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Top Institutions and Economists in the Field of Economics of Human Migration, as of April 2026

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Top Institutions

Rank Institution Score Authors Author
Shares
1Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER), Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg118912.86
-Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER) → IZA@LISER Network, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg2.001828.77
2Harvard University → Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)2.3591.70
3National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)2.75321.23
4University of California-Davis → Economics Department, Davis, California (United States)3.7641.79
5World Bank Group, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)4.91194.85
-World Bank Group → Economics Research, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)6.0082.10
6University College London (UCL) → Department of Economics, London, United Kingdom6.3951.02
7Paris School of Economics, Paris, France6.73133.83
8London School of Economics (LSE), London, United Kingdom8.03151.79
-Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER) → LISER Resident Research Staff, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg9.00104.09
9University College London (UCL) → Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), London, United Kingdom9.29292.65
10Yale University → Economics Department, New Haven, Connecticut (United States)11.0720.33
-Yale University → Economics Department → Economic Growth Center, New Haven, Connecticut (United States)12.1220.33
11Harvard University → Harvard Business School, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)13.4720.73
12Universitetet i Oslo → Stiftelsen Frischsenteret for samfunnsøkonomisk forskning, Oslo, Norway14.0831.21
13Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, Milano, Italy14.11111.87
14Brown University → Economics Department, Providence, Rhode Island (United States)15.4850.52
15Barcelona School of Economics (BSE), Barcelona, Spain15.4982.31
-London School of Economics (LSE) → Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London, United Kingdom16.1260.24
16George Washington University → Department of Economics, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)16.6310.41
17Université du Luxembourg → Faculté de droit, d'économie et de finance, Luxembourg, Luxembourg16.77123.67
18Uniwersytet Warszawski → Wydział Nauk Ekonomicznych, Warszawa, Poland17.5241.63
-Australian National University → College of Business and Economics → Research School of Economics, Canberra, Australia17.9220.62
18Australian National University → College of Business and Economics, Canberra, Australia17.9220.62
20Global Labor Organization (GLO), Essen, Germany17.97131.02
-Université du Luxembourg → Faculté de droit, d'économie et de finance → Département d'Économie et de Management, Luxembourg, Luxembourg18.26103.05
21University of California-Merced → Department of Economics, Merced, California (United States)19.4431.72
22Tel Aviv University → Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv, Israel21.7720.32
23University of California-Berkeley → Department of Economics, Berkeley, California (United States)22.6020.10
24Università degli Studi di Milano → Dipartimento di Economia, Management e Metodi Quantitativi (DEMM), Milano, Italy23.0931.34
25University of Waikato → Waikato Management School, Hamilton, New Zealand25.3841.90
26Cornell University → Department of Economics, Ithaca, New York (United States)25.4161.29
27Boston University → Department of Economics, Boston, Massachusetts (United States)25.9750.84
28Rutgers University-New Brunswick → Department of Economics, New Brunswick, New Jersey (United States)26.8952.18
29ifo Institut - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung an der Universität München e.V., München, Germany27.0392.08
-University of Waikato → Waikato Management School → Department of Economics, Hamilton, New Zealand27.2541.89
30Universidad Carlos III de Madrid → Departamento de Economía, Madrid, Spain27.5441.64
31University of Notre Dame → Keough School of Global Affairs, South Bend, Indiana (United States)27.9110.78
-Barcelona School of Economics (BSE) → Universitat Pompeu Fabra → Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Barcelona, Spain30.4530.97
