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Giovanni Peri: CV Updated 23 September 2015 Personal Information: Born of Claudio Peri and Teresa Bonaccorso in Perugia, Italy. Married to Paola Franceschi; Father of Claudia, Fabio and Dante Citizenship: Italy and U.S.A. Language Spoken: English (Fluent), Italian (Native), Spanish (Basic). __________________________________________________________________________________________ Contact and Main WebPages: Department of Economics University of California Davis One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616 Email: [email protected] Personal Website at UCD: http://www.econ.ucdavis.edu/people/gperi/site Web page at IDEAS: http://ideas.repec.org/f/ppe210.html Web page at NBER: http://www.nber.org/cgi-bin/author_papers.pl?author=giovanni_peri Google Scholar Page: http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Wn2s2_AAAAAJ&hl=en Ranking Among All Economists: https://ideas.repec.org/top/top.person.all.html Ranking Among Economists of Human Migration: https://ideas.repec.org/top/top.mig.html ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Education: 1998, June: Ph.D. in Economics, University of California, Berkeley 1997, June: Doctoral Degree in Economics, Bocconi University, Milano. 1992, June: Laurea in Economics and Social Sciences (Discipline Economiche e Sociali), Bocconi University, Milano. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Employment: Permanent Positions: 2015-present Chair, Department of Economics, UC Davis 2011-present: Full Professor, Department of Economics, UC Davis. 2006-2011: Associate Professor, Department of Economics, UC Davis. 2001-2006: Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, UC Davis. 2000-2001: Jean Monnet Fellow, European University Institute, Florence. 1998-2000: Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Bocconi University, Milan Visiting Positions: 2010-2011 Visiting Research Professor, Bocconi University, Milano, Italy. 2010, March-July Visiting Scholar, San Francisco, Federal Reserve Bank. 2006, Summer: Visiting Scholar, Public Policy Institute of California 2004-05: Visiting Professor, International Institute and Department of Economics, UCLA 2002, Summer: Visiting Research Fellow, Ente L. Einaudi, Rome. 1998-2000: Visiting Professor of “Graduate Macroeconomics”, Master in Economics and Finance, Federico II University, Naples. 1999-2001: Visiting Professor of “International Macroconomics”, Master in Economics and Finance, Universidad de la Navarra, Spain. 2000, Summer: Visiting Professor of “European Economics and Finance”, Master in European Studies, University of Malaya at Kuala Lumpur. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 1 Courses Taught 2001-Present: University of California, Davis: Intermediate Macroeconomics Labor Economics Honor Thesis Program Advanced Growth Theory Graduate Macroeconomics Graduate Growth Theory Graduate Labor Economics 2011 Bocconi University, Milano Graduate “Economics of International Migrations” 2004-2005 UCLA Theory of Growth and Development (Econ major) Economics of Growth and Development (Non-Econ Major) 1998-2001: Bocconi University, Milan: Intermediate Macroeconomics Graduate Macroeconomics 1998-2001: Federico II University, Naples: Graduate Macroeconomics 1999-2001: Universidad de la Navarra, Pamplona, Spain: Graduate International Finance 2000: University of Malaya at Kuala Lumpur: Graduate European Economics and Finance 1997: University of California, Berkeley: Intermediate International Economics ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Honours and Awards 2012: Steven M. Sheffrin Award for Contribitions to Graduate Education, UC Davis Economics Department. 2011: International Prize in Economic Journalism “Gozzo d’Agrento”, Santa Margherita Ligure, Italy, (with F. D’Amuri). 2011: Nominated IZA Research Fellow 2011: Appointed Ifo Research Professor at the Ifo Institute, Munich Germany 2011: Nominated International Fellow, Kiel Institute, Germany 2008: Nominated Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Ma. 2004-05: Awarded the Global Fellowship, International Institute, UCLA, Los Angeles 2004: Nominated Faculty Research Fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Ma. 2004: Nominated Research Associate at CESifo, Univerity of Munich 2000-01: Jean Monnet Fellowship, European University Institute, Florence Italy 1997: Sloan Dissertation Fellowship, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation 1996: Outstanding Student Instructor, University of California at Berkeley 1992: Publication Award and Highest Honors, Undergraduate dissertation thesis, Universita’ Bocconi, Milano, Italy _____________________________________________________________________________________ Main Research Grants and Research Gifts as PI or Co-PI 2015-17 National Science Foundation “Immigration Policies Affecting the Highly Skilled: Effects on Innovation and Productivity in US Firms”, Science of Science & Innovation Policy (SciSIP) program, (170,000$) 2 2013-16 UC Davis , Interdisciplinary Frontiers in the Humanities and Art Program,: Managing Temporary Migrations: California, US and the World (400,000 $) 2011-2015 Volswagen Foundation Grant for the study of Immigration, Off-shoring and Labor Markets in Germany. (80,000 $) 2011-2012 Microsoft Corporation Research Gift, for the study of the economic impact of highly skilled immigrants in the US (50,000$). 