2026 George J. Borjas: Economics and Finance Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Economics and Finance	104	81	71	66	57	230	71252

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Economics and Finance in United States Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Economics and Finance in United States Leader Award
2024 - Research.com Economics and Finance in United States Leader Award
2011 - IZA Prize in Labor Economics, Institute for the Study of Labor
1998 - Fellows of the Econometric Society

Overview

George J. Borjas is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States and has contributed extensively to social sciences and economics. Their work spans multiple interconnected disciplines including sociology, political science, economics, econometrics, general health professions, modeling and simulation, and epidemiology.

Their research topics primarily focus on migration and labor dynamics, migration, ethnicity, and economy, employment and welfare studies, labor market dynamics and wage inequality, COVID-19 pandemic impacts, migration, refugees, and integration, as well as COVID-19 epidemiological studies.

Recent publications by George J. Borjas include:

Demographic Determinants of Testing Incidence and COVID-19 Infections in New York City Neighborhoods, 2020, SSRN Electronic Journal
The Adverse Effect of the COVID-19 Labor Market Shock on Immigrant Employment, 2020, SSRN Electronic Journal
Demographic Determinants of Testing Incidence and COVID-19 Infections in New York City Neighborhoods, 2020, SSRN Electronic Journal
Business Closures, Stay-at-Home Restrictions, and COVID-19 Testing Outcomes in New York City, 2020, Preventing Chronic Disease
Job Vacancies and Immigration: Evidence from the Mariel Supply Shock, 2021, Journal of Human Capital

Frequent co-authors include:

Anthony Edo (7 publications)
Hugh Cassidy (3 publications)
Daniel S. Hamermesh (3 publications)
Nate Breznau (2 publications)
Kirk B. Doran (1 publication)

George J. Borjas has published predominantly in the following venues:

SSRN Electronic Journal (14 publications)
World Scientific Studies in International Economics (3 publications)
Preventing Chronic Disease (1 publication)
Journal of Human Capital (1 publication)
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (1 publication)

They have authored a book titled Foundational Essays in Immigration Economics, published by World Scientific in 2021.

Awards received by George J. Borjas include the IZA Prize in Labor Economics from the Institute for the Study of Labor in 2011 and election as a Fellow of the Econometric Society in 1998.

Best Publications

Self-Selection and the Earnings of Immigrants

George Borjas

4933
Citations
The Economics of Immigration

George J. Borjas

4318
Citations
The Labor Demand Curve is Downward Sloping: Reexamining the Impact of Immigration on the Labor Market

George J. Borjas

3791
Citations
Who Leaves? The Outmigration of the Foreign-Born

George J. Borjas;Bernt Bratsberg

3691
Citations
Issues in the Economics of Immigration

George J Borjas

3348
Citations
Assimilation, Changes in Cohort Quality, and the Earnings of Immigrants

George J. Borjas

2494
Citations
The Self-Employment Experience of Immigrants.

George J. Borjas

2105
Citations
Heaven's Door: Immigration Policy and the American Economy

George J. Borjas

2029
Citations
The economic analysis of immigration

George J. Borjas

1854
Citations
The Economic Benefits from Immigration

George J. Borjas

1841
Citations
Economic theory and international migration.

George J. Borjas

1834
Citations
On the Labor Market Effects of Immigration and Trade

George J. Borjas;Richard B. Freeman;Lawrence F. Katz

1732
Citations
Ethnic Capital and Intergenerational Mobility

George J. Borjas

1684
Citations
Ethnicity, Neighborhoods, and Human-Capital Externalities

George J Borjas

1621
Citations
Immigration and welfare magnets.

George J. Borjas

1353
Citations
Does Unemployment Cause Future Unemployment? Definitions, Questions and Answers from a Continuous Time Model of Heterogeneity and State Dependence.

James Joseph Heckman;George J. Borjas

1345
Citations
Searching for the Effect of Immigration on the Labor Market

George Borjas;Richard Freeman;Lawrence Katz

1293
Citations
Assimilation and changes in cohort quality revisited: what happened to immigrant earnings in the 1980s?

George J. Borjas

1094
Citations
How much do immigration and trade affect labor market outcomes

George J. Borjas;Richard B. Freeman;Lawrence F. Katz

1065
Citations
The new economics of human behavior: The economic analysis of immigration

Unknown

979
Citations
Consumer Discrimination and Self-Employment

George J. Borjas;Stephen G. Bronars

856
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard B. Freeman Harvard University

Gail Hanson University of California, Riverside

Valerie A. Ramey University of California, San Diego

Lawrence F. Katz Harvard University

Ann P. Bartel Columbia University

Marta Tienda Princeton University

James J. Heckman University of Chicago

Barry R. Chiswick George Washington University

Bernt Bratsberg University of Oslo

Ying Shen Sun Yat-sen University

External Links

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