Event Date
Fifth Annual Workshop on the Macroeconomic Implications of Migration - Call for Papers
The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Banco de México, Bank of Canada, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, Economics Department at ITAM, and Global Migration Center at the University of California Davis invite you to submit a paper to the fifth edition of the workshop on the Macroeconomic Implications of Migration that will take place at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas on October 2-3, 2026. The conference will be fully in person over one day and a half.
The goal of the workshop is to promote discussion and dissemination of innovative theoretical and empirical research on the macroeconomic implications of migration. The organizing committee invites research submissions on topics related (but not limited) to:
- Labor market impacts of (im)migration, including effects on firms, productivity, and innovation.
- Business-cycle behavior and consequences of (im)migration, including response to different economic shocks and relation to monetary and fiscal policies.
- Role of remittances in migrant-sending and receiving countries; patterns and effects of return migration on both origin and destination countries.
- Effect of immigration on housing markets, prices, and inflation.
- Interplay between migration, foreign investment, and international trade.
- Design, implementation, and effects of family migration policies.
- International or internal post-pandemic migration.
- Dynamics and consequences of migration resulting from extreme weather events or conflict.
The keynote speakers for the workshop are Christian Dustmann (University College London) and Petra Moser (NYU Stern).
The deadline for submission is July 15, 2026. Please upload your information and the submissions here. Submissions should include either a full paper or an extended abstract with the main results. Authors of accepted papers will be notified by August 15, 2026.
Workshop organizers
- Daniel Chiquiar, ITAM
- Daniela Hauser, Bank of Canada
- Federico Mandelman, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
- Pia Orrenius, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
- Santiago Pérez, University of California at Davis
- Daniela Puggioni, Banco de México
- Daniel Wilson, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
- Xiaoqing Zhou, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas