RIVERSIDE, Calif. — As campaign rhetoric heats up heading into the November elections, scholars at the University of California, Riverside are available to discuss issues from California’s initiative process and the impact of foreclosures on voting to immigration policy and the economy.

Economy

Todd Sorensen, assistant professor of economics(951) 827-6278[email protected]http://economics.ucr.edu/sorensen.html

Sorensen is a labor economist whose primary research areas are labor market frictions and immigration. Some of his research has examined how a localized increase in enforcement along the U.S.-Mexico border will affect the crossing decisions made by migrants, and has studied issues related to sentencing equity in the U.S. criminal justice system.

Hispanic Business: http://www.hispanicbusiness.com/2012/7/9/gap_between_hispanic_overall_inland_unemployment.htmThe Press-Enterprise: http://www.pe.com/local-news/topics/topics-immigration-headlines/20120613-region-a-third-of-inland-small-business-owners-are-immigrants.ece

Tags: economics, labor market, immigration and economics, immigration policy, sentencing equity

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