Kevin Shih

Associate Professor of Economics

University of California, Riverside

I am an Associate Professor of Economics at the University of California, Riverside. My research focuses on labor economics, immigration, education, and public policy, with particular emphasis on the economic impacts of immigration and skilled labor mobility. I have examined topics including H-1B visa policy, international students in higher education, and the effects of asylum-seekers on education and school resources.

In addition to my academic employment, I am also a Research Fellow at the IZA Institute of Labor Economics, a Nonresident Scholar at the Baker Institute for Public Policy, and an External Affiliate of the Global Migration Center at University of California, Davis. I am also currently a committee member of the Global Forced Migration and U.S. Resettlement consensus study of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.

Curriculum Vitae (updated July 2026) · kevins [at] ucr [dot] edu