SMU SOE Economics Lecture Series (Nov 29, 2023, 4pm-6pm): The Impact of Immigration: Fact, Fiction, and Perception

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The Impact of Immigration: Fact, Fiction, and Perception

Many prejudices and partly irrational fears have been circulating in society about migration, which are exploited by populist movements. Some fear lower wages, higher crime rates and the exploitation of the social system by migrants. Others advocate cultural enrichment and see migration as a driver of economic growth. What is fact, what is fiction? What effects does migration actually have on the labor market and the economy? How important are economic considerations for the way people form their attitudes towards immigration? How does immigration affect election outcomes? These are the issues that will be discussed in my lecture.

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CHRISTIAN DUSTMANN

Professor of Economics

University College London

Christian Dustmann is Professor of Economics at University College London (UCL) and the founding Director of the Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM). He was the President of the Asian and Australasian Society of Labour Economics (AASLE) (2017-2021) which he helped founding. He has also been President of the European Association of Labour Economists (EALE) and the European Society for Population Economics (ESPE). Professor Dustmann is an elected Fellow of the British Academy (FBA), the German National Academy of Sciences (Leopoldina), the Academy of Europe (Academia Europaea), the Econometric Society, and the Society of Labor Economists (SOLE). In 2020 he was awarded the 2020 Carl-Friedrich-von-Weizsäcker-Prize by the German National Academy of Sciences.

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