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

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Top Institutions

Rank Institution Score Authors Author
Shares
1Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER), Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg1.0018912.85
-Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER) → IZA@LISER Network, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg21828.76
2Harvard University → Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)2.4691.70
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)4.73194.85
-World Bank Group → Economics Research, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)5.9182.10
6University College London (UCL) → Department of Economics, London, United Kingdom6.4351.02
7Paris School of Economics, Paris, France6.52133.82
8London School of Economics (LSE), London, United Kingdom7.73151.79
-Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER) → LISER Resident Research Staff, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg8.64104.09
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)10.9220.33
-Yale University → Economics Department → Economic Growth Center, New Haven, Connecticut (United States)11.9620.33
11Harvard University → Harvard Business School, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)13.0220.73
12Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, Milano, Italy14.13111.87
13Universitetet i Oslo → Stiftelsen Frischsenteret for samfunnsøkonomisk forskning, Oslo, Norway14.2931.21
14Barcelona School of Economics (BSE), Barcelona, Spain14.9582.46
-London School of Economics (LSE) → Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London, United Kingdom15.3860.24
15Brown University → Economics Department, Providence, Rhode Island (United States)16.2350.52
16Université du Luxembourg → Faculté de droit, d'économie et de finance, Luxembourg, Luxembourg16.31123.67
17George Washington University → Department of Economics, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)17.2410.39
18Uniwersytet Warszawski → Wydział Nauk Ekonomicznych, Warszawa, Poland17.3141.63
19Global Labor Organization (GLO), Essen, Germany17.41131.02
-Australian National University → College of Business and Economics → Research School of Economics, Canberra, Australia18.2620.62
19Australian National University → College of Business and Economics, Canberra, Australia18.2620.62
-Université du Luxembourg → Faculté de droit, d'économie et de finance → Département d'Économie et de Management, Luxembourg, Luxembourg18.29103.05
21University of California-Merced → Department of Economics, Merced, California (United States)19.1531.72
22Tel Aviv University → Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv, Israel21.2420.32
23Johns Hopkins University → School of Government and Policy, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)21.8610.49
24University of California-Berkeley → Department of Economics, Berkeley, California (United States)23.1120.10
25University of Waikato → Waikato Management School, Hamilton, New Zealand23.4441.90
26Università degli Studi di Milano → Dipartimento di Economia, Management e Metodi Quantitativi (DEMM), Milano, Italy23.5631.33
-University of Waikato → Waikato Management School → Department of Economics, Hamilton, New Zealand25.3441.89
27Rutgers University-New Brunswick → Department of Economics, New Brunswick, New Jersey (United States)26.5752.18
28Boston University → Department of Economics, Boston, Massachusetts (United States)26.5850.82
29ifo Institut - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung an der Universität München e.V., München, Germany26.6081.91
30Cornell University → Department of Economics, Ithaca, New York (United States)26.7861.28
31Universidad Carlos III de Madrid → Departamento de Economía, Madrid, Spain28.4152.63
32University of Notre Dame → Keough School of Global Affairs, South Bend, Indiana (United States)28.6610.78
33Monash University → Monash Business School, Melbourne, Australia30.6060.89
-Barcelona School of Economics (BSE) → Universitat Pompeu Fabra → Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Barcelona, Spain31.4330.97
34Princeton University → Department of Economics, Princeton, New Jersey (United States)31.9810.46
-Princeton University → Department of Economics → Industrial Relations Section, Princeton, New Jersey (United States)32.9810.46
35University of Southampton → Economics Division, Southampton, United Kingdom33.0721.23
-Australian National University → College of Business and Economics → Research School of Economics → Centre for Economic History (CEH), Canberra, Australia33.8710.36
36Sciences Po → Sciences économiques, Paris, France37.2261.30
37Colgate University → Department of Economics, Hamilton, New York (United States)37.6331.49
38Université Catholique de Louvain → Louvain Institute of Data Analysis and Modelling in Economics and Statistics (LIDAM), Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium38.60162.15
-Sciences Po → Sciences économiques → Department of Economics, Paris, France39.2541.23
39University of Southern California → Department of Economics, Los Angeles, California (United States)39.4020.36
-Monash University → Monash Business School → Department of Economics, Melbourne, Australia41.2140.18
40Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Dallas, Texas (United States)41.7720.91
41University of Texas-Austin → Department of Economics, Austin, Texas (United States)41.8210.65
42University of North Florida → Department of Economics and Geography, Jacksonville, Florida (United States)42.1610.64
-Tel Aviv University → Eitan Berglas School of Economics → Foerder Institute for Economic Research, Tel Aviv, Israel42.3410.12
43Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), London, United Kingdom42.75280.35
44University of Michigan → Economics Department, Ann Arbor, Michigan (United States)42.8452.16
-Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi → Dipartimento di Economia "Ettore Bocconi", Milano, Italy44.5010.10
45Yale University → School of Management, New Haven, Connecticut (United States)46.2620.39
46Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)46.3620.65
47Uppsala Universitet → Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala, Sweden46.6940.55
48Royal Holloway → Department of Economics, Egham, United Kingdom47.1020.43
49New York University (NYU) → Department of Economics, New York City, New York (United States)51.2040.60
50Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB), Nürnberg, Germany51.2182.37
51University of Chicago → Department of Economics, Chicago, Illinois (United States)51.3330.50
52University of Nottingham → School of Economics, Nottingham, United Kingdom52.0530.89
53University of British Columbia → Vancouver School of Economics, Vancouver, Canada52.9610.10
54Université Clermont Auvergne → École d'Économie, Clermont-Ferrand, France53.0841.18
-Université Clermont Auvergne → École d'Économie → Centre d'Études et de Recherches sur le Développement International (CERDI), Clermont-Ferrand, France54.5831.17
55Harvard University → Department of Economics, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)57.0120.13
56Stanford University → Department of Economics, Stanford, California (United States)57.0330.95
57Libera Università di Bolzano / Freie Universität Bozen → Facoltà di Economia / Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Bozen-Bolzano, Italy57.8310.31
-Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas → Economic Research Department, Dallas, Texas (United States)59.0110.74
58CESifo, München, Germany59.12340.66
59Kiel Institut für Weltwirtschaft - Leibniz Zentrum zur Erforschung globaler ökonomischer Herausforderungen (IfW), Kiel, Germany59.2462.56
-University of Nottingham → School of Economics → Nottingham Centre for Research on Globalisation and Economic Policy, Nottingham, United Kingdom59.2610.40
60Universidade Nova de Lisboa → School of Business and Economics, Lisboa, Portugal59.5231.53
61University of California-Irvine → Department of Economics, Irvine, California (United States)59.9520.19
62Stockholms Universitet → Institutet för Social Forskning (SOFI), Stockholm, Sweden60.3892.98
63Tinbergen Instituut, Amsterdam, Netherlands60.5620.23
64Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam → Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen, Rotterdam, Netherlands61.1720.15
65Université d'Ottawa → Département d'Économie, Ottawa, Canada61.8542.13
66Københavns Universitet → Økonomisk Institut, København, Denmark62.2062.12
67University of Michigan → Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, Ann Arbor, Michigan (United States)63.3520.61
68Universitat de Barcelona → School of Economics, Barcelona, Spain63.3771.51
69Wellesley College → Department of Economics, Wellesley, Massachusetts (United States)65.3310.35
70Dartmouth College → Economics Department, Hanover, New Hampshire (United States)65.5810.33
-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, Belgium66.02152.01
71Western Michigan University → Department of Economics, Kalamazoo, Michigan (United States)66.5810.75
72New York University Abu Dhabi → Economics, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates68.5520.34
73University of Western Australia → Business School, Perth, Australia68.8110.90
-University of Western Australia → Business School → Department of Economics, Perth, Australia68.8110.90
74Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI), Dublin, Ireland69.8941.03
75Aix-Marseille Université → École d'Économie d'Aix-Marseille, Aix-en-Provence/Marseille, France70.4841.49
76Pennsylvania State University → Department of Economics, State College, Pennsylvania (United States)70.6910.33
77Hebrew University of Jerusalem → Department of Economics, Jerusalem, Israel72.3431.57
78University College Dublin → School of Economics, Dublin, Ireland74.0720.63
79Centre d'études prospectives et d'informations internationales (CEPII), Paris, France75.4261.19
80HEC Paris (École des Hautes Études Commerciales), Jouy-en-Josas, France77.2710.10
81Université Paris 1 (Panthéon-Sorbonne) → Centre d'Économie de la Sorbonne, Paris, France77.3262.08
-Universitat de Barcelona → School of Economics → Institut de Recerca en Economia Aplicada (IREA), Barcelona, Spain77.7440.83
82Federal Reserve Board (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), Washington, District of Columbia (United States)78.0520.54
