Economic Consequences of Immigration Enforcement
- Moderator: Pia Orrenius, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
- Panelists: Michael Clemens
Tara Watson, Brookings Institution
Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes, University of California, Merced
|
| 5:00 p.m. |
Reception |
| 5:45 p.m. |
Dinner |
| Saturday, Oct. 3 |
| 8:15 a.m. |
Breakfast |
| 8:45 a.m. |
Session 4
- 8:45 a.m. Paper 7—Long-Run Effects of H-1B Immigration on the U.S. Economy
Ahmet Gulek, Stanford University
Discussant: Jennifer Hunt, Rutgers University
- 9:30 a.m. Paper 8—The Labor Market Return to Permanent Residency
Matthew Notowidigdo, University of Chicago
Discussant: Daniela Hauser, Bank of Canada
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| 10:15 a.m. |
Break |
| 10:30 a.m. |
Keynote Lecture 2
Christian Dustmann, University College London |
| 11:30 a.m. |
Session 5
- 11:30 a.m. Paper 9—Remittances, Credit Reallocation, and Financial Stability
Givi Melkadze, Georgia State University
Discussant: Nuno Paixao, Bank of Canada
- 12:15 p.m. Paper 10—The Macroeconomics of International Remittance Flows
Aditya Soenarjo, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
Discussant: Daniel Chiquiar, ITAM
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| 1:00 p.m. |
Lunch |