Robert E.B. Lucas

Professor of Economics

Boston University

                                 Mailing address:                                       

Economics Department

270 Bay State Road

Boston University

 

E-mailrlucas@bu.edu

Telephone:  617 353 4147

Office: Room 500, 264 Bay State Rd.

 

 

 

 

Curriculum Vitae

 

 

Fall semester 2022.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

Office hours: Monday 11.45-1.45 and Wednesday 8.30-9.30.   

Teaching. EC508 Syllabus. EC591 Syllabus.

      

 

    RESEARCH

 

Select recent publications.

 

BOOKS.

 

                          Crossing the Divide: Rural to Urban Migration in Developing Countries.

                                     Oxford University Press, 2021. Available on Amazon.

 

Migration and Development: The Role for Development Aid.

 

                          International Handbook on Migration and Economic Development.

https://www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/international-handbook-on-migration-and-economic-development-9781782548065.html

 

PAPERS.

 

African Migration.

 

The Migration-Trade Link in Developing Economies.

 

Inter-Generational Income Immobility in Finland. (With Sari Pekkala Kerr).

 

Current research: Food security and migration in Africa.