Contact Information
1407 W. Gregory Drive
Urbana, Illinois 61801
Research Areas
Additional Campus Affiliations
Assistant Professor, Economics
DEI and Climate Officer, Economics
Recent Publications
Buller, D. H., & Kleemans, M. (2026). Effects of emigration on labor markets in migrant origin areas: Evidence from internal migration in Indonesia. Journal of Development Economics, 179, Article 103623. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jdeveco.2025.103623
Akresh, R., Halim, D., & Kleemans, M. (2023). Long-Term and Intergenerational Effects of Education: Evidence from School Construction in Indonesia. The Economic Journal, 133(650), 582-612. Article ueac058. https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueac058
Kleemans, M., & Thornton, R. L. (2023). Fully Promoted: The Distribution and Determinants of Full Professorship in the Economics Profession. AEA Papers and Proceedings, 113, 467-472. https://doi.org/10.1257/pandp.20231122
Hamory, J., Kleemans, M., Li, N. Y., & Miguel, E. (2021). Reevaluating Agricultural Productivity Gaps with Longitudinal Microdata. Journal of the European Economic Association, 19(3), 1522-1555. https://doi.org/10.1093/jeea/jvaa043
Kleemans, M., & Thornton, R. L. (2021). Who Belongs? The Determinants of Selective Membership into the National Bureau of Economic Research. AEA Papers and Proceedings, 111, 117-122. https://doi.org/10.1257/pandp.20211123