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Doctoral Lecture Series on Cross-Border Labor Mobility - Immigration policy and the immigrant experience

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Series: Doctoral Lecture Series

English

Doctoral Lecture Series on Cross-Border Labor Mobility - Immigration policy and the immigrant experience

When:

THU, 2 APR 2026

From:

1:00 PM

To:

4:00 PM

Where:

In person

The economic effects of immigration

This lecture series brings together renowned international scholars to present state-of-the-art research on cross-border labour mobility and related fields. Topics covered include the drivers of migration and commuting flows; the political economy of immigration laws and policies; the economic impacts of mobility on origin and destination countries; effects on productivity, wages, and income inequality; citizenship and integration policies; links between migration, trade, foreign direct investment, and technology diffusion; as well as the political and cultural consequences of cross-border flows. Selected for their leading contributions to the literature and frequent publications in top academic journals, invited speakers offer cutting-edge perspectives on methods and findings in their areas of expertise. The series fosters innovative research ideas and strengthens Luxembourg’s position at the frontier of migration and mobility research.

Lecturers

Catalina Amuedo Dorante

University of California Merced

Catalina is Professor of Economics at the University of California, Merced, and a Research Fellow at CReAM, FEDEA, GLO and IZA. She serves on the Americas Center Advisory Council at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and has been the Western Representative on the Committee on the Status of Women in the Economics Profession (CSWEP) since 2015. Her research interests lie in labour economics, international migration, and remittances, with work on contingent employment, informal labour markets, immigrant assimilation, and the effects of immigration policies on migrants and host communities. Her research has been supported by, among others, BBVA, the Hewlett Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and the Upjohn Institute. She was a 2013–2014 Border Fulbright García-Robles Scholar, served as Department Chair at San Diego State University from 2015 to 2018, and was President of the American Society of Hispanic Economists in 2014.

When:

THU, 2 APR 2026

From:

1:00 PM

To:

4:00 PM

Where:

University of Luxembourg, Weicker building

4, rue Alphonse Weicker| L-2721 Luxembourg-Kirchberg

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