Economics

CU Denver research links extreme heat in El Salvador to reduced farm jobs and increased migration, especially where US migrant networks support households.

CU Denver economics professor Hani Mansour studies what happens to labor markets during periods of immigration enforcement. His 2022 research on the Secure Communities program found ripple effects across the broader economy — including for native-born workers, with an estimated 0.8 jobs affected per deportation. Read the full interview on CPR News

Economics faculty members Hani Mansour, James Reeves, and Andrea Velasquez, together with Pamela Medina from the University of Toronto, have been awarded a Russell Sage Foundation grant.

An economist in Colorado who studies the intersection of immigration and jobs says this state's construction industry could get crushed.

"Chloe East is an associate professor of economics at University of Colorado Denver, and she has spent many years studying deportations. And she says it's worth noting that so much of the attention this week has been around these raids, and raids are just one strategy that the government uses...

Chloe East, a professor at the University of Colorado Denver, said though the possibility of large-scale operations in the area seems unlikely, the community could expect to see smaller-scale raids more quickly, much like the ones during the first Trump administration. "One thing that's important to note is mass deportations...

Earlier research led by University of Colorado Denver Professor Chloe East found that the suppression of undocumented workers led to spillover effects that weakened demand for U.S.-born laborers within local economies.

Expelling noncitizens on a mass scale is likely to raise prices on goods and services and lower employment rates for U.S. workers, many economists say.

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to conduct “the largest deportation effort in American history,” no matter the price tag—but the economic costs of such a campaign may be bigger than he has bargained for.

Ryan Brown and Andrea Velásquez have been awarded an NIH R03 grant for their project "Long-term Effects of Universal Health Insurance in Developing Countries: Evidence from Mexico." Public health insurance programs are increasingly being implemented worldwide, placing significant demands on public finances. However, there is limited evidence on their long-term...