Migration
Region-Based Visas in the Atlantic Cities Blog
Sean Rust and I make the case for region-based visas over at the Atlantic Cities blog: America’s cities are the engines of its growth. Though the immigration bill before Congress would help cities by increasing …
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Asylum Seekers
The Global Mail has a series of articles on Middle Eastern and South Asian asylum seekers who travel through Indonesia in hopes of starting a new life in Australia. Here’s an excerpt from a recent article on the …
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What Can the U.S. Learn from Canadian Immigration Policy?
We’ve lost our way and we need to go back to fundamentals and say we’re the place that welcomes everyone. That’s how you lead the world. — Michigan Governor Rick Snyder For American governors who want …
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Potential Impact of Immigration on Laws and Norms
Eugene Volokh and Ilya Somin have started an interesting conversation on immigration at the Volokh Conspiracy blog. The initial exchange centered on the potential for immigration to alter the social norms and formal laws in the destination …
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Adam Ozimek on Region-Based Visas
The appetite for immigration reform in the United States is stronger than it’s been in years. There appears to be some degree of bipartisan consensus around issues like border security, employer verification, the path to …
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Desmet & Rossi-Hansberg on Adaptation through Migration
Relaxing international barriers to migration would greatly expand the adaptation opportunities for people who are vulnerable to negative shocks from climate change. That is the key takeaways from a new working paper by Klaus Desmet …
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Internal Migration, Convergence, & the Mortgage Interest Deduction
In his latest Bloomberg Businessweek column, Charles Kenny discusses the importance of internal migration to economic development: China alone has 140 million internal migrants, for example—most moved from the middle of the country to more …
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Migration Restrictions as Barriers to Climate Change Adaptation
The Economist’s latest Free Exchange column tackles trade, urbanization, and climate change adaptation. It describes a recent research simulation in which international barriers to migration impose significant welfare costs in the parts of the world …
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Shikha Dalmia on Cities and Immigration
Shikha Dalmia sees the efforts to attract immigrants in Baltimore, Dayton, and other American cities as a breath of fresh air. But she also has a sobering reminder for mayors in struggling cities: pro-immigration policies …
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