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Twitter: Alexander Yarkin (@AlexMYarkin) GitHub: AlexYarkin (Alexander Yarkin) (github.com) Email: alexander.yarkin@ucd.ie
I am an Assistant Professor of Economics at the University College Dublin. I am also a research affiliate at IZA Institute of Labor Economics and RFBerlin.
I am an Assistant Professor of Economics at the University College Dublin. I am also a research affiliate at IZA Institute of Labor Economics and RFBerlin.
My main areas of interest are Labor Economics, Political Economy, and Macro/Growth. My recent research focuses on:
Immigration, ICTs, and social networks
Xenophobia and populism
The political economy of growth and structural change
Religion, gender, and labor markets
My Job Market Paper documents the effects of new ICTs on immigrants’ social integration (language, citizenship), spatial segregation, and economic outcomes in the US. My other papers are (i) Rej. & Resubmit at Econometrica, (ii) Forthcoming at the American Economic Association: P&P, and (iii) Under review in top-5 / top-10 journals.
My CV is here.
News and updates on research:
New paper titled "Home-country Internet and Immigrants' Well-being" now as the IZA DP
My paper "Does the "Melting Pot" Still Melt? Internet and Immigrants' Integration" won the Best Paper Prize at the OECD Migration Conference in Paris
Our paper on "Lobbying for Industrialization" (with Dmitry Veselov) is Reject and Resubmit at Econometrica
In April 2024, I joined the IZA network as a Research Affiliate!
Our paper on "Lobbying for Industrialization" (with Dmitry Veselov) now at IZA DPs !!
New Working Paper on "Learning from the Origins", now at CESifo !!
This year (2026), I will be presenting:
"Does the "Melting Pot" Still Melt? Internet and Immigrants' Integration" - at the U of York (March 11)
"Lobbying for Industrialization: Theory and Evidence" (with D. Veselov) - UCLA (March 6, 2026)
"Demand for Diversity: Evidence from Luxembourg" (with F. Docquier and G. Peri) -
Recordings and related:
Video of my presentation at the Economics of Migration Seminar: Learning from the Origins (old version)
Video of my presentation at the AEA-2025: Does the "Melting Pot" Still Melt? Internet and Immigrants' Integration (my presentation starts at 1h:28m:30s)
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