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

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Top Institutions

Rank Institution Score Authors Author
Shares
1Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER), Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg119113.07
-Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER) → IZA@LISER Network, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg2.001838.76
2Harvard University → Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)2.3591.69
3National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)2.75331.23
4University of California-Davis → Economics Department, Davis, California (United States)3.7641.78
5World Bank Group, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)4.91194.98
-World Bank Group → Economics Research, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)6.0082.22
6University College London (UCL) → Department of Economics, London, United Kingdom6.3951.01
7Paris School of Economics, Paris, France6.73133.81
8London School of Economics (LSE), London, United Kingdom7.78151.78
-Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER) → LISER Resident Research Staff, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg9.00104.08
9University College London (UCL) → Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), London, United Kingdom10.14282.63
10Yale University → Economics Department, New Haven, Connecticut (United States)10.3320.33
-Yale University → Economics Department → Economic Growth Center, New Haven, Connecticut (United States)11.3820.33
11Harvard University → Harvard Business School, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)12.8720.73
12Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, Milano, Italy14.14111.87
13Universitetet i Oslo → Stiftelsen Frischsenteret for samfunnsøkonomisk forskning, Oslo, Norway14.4331.21
14Barcelona School of Economics (BSE), Barcelona, Spain14.9182.20
-London School of Economics (LSE) → Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London, United Kingdom15.2560.24
15Brown University → Economics Department, Providence, Rhode Island (United States)15.9261.51
16Université du Luxembourg → Faculté de droit, d'économie et de finance, Luxembourg, Luxembourg16.50123.51
17George Washington University → Department of Economics, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)17.3310.39
18Uniwersytet Warszawski → Wydział Nauk Ekonomicznych, Warszawa, Poland17.9941.63
-Université du Luxembourg → Faculté de droit, d'économie et de finance → Département d'Économie et de Management, Luxembourg, Luxembourg18.37102.89
19Global Labor Organization (GLO), Essen, Germany19.02121.01
20University of California-Merced → Department of Economics, Merced, California (United States)19.3431.72
-Australian National University → College of Business and Economics → Research School of Economics, Canberra, Australia19.3620.61
20Australian National University → College of Business and Economics, Canberra, Australia19.3620.61
22Johns Hopkins University → School of Government and Policy, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)21.4810.49
23University of California-Berkeley → Department of Economics, Berkeley, California (United States)22.3520.10
24Tel Aviv University → Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv, Israel22.4220.32
25Università degli Studi di Milano → Dipartimento di Economia, Management e Metodi Quantitativi (DEMM), Milano, Italy23.0531.32
26University of Waikato → Waikato Management School, Hamilton, New Zealand25.2641.90
27Boston University → Department of Economics, Boston, Massachusetts (United States)25.4550.82
28Cornell University → Department of Economics, Ithaca, New York (United States)26.1861.28
29ifo Institut - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung an der Universität München e.V., München, Germany27.0481.91
-University of Waikato → Waikato Management School → Department of Economics, Hamilton, New Zealand27.3641.89
30University of Notre Dame → Keough School of Global Affairs, South Bend, Indiana (United States)28.0710.78
31Universidad Carlos III de Madrid → Departamento de Economía, Madrid, Spain29.4552.61
-Barcelona School of Economics (BSE) → Universitat Pompeu Fabra → Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Barcelona, Spain29.9230.97
32Princeton University → Department of Economics, Princeton, New Jersey (United States)30.0410.46
-Princeton University → Department of Economics → Industrial Relations Section, Princeton, New Jersey (United States)31.0410.46
33Monash University → Monash Business School, Melbourne, Australia31.6060.89
34University of Southampton → Economics Division, Southampton, United Kingdom32.7621.23
35Rutgers University-New Brunswick → Department of Economics, New Brunswick, New Jersey (United States)35.3742.01
-Australian National University → College of Business and Economics → Research School of Economics → Centre for Economic History (CEH), Canberra, Australia35.9410.35
36Sciences Po → Sciences économiques, Paris, France36.4561.30
37Colgate University → Department of Economics, Hamilton, New York (United States)37.6031.49
38University of Southern California → Department of Economics, Los Angeles, California (United States)38.3820.36
-Sciences Po → Sciences économiques → Department of Economics, Paris, France39.0341.23
