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

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Top Institutions

Rank Institution Score Authors Author
Shares
1Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER), Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg1.0019012.87
-Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER) → IZA@LISER Network, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg21838.78
2Harvard University → Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)2.4691.69
3National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)2.72321.23
4University of California-Davis → Economics Department, Davis, California (United States)3.7241.79
5World Bank Group, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)4.73194.98
-World Bank Group → Economics Research, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)5.8582.22
6University College London (UCL) → Department of Economics, London, United Kingdom6.4351.02
7Paris School of Economics, Paris, France6.52133.81
8London School of Economics (LSE), London, United Kingdom7.73151.79
-Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER) → LISER Resident Research Staff, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg8.64104.08
9University College London (UCL) → Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), London, United Kingdom9.84292.64
10Yale University → Economics Department, New Haven, Connecticut (United States)10.8520.33
-Yale University → Economics Department → Economic Growth Center, New Haven, Connecticut (United States)11.8920.33
11Harvard University → Harvard Business School, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)13.0020.73
12Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, Milano, Italy14.05111.87
13Universitetet i Oslo → Stiftelsen Frischsenteret for samfunnsøkonomisk forskning, Oslo, Norway14.3731.21
14Barcelona School of Economics (BSE), Barcelona, Spain14.7182.46
-London School of Economics (LSE) → Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London, United Kingdom15.3860.24
15Brown University → Economics Department, Providence, Rhode Island (United States)16.2161.51
16Université du Luxembourg → Faculté de droit, d'économie et de finance, Luxembourg, Luxembourg16.30123.51
17Global Labor Organization (GLO), Essen, Germany17.48131.02
18Uniwersytet Warszawski → Wydział Nauk Ekonomicznych, Warszawa, Poland17.5341.63
19George Washington University → Department of Economics, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)17.5710.39
-Université du Luxembourg → Faculté de droit, d'économie et de finance → Département d'Économie et de Management, Luxembourg, Luxembourg18.03102.89
20University of California-Merced → Department of Economics, Merced, California (United States)18.7531.72
21Australian National University → College of Business and Economics, Canberra, Australia19.1120.61
-Australian National University → College of Business and Economics → Research School of Economics, Canberra, Australia19.1120.61
22Johns Hopkins University → School of Government and Policy, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)21.5010.49
23Tel Aviv University → Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv, Israel21.6020.32
24University of California-Berkeley → Department of Economics, Berkeley, California (United States)22.7320.10
25Università degli Studi di Milano → Dipartimento di Economia, Management e Metodi Quantitativi (DEMM), Milano, Italy23.1831.33
26University of Waikato → Waikato Management School, Hamilton, New Zealand23.5241.90
-University of Waikato → Waikato Management School → Department of Economics, Hamilton, New Zealand25.4641.89
27Boston University → Department of Economics, Boston, Massachusetts (United States)26.1450.82
28ifo Institut - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung an der Universität München e.V., München, Germany26.3981.91
29Rutgers University-New Brunswick → Department of Economics, New Brunswick, New Jersey (United States)26.8052.18
30Cornell University → Department of Economics, Ithaca, New York (United States)26.8961.28
31Universidad Carlos III de Madrid → Departamento de Economía, Madrid, Spain28.7752.62
32University of Notre Dame → Keough School of Global Affairs, South Bend, Indiana (United States)28.8310.78
-Barcelona School of Economics (BSE) → Universitat Pompeu Fabra → Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Barcelona, Spain30.0530.97
