CPPR Health Policy Working Group Seminar: Hussain Hadah
Immigration Enforcement and Rising Suicide Rates Among Hispanic Youth
Murphy Postdoctoral Scholar in Economics
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The Murphy Institute's Health Policy Working Group, part of the Center for Public Policy Research (CPPR), is an interdisciplinary network of Tulane researchers and practitioners whose work focuses on a broad range of issues at the intersection of health and the social sciences.
The CPPR Health Policy Seminar Series, organized each semester by Murphy core faculty members Mary Olson, Associate Professor of Economics and Director of the CPPR Health Policy Program, and Kevin Callison, Associate Professor of Health Management and Policy, provides a platform for its members to engage in scholarly exchange and fosters the development of interdisciplinary health policy research. Participants and guest speakers present their latest research and receive feedback from group members.
Hussain Hadah, a Postdoctoral Scholar in Economics at The Murphy Institute's Center for Public Policy Research, researches topics in applied microeconomics such as discrimination, race, identity, mental health, and immigration. He is currently conducting research at the Atlanta Research Data Center (ARDC) using confidential U.S. Census microdata to study how Hispanic and Arab Americans integrate into the U.S. economy across multiple generations. By linking detailed government surveys and census records, his work uncovers patterns in employment, education, and identity that are often invisible in public data. The project offers new insights into how ethnicity and family background shape long-term economic outcomes.
Hadah has a forthcoming publication entitled “The Impact of Hispanic Last Names and Identity on Educational and Labor Market Outcomes” in the Journal of Economics, Race, and Policy. He will present his paper, “The Effect of Immigration Enforcement on Suicide Rates Among Hispanic Youth,” at the 2025 Association for Public Policy Analysis & Management (APPAM) Fall Research Conference--a premier gathering for public policy scholarship--highlighting critical intersections between immigration policy and youth mental health. The APPAM conference and this presentation reflects The Murphy Institute’s mission to advance rigorous research on pressing social and economic challenges.
