Giovanni PeriGiovanni Peri is Professor of Economics at the University of California, Davis and a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He is Editor of the “Journal of the European Economic Association” and in the Editorial Board of several Academic Journals in Economics. He is the Founder and Director of the UC Davis Global Migration Center an interdisciplinary research group focusing on international migrations.
His Research focuses on the impact of international migrations on labor markets and productivity of the receiving countries and on the determinants of international migrations. He has published in several academic journals including, among many others, the American Economic Review, the Review of Economic Studies, The Review of Economics and Statistics, the Economic Journal, the Journal of European Economic Association, the Journal of International Economics and the Journal of Labor Economics. His research has been featured in popular Blogs and in media outlets including the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, National Public Radio, the Economist Magazine. He has received several grants for the study of international migrations from foundations and international organizations, including the National Science Foundation, the Russel Sage Foundation, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the World Bank, and the Volkswagen Foundation. Contacts: Email: gperi@ucdavis.edu Office Phone: +1 530 754 0515 |
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in the news and popular writing
Talking about the consequences of restricing immigration on US Labor Markets, BBC Business Daily
(March 2, 2020) Giovanni Peri featured in BBC's Business Daily podcast where he discussed the impact of tighter immigration policies on the U.S. labor market. The content discussed in the podcast relates to Global MIgration Center's Immigration Fact, which noted the net decline of immigration in general and especially among low-skilled individuals in the United States. Listen to Podcast here |
Immigration Can Solve the Demographic Dilemma--but not without the right policies (March 02, 2020) Giovanni Peri's article on the effects of immigration on the labor markets and population growth rates of the Global North was featured in the International Monetary Fund's magazine F&D. The article also was paired with a brief podcast available online. The content featured in the article ties into last week's Immigration Fact which noted the net decrease in immigration rates and low-skilled immigration in the United States. Listen to the podcast here. Read the Immigration Fact here. |
Immigrant workers and US Wages
(February 27th 2020) Proponents of restraining immigration, particularly among low-skill workers, often argue that newcomers can supplant American workers or depress their wages, even if they help the economy as a whole. Companies have to compete less to hire when there are more workers around. But the evidence supporting that argument is limited. read the full article here |
recent publications and working papers
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Integrating Refugees: Language Training or Work-First Incentives?
Jacob Nielsen Arendt & Iben Bolvig & Mette Foged & Linea Hasager & Giovanni Peri, 2020: NBER Working Papers 26834, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. |
"Revisiting Economic Assimilation of Mexican and Central Americans Immigrants in the United States,"
Peri, Giovanni & Rutledge, Zachariah, 2020. IZA Discussion Papers 12976, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA). |
"Immigration and Worker-Firm Matching,"
Gianluca Orefice & Giovanni Peri, 2020. NBER Working Papers 26860, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. |
"The Impact of Global Warming on Rural-Urban Migrations: Evidence from Global Big Data,"
Giovanni Peri & Akira Sasahara, 2019. NBER Working Papers 25728, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. |
