Michel Beine is full professor of economics at the university of Luxembourg. He got his PHD from the University of Brussels. Prior to the position in Luxembourg, he has taught before at the University of Lille.
His research interests are about international economics, especially the economics of international migration. The topics in that area include: Brain Drain-Brain Gain, Network effects in international migration, the Economics of Student Mobility, Climate Change and Migration, the impact of immigration-induced diversity and heterogenous consequences of shocks on immigration pressures.
He is the author of more than 60 scientific articles in peer-reviewed academic journals. His work on migration has been published in many journals including The Economic Journal, Journal of Development Economics, Journal of Public Economics, European Economic Review, Journal of Economic Geography, Canadian Journal of Economic, the World Bank Economic Review, the Journal of International Money and Finance and the Scandinavian Journal of Economics or the Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization.
He is teaching international economics, econometrics and the economic analysis of international migration. He has been the head of the economic department of the University of Luxembourg between June 2014 and December 2016. He is currently coordinating one doctoral program focusing on the economics of international migration (ACROSS program).
Michel Beine made scientific visits to several places, including the University of Ottawa (Canada), the University of Munich (Germany), University of Paris X, the World Bank, The University La Sapienza in Rome, the Macquarie University in Sydney, the University of Western Australia in Perth, the University of UC, Davis and the University of Lausanne.
He has acted as a consultant for various international institutions including the World Bank, The European Union, the Banque de France, Industry Canada, Pole Emploi France and EURES, the Walloon Region.
