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CReAM Researchers find that Immigration helps average UK wages but holds back wages of the least well paid.
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Article in Guardian by CReAM Research Fellow

Stephen Machin argues that his previous research is being wrongly used to validate the Coalition's academy programme.

NORFACE Compact Series - Launched

NORFACE Research programme on Migration has launched the first edition of NORFACE Compact Series.  For more information about the articles included in this edition, check the NORFACE Compact Page on the NORFACE Migration Website.

NORFACE Migration

CReAM collaborates with the NORFACE Programme on Migration. Check out NORFACE publications and activities on migration.

New CReAM Comment

Ian Preston comments on the debate on attitudes to immigration.

New MAC Report

CReAM researchers contribute to the latest report of the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) Analysis of the Impacts of Migration.

New Discussion Papers in CReAM DP Series:

14/12 Do Migrant Girls Always Perform Better? Differences between the Reading and Math Scores of 15-Year-Old Daughters and Sons of Migrants in PISA 2009 and Variations by Region of Origin and Country of Destination. Nils Kornder and Jaap Dronkers.

13/12 Immigrants’ Children Scientific Performance in a Double Comparative Design: The Influence of Origin, Destination, and Community. J. Dronkers and M. de Heus.

12/12 Immigrant Pupils’ Scientific Performance: The Influence of Educational System Features of Origin and Destination Countries. J. Dronkers, M. de Heus and M. Levels.

New Discussion Paper in NORFACE DP Series

2012-17 Dynamics of Educational Differences in Emigration from Estonia to the Old EU Member States. Kristi Anniste, Enel Pungas, Tiit Tammaru, Tiiu Paas.

2012-16 Asylum Policy in the EU: The Case for Deeper Integration. Timothy J Hatton.

2012-15 Peer Effects on Criminal Behavior. Evidence from the homeless. Lucia Corno.

New External CReAM Fellows

Jaap Dronkers

Delia Furtado

Erwin Tiongson

New CReAM Affiliates

Mariola Pytlikova

Simonetta Longhi

Catia Batista

CReAM Visitors

Nishith Prakash - 25 - 29 Jun 2012

Mette Foged - 16 Jan - 15 May 2012

Celia Badillo Bautista - 7 Sep 2011 - 31 May 2012

Kari Salvanes - 5 Sep 2011 - 6 Jul 2012

Marco Hafner - Jun 2011 onwards

CReAM Previous Events:

Norface Migration Network Conference on "Migration: Economic Change, Social Challenge"

was organised as part of the Migration Week at UCL, University College London, April 4-9, 2011. Photographs and Recordings of key lectures available now.

"Migration, Development, and Global Issues"

Conference jointly organised by Norface Migration Programme, World Bank and CReAM, University College London, September 23-25, 2010.

Final Conference of the TOM Network: "Transnationality of Migrants"

Venice, September 16 - 18, 2010

Invited Lecture by George Borjas and Eric Gould on "The Self Selection of Immigrants"

at the 3rd EALE/SOLE World Conference, University College London, June 17, 2010.

3rd EALE-SOLE world Conference

University College London, June 17 - 19, 2010.

Workshop of the NORFACE Programme on Migration

University College London, March 25 - 27, 2010.

Public Lecture - Prof Gordon Hanson: "Managing Immigration Policy in High Income Countries"

London, March 23, 2010.

Final AGF Workshop "The Economics and Politics of Employment, Migration and Social Justice"

London, May 22-23, 2009.

The Economics of Immigration: Children of Immigrants and Temporary Migration

Vancouver, BC, Canada, May 11-12, 2009, Pictures.

XXII Annual Conference of the European Society for Population Economics

London, UK Pictures.

Conference on
Immigration: Impacts, Integration and Intergenerational Issues

University College London (UCL),
29 to 31 March 2006.

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25th June 2012 CReAM seminar:

Nishith Prakash (University of Connecticut)

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Other external events of interest:

Event date Title  
21st May 2012 -
22nd May 2012 		External conference:

Living together in diversity National societies in the multicultural age

Submission Deadline: 31 December 2011
 

 Call for Papers
20th June 2012 -
23rd June 2012 		External conference:

26th Annual Conference of the European Society for Population Economics (ESPE)

Submission Deadline: 1 February 2012

 Call for Papers
25th June 2012 -
26th June 2012 		External conference:

"Understanding the migrant experience" - Postgraduate Conference - Centre for Migration Policy Research (CMPR), Swansea University, Wales, UK.

Submission Deadline: 30 April 2012
 

 Call for Papers
26th June 2012 -
27th June 2012 		External conference:

8th Annual CRONEM Conference, joint with Migration Research Unit at UCL - "The Future of Multiculturalism: Structures, Integration Policies and Practices"

Submission Deadline: 1 February 2012

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28th June 2012 -
29th June 2012 		External conference:

5th International Conference on "Migration and Development" - Agence Française de Développement (AFD).

Submission Deadline: 15 March 2012

 Call for Papers
16th July 2012 -
17th July 2012 		External conference:

Conference within Venice Summer School:

"Cross-Border Mobility of Students and Researchers: Financing and Implications for Economic Efficiency and Growth"

Submission Deadline: 31 March 2012

 Call for Papers
19th August 2012 -
24th August 2012 		External conference:

oikos Young Scholars Economics Academy - Focus 2012: "The Dynamics of Migration" - Geneva, Switzerland

Submission Deadline: 15 May 2012

 Call for Papers
7th December 2012 -
9th December 2012 		External conference:

Turkish Migration in Europe - Projecting the next 50 years - Submission Deadline 15 May 2012

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