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 Founder and Director of the UC Davis Migration Research Cluster, an interdisciplinary research group focusing 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
There's no Evidence that Immigrants Hurt any American Workers
(June, 26th, 2017) The Vox recently covered research by Professor Giovanni Peri and Vasco Yasenov regarding the effect of Cuban refugees on wages in Miami, revisiting an episode that is producing academic controversy between them and George Borjas of Harvard. |
Giovanni Peri's immigration research highlighted in the Wall Street Journal, Economist
(June 6th, 2017) The Wall Street Journal and The Economist covered recent research by Giovanni Peri and Vasco Yasenov as part of a Mariel boatlift debate over the impact of immigration on local wages. Read the Wall street feature here and Economist feature here. |
Immigration and economic growth in the US, 2000-2015 (March 16th, 2017 ) In this Blog Post I present some simple and less known fact about immigration and growth in the US. Read the post here |
Giovanni Peri quoted on immigration in the New Yorker
(March 16th, 2017 ) The New Yorker's piece discussed the foreign workers of Mar-a-Lago, a club owned by President Trump, and the consequences of ending the H1-B program. |
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 2nd, 2017 |
“Migration and Development: Dissecting the Anatomy of the Mobility Transition,”
Thu Hien Dao, F. Docquier, Chris Persons, Giovanni Peri, Revision requested at Journal of Development Economics, May 2017. |
“Country-Specific Preferences and Employment Rates in Europe,” Simone Moriconi and Giovanni Peri, (with Simone Moriconi) submitted to a Journal, January 2017.
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“Dynamic Effects of Co-Ethnic Networks on Immigrants' Economic Success” M. Battisti, Giovanni Peri, A. Romiti, under revision, October 2016.
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