Joël Machado

Joël Machado is a Research Scientist at the University of Luxembourg, affiliated with the Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER). He holds a PhD in Economics from the Université catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain, 2014) and was a FNR AFR Postdoctoral researcher at CREA, University of Luxembourg (2015–2017). His research focuses on migration policy impacts, labour markets, and economic inequality. He leads/co-leads projects like LUXTALENT (2025–2026), WeLaR (2022–2025), and EvaCAI (2022–2022).

• Education: PhD in Economics, UCLouvain (2014)
• External Affiliations: IZA Research Fellow, DEM (Uni.Lu) External Fellow, IRES (UCLouvain) Corresponding Member

Research emphasizes migration policy design, remittances, and economic implications of diasporas. Recent work examines carbon pricing distributional effects and asylum policy externalities. Collaborations span European institutions and global migration experts.

Key projects include evaluating Luxembourg’s integration policies (EvaCAI) and analyzing welfare systems’ resilience (WeLaR). Grants include EU-funded initiatives and national programs.