Economics

"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...

US universities have been emailing international students and staff advising them to return to campus before President-elect Donald Trump takes office in January, amid concerns over his plans for mass deportations. "All international students are worried right now," University of Colorado Denver professor Chloe East told the BBC. Trump, a...

Economists at the University of Colorado Denver, studied the deportations carried out by the Bush and Obama administrations between 2008 and 2014. They found that, for every one million unauthorized workers expelled from the U.S., 88,000 American workers lost their jobs. That is because immigrant workers in certain industries such...