Run by Center for Sustainable Development (CSD), College of Agriculture, Urban Sustainability and Environmental Sciences (CAUSES) on every Saturday at the Van Ness Campus from May to late November since 2013, the UDC Farmers' Market brings local, fresh, and sustainable produce to Ward 3...

We address the fundamental yet long overdue question that U.S. immigration policies hinge on: “How big is the H-1B specialty workforce?” During the past decade, the H-1B specialty visa annually admitted between 125,000 and 155,000 skilled foreign workers for a stay of up to six years,...

This study evaluates the economic benefit that the Visa Waiver Program (VWP) brings to the United States, including decreased spending on administration and increased tourism. To capture the “neteffect” of VWP due to increased tourism, this study conducts a semi-experimental evaluation by...

Care-providing parents of immigrants fill a labor market niche in the receiving economy. My research examines the intergenerational support for working women in immigrant families in the United States. Using panel data derived from the Current Population Survey (CPS), I find that having a...

This study contributes to the current understanding of what drives physicians to practice in rural areas by analyzing new, comprehensive survey data of practicing physicians in the United States. This research confirmed that rural origin is an important and reliable predictor for rural practice...

This study evaluates the economic benefit that the Visa Waiver Program, VWP, brings to the United States, including decreased spending on administration and increased tourism. To capture the net effect of VWP due to increased tourism, this study conducts a semi-experimental evaluation by...

The majority of China’s roughly 145 million rural-urban migrants were born after 1980, making this population the “new generation” of internal migrant workers. Having been directly influenced by China’s rapid economic growth and recent socio-demographic policy changes, this cohort of...

The goal of this study is to improve the understanding toward the immigration population in labor market in the Washington MSA, to reveal their strategic strengths and weaknesses, and to provide insights and evidence for more efficient immigration policy. Examination on the flow and stock data...