Giovanni Peri
Professor of Economics and Director, University of California, Davis
Giovanni Peri is Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of California, Davis and Director of the Global Migration Center at UC Davis. He is also a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He is Editor of the Journal of the European Economic Association. His research has focused on the impact of international migrations on labour markets and productivity of the receiving countries and on the determinants of international migrations. He has published in several academic journals including American Economic Review, the Review of Economic Studies and The Review of Economics and Statistics. He has received grants from the Mac Arthur Foundation, the Russel Sage Foundation, the World Bank and the National Science Foundation. His research is often featured in media outlets such as the Economist, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal and NPR news.
