Events Detail

Betsy and Walter Stern Conference Center
Hudson Institute
1015 15th Street, N.W., 6th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005

Chris Woodruff of the University of California at San Diego will present new research examining the self-employment experience of immigrants. Given the role of immigration in the Mexican-American population, the project will also address the question of why rates of self-employment among Mexican-Americans lag behind rates for non-Latino whites. Pia Orrenius of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas will comment on the paper.

9:00 a.m.
Registration and Continental Breakfast

9:30
Presenter:
Chris Woodruff, University of California at San Diego

Discussant:
Pia Orrenius, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

Moderator:
Diana Furchtgott-Roth, Hudson Institute

11:30
Adjournment

To RSVP or request information, please contact Hudson Institute at 202-974-6451 or e-mail Xiuyue Zhu at Xiuyue@hudson.org.

Hudson’s Center for Employment Policy is grateful to the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation for the support of this program.