Immigrants, Poverty and Welfare: How Do They Fare, and How Do They Affect Natives?
This presentation features UC Davis economist Giovanni Peri
discussing why immigrants from Mexico and Central America are
more reliant on wages and less reliant on public safety net
programs, yet are still much more likely to be poor than those
born in the US.
Panelists on the topic include Kevin Johnson, UC Davis School of
Law; and Anne Neville, California Research Bureau, State Library.
This presentation was part of the UC Davis Poverty Research and
Policy Summit at UC Center Sacramento on April 22, 2016. For more
information about the event, visit http://poverty.ucdavis.edu/summit.
Giovanni Peri received his degree in Economics from UC Berkeley
in 1998. His research focuses on the determinants of
international migrations and their impact on labor markets,
productivity, and investments.
1140 Social Sciences & Humanities Building
Davis, CA