-HEC Paris (École des Hautes Études Commerciales) → Départment Économie et Sciences de la Décision, Jouy-en-Josas, France78.3110.10
-École Normale Supérieure de Lyon → Département d'Économie → Centre de Recherche Économique sur la Gouvernance, l'Inégalité et les Conflits, Lyon, France78.8110.60
82École Normale Supérieure de Lyon → Département d'Économie, Lyon, France78.8110.60

Top Authors

Rank Author Score
1Giovanni Peri
University of California-Davis → Economics Department, Davis, California (United States)
1.57
2George Borjas1.83
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
3.85
4Alberto Alesina4.90
5David Mckenzie
World Bank Group → Economics Research, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)
5.01
6Gordon Hanson
Harvard University → Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
8.21
7Frédéric Docquier
Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER) → LISER Resident Research Staff, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
8.74
8Hillel Rapoport
Paris School of Economics, Paris, France
8.99
9Michael A. Clemens
Johns Hopkins University → School of Government and Policy, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)
9.77
10Barry R. Chiswick
George Washington University → Department of Economics, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)
11.69
11Assaf Razin11.99
12Mark Rosenzweig
Yale University → Economics Department → Economic Growth Center, New Haven, Connecticut (United States)
12.65
13Oded Stark
Uniwersytet Warszawski → Wydział Nauk Ekonomicznych, Warszawa, Poland
13.52
14Klaus F. Zimmermann
Global Labor Organization (GLO), Essen, Germany
13.92
15Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes
University of California-Merced → Department of Economics, Merced, California (United States)
14.10
16William Kerr
Harvard University → Harvard Business School, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
14.16
17Michel Beine
Université du Luxembourg → Faculté de droit, d'économie et de finance → Département d'Économie et de Management, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
17.53
18Francesc Ortega
University of Notre Dame → Keough School of Global Affairs, South Bend, Indiana (United States)
20.29
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)
21.47
20Timothy James Hatton
Australian National University → College of Business and Economics → Research School of Economics → Centre for Economic History (CEH), Canberra, Australia
22.30
21Peter Nijkamp
Tinbergen Instituut, Amsterdam, Netherlands
22.99
22Francine Blau
Cornell University → Department of Economics, Ithaca, New York (United States)
23.26
23Leah Platt Boustan
Princeton University → Department of Economics → Industrial Relations Section, Princeton, New Jersey (United States)
23.98
24Alan Manning
London School of Economics (LSE) → Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London, United Kingdom
24.14
25Anna Maria Mayda24.59
26David E. Card26.97
27Paul W. Miller28.30
28Madeline Zavodny
University of North Florida → Department of Economics and Geography, Jacksonville, Florida (United States)
29.66
29Lawrence Kahn30.35
30Tommaso Frattini
Università degli Studi di Milano → Dipartimento di Economia, Management e Metodi Quantitativi (DEMM), Milano, Italy
32.45
31Kaivan Munshi
Brown University → Economics Department, Providence, Rhode Island (United States)
32.53
32Pia Orrenius
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas → Economic Research Department, Dallas, Texas (United States)
33.86
33Steven Stillman
Libera Università di Bolzano / Freie Universität Bozen → Facoltà di Economia / Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Bozen-Bolzano, Italy
34.02
34Stephen J. Trejo
University of Texas-Austin → Department of Economics, Austin, Texas (United States)
34.33
35Jackline Wahba
University of Southampton → Economics Division, Southampton, United Kingdom
34.38
36Joan Monras
Barcelona School of Economics (BSE) → Universitat Pompeu Fabra → Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Barcelona, Spain
34.67
37Thomas Chaney
University of Southern California → Department of Economics, Los Angeles, California (United States)
35.00
38Lant Pritchett
Harvard University → Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
36.13
39Chad Sparber
Colgate University → Department of Economics, Hamilton, New York (United States)
37.14
40Yaw 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
37.89
41John Gibson
University of Waikato → Waikato Management School → Department of Economics, Hamilton, New Zealand
38.63
42Jennifer Hunt
Rutgers University-New Brunswick → Department of Economics, New Brunswick, New Jersey (United States)
39.58
43Bernt Bratsberg
Universitetet i Oslo → Stiftelsen Frischsenteret for samfunnsøkonomisk forskning, Oslo, Norway
44.35
44Ian Peter Preston
University College London (UCL) → Department of Economics, London, United Kingdom
44.72
45Giovanni Facchini
University of Nottingham → School of Economics → Nottingham Centre for Research on Globalisation and Economic Policy, Nottingham, United Kingdom
45.29
46Jesús Fernández-Huertas Moraga (Jesus Fernandez-Huertas Moraga)
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid → Departamento de Economía, Madrid, Spain
45.61
47Susan Pozo
Western Michigan University → Department of Economics, Kalamazoo, Michigan (United States)