33Monash University → Monash Business School, Melbourne, Australia31.5660.89
34Princeton University → Department of Economics, Princeton, New Jersey (United States)31.5910.46
-Princeton University → Department of Economics → Industrial Relations Section, Princeton, New Jersey (United States)32.5910.46
35University of Southampton → Economics Division, Southampton, United Kingdom32.9621.23
-Australian National University → College of Business and Economics → Research School of Economics → Centre for Economic History (CEH), Canberra, Australia35.5810.36
36Sciences Po → Sciences économiques, Paris, France36.6361.30
37Colgate University → Department of Economics, Hamilton, New York (United States)37.6231.49
38Université Catholique de Louvain → Louvain Institute of Data Analysis and Modelling in Economics and Statistics (LIDAM), Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium38.76162.15
39University of Southern California → Department of Economics, Los Angeles, California (United States)38.8820.36
-Sciences Po → Sciences économiques → Department of Economics, Paris, France39.4941.23
40Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Dallas, Texas (United States)41.8220.91
41University of Texas-Austin → Department of Economics, Austin, Texas (United States)41.9210.65
42University of North Florida → Department of Economics and Geography, Jacksonville, Florida (United States)42.2510.64
-Tel Aviv University → Eitan Berglas School of Economics → Foerder Institute for Economic Research, Tel Aviv, Israel42.3910.12
-Monash University → Monash Business School → Department of Economics, Melbourne, Australia42.4540.18
43University of Michigan → Economics Department, Ann Arbor, Michigan (United States)42.6352.16
44Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), London, United Kingdom42.93280.35
-Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi → Dipartimento di Economia "Ettore Bocconi", Milano, Italy44.5810.10
45Yale University → School of Management, New Haven, Connecticut (United States)45.9220.39
46Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)46.2320.65
47Uppsala Universitet → Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala, Sweden46.7840.55
48Royal Holloway → Department of Economics, Egham, United Kingdom47.3720.43
49University of Chicago → Department of Economics, Chicago, Illinois (United States)51.0130.55
50Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB), Nürnberg, Germany51.1082.37
51New York University (NYU) → Department of Economics, New York City, New York (United States)51.3540.60
52University of Nottingham → School of Economics, Nottingham, United Kingdom52.0530.89
53University of British Columbia → Vancouver School of Economics, Vancouver, Canada52.9910.10
54Université Clermont Auvergne → École d'Économie, Clermont-Ferrand, France53.3141.18
-Université Clermont Auvergne → École d'Économie → Centre d'Études et de Recherches sur le Développement International (CERDI), Clermont-Ferrand, France54.6931.17
55Stanford University → Department of Economics, Stanford, California (United States)56.6530.95
56Harvard University → Department of Economics, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)56.7520.13
57Libera Università di Bolzano / Freie Universität Bozen → Facoltà di Economia / Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Bozen-Bolzano, Italy57.6210.31
-Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas → Economic Research Department, Dallas, Texas (United States)58.9710.74
-University of Nottingham → School of Economics → Nottingham Centre for Research on Globalisation and Economic Policy, Nottingham, United Kingdom59.1610.40
58Kiel Institut für Weltwirtschaft - Leibniz Zentrum zur Erforschung globaler ökonomischer Herausforderungen (IfW), Kiel, Germany59.2152.56
59Universidade Nova de Lisboa → School of Business and Economics, Lisboa, Portugal59.4931.53
60CESifo, München, Germany59.59340.66
61University of California-Irvine → Department of Economics, Irvine, California (United States)60.3120.19
62Tinbergen Instituut, Amsterdam, Netherlands60.4620.23
63Stockholms Universitet → Institutet för Social Forskning (SOFI), Stockholm, Sweden60.7392.98
64Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam → Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen, Rotterdam, Netherlands61.3820.15
