Video: The crooked line about illegal immigration

The illegal immigration debate is a example of the old saw about econometrics: the discussion is often a crooked line from an unproved assumption to a foregone conclusion. In this video interview, Dawn McLaren, research economist at the W. P. Carey School of Business, takes apart some of the myriad assumptions about illegal immigrants that lead to politically expedient but often erroneous conclusions. This inaugurates a partnership between Knowledge@W. P. Carey and AnalysisOnline, the "content arm" of The Communications Institute — a nonprofit organization dedicated to raising the level of knowledge and discussion on critical issues in society.

The illegal immigration debate is an example of the old saw about econometrics: the discussion is often a crooked line from an unproved assumption to a foregone conclusion. In this video interview, Dawn McLaren, research economist at the W. P. Carey School of Business, takes apart some of the myriad assumptions about illegal immigrants that lead to politically expedient but often erroneous conclusions.

This inaugurates a partnership between Knowledge@W. P. Carey and AnalysisOnline, the "content arm" of The Communications Institute — a nonprofit organization dedicated to raising the level of knowledge and discussion on critical issues in society.