Giovanni PeriGiovanni Peri is Professor and Chair of the Department of Economics at the University of California, Davis and Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He is Editor of “Regional Science and Urban Economics” and in the editorial Board of several Academic Journals in Economics. He is the Director of the UC Davis Migration Research Cluster, an interdisciplinary group doing research on international migrations. His Research has focused 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 and 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 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
The Economic Effects of Immigrants. A conversation I had on Bloomberg Benchmark with Victoria Stilwell and Aki Ito.
( July, 7, 2016) In a conversation with Radio hosts Stilwell and Ito I talk about several different aspects of Immigration and the US economy. listen to the Podcast here |
New Study on the Economic Benefits of Retaining International College Students
( April 15th, 2016) I recently worked with the Chicago Council on Global Affairs to analyze some new data on the economic effects of our nation’s inability to retain foreign-born talent in local economies. The study was released on April, 15th, 2016. Read the full report here. |
Media report shows the 2016 predictions by Kevin Johnson, Giovanni Peri, and other UC Davis faculty were well-received ( February 2, 2016 ) The media report showed that the vast majority (82%) of the traffic was referred to the new page through the UC Davis homesite. |
For Good or Ill
( January 21st, 2016 ) The Economist analyzes the likely impact of refugees on European Wages and public finances and cites my research with Mette Foged, which is forthcoming in the American Economic Journal. |
recent publications and working papers
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Extensively Revised Version of:
The Labor Market Effects of a Refugee Wave: Synthetic Control Method meets the Mariel Boatlift," Giovanni Peri & Vasil Yasenov, June 2, 2017, |
"The Labor Market Effect of Opening the Border: Evidence from Switzerland", Andreas Beerli and Giovanni Peri, October 20th, 2016
This is a New and substantially revised version of previous NBER WP # 21319 |
"The Association between Immigration and Labor Market Outcomes in the United States," IZA Discussion Papers 9436, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA). Basso, Gaetano & Peri, Giovanni, 2015.
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"The Migration Response to Increasing Temperatures"
Cristina Cattaneo and Giovanni Peri, NBER Working paper #21622 , National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc |
