Congratulations SeongHee Min on Dissertation Completion

Dear Colleagues,

It is my great pleasure to announce the completion of a dissertation by SeongHee Min. Newly filed with the University library is his work entitled, “THE LINKAGE BETWEEN RECENT IMMIGRANT WORKERS AND THE DOMESTIC MIGRATION OF NATIVE AND SETTLED IMMIGRANT WORKERS IN THE U.S. IN 2006 AND 2008.” This is an ambitious and significant research undertaking that studies migration and labor market responses in times of expansion and prosperity (represented by 2006) and in deep recession (represented by 2009). The specific questions studied in these contrasting contexts are the effects of new immigrant labor on previous immigrants and on native-born workers of the same education level. The effects are studied separately for the outmigration and inmigration by the native-born or settled immigrants. In other words, does immigrant competition cause workers to flee their current place of residence or does it merely discourage potential in-movers instead? The answers are highly nuanced and promise to greatly enrich our understanding of immigrant labor markets and the population dynamics that envelope them.

SeongHee’s committee members were Gary Painter, John Wilson (Geography), and Dowell Myers, chair.

Please join me in congratulating Seonghee on his accomplishment!

with very best regards,

Dowell Myers
Professor

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