65Université d'Ottawa → Département d'Économie, Ottawa, Canada62.1242.13
66Københavns Universitet → Økonomisk Institut, København, Denmark62.1951.37
67University of Michigan → Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, Ann Arbor, Michigan (United States)63.3620.61
68Universitat de Barcelona → School of Economics, Barcelona, Spain63.4171.50
69Dartmouth College → Economics Department, Hanover, New Hampshire (United States)65.4310.33
70Wellesley College → Department of Economics, Wellesley, Massachusetts (United States)66.0210.33
-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, Belgium66.32152.01
71Western Michigan University → Department of Economics, Kalamazoo, Michigan (United States)66.3710.75
72New York University Abu Dhabi → Economics, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates68.5520.34
-University of Western Australia → Business School → Department of Economics, Perth, Australia69.2010.90
72University of Western Australia → Business School, Perth, Australia69.2010.90
74Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI), Dublin, Ireland69.9941.02
75Pennsylvania State University → Department of Economics, State College, Pennsylvania (United States)70.1110.33
76Aix-Marseille Université → École d'Économie d'Aix-Marseille, Aix-en-Provence/Marseille, France70.7241.49
77Hebrew University of Jerusalem → Department of Economics, Jerusalem, Israel72.2631.57
78University College Dublin → School of Economics, Dublin, Ireland74.1320.63
79Centre d'études prospectives et d'informations internationales (CEPII), Paris, France74.9061.19
80HEC Paris (École des Hautes Études Commerciales), Jouy-en-Josas, France76.5110.10
81Federal Reserve Board (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), Washington, District of Columbia (United States)76.8720.54
82Université Paris 1 (Panthéon-Sorbonne) → Centre d'Économie de la Sorbonne, Paris, France77.4162.08
-HEC Paris (École des Hautes Études Commerciales) → Départment Économie et Sciences de la Décision, Jouy-en-Josas, France77.5510.10
-Universitat de Barcelona → School of Economics → Institut de Recerca en Economia Aplicada (IREA), Barcelona, Spain77.6740.83
-Universitat de Barcelona → School of Economics → Institut de Recerca en Economia Aplicada (IREA) → Grup d'Anàlisi Quantitativa Regional, Barcelona, Spain78.5040.82
83École Normale Supérieure de Lyon → Département d'Économie, Lyon, France78.8910.60
-École Normale Supérieure de Lyon → Département d'Économie → Centre de Recherche Économique sur la Gouvernance, l'Inégalité et les Conflits, Lyon, France78.8910.60
84International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Washington, District of Columbia (United States)80.8840.65

Top Authors

Rank Author Score
1Giovanni Peri
University of California-Davis → Economics Department, Davis, California (United States)
1.55
2George Borjas1.80
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
3.89
4David Mckenzie
World Bank Group → Economics Research, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)
4.88
5Alberto Alesina5.01
6Gordon Hanson
Harvard University → Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
8.02
7Frédéric Docquier
Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER) → LISER Resident Research Staff, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
9.13
8Hillel Rapoport
Paris School of Economics, Paris, France
9.16
9Michael A. Clemens
Johns Hopkins University → School of Government and Policy, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)
9.63
10Mark Rosenzweig
Yale University → Economics Department → Economic Growth Center, New Haven, Connecticut (United States)
11.91
11Assaf Razin12.26
12Barry R. Chiswick
George Washington University → Department of Economics, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)
12.34
13Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes
University of California-Merced → Department of Economics, Merced, California (United States)
13.38
14Oded Stark
Uniwersytet Warszawski → Wydział Nauk Ekonomicznych, Warszawa, Poland
13.55
15Klaus F. Zimmermann
Global Labor Organization (GLO), Essen, Germany
14.09
16William Kerr
Harvard University → Harvard Business School, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
14.65
17Michel Beine
Université du Luxembourg → Faculté de droit, d'économie et de finance → Département d'Économie et de Management, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