32Monash University → Monash Business School, Melbourne, Australia30.5760.89
33Princeton University → Department of Economics, Princeton, New Jersey (United States)31.2310.46
-Princeton University → Department of Economics → Industrial Relations Section, Princeton, New Jersey (United States)32.2410.46
34University of Southampton → Economics Division, Southampton, United Kingdom32.7621.22
-Australian National University → College of Business and Economics → Research School of Economics → Centre for Economic History (CEH), Canberra, Australia34.0610.36
35Sciences Po → Sciences économiques, Paris, France36.1061.30
36University of Southern California → Department of Economics, Los Angeles, California (United States)36.7520.37
37Colgate University → Department of Economics, Hamilton, New York (United States)37.3031.49
-Sciences Po → Sciences économiques → Department of Economics, Paris, France38.3141.23
38Université Catholique de Louvain → Louvain Institute of Data Analysis and Modelling in Economics and Statistics (LIDAM), Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium38.33162.15
39Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), London, United Kingdom41.20280.35
40University of Texas-Austin → Department of Economics, Austin, Texas (United States)41.4410.65
-Monash University → Monash Business School → Department of Economics, Melbourne, Australia41.7740.18
41University of Michigan → Economics Department, Ann Arbor, Michigan (United States)42.6352.16
-Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi → Dipartimento di Economia "Ettore Bocconi", Milano, Italy42.8310.10
42University of North Florida → Department of Economics and Geography, Jacksonville, Florida (United States)43.0110.63
-Tel Aviv University → Eitan Berglas School of Economics → Foerder Institute for Economic Research, Tel Aviv, Israel43.6310.12
43Yale University → School of Management, New Haven, Connecticut (United States)44.8120.39
44Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Dallas, Texas (United States)45.2020.92
45Uppsala Universitet → Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala, Sweden45.6640.55
46Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)45.8720.65
47Royal Holloway → Department of Economics, Egham, United Kingdom45.9820.43
48University of Chicago → Department of Economics, Chicago, Illinois (United States)49.6530.50
49New York University (NYU) → Department of Economics, New York City, New York (United States)50.6440.60
50University of British Columbia → Vancouver School of Economics, Vancouver, Canada52.0710.10
51Université Clermont Auvergne → École d'Économie, Clermont-Ferrand, France52.3741.18
52University of Nottingham → School of Economics, Nottingham, United Kingdom52.6330.89
53Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB), Nürnberg, Germany53.8382.37
-Université Clermont Auvergne → École d'Économie → Centre d'Études et de Recherches sur le Développement International (CERDI), Clermont-Ferrand, France53.9531.17
54Stanford University → Department of Economics, Stanford, California (United States)56.0630.95
55Libera Università di Bolzano / Freie Universität Bozen → Facoltà di Economia / Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Bozen-Bolzano, Italy56.1910.32
56Harvard University → Department of Economics, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)56.2020.13
57CESifo, München, Germany57.58340.66
-University of Nottingham → School of Economics → Nottingham Centre for Research on Globalisation and Economic Policy, Nottingham, United Kingdom59.3610.40
58University of California-Irvine → Department of Economics, Irvine, California (United States)60.1320.19
59Universidade Nova de Lisboa → School of Business and Economics, Lisboa, Portugal60.4931.53
60Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam → Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen, Rotterdam, Netherlands60.7920.15
61Stockholms Universitet → Institutet för Social Forskning (SOFI), Stockholm, Sweden61.5092.98
62University of Michigan → Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, Ann Arbor, Michigan (United States)62.7220.61
63Københavns Universitet → Økonomisk Institut, København, Denmark62.9362.12
64Université d'Ottawa → Département d'Économie, Ottawa, Canada64.8342.13
65Dartmouth College → Economics Department, Hanover, New Hampshire (United States)65.3410.33
