Barry R. Chiswick
UIC Distinguished Professor and Department Head Director, UIC Center for Economic Education
Ph.D., Columbia University, 1967
Phone: (312) 996-2683 Fax: (312) 996-3344
E-Mail:BRChis@uic.edu
Homepage:http://www.uic.edu/~brchis/
Fields of Interest : Labor Economics and Human Resources,
Immigrants and Ethnic Groups, Economics of Language, Economic Theory, Statistics and Applied
Econometrics, Public Policy Analysis.
Selected Research :
"The Economics of Immigration: Selected Papers of Barry R. Chiswick," Edward Elgar, 2005
"International Migration and the Integration of Labor Markets," (with Timothy J. Hatton), in M. Bordo, A. Taylor and J. Williamson, eds., Globalization in Historical Perspective, NBER, 2003.
"Are Immigrants Favorably Self-Selected?" American Economic Review, May 1999, pp.181-185.
"The Endogeneity Between Language and Earnings" (with Paul W. Miller), Journal of Labor Economics, April 1995, pp. 245-287.
"Differences in Education and Earnings Across Racial and Ethnic Groups: Tastes, Discrimination and Investment in Child Quality", Quarterly Journal of Economics, August 1988, 591-97.
"The Effect of Americanization on the Earnings of Foreign-Born Men", Journal of Political Economy, October 1978, 285-325.
Current Research Interests:
Economics of Immigration (determinants, skill, adjustment, impact, policy)
Economics of Language, Economics of Religion
Human capital and labor market behavior of racial and ethnic groups
Applied price theory
Other Significant Accomplishments :
Director, Migration Studies, IZA Institute for the Study of Labor, Bonn, Germany 2004 - present
"Favorite MBA Teacher Award", CBA, UIC, 2005 (first set of recipients)
University of Haifa, Visiting Professor, December 2004 - January 2005
Tel Aviv University , Visiting Professor and Gideon Fishelson Lecture, Dec. 2002-Jan. 2003
Distinguished Alumnus Award, Brooklyn College, 1999.
World Bank, Visiting Scholar, 1995-96.
Midwest Economics Association, First Vice Pres., 1987-88, Pres.-Elect, 1992-93, President 1993-94.
Illinois Economics Assoc., Board of Trustees, 1997-present, Pres. Elect 1999-2000, President 2000-01.
CBA Alumni Award for Distinguished Research, University of Illinois at Chicago (first recipient) 1993.
CBA Alumni Award for Distinguished Service, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1999.
Hebrew University, Visiting Professor, Jerusalem, January-August 1992.
Fulbright Fellowship (Research), January-August 1992.
Immigration History Society, Carleton C. Qualey Article Award (first recipient), 1989.
University of Illinois, Senior University Scholar Award, 1987-1990.
University of Chicago , Visit. Asst. Prof., Spring 1969, John M. Olin Visit. Prof., 1986-87, 1998-99.
Hoover Institution, Stanford University, Senior Fellow 1977-78, Visiting Scholar, 1984-85.
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