39Université Catholique de Louvain → Louvain Institute of Data Analysis and Modelling in Economics and Statistics (LIDAM), Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium39.06162.15
40University of Texas-Austin → Department of Economics, Austin, Texas (United States)42.2410.65
-Monash University → Monash Business School → Department of Economics, Melbourne, Australia42.2740.18
41Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), London, United Kingdom42.57290.35
42University of Michigan → Economics Department, Ann Arbor, Michigan (United States)42.8452.16
43University of North Florida → Department of Economics and Geography, Jacksonville, Florida (United States)43.3610.64
-Tel Aviv University → Eitan Berglas School of Economics → Foerder Institute for Economic Research, Tel Aviv, Israel44.2010.12
-Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi → Dipartimento di Economia "Ettore Bocconi", Milano, Italy44.9610.10
44Yale University → School of Management, New Haven, Connecticut (United States)45.1920.37
45Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Dallas, Texas (United States)46.2220.91
46Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)46.7620.65
47Uppsala Universitet → Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala, Sweden47.0840.54
48Royal Holloway → Department of Economics, Egham, United Kingdom47.1520.43
49University of Chicago → Department of Economics, Chicago, Illinois (United States)50.6330.55
50New York University (NYU) → Department of Economics, New York City, New York (United States)51.3340.60
51University of Nottingham → School of Economics, Nottingham, United Kingdom53.0030.89
52University of British Columbia → Vancouver School of Economics, Vancouver, Canada53.0810.09
53Université Clermont Auvergne → École d'Économie, Clermont-Ferrand, France53.9541.18
54Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB), Nürnberg, Germany55.1682.37
-Université Clermont Auvergne → École d'Économie → Centre d'Études et de Recherches sur le Développement International (CERDI), Clermont-Ferrand, France55.3631.17
55Stanford University → Department of Economics, Stanford, California (United States)56.0230.95
56Harvard University → Department of Economics, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)56.5420.13
57Libera Università di Bolzano / Freie Universität Bozen → Facoltà di Economia / Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Bozen-Bolzano, Italy57.2510.31
58CESifo, München, Germany59.26350.66
59Universidade Nova de Lisboa → School of Business and Economics, Lisboa, Portugal60.5331.53
-University of Nottingham → School of Economics → Nottingham Centre for Research on Globalisation and Economic Policy, Nottingham, United Kingdom60.9710.40
60University of California-Irvine → Department of Economics, Irvine, California (United States)61.1120.19
61Stockholms Universitet → Institutet för Social Forskning (SOFI), Stockholm, Sweden61.6892.98
62Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam → Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen, Rotterdam, Netherlands62.9720.15
63University of Michigan → Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, Ann Arbor, Michigan (United States)63.4620.61
-Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas → Economic Research Department, Dallas, Texas (United States)65.1010.74
64Dartmouth College → Economics Department, Hanover, New Hampshire (United States)65.5410.33
65Københavns Universitet → Økonomisk Institut, København, Denmark65.5951.30
66Wellesley College → Department of Economics, Wellesley, Massachusetts (United States)65.6510.33
67Université d'Ottawa → Département d'Économie, Ottawa, Canada66.2742.13
68Western Michigan University → Department of Economics, Kalamazoo, Michigan (United States)66.6910.75
69Universitat de Barcelona → School of Economics, Barcelona, Spain67.0571.50
-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, Belgium67.64152.01
70Pennsylvania State University → Department of Economics, State College, Pennsylvania (United States)69.1110.33
-University of Western Australia → Business School → Department of Economics, Perth, Australia69.2010.90
70University of Western Australia → Business School, Perth, Australia69.2010.90
72Kiel Institut für Weltwirtschaft - Leibniz Zentrum zur Erforschung globaler ökonomischer Herausforderungen (IfW), Kiel, Germany69.6452.56
73New York University Abu Dhabi → Economics, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates69.7920.34
74Aix-Marseille Université → École d'Économie d'Aix-Marseille, Aix-en-Provence/Marseille, France72.4741.49
75Hebrew University of Jerusalem → Department of Economics, Jerusalem, Israel72.7931.57
76Centre d'études prospectives et d'informations internationales (CEPII), Paris, France75.1061.19
77Tinbergen Instituut, Amsterdam, Netherlands75.9120.23
78Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI), Dublin, Ireland77.1741.02
79Federal Reserve Board (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), Washington, District of Columbia (United States)77.5020.54
80HEC Paris (École des Hautes Études Commerciales), Jouy-en-Josas, France77.6610.10
81University College Dublin → School of Economics, Dublin, Ireland77.7020.63
-HEC Paris (École des Hautes Études Commerciales) → Départment Économie et Sciences de la Décision, Jouy-en-Josas, France78.6910.10
82Université Paris 1 (Panthéon-Sorbonne) → Centre d'Économie de la Sorbonne, Paris, France79.2062.08
