Professor at U. Michigan. Development economist. Born and raised in Manila, Philippines.
https://deanyang-econ.github.io/deanyang
Dean Yang
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Grateful to @umisr.bsky.social for highlighting our new AER paper. The big finding: migration doesn't drain the home economy — it builds it up.
Submit your development economics papers to the BREAD Mexico conference! Submission deadline is Jun 19. Conference is Oct 23-24 at ITAM in Mexico City. bread-mexico-2026.github.io
Thanks @um-psc.bsky.social for highlighting our paper in JPE Micro... Establishing common humanity improves relations between migrant workers and employers in Saudi Arabia and Hong Kong.
w/ @tomanbarsbai.com @andreassteinmayr.net @vojtabartos.bsky.social, E. Tiongson, V. Licuanan
Congratulations to Al Fertig @al-fertig.bsky.social
on his @umich.edu economics PhD! Al will be an assistant professor at @unm.edu Department of Economics! Very proud to have been his committee chair... Check out his exciting work: alexanderfertig.com
Thrilled to see this out. Credit to @tomanbarsbai.com who led the charge. The dictator-game mechanism check is the part I'd flag for skeptics -- it's the family photo, not the gift, doing the work. Final published version: deanyang-econ.github.io/deanyang/fil...
Congratulations to Thomas Lloyd @thomaslloyd.bsky.social on his @umich.edu PhD! Thomas will be an assistant professor at Emlyon Business School! Very proud to have been his committee chair... Check out his exciting work: thomaslloyd.me
Here is a photo of his dissertation defense! Other committee members were @ashcraig.bsky.social, Jim Hines, and Damian Vergara.
Congratulations to my stellar PhD student @al-fertig.bsky.social ! Best of luck as you start as an Assistant Professor at the @unm.edu Department of Economics!
ITAM, Mexico City · October 23–24, 2026. Submission deadline: June 19, 2026.
Could sharing a family photo with an employer make workplace mistreatment less likely to occur? @deanyang.bsky.social et al found small, humanizing gestures reduced mistreatment among Filipino domestic workers working overseas. @umfordschool.bsky.social #EconSky
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Read more about how International migration drives long-run economic development back home: myumi.ch/n1MkR
When does the internet empower people to push back against authoritarian regimes, and when does it become a tool that those regimes can use against them? @deanyang.bsky.social: "What I love about Al's research is that it asks hard human questions."
@al-fertig.bsky.social #EconSky
1/ Could more empathy improve working conditions? In a study with the Philippine government, we find that a family photo, shared with the employer, can reduce mistreatment of migrant domestic workers. Out now in the JPE Micro.
UM Population Studies Center
UM Population Studies Center
Institute for Social Research (ISR) - University of Michigan
Toman Barsbai
ANN ARBOR — A common fear about international migration is “brain drain,” that when workers leave for opportunities abroad, their home communities lose out. New research finds the opposite: internatio...
Could sharing a family photo with an employer make workplace mistreatment less likely to occur? Researchers studying Filipino domestic workers, in collaboration with the Philippine government through ...
PSC GRADUATE HIGHLIGHT: Graduate trainee Alexander Fertig will go to University of New Mexico next year. We are proud of his economics research with Dean Yang and dissertation, "Technology of Liberation or Control? The Asymmetric Effects of the Internet on Political conflict."🎓
