Research

I am a macroeconomist who works on labor issues. My research areas are: immigration, macroeconomics, the EITC, economics pedagogy, and education.

Working papers:

• Park, S. and N. Simpson. February 2024. "Recent Trends among College-Educated Married Mothers: Employment, Wages and Time Use." Working paper.

• Bansak, C. , Keefe, H. and N. Simpson. January 2024. "The Impact of the U.S. Covid-19 Response on Remittance Flows to Emerging Market and Developing Economies." Working paper (under review).

• Bansak, C., Oros, N. and N. Simpson. 2022. "The Resiliency of Remittances during the Pandemic: The Importance of Economic Conditions in the Receiving Country. " Working paper. 

• Athreya, K. , McCord, R., Reilly, D. and N. Simpson. 2023. "Single Mothers and Tax Credits".  Working paper.

Published Journal Articles:

• Sparber, C. and N. Simpson. 2020. “Estimating the determinants of remittances originating from U.S. households using  CPS Data.” Eastern Economic Journal 46: 244-272, Immigration Symposium. 

• Hines, A. and N. Simpson, 2019. “Migration, Remittances, and Human Capital Investment in Kenya.” Economic Notes, Special Issues on Migrant Remittances: 1-18. 

• Ionescu, F. and N. Simpson. 2016. “Default risk and private student loans: Implications for higher education policies.” Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control 64: 119-147.

• Betz, William and N. Simpson. 2013. “The Effects of International Migration on the Well-Being of Native Populations in Europe,” IZA Journal of Migration 2:12. 

• Simpson, N. and C. Sparber, 2013. “The Short- and Long-Run Determinants of Less-Educated Immigrant Flows into U.S. States.” Southern Economic Journal, 80(2): 414-438, October. Web Appendix.

• deAraujo, P., R. O’Sullivan and N. Simpson, 2013. “What Should Be Taught in Intermediate