I participated in a broadcast round table on Labor Regulations and
Enforcement in Developing Countries with my colleagues Harron Bhorat
(University of Cape Town, South Africa), Uma Rami (ILO, Geneva), Lucas
Ronconi (Centro de Investigación y Acción Social,
Argentina), Piotr
Lewandowski (Institute for Structural Research,Warsaw).Watch the round table
discussion at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAsHnCrv78Y
Marvin Mandell (Public Policy) and I wrote a cost-benefit analysis of
the Maryland Dream Act (in-state tuition at public colleges for
undocumented immigrants) that received a lot of media attention before
a referendum in November 2012:
~The Baltimore
Sun praised the study, writing: "The emotional, philosophical and
moral debates stirred by the referendum on this issue are certainly
important. But on a practical level, there is no question: The
Dream Act is good for Maryland.
In an article with Dennis Coates, we showed that the influx of
Hispanics immigrant families into depressed rural counties in the U.S.
has led to a resumption of economic growth in those counties.
Blog posts: The
Rural Blog
WYPR Maryland Morning with Sheila Kast story and interview on my
research with Sara Poggio on Separation During Migration and
Educational
Success.
Listen to thefull
story here and a Web Extra clip from
WYPR here.