2016 DRI Annual Conference: "The Global Migration Crisis"

Event Overview

The ongoing plight of migrants and refugees eager to resettle in Europe or North America -- The political backlash against immigration in the US, UK, and continental Europe, including resurgent xenophobia -- Global migration has indeed become a crisis for rich and poor countries alike. 

NYU's Development Research Institute, Africa House, and the CV Starr Center for Applied Economics hosted a conference: "The Global Migration Crisis."

The conference featured rigorous analysis and a healthy diversity of opinion, made accessible to both non-academic and academic audiences. 

Presentations

George J. Borjas (Harvard University) giving a presentation titled “We Wanted Workers: Unraveling the Immigration Narrative” at DRI’s 2016 Annual Conference: The Global Migration Crisis.

William Easterly (New York University) giving a presentation titled “Development Stereotypes and Xenophobia: A Research Agenda” at DRI’s 2016 Annual Conference: The Global Migration Crisis.

Naci Mocan (Louisiana State University) giving a presentation titled “Economic Well-being and Anti-Semitic, Xenophobic, and Racist Attitudes in Germany” at DRI’s 2016 Annual Conference: The Global Migration Crisis.

Yaw Nyarko (New York University) gives a presentation titled, “Are the Migrants Better Off?: Let Them Decide” at DRI’s 2016 Annual Conference: The Global Migration Crisis.

Lant Prichett (Harvard University) giving a presentation titled “Is there a Goldilocks Solution?: 'Just Right' Promotion of Labor Mobility in a Post-2015 World” at DRI’s 2016 Annual Conference: The Global Migration Crisis.