-École Normale Supérieure de Lyon → Département d'Économie → Centre de Recherche Économique sur la Gouvernance, l'Inégalité et les Conflits, Lyon, France80.0810.60
82École Normale Supérieure de Lyon → Département d'Économie, Lyon, France80.0810.60
-Universitat de Barcelona → School of Economics → Institut de Recerca en Economia Aplicada (IREA), Barcelona, Spain81.8240.83
-Universitat de Barcelona → School of Economics → Institut de Recerca en Economia Aplicada (IREA) → Grup d'Anàlisi Quantitativa Regional, Barcelona, Spain82.7040.82
84University of Bristol → School of Economics, Bristol, United Kingdom83.9640.99

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
3.99
4Alberto Alesina4.56
5David Mckenzie
World Bank Group → Economics Research, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)
4.91
6Gordon Hanson
Harvard University → Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
7.82
7Frédéric Docquier
Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER) → LISER Resident Research Staff, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
9.08
8Hillel Rapoport
Paris School of Economics, Paris, France
9.24
9Michael A. Clemens
Johns Hopkins University → School of Government and Policy, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)
9.71
10Barry R. Chiswick
George Washington University → Department of Economics, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)
12.19
11Mark Rosenzweig
Yale University → Economics Department → Economic Growth Center, New Haven, Connecticut (United States)
12.42
12Assaf Razin12.61
13Oded Stark
Uniwersytet Warszawski → Wydział Nauk Ekonomicznych, Warszawa, Poland
13.92
14William Kerr
Harvard University → Harvard Business School, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
14.42
15Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes
University of California-Merced → Department of Economics, Merced, California (United States)
15.33
16Klaus F. Zimmermann
Global Labor Organization (GLO), Essen, Germany
16.84
17Michel Beine
Université du Luxembourg → Faculté de droit, d'économie et de finance → Département d'Économie et de Management, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
18.10
18Francesc Ortega
University of Notre Dame → Keough School of Global Affairs, South Bend, Indiana (United States)
20.27
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)
21.84
20Leah Platt Boustan
Princeton University → Department of Economics → Industrial Relations Section, Princeton, New Jersey (United States)
23.79
21Alan Manning
London School of Economics (LSE) → Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London, United Kingdom
24.23
22Francine Blau
Cornell University → Department of Economics, Ithaca, New York (United States)
24.33
23Peter Nijkamp
Tinbergen Instituut, Amsterdam, Netherlands
26.19
24Timothy James Hatton
Australian National University → College of Business and Economics → Research School of Economics → Centre for Economic History (CEH), Canberra, Australia
26.23
25Anna Maria Mayda26.26
26David E. Card26.48
27Lawrence Kahn30.24
28Stephen J. Trejo
University of Texas-Austin → Department of Economics, Austin, Texas (United States)
31.72
29Kaivan Munshi
Brown University → Economics Department, Providence, Rhode Island (United States)
32.34
30Madeline Zavodny
University of North Florida → Department of Economics and Geography, Jacksonville, Florida (United States)
32.52
31Tommaso Frattini
Università degli Studi di Milano → Dipartimento di Economia, Management e Metodi Quantitativi (DEMM), Milano, Italy
33.55
32Paul W. Miller34.39
33Jackline Wahba
University of Southampton → Economics Division, Southampton, United Kingdom
34.90
34Thomas Chaney
University of Southern California → Department of Economics, Los Angeles, California (United States)
35.76
35Lant Pritchett
Harvard University → Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
36.72
36Joan Monras
Barcelona School of Economics (BSE) → Universitat Pompeu Fabra → Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Barcelona, Spain
38.95
37Chad Sparber
Colgate University → Department of Economics, Hamilton, New York (United States)
39.01
38Yaw 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
40.46
39Steven Stillman
Libera Università di Bolzano / Freie Universität Bozen → Facoltà di Economia / Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Bozen-Bolzano, Italy
41.65
40John Gibson
University of Waikato → Waikato Management School → Department of Economics, Hamilton, New Zealand
41.95
41Jennifer Hunt
Rutgers University-New Brunswick → Department of Economics, New Brunswick, New Jersey (United States)
42.04
42Pia Orrenius
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas → Economic Research Department, Dallas, Texas (United States)
44.90
43Ian Peter Preston
University College London (UCL) → Department of Economics, London, United Kingdom
45.14
44Bernt Bratsberg
Universitetet i Oslo → Stiftelsen Frischsenteret for samfunnsøkonomisk forskning, Oslo, Norway
45.26
45Jesús Fernández-Huertas Moraga (Jesus Fernandez-Huertas Moraga)
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid → Departamento de Economía, Madrid, Spain
46.25
46Nathan Nunn
University of British Columbia → Vancouver School of Economics, Vancouver, Canada
48.53
47Susan Pozo
Western Michigan University → Department of Economics, Kalamazoo, Michigan (United States)
48.58
48Gianmarco I.p. Ottaviano
Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi → Dipartimento di Economia "Ettore Bocconi", Milano, Italy
49.44
49Jacques Poot
University of Waikato → Waikato Management School → Department of Economics, Hamilton, New Zealand
51.54
50Giovanni Facchini
University of Nottingham → School of Economics → Nottingham Centre for Research on Globalisation and Economic Policy, Nottingham, United Kingdom
51.60
51Enrico Moretti
University of California-Berkeley → Department of Economics, Berkeley, California (United States)
52.56
52Jeffrey T. Grogger54.05
53Maurice Schiff
Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER) → IZA@LISER Network, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
54.79
54Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak
Yale University → School of Management, New Haven, Connecticut (United States)
54.92
55Richard B. Freeman55.24
56Simone Bertoli
Université Clermont Auvergne → École d'Économie → Centre d'Études et de Recherches sur le Développement International (CERDI), Clermont-Ferrand, France
56.02
57Sari Pekkala Kerr
Wellesley College → Department of Economics, Wellesley, Massachusetts (United States)
62.61
58Pierre-Philippe Combes
Sciences Po → Sciences économiques → Department of Economics, Paris, France
63.84
59Fernando Parro
Pennsylvania State University → Department of Economics, State College, Pennsylvania (United States)
63.93
60Carlos Vargas-Silva
Oxford University → Centre on Migration, Policy and Society, Oxford, United Kingdom
65.19
61Yves Zenou
Monash University → Monash Business School → Department of Economics, Melbourne, Australia
66.10
62Ethan G. Lewis
Dartmouth College → Economics Department, Hanover, New Hampshire (United States)
66.49
63Christopher Robert Parsons
University of Western Australia → Business School → Department of Economics, Perth, Australia
67.25
64Isaac Ehrlich68.84
65Francesco Fasani
Università degli Studi di Milano → Dipartimento di Economia, Management e Metodi Quantitativi (DEMM), Milano, Italy
69.74
66Gil S. Epstein73.18
67Sylvie Démurger
École Normale Supérieure de Lyon → Département d'Économie → Centre de Recherche Économique sur la Gouvernance, l'Inégalité et les Conflits, Lyon, France
73.58
68Alicia Adsera73.65
69Panu Poutvaara
ifo Institut - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung an der Universität München e.V., München, Germany
76.22
70Albrecht Glitz
Barcelona School of Economics (BSE) → Universitat Pompeu Fabra → Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Barcelona, Spain
77.84
71Lorenzo Caliendo
Yale University → School of Management, New Haven, Connecticut (United States)
80.01
72Kevin Lang
Boston University → Department of Economics, Boston, Massachusetts (United States)
81.22
73Amelie Constant
University of Pennsylvania → Population Studies Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)
81.93
74Uta Schoenberg
University College London (UCL) → Department of Economics, London, United Kingdom
82.50
75Shi Li
Zhejiang University → College of Public Administration, Hangzhou, China
83.18
76David Neumark
University of California-Irvine → Department of Economics, Irvine, California (United States)
83.27
77Oddbjørn Raaum (Oddbjorn Raaum)
Universitetet i Oslo → Stiftelsen Frischsenteret for samfunnsøkonomisk forskning, Oslo, Norway
84.19
78Olof Åslund (Olof Aslund)84.88
79Xin Meng
Australian National University → College of Business and Economics → Research School of Economics, Canberra, Australia
86.44
80Yann Algan
HEC Paris (École des Hautes Études Commerciales) → Départment Économie et Sciences de la Décision, Jouy-en-Josas, France
87.21
81Todd Schoellman
Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)
91.64
82Stefanie Stantcheva
Harvard University → Department of Economics, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
92.49
83Francesco Lissoni
Université de Bordeaux → Bordeaux Sciences Économiques (BSE), Bordeaux, France
92.65
84Paola Giuliano95.13
85Alberto Bisin96.57
86Cristina Cattaneo
RFF-CMCC European Institute on Economics and the Environment (EIEE), Milano, Italy
96.91
87Alan Barrett
Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI), Dublin, Ireland
97.41
88Christopher Worswick
Carleton University → Department of Economics, Ottawa, Canada
97.71
89Andrew Mountford
Royal Holloway → Department of Economics, Egham, United Kingdom
97.80
90Trevor Tombe
University of Calgary → Department of Economics, Calgary, Canada
99.27
91Peter J. Montiel
Williams College → Economics Department, Williamstown, Massachusetts (United States)
99.64
92Michela Carlana
Harvard University → Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
100.08
93Esteban Rossi-Hansberg
University of Chicago → Department of Economics, Chicago, Illinois (United States)
100.41
94Christopher L. Smith
Federal Reserve Board (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), Washington, District of Columbia (United States)
100.72
95Abigail Wozniak
Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis → Opportunity and Inclusive Growth Institute, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)
100.80
96Herbert Brücker (Herbert Bruecker)
Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB), Nürnberg, Germany
100.94
97Miles Corak
City University of New York (CUNY) → Graduate Center → Department of Economics, New York City, New York (United States)
101.88
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