NEC Luncheon ‘The Economics of Immigration and What’s Next‘ with Tara Watson,  Director, Center for Economic Security, and Senior Fellow, Economic Studies, The Brookings Institution

Date: Thursday, October 31st

Time: 12pm to 1:30pm ET

Location:  Logan Tavern, 1423 P St NW, Washington, DC 20005

Immigrants comprise 14 percent of the U.S. population, with an unexpected surge since 2022 adding millions to that total. Though not without challenges, immigration inflows are critical to the continued health of the U.S. economy. Two presidential candidates offer starkly different approaches to immigration policy. Where do things stand, and what is likely to happen in 2025 and beyond? Join us for a discussion on this with Tara Watson.

Please Note: This is an in-person event.

For metro and parking details about the location, please visit the Logan Tavern website.

Please contact the NEC if you have questions at manager@national-economists.org.

About our Speaker:

Tara Watson is an economist focused on U.S. social policy, with interests in the safety net, health, and immigration. She is director of Brookings’ Center for Economic Security and Opportunity, a research associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), and a co-editor of the Journal of Human Resources. In 2015-16, Watson served as deputy assistant secretary for microeconomic analysis in the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Economic Policy. She was previously a Robert Wood Johnson Scholar in Health Policy Research at the University of Michigan, a visiting scholar at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, and a research associate at the Princeton Center for Research on Child Wellbeing. Dr. Watson earned her Ph.D. in economics from Harvard University in 2003. Her 2021 book, ”The Border Within: The Economics of Immigration in an Age of Fear,” written with journalist Kalee Thompson, was published by University of Chicago Press.

Learn more here: https://www.brookings.edu/people/tara-watson/