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Session 20: Immigration Estimates: Methodology and Current Research
Population trends directly affect many sectors of a regional economy, from housing and construction to education and public finance. Foreign immigration as well as net in-migration from other states are key statistics to track. This panel will examine how some regional economists use traditional and non-traditional indicators to estimate regional population trends. With the 2010 census looming, the Census Bureau’s perspective will add to the discussion, and the Bureau’s latest data collection techniques will be presented.
Presentations
Speakers
J. Bruce Kellison
University of Texas, Austin
Rodger Johnson
U.S. Census Bureau
Alexa Kennedy-Puthoff
U.S. Census Bureau
Alexa Kennedy-Puthoff has worked in the Census Bureau’s Immigration Statistics Staff since its inception in 2003. Her current focus is improving the Census Bureau’s estimates of net international migration to the United States.
Prior to becoming the project lead for net international migration estimate research and production, she worked for the Immigration Statistics Staff evaluating American Community Survey data. She also spent a short time working in the field during preparations for Census 2000.
Ms. Kennedy-Puthoff holds a B.A. from the University of Texas at Austin in Sociology, and an MA from the University of Maryland in Sociology with a Demography emphasis. Prior to joining the Census Bureau, she worked as a Research Director for a Washington, D.C.-based research institute.
Jeffrey Passell
Pew Hispanic Center
A nationally known expert on immigration to the United States and the demography racial and ethnic groups, Passel formerly served as principal research associate at the Urban Institute's Labor, Human Services and Population Center. Passel has authored numerous studies on immigrant populations in America, focusing on such topics as undocumented immigration, the economic and fiscal impact of the foreign born, and the impact of welfare reform on immigrant populations.
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