66Western Michigan University → Department of Economics, Kalamazoo, Michigan (United States)65.5210.75
67Wellesley College → Department of Economics, Wellesley, Massachusetts (United States)65.8010.35
-Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas → Economic Research Department, Dallas, Texas (United States)66.0410.74
68Universitat de Barcelona → School of Economics, Barcelona, Spain66.1571.66
-Université Catholique de Louvain → Louvain Institute of Data Analysis and Modelling in Economics and Statistics (LIDAM) → Institut de Recherche Économique et Sociale (IRES), Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium66.45152.01
69University of Western Australia → Business School, Perth, Australia67.5910.90
-University of Western Australia → Business School → Department of Economics, Perth, Australia67.5910.90
70New York University Abu Dhabi → Economics, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates68.0220.34
71Pennsylvania State University → Department of Economics, State College, Pennsylvania (United States)68.9010.33
72Kiel Institut für Weltwirtschaft - Leibniz Zentrum zur Erforschung globaler ökonomischer Herausforderungen (IfW), Kiel, Germany69.1262.56
73Hebrew University of Jerusalem → Department of Economics, Jerusalem, Israel70.6931.59
74Aix-Marseille Université → École d'Économie d'Aix-Marseille, Aix-en-Provence/Marseille, France71.4941.49
75Centre d'études prospectives et d'informations internationales (CEPII), Paris, France73.0261.21
76Tinbergen Instituut, Amsterdam, Netherlands74.7420.23
77Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI), Dublin, Ireland75.0841.03
78HEC Paris (École des Hautes Études Commerciales), Jouy-en-Josas, France75.7510.10
79Federal Reserve Board (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), Washington, District of Columbia (United States)76.3820.54
80University College Dublin → School of Economics, Dublin, Ireland76.5020.63
-HEC Paris (École des Hautes Études Commerciales) → Départment Économie et Sciences de la Décision, Jouy-en-Josas, France76.7910.10
81Université Paris 1 (Panthéon-Sorbonne) → Centre d'Économie de la Sorbonne, Paris, France77.0862.10
82École Normale Supérieure de Lyon → Département d'Économie, Lyon, France78.7610.60
-École Normale Supérieure de Lyon → Département d'Économie → Centre de Recherche Économique sur la Gouvernance, l'Inégalité et les Conflits, Lyon, France78.7610.60
-Universitat de Barcelona → School of Economics → Institut de Recerca en Economia Aplicada (IREA), Barcelona, Spain81.6840.83
83University of Pennsylvania → Population Studies Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)82.6510.39

Top Authors

Rank Author Score
1Giovanni Peri
University of California-Davis → Economics Department, Davis, California (United States)
1.50
2George Borjas1.60
3Christian Dustmann
University College London (UCL) → Department of Economics, London, United Kingdom
University College London (UCL) → Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), London, United Kingdom
3.84
4Alberto Alesina4.61
5David Mckenzie
World Bank Group → Economics Research, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)
5.09
6Gordon Hanson
Harvard University → Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
7.79
7Hillel Rapoport
Paris School of Economics, Paris, France
8.98
8Michael A. Clemens9.55
9Frédéric Docquier
Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER) → LISER Resident Research Staff, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
9.59
10Barry R. Chiswick
George Washington University → Department of Economics, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)
11.86
11Mark Rosenzweig
Yale University → Economics Department → Economic Growth Center, New Haven, Connecticut (United States)
11.99
12Assaf Razin12.71
13Oded Stark
Uniwersytet Warszawski → Wydział Nauk Ekonomicznych, Warszawa, Poland
14.54
14William Kerr
Harvard University → Harvard Business School, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
14.59
15Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes
University of California-Merced → Department of Economics, Merced, California (United States)
15.91
16Klaus F. Zimmermann
Global Labor Organization (GLO), Essen, Germany
16.38
17Michel Beine
Université du Luxembourg → Faculté de droit, d'économie et de finance → Département d'Économie et de Management, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
18.08
18Francesc Ortega
