(Outlet: WBGO) There’s a lot of controversy about how immigration affects jobs and workers native to a country. A professor from the University of Pennsylvania is trying to clear it up. Zeke Hernandez spoke to the Garden State Immigration Policy Institute. He said immigrants don’t always want to work for someone else.…Read More
(Call for Papers: Migration & Organizations Conference) Now in its eighth iteration, this gathering seeks to advance rigorous research and strengthen the community of scholars at the intersection of migration and organizations.…Read More
(Outlet: News9 Live) While there’s no doubt that the flawed H1B visa programme needs reform, to assume that tightening it will automatically create or protect high-tech jobs in the US is wrong. Here’s why.…Read More
(Outlet: MSNBC) The right-wing debate over H-1B visas has shined a spotlight on the high-skill visa program. Zeke Hernandez says despite some limitations for visa holders, the program creates jobs for Americans and helps grow the economy.…Read More
Cherokee economist Rebecca Adamson has partnered with Wharton’s ESG Initiative to support research on the social costs of development on or near indigenous land. She said stakeholders need truthful, accurate information as native populations across the globe are under increasing pressure from development.…Read More
(Outlet: CNN Online) Americans are fed up with high grocery store bills and they’re hoping President-elect Donald Trump will bring relief. Yet one of Trump’s central campaign promises could exacerbate sticker shock at the checkout.…Read More
(Outlet: PBS News) Immigration is a key issue of this campaign. Vice President Harris says if elected, she will pass a bipartisan bill strengthening border security. Former President Trump promises a much larger crackdown including mass deportations. Zeke Hernandez, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, says “We have very clear evidence that native-born young men and women will simply not do those jobs. They will not take them, even during times of very high unemployment.”…Read More
(Outlet: NPR) Immigration is a top concern among U.S. voters this election cycle. But Zeke Hernandez, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania who studies immigration, thinks politicians and the media aren’t giving the public the full story.…Read More
(Outlet: The Guardian) “It would be an economic disaster for America and Americans,” says Zeke Hernandez, an economics professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, of Trump’s deportations threat. “It’s not just the immigrants would be harmed, but we, the people of America, would be economically harmed.”…Read More
(Outlet: CNN) Experts say any path a future Trump administration picks would be complicated and costly, due to both the billions of dollars needed to fund mass deportation and the significant ripple effects that would hit the economy.…Read More
