Benjamin Elsner

Research Fellow

University College Dublin

benjamin.elsner@ucd.ie

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Ben Elsner is Assistant Professor of Economics at University College Dublin.

He is an applied microeconomist with particular interest in education, migration, and microeconometrics. His work has been published in the Journal of International Economics, Journal of Labor Economics, Journal of Human Resources, Journal of Population Economics and the Oxford Bulletin of Economics & Statistics.

Before joining UCD in 2018, Ben spent five years at IZA as a Senior Research Associate. He remains involved with IZA as Deputy Director of the program area "Mobility and Migration" and became a Research Fellow in 2018.

Ben holds a PhD from Trinity College Dublin, and a Diplom/M.A. from the University of Regensburg/Germany.

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IZA Publications

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7865

Let's Be Selective about Migrant Self-Selection

Costanza Biavaschi,Benjamin Elsner

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7863

Migrant Networks and the Spread of Misinformation

Benjamin Elsner,Gaia Narciso,Jacco J. J. Thijssen

published in: Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2018, 80 (3), 659-688

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7130

10 Years After: EU Enlargement, Closed Borders, and Migration to Germany

Benjamin Elsner,Klaus F. Zimmermann

published as 'Migration 10 Years After: EU Enlargement, Closed Borders, and Migration to Germany' in: M. Kahanec and K.F. Zimmermann (eds.): Labor Migration, EU Enlargement, and the Great Recession, Springer: Berlin, et al. 2016, 85 - 101

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6843

Does Emigration Benefit the Stayers? Evidence from EU Enlargement

Benjamin Elsner

published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2013, 26 (2), 531-553

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6111

Emigration and Wages: The EU Enlargement Experiment

Benjamin Elsner

published in: Journal of International Economics, 2013, 91(1), 154-163

IZA World of Labor Article

Does emigration increase the wages of non-emigrants in sending countries?

Benjamin Elsner

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