17.63
18Francesc Ortega
University of Notre Dame → Keough School of Global Affairs, South Bend, Indiana (United States)
20.99
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)
21.85
20Leah Platt Boustan
Princeton University → Department of Economics → Industrial Relations Section, Princeton, New Jersey (United States)
22.77
21Peter Nijkamp
Tinbergen Instituut, Amsterdam, Netherlands
22.91
22Francine Blau
Cornell University → Department of Economics, Ithaca, New York (United States)
23.44
23Alan Manning
London School of Economics (LSE) → Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London, United Kingdom
24.21
24Timothy James Hatton
Australian National University → College of Business and Economics → Research School of Economics → Centre for Economic History (CEH), Canberra, Australia
24.82
25Anna Maria Mayda25.36
26David E. Card26.56
27Madeline Zavodny
University of North Florida → Department of Economics and Geography, Jacksonville, Florida (United States)
29.25
28Paul W. Miller29.36
29Kaivan Munshi
Brown University → Economics Department, Providence, Rhode Island (United States)
31.09
30Lawrence Kahn31.51
31Stephen J. Trejo
University of Texas-Austin → Department of Economics, Austin, Texas (United States)
31.67
32Tommaso Frattini
Università degli Studi di Milano → Dipartimento di Economia, Management e Metodi Quantitativi (DEMM), Milano, Italy
32.07
33Joan Monras
Barcelona School of Economics (BSE) → Universitat Pompeu Fabra → Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Barcelona, Spain
32.15
34Pia Orrenius
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas → Economic Research Department, Dallas, Texas (United States)
33.55
35Thomas Chaney
University of Southern California → Department of Economics, Los Angeles, California (United States)
34.20
36Steven Stillman
Libera Università di Bolzano / Freie Universität Bozen → Facoltà di Economia / Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Bozen-Bolzano, Italy
34.29
37Jackline Wahba
University of Southampton → Economics Division, Southampton, United Kingdom
35.07
38Lant Pritchett
Harvard University → Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
35.61
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
38.49
40Chad Sparber
Colgate University → Department of Economics, Hamilton, New York (United States)
39.33
41John Gibson
University of Waikato → Waikato Management School → Department of Economics, Hamilton, New Zealand
39.38
42Jennifer Hunt
Rutgers University-New Brunswick → Department of Economics, New Brunswick, New Jersey (United States)
40.35
43Ian Peter Preston
University College London (UCL) → Department of Economics, London, United Kingdom
44.25
44Jesús Fernández-Huertas Moraga (Jesus Fernandez-Huertas Moraga)
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid → Departamento de Economía, Madrid, Spain
45.15
45Giovanni Facchini
University of Nottingham → School of Economics → Nottingham Centre for Research on Globalisation and Economic Policy, Nottingham, United Kingdom
45.16
46Susan Pozo
Western Michigan University → Department of Economics, Kalamazoo, Michigan (United States)
45.91
47Bernt Bratsberg
Universitetet i Oslo → Stiftelsen Frischsenteret for samfunnsøkonomisk forskning, Oslo, Norway
46.04
48Jacques Poot
University of Waikato → Waikato Management School → Department of Economics, Hamilton, New Zealand
46.73
49Gianmarco I.p. Ottaviano
Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi → Dipartimento di Economia "Ettore Bocconi", Milano, Italy
48.12
50Maurice Schiff
Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER) → IZA@LISER Network, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
48.22
51Richard B. Freeman48.33
52Jeffrey T. Grogger50.18
53Nathan Nunn
University of British Columbia → Vancouver School of Economics, Vancouver, Canada
50.28
54Enrico Moretti
University of California-Berkeley → Department of Economics, Berkeley, California (United States)
50.37
55Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak
Yale University → School of Management, New Haven, Connecticut (United States)
52.05
56Simone Bertoli
Université Clermont Auvergne → École d'Économie → Centre d'Études et de Recherches sur le Développement International (CERDI), Clermont-Ferrand, France
56.45
57Carlos Vargas-Silva
