All seminars start at 2:00 in the Eleanor Roosevelt Administration Building Conference Room.

January 12, 2010

Latinos and the 2008 Elections in California (co-authored with Fernando Guerra, Professor of Political Science at Loyola Marymount University)

Marisa Abrajano, Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of California, San Diego; CCIS Visiting Fellow

February 2, 2010

Birth Rates and Border Crossings: The Demographic Push Behind Emigration in the Americas (co-authored with Craig McIntosh, Associate Professor, Department of Economics and School of International Relations and Pacific Studies, University of California, San Diego)

Gordon Hanson, Professor, Department of Economics and School of International Relations and Pacific Studies, University of California, San Diego

Discussant: Frank Bean, Professor of Sociology, University of California, Irvine

March 2, 2010

The Social and Economic Integration of Mexican Immigrants in Los Angeles (co-authored with Luis Escala Rabadan and Olga Odgers, Colegio de la Fronte Norte)

Rafael Alarcón, Research Professor, Department of Social Sciences, Colegio de la Frontera Norte

March 16, 2010

Self-Selection and Liquidity Constraints in Different Migration Cost Regimes

Scott Borger, Economist, Office of Immigration Statistics, U.S. Department of Homeland Security