Trade and Migration
The global movement of people and goods is increasingly important, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. The King Center supports research on the changing social, economic, and political conditions that lead to and result from increases in trade and migration.
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Related People
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Ran Abramitzky
Professor of Economics -
Kyle Bagwell
Donald L. Lucas Endowed Professor in Economics -
Mike Baiocchi
Assistant Professor of Epidemiology and Population Health -
Hélène Benveniste
Assistant Professor of Environmental Social Sciences -
Lisa Blaydes
Professor of Political Science -
James Fearon
Theodore and Frances Geballe Professor | School of Humanities and Science -
Vicky Fouka
Bing Professor of Human Biology -
Michele J. Gelfand
John H. Scully Professor of Cross-Cultural Management and Professor of Organizational Behavior -
Saumitra Jha
Associate Professor of Political Economy -
Pete Klenow
Landau Professor in Economics Policy -
Beatriz Magaloni
Graham H. Stuart Professor of International Relations -
Melanie Morten
Associate Professor of Economics -
Alireza Namayandeh
Postdoctoral Fellow | Department of Earth System Science -
Preeti Panda
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine -
Stephen Redding
Kleinheinz Family Professor of International Studies -
Paul Wise
Richard E. Behrman Professor of Child Health and Society
Related Working Papers
- Abramitzky, R., Boustan, L., Jácome, E., Pérez, S., & Torres, J. D. (2024). Law-Abiding Immigrants: The Incarceration Gap Between Immigrants and the US-born, 1870–2020.
- Abramitzky, R., Boustan, L., Catron, P., Connor, D., & Voigt, R. (2023). The Refugee Advantage: English-Language Attainment in the Early Twentieth Century.
- Abramitzky, R., Baseler, T., & Sin, I. (2023). Persecution and Migrant Self-Selection: Evidence from the Collapse of the Communist Bloc.