John Kennan

My current position is the Richard Meese Chaired Professor of Economics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. I am a labor economist who has published work on wage determination, cyclical employment and wage fluctuations, and migration. My current research is mainly focused on four topics: 1) the social costs of restrictions on international migration, 2) cross-country differences in lifetime earnings profiles, 3) the interaction between schooling and migration decisions, and 4) the relationship between health and retirement decisions.

CDE Research Area Affiliations:

Demography of Inequality; Health and the Life Course

Selected Publication:

Fu, Chao, Shoya Ishimaru, and John Kennan. “Government expenditure on the public education system.” International Economic Review 65, no. 1 (2024): 43-73.