Oxford University → Centre on Migration, Policy and Society, Oxford, United Kingdom
57.44
58Sari Pekkala Kerr
Wellesley College → Department of Economics, Wellesley, Massachusetts (United States)
60.51
59Pierre-Philippe Combes
Sciences Po → Sciences économiques → Department of Economics, Paris, France
61.13
60Isaac Ehrlich61.16
61Fernando Parro
Pennsylvania State University → Department of Economics, State College, Pennsylvania (United States)
61.38
62Christopher Robert Parsons
University of Western Australia → Business School → Department of Economics, Perth, Australia
63.78
63Yves Zenou
Monash University → Monash Business School → Department of Economics, Melbourne, Australia
64.10
64Francesco Fasani
Università degli Studi di Milano → Dipartimento di Economia, Management e Metodi Quantitativi (DEMM), Milano, Italy
65.12
65Ethan G. Lewis
Dartmouth College → Economics Department, Hanover, New Hampshire (United States)
66.35
66Alicia Adsera66.65
67Gil S. Epstein67.73
68Sylvie Démurger
École Normale Supérieure de Lyon → Département d'Économie → Centre de Recherche Économique sur la Gouvernance, l'Inégalité et les Conflits, Lyon, France
71.67
69Panu Poutvaara
ifo Institut - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung an der Universität München e.V., München, Germany
75.39
70Kevin Lang
Boston University → Department of Economics, Boston, Massachusetts (United States)
76.94
71Shi Li
Zhejiang University → College of Public Administration, Hangzhou, China
77.62
72Uta Schoenberg
University College London (UCL) → Department of Economics, London, United Kingdom
78.24
73Albrecht Glitz
Barcelona School of Economics (BSE) → Universitat Pompeu Fabra → Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Barcelona, Spain
79.10
74Amelie Constant
University of Pennsylvania → Population Studies Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)
79.15
75Todd Schoellman
Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)
80.88
76Lorenzo Caliendo
Yale University → School of Management, New Haven, Connecticut (United States)
81.74
77Olof Åslund (Olof Aslund)81.77
78David Neumark
University of California-Irvine → Department of Economics, Irvine, California (United States)
81.91
79Yann Algan
HEC Paris (École des Hautes Études Commerciales) → Départment Économie et Sciences de la Décision, Jouy-en-Josas, France
83.16
80Alan Barrett
Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI), Dublin, Ireland
84.37
81Oddbjørn Raaum (Oddbjorn Raaum)
Universitetet i Oslo → Stiftelsen Frischsenteret for samfunnsøkonomisk forskning, Oslo, Norway
85.04
82Francesco Lissoni
Université de Bordeaux → Bordeaux Sciences Économiques (BSE), Bordeaux, France
85.45
83Xin Meng
Australian National University → College of Business and Economics → Research School of Economics, Canberra, Australia
86.73
84Cristina Cattaneo
RFF-CMCC European Institute on Economics and the Environment (EIEE), Milano, Italy
87.41
85Peter Huber
Österreichisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (WIFO), Wien, Austria
87.73
86Andrew Mountford
Royal Holloway → Department of Economics, Egham, United Kingdom
90.68
87Stefanie Stantcheva
Harvard University → Department of Economics, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
90.98
88Miles Corak
City University of New York (CUNY) → Graduate Center → Department of Economics, New York City, New York (United States)
92.32
89Abigail Wozniak
Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis → Opportunity and Inclusive Growth Institute, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)
92.65
90Christopher L. Smith
Federal Reserve Board (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), Washington, District of Columbia (United States)
93.36
91Knut Røed (Knut Roed)
Universitetet i Oslo → Stiftelsen Frischsenteret for samfunnsøkonomisk forskning, Oslo, Norway
93.92
92Esteban Rossi-Hansberg
University of Chicago → Department of Economics, Chicago, Illinois (United States)
94.50
93Paola Giuliano94.50
94Christopher Worswick
Carleton University → Department of Economics, Ottawa, Canada
94.67
95Peter J. Montiel
Williams College → Economics Department, Williamstown, Massachusetts (United States)
95.12
96Delia Furtado
University of Connecticut → Department of Economics, Storrs, Connecticut (United States)
95.39
97Alberto Bisin95.80
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