University of Notre Dame → Keough School of Global Affairs, South Bend, Indiana (United States)
21.05
19Dean Yang
University of Michigan → Economics Department, Ann Arbor, Michigan (United States)
University of Michigan → Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, Ann Arbor, Michigan (United States)
22.58
20Timothy James Hatton
Australian National University → College of Business and Economics → Research School of Economics → Centre for Economic History (CEH), Canberra, Australia
22.82
21Francine Blau
Cornell University → Department of Economics, Ithaca, New York (United States)
22.90
22Leah Platt Boustan
Princeton University → Department of Economics → Industrial Relations Section, Princeton, New Jersey (United States)
24.77
23Alan Manning
London School of Economics (LSE) → Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London, United Kingdom
24.86
24Anna Maria Mayda25.30
25Peter Nijkamp
Tinbergen Instituut, Amsterdam, Netherlands
26.10
26David E. Card27.06
27Lawrence Kahn29.79
28Madeline Zavodny
University of North Florida → Department of Economics and Geography, Jacksonville, Florida (United States)
31.82
29Kaivan Munshi
Brown University → Economics Department, Providence, Rhode Island (United States)
32.25
30Stephen J. Trejo
University of Texas-Austin → Department of Economics, Austin, Texas (United States)
32.26
31Tommaso Frattini
Università degli Studi di Milano → Dipartimento di Economia, Management e Metodi Quantitativi (DEMM), Milano, Italy
32.71
32Paul W. Miller33.69
33Thomas Chaney
University of Southern California → Department of Economics, Los Angeles, California (United States)
33.76
34Jackline Wahba
University of Southampton → Economics Division, Southampton, United Kingdom
36.14
35Lant Pritchett
Harvard University → Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
37.54
36Joan Monras
Barcelona School of Economics (BSE) → Universitat Pompeu Fabra → Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Barcelona, Spain
39.16
37Chad Sparber
Colgate University → Department of Economics, Hamilton, New York (United States)
40.74
38John Gibson
University of Waikato → Waikato Management School → Department of Economics, Hamilton, New Zealand
41.52
39Yaw Nyarko
New York University (NYU) → Department of Economics, New York City, New York (United States)
New York University Abu Dhabi → Economics, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
42.08
40Steven Stillman
Libera Università di Bolzano / Freie Universität Bozen → Facoltà di Economia / Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Bozen-Bolzano, Italy
42.96
41Jennifer Hunt
Rutgers University-New Brunswick → Department of Economics, New Brunswick, New Jersey (United States)
43.53
42Ian Peter Preston
University College London (UCL) → Department of Economics, London, United Kingdom
45.28
43Pia Orrenius
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas → Economic Research Department, Dallas, Texas (United States)
46.16
44Susan Pozo
Western Michigan University → Department of Economics, Kalamazoo, Michigan (United States)
46.61
45Bernt Bratsberg
Universitetet i Oslo → Stiftelsen Frischsenteret for samfunnsøkonomisk forskning, Oslo, Norway
46.64
46Jesús Fernández-Huertas Moraga (Jesus Fernandez-Huertas Moraga)
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid → Departamento de Economía, Madrid, Spain
46.68
47Gianmarco I.p. Ottaviano
Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi → Dipartimento di Economia "Ettore Bocconi", Milano, Italy
49.00
48Nathan Nunn
University of British Columbia → Vancouver School of Economics, Vancouver, Canada
49.85
49Giovanni Facchini
University of Nottingham → School of Economics → Nottingham Centre for Research on Globalisation and Economic Policy, Nottingham, United Kingdom
49.93
50Jacques Poot
University of Waikato → Waikato Management School → Department of Economics, Hamilton, New Zealand
51.66
51Enrico Moretti
University of California-Berkeley → Department of Economics, Berkeley, California (United States)
51.73
52Jeffrey T. Grogger52.22
53Maurice Schiff
Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER) → IZA@LISER Network, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
52.24
54Richard B. Freeman52.36
55Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak
Yale University → School of Management, New Haven, Connecticut (United States)
55.40
56Simone Bertoli
