Maurice Kugler

Visiting Professor of Public Policy
Growth Lab Fellow,
Center for International Development
Office Address
Rubenstein-117
Mailing Address
John F. Kennedy School of Government
Mailbox 17
79 JFK Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Contact
Phone: 617-496-0897
Fax: 617-496-8753
Email: Maurice_Kugler@ksg.harvard.edu
Assistant
Lauren Schiff (617-495-5636)
Maurice Kugler

Profile

Maurice Kugler is Visiting Professor of Public Policy. He conducts research on international trade, foreign direct investment and skilled migration. Kugler explores how global market integration impacts on the prospects of economic growth and convergence for the poor in nations and regions. Since 2006, he has been Research Fellow at the Growth Lab of the Center for International Development. He holds a Center for International Governance Innovation Chair in International Public Policy of Wilfrid Laurier University, and has previously taught at Los Andes, Southampton, and Stanford Universities. Kugler has been awarded research grants by the NSF and the Tinker Foundation in the US as well as DfID and the ESRC in the UK. He is currently adviser on external capital flows to the Central Bank of Colombia, as well as consultant to the Inter-American Development Bank and the World Bank. After completion of B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in economics at the London School of Economics, Kugler earned a Ph.D. in economics at UC Berkeley.

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Research

Research for a complete list of faculty citations from 2001 - present, please visit the Harvard Kennedy School Research Report Online.

Selected Publication Citations:

  • Academic Journals
    • Kugler, Maurice, and Emanuela Lotti. "Migrant Remittances, Human Capital Formation and Job Creation Externalities in Central America." Integration & Trade Journal 27 (July-December 2007): 105-134.
    • El Yaman, Souraya, Maurice Kugler, and Hillel Rapoport. "Migration and Foreign Investments Across the European Union: What Are the Links?" Revue Économique 58.3 (May 2007): 725-733.
    • Kugler, Maurice and Hillel Rapoport. "International Labor and Capital Flows: Complements or Substitutes?" Economics Letters 92.2 (February 2007): 155-162.
    • Eslava, Marcela, John Haltiwanger, Adriana Kugler, and Maurice Kugler. "Plant Turnover and Structural Reforms in Colombia." IMF Staff Papers 53.2 (September 2006): 58-75.
    • Kugler, Maurice. "Spillovers from Foreign Direct Investment: Within or Between Industries?" Journal of Development Economics 80.2 (August 2006): 444-477.
  • Research Papers/Reports
    • Kugler, Adriana, and Maurice Kugler. "Labor Market Effects of Payroll Taxes in Developing Countries: Evidence from Colombia." NBER Working Paper Series w13855, March 2008.