Michael A. Clemens | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Economist |
| Academic career | |
| Field | International migration, economic development, economic history |
| Institution | George Mason University and Peterson Institute for International Economics |
| Alma mater | California Institute of Technology (B.S.) Johns Hopkins University (M.S.) Harvard University (Ph.D.) |
| Doctoral advisor | Jeffrey G. Williamson |
| Influences | Lant Pritchett Michael Kremer Jeffrey G. Williamson William Easterly Alynn Young |
| Awards | Royal Economic Society Prize |
| Information at IDEAS / RePEc | |
| Website | http://mclem.org |
Michael Andrew Clemens (born 1972) is an American economist who studies international migration and global economic development.
He is a full professor in the Department of Economics at George Mason University and a non-resident senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics. He is also affiliated with IZA, the Institute of Labor Economics in Bonn, Germany, the Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration at University College London, and is a Distinguished Non-Resident Fellow at the Center for Global Development.