46.13
48Jacques Poot
University of Waikato → Waikato Management School → Department of Economics, Hamilton, New Zealand
46.94
49Gianmarco I.p. Ottaviano
Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi → Dipartimento di Economia "Ettore Bocconi", Milano, Italy
47.09
50Maurice Schiff
Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER) → IZA@LISER Network, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
48.16
51Nathan Nunn
University of British Columbia → Vancouver School of Economics, Vancouver, Canada
49.05
52Richard B. Freeman49.11
53Jeffrey T. Grogger51.64
54Enrico Moretti
University of California-Berkeley → Department of Economics, Berkeley, California (United States)
51.92
55Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak
Yale University → School of Management, New Haven, Connecticut (United States)
53.53
56Simone Bertoli
Université Clermont Auvergne → École d'Économie → Centre d'Études et de Recherches sur le Développement International (CERDI), Clermont-Ferrand, France
57.07
57Carlos Vargas-Silva
Oxford University → Centre on Migration, Policy and Society, Oxford, United Kingdom
57.11
58Sari Pekkala Kerr
Wellesley College → Department of Economics, Wellesley, Massachusetts (United States)
60.54
59Fernando Parro
Pennsylvania State University → Department of Economics, State College, Pennsylvania (United States)
61.07
60Pierre-Philippe Combes
Sciences Po → Sciences économiques → Department of Economics, Paris, France
62.03
61Christopher Robert Parsons
University of Western Australia → Business School → Department of Economics, Perth, Australia
62.16
62Yves Zenou
Monash University → Monash Business School → Department of Economics, Melbourne, Australia
64.32
63Ethan G. Lewis
Dartmouth College → Economics Department, Hanover, New Hampshire (United States)
65.16
64Isaac Ehrlich66.30
65Francesco Fasani
Università degli Studi di Milano → Dipartimento di Economia, Management e Metodi Quantitativi (DEMM), Milano, Italy
66.95
66Gil S. Epstein67.45
67Alicia Adsera68.14
68Sylvie Démurger
École Normale Supérieure de Lyon → Département d'Économie → Centre de Recherche Économique sur la Gouvernance, l'Inégalité et les Conflits, Lyon, France
70.07
69Panu Poutvaara
ifo Institut - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung an der Universität München e.V., München, Germany
71.57
70Shi Li
Zhejiang University → College of Public Administration, Hangzhou, China
76.82
71Amelie Constant
University of Pennsylvania → Population Studies Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)
78.14
72Lorenzo Caliendo
Yale University → School of Management, New Haven, Connecticut (United States)
78.30
73David Neumark
University of California-Irvine → Department of Economics, Irvine, California (United States)
79.02
74Albrecht Glitz
Barcelona School of Economics (BSE) → Universitat Pompeu Fabra → Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Barcelona, Spain
79.28
75Kevin Lang
Boston University → Department of Economics, Boston, Massachusetts (United States)
79.86
76Oddbjørn Raaum (Oddbjorn Raaum)
Universitetet i Oslo → Stiftelsen Frischsenteret for samfunnsøkonomisk forskning, Oslo, Norway
80.32
77Olof Åslund (Olof Aslund)80.53
78Uta Schoenberg
University College London (UCL) → Department of Economics, London, United Kingdom
80.79
79Todd Schoellman
Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)
81.74
80Alan Barrett
Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI), Dublin, Ireland
82.54
81Francesco Lissoni
Université de Bordeaux → Bordeaux Sciences Économiques (BSE), Bordeaux, France
84.45
82Yann Algan
HEC Paris (École des Hautes Études Commerciales) → Départment Économie et Sciences de la Décision, Jouy-en-Josas, France
84.95
83Xin Meng
Australian National University → College of Business and Economics → Research School of Economics, Canberra, Australia
87.02
84Peter Huber
Österreichisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (WIFO), Wien, Austria
87.62
85Cristina Cattaneo
RFF-CMCC European Institute on Economics and the Environment (EIEE), Milano, Italy
89.41
86Andrew Mountford
Royal Holloway → Department of Economics, Egham, United Kingdom
89.51
87Peter J. Montiel
Williams College → Economics Department, Williamstown, Massachusetts (United States)
91.72
88Stefanie Stantcheva
Harvard University → Department of Economics, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
92.44
89Paola Giuliano93.23
90Knut Røed (Knut Roed)
Universitetet i Oslo → Stiftelsen Frischsenteret for samfunnsøkonomisk forskning, Oslo, Norway
93.42
91Christopher Worswick
Carleton University → Department of Economics, Ottawa, Canada
93.58
92Cormac Ó Gráda (Cormac O Grada)
University College Dublin → School of Economics, Dublin, Ireland
94.05
93Miles Corak
City University of New York (CUNY) → Graduate Center → Department of Economics, New York City, New York (United States)
95.37
94Alberto Bisin95.53
95Serge Coulombe
Université d'Ottawa → Département d'Économie, Ottawa, Canada
95.95
96Abigail Wozniak
Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis → Opportunity and Inclusive Growth Institute, Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)
96.78
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