Elird Haxhiu

Degrees

• Ph.D. (expected May 2024), Economics, University of Michigan
• Master's in Economics, University of Utah
• B.S., Economics

Biography

Elird Haxhiu is passionate about econometrics and migration. His current work develops estimators of causal effects in continuous treatment Difference-in-Differences research designs where no pure controls (unexposed to policy) exist as a natural comparison group. He applies these ideas to estimate the effect of emigration opportunities on origin education rates and critically evaluates persistence of Brain Gains countering the widely feared but often misunderstood Brain Drains flowing from developing countries.

Haxhiu's areas of research include applied econometrics, labor and development.