Alexander Yarkin
Welcome to my website!
I am an economist working on political economy, development, cultural and labor economics. My research papers address questions on immigration, diversity, social networks, populist voting, identity, and historical political economy.
I also play chess at the local club, and soccer with Brown U team 'Random Walk'.
News and updates on research:
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, I will be presenting:
"Does the 'Melting Pot' Still Melt? Internet and Immigrants' Integration" - NBER Migration Meeting (March 8), CESifo Venice Summer Institute (June 26-27), EEA-ESEM (Aug 26-30, Rotterdam), Rockwool Foundation seminar (Sep 2, Copenhagen), New Economic School (Feb 13), Economics of Migration Webinar (Feb 27), PhD-EVS Webinar (Mar 7)
"Learning from the Origins" - CERGE-EI (March 18, Prague), U of Luxembourg (June 1)
"Lobbying for Industrialization: Theory and Evidence" (with Dmitry Veselov) - GSIPE Workshop (March 25), 2024 Meeting of the EPCS (April 2-5, Vienna), HPE Virtual Conference (May 9), Economic History Association Annual Meeting (Sacramento, Sep 6-8)
"Personal Jesus: Economic Effects of Evangelical Christianity" (with Maxim Ananyev and Michael Poyker) - 3rd Workshop on Gender and Economics (May 23-24, Luxembourg)
Recordings and related:
Video of my presentations at the Economics of Migration Seminar: (i) Learning from the Origins (old version); (ii) Internet and Immigrants' Integration