American Economic Association: GMC Executive Committee Member's Research Tops AEA Charts

Congratulations to GMC Executive Committee Member Santiago Pérez, whose co-authored paper on immigration and crime was the most visited chart in the American Economic Association's 2025 Research Highlights Featured Charts. The study, co-authored with Ran Abramitzky, Leah Boustan, Elisa Jácome, and Juan David Torres, assembled the first comprehensive picture of immigrant incarceration rates across 150 years of U.S. history. Their findings challenge widely held assumptions about immigration and public safety, revealing new patterns in the data. The chart was ranked #1 out of the top ten most popular charts of 2024, which covered topics including policing, unemployment benefits, and bank bailouts. The chart can be accessed here.