Leading Scholar in Immigration Economics and International Trade
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Georgetown UniversityAnna Maria Mayda serves as Professor of Economics at Georgetown University, holding joint appointments in the Department of Economics and School of Foreign Service. After earning her PhD in Economics from Harvard University, she has established herself as a prominent authority on immigration economics, international trade, and development. Her influential research, published in prestigious journals including the Review of Economics and Statistics and Journal of International Economics, examines how immigration policies affect labor markets and economic outcomes. She has served as Research Fellow at the Centre for Economic Policy Research, Research Affiliate at IZA Institute of Labor Economics, and consultant for the World Bank, International Monetary Fund, and Inter-American Development Bank. Her expertise spans immigration policy analysis, trade economics, and development studies, with particular focus on how international migration affects both origin and destination countries. Her work combines rigorous economic analysis with policy-relevant insights, making significant contributions to understanding the economic impacts of global migration patterns.