SEMINAR SERIES: Migrants and the Economy: Realities and Representations, Thursdays 11 October to 29 November, 2018
October 11, 2018
Location: Oxford University, 64 Banbury Road, Oxford
Date: Thursdays 11 October to 29 November, 2018 15:30 – 17:00
This seminar series is organised as part of the REMINDER project. For more information about the seminars or to make an appointment with a speaker please contact Esther Arenas-Arroyo (esther.arenas-arroyo@compas.ox.ac.uk) or Carlos Vargas-Silva (carlos.vargas-silva@compas.ox.ac.uk).
11 October
Immigrant franchise and immigration policy: Evidence from the Progressive Era
Costanza Biavaschi, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
18 October
Numbers, narratives, neither, both? How different kinds of message evidence impact public perceptions about immigration in Great Britain
William L. Allen, University of Oxford
25 October
Is it ethnicity or religion? Evidence from a cross-national field experiment on labour market discrimination
Mariña Fernández-Reino, University of Oxford
01 November
Immigration and well-being: A neighbourhood-level analysis
Corrado Giulietti, University of Southampton
8 November – SPECIAL EVENT
National institutions and the politics of free movement in the European Union
Martin Ruhs, European University Institute
Venue: COMPAS, 58 Banbury Road, 11:00 – 12:00
Speed-Geeking Migration Challenge
12 different speakers on migration. Come and see globally recognized migration scholars present in a fun and accessible format. A drinks reception will follow the event.
Venue: Kellogg College Hub, 14:00 – 15:30
15 November
From exodus to exitus: Selective emigration after Germany’s failed 1848 revolutions and the rise of the Nazi party
Toman Barsbai, University of St. Andrews
22 November
Does it really matter how different we are? Ancestry distances and income in the United States
Valeria Rueda, University of Oxford
29 November
Welfare and immigration: Evidence from Germany
Esther Arenas-Arroyo, University of Oxford