George J. Borjas

Robert W. Scrivner Professor of Economics and Social Policy
John F. Kennedy School of Government
Harvard University

"The Economics of Immigration and Immigration Policy"

Friday, March 14, 2008
10:30 am - Mendoza College of Business, Jordan Auditorium

Cosponsored by Mendoza College of Business, Ten  Years Hence series, Kellogg Institute

Biography

George J. Borjas is the Robert W. Scrivner Professor of Economics and Social Policy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, and a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. Prior to moving to Harvard in 1995, he was professor of economics at the University of California at San Diego.

Borjas has written extensively on labor market issues. His books include: Wage Policy in the Federal Bureaucracy (American Enterprise Institute, 1980), Friends or Strangers: The Impact of Immigrants on the U.S. Economy (Basic Books, 1990), Labor Economics (McGraw-Hill, 1996; 2nd ed., 2000, 3rd ed., 2005), and Heaven’s Door: Immigration Policy and the American Economy (Princeton University Press, 1999). He has published over 100 articles in books and scholarly journals, including the American Economic Review, the Journal of Political Economy, and the Quarterly Journal of Economics. His work also appears regularly in major magazines and newspapers, including articles in The Atlantic Monthly and National Review, as well as editorials in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and Le Monde.

Borjas was elected a fellow of the Econometric Society in 1998 and a fellow of the Society of Labor Economists in 2004. He is an editor of the Review of Economics and Statistics, and has served on the editorial boards of the Quarterly Journal of Economics and the International Migration Review. He was a member of the Council of Economic Advisors for the Governor of California (1993–98), of the National Academy of Sciences Panel on the Demographic and Economic Impact of Immigration (1995–97), and chaired the National Science Foundation’s Committee of Visitors for the Economics Program (1996). Professor Borjas has also been a consultant to the Office of the Attorney General of the State of California, to the World Bank, and to law firms engaged in litigation involving employment and wage-setting in labor markets.