Université Clermont Auvergne → École d'Économie → Centre d'Études et de Recherches sur le Développement International (CERDI), Clermont-Ferrand, France
57.47
57Pierre-Philippe Combes
Sciences Po → Sciences économiques → Department of Economics, Paris, France
62.04
58Carlos Vargas-Silva
Oxford University → Centre on Migration, Policy and Society, Oxford, United Kingdom
63.17
59Sari Pekkala Kerr
Wellesley College → Department of Economics, Wellesley, Massachusetts (United States)
65.36
60Fernando Parro
Pennsylvania State University → Department of Economics, State College, Pennsylvania (United States)
66.32
61Isaac Ehrlich66.74
62Christopher Robert Parsons
University of Western Australia → Business School → Department of Economics, Perth, Australia
67.47
63Yves Zenou
Monash University → Monash Business School → Department of Economics, Melbourne, Australia
67.91
64Francesco Fasani
Università degli Studi di Milano → Dipartimento di Economia, Management e Metodi Quantitativi (DEMM), Milano, Italy
67.98
65Ethan G. Lewis
Dartmouth College → Economics Department, Hanover, New Hampshire (United States)
69.09
66Gil S. Epstein72.28
67Sylvie Démurger
École Normale Supérieure de Lyon → Département d'Économie → Centre de Recherche Économique sur la Gouvernance, l'Inégalité et les Conflits, Lyon, France
72.39
68Alicia Adsera73.67
69Panu Poutvaara
ifo Institut - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung an der Universität München e.V., München, Germany
77.21
70Kevin Lang
Boston University → Department of Economics, Boston, Massachusetts (United States)
79.89
71David Neumark
University of California-Irvine → Department of Economics, Irvine, California (United States)
81.75
72Amelie Constant
University of Pennsylvania → Population Studies Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)
82.14
73Albrecht Glitz
Barcelona School of Economics (BSE) → Universitat Pompeu Fabra → Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Barcelona, Spain
82.19
74Uta Schoenberg
University College London (UCL) → Department of Economics, London, United Kingdom
82.22
75Oddbjørn Raaum (Oddbjorn Raaum)
Universitetet i Oslo → Stiftelsen Frischsenteret for samfunnsøkonomisk forskning, Oslo, Norway
83.05
76Shi Li
Zhejiang University → College of Public Administration, Hangzhou, China
83.39
77Olof Åslund (Olof Aslund)83.99
78Yann Algan
HEC Paris (École des Hautes Études Commerciales) → Départment Économie et Sciences de la Décision, Jouy-en-Josas, France
87.18
79Lorenzo Caliendo
Yale University → School of Management, New Haven, Connecticut (United States)
87.51
80Xin Meng
Australian National University → College of Business and Economics → Research School of Economics, Canberra, Australia
88.73
81Francesco Lissoni
Université de Bordeaux → Bordeaux Sciences Économiques (BSE), Bordeaux, France
91.52
82Paola Giuliano91.88
83Todd Schoellman
Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)
93.35
84Andrew Mountford
Royal Holloway → Department of Economics, Egham, United Kingdom
95.55
85Alan Barrett
Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI), Dublin, Ireland
96.63
86Alberto Bisin97.24
87Peter J. Montiel
Williams College → Economics Department, Williamstown, Massachusetts (United States)
97.31
88Miles Corak
City University of New York (CUNY) → Graduate Center → Department of Economics, New York City, New York (United States)
99.03
89Cristina Cattaneo
RFF-CMCC European Institute on Economics and the Environment (EIEE), Milano, Italy
99.57
90Christopher L. Smith
Federal Reserve Board (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), Washington, District of Columbia (United States)
100.02
91Stefanie Stantcheva
Harvard University → Department of Economics, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
100.52
92Abigail Wozniak
Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis → Opportunity and Inclusive Growth Institute, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)
100.95
93Esteban Rossi-Hansberg
University of Chicago → Department of Economics, Chicago, Illinois (United States)
101.45
94Christopher Worswick
Carleton University → Department of Economics, Ottawa, Canada
101.69
95Knut Røed (Knut Roed)
Universitetet i Oslo → Stiftelsen Frischsenteret for samfunnsøkonomisk forskning, Oslo, Norway
101.70
96Trevor Tombe
University of Calgary → Department of Economics, Calgary, Canada
102.60
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