2009-2011 World Bank Grant on "Brain Drain, Return Migrations and South-South Migration: impact on labor markets and on human capital", funded by the Multi Donor Trust Fund (MDTF). (500,000 $). 2008-2009 Gifford Center for Population Studies Faculty Fellowship, on the project: “The Impact of Immigrants on California workers: wages, employment and economic effects on minorities, 1960-2006.” (10,000$) 2007-09 John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Program on Global Migration and Human Mobility. Grant to study the impact of Immigration on host countries. Project Title: “Rethinking the Gains from Immigration”. (166,000$). 2006-07 Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation (UCSD)- Faculty Grant on the project “Friends or Strangers? The Economic Impact of Immigration in the European Union and in the US” (13,109 $) 2002-03: Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation (UCSD)- Faculty Grant on the project “Generation and Diffusion of Ideas” (11,480 $) 1999-01: Italian Ministry of Research- Research Grant to study “Innovation and Knowledge Spillovers in Italy and Europe”: (15,000 $) ___________________________________________________________________________________________ External Appointments and Affiliations 2014-present: Nonresident Senior Fellow, Brookings Institutions, Washington, DC. 2011-present IZA Research Fellow 2010-present Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, Visiting Scholar. 2009-Present Centro Studi Luca D’Agliano,University of Milano, Research Fellow. 2008-present National Bureau of Economic Research, Research Associate. 2007-Present CReAM, University College London, External Fellow. 2004-2008 National Bureau of Economic Research, Faculty Research Fellow. 2010-present; CESifo, University of Munich, Research Professor. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Articles in Internationally Refereed Journals (in chronological order, by year of publication) 1998: [1] “Regional non-adjustment and Fiscal Policy” (with Maurice Obstfeld), Economic Policy, Vol. 26 April 1998 pp. 207-259. Reprinted in “Intranational Macroeconomics” edited by Gregory Hess and Eric Van Wincoop, Cambridge University Press, New York 2000 2001: [2] “Job creation in Italy: Geography, Determinants and Perspectives” (with Alejandro Cunat), Giornale degli Economisti e Annali di Economia, Vol 61- N. 1 April 2001 pp.23-54. 2002: [3] “Globalization, Rigidities and National Specialization: A Dynamic Analysis”, Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, Vol. 13 (2) pp. 151-177, June 2002 [4] “Young Workers, Learning and Agglomerations.” in Journal of Urban Economics, Vol. 52/3 pp. 582-607 Nov. 2002. 3 2003: [5] “Innovation and Spillovers in Regions: Evidence from European Patent Data” (with Laura Bottazzi), European Economic Review, vol. 47/4 pp. 687-710, August 2003. 2004: [6] “How Large is the Brain Drain from Italy?” (with Sascha Becker and Andrea Ichino) leading article, Giornale degli Economisti e Annali di Economia,Vol. 63 – N.1, pp. 1-32, Apr. 2004. [7] “Knowledge Flows and Productivity”, Leading Article, Rivista di Politica Economica, Vol. March-April, 2004 . [8] "Socio-Cultural Variables and Economic Success: Evidence from Italian Provinces 1951-1991", Berkeley Electronic Journal in Macroeconomics, Topics: Vol. 4: No. 1, Article 12, September 2004. 2005: [9] “Determinants of Knowledge Flows and their Effects on Innovation”, Review of Economics and Statistics, Vol. 87, Issue 2 - May, 2005. [10] "Long-Run Substitutability between More and Less Educated Workers: Evidence from U.S. States 1950-1990" (with Antonio Ciccone) Review of Economics and Statistics, Vol. 87, Issue 4, pages 652-663 - November 2005. [11] “Cities and Cultures” (with Gian Marco I.P. Ottaviano), Journal of Urban Economics, Volume 58, Issue 2, Pages 304-307, November 2005. 2006: [12] “The Economic Value of Cultural Diversity: Evidence from U.S. cities” (with Gian Marco I.P. Ottaviano), Leading Article, Journal of Economic Geography, Vol. 6, Issue 1, Pages 9-44, January 2006. [13] “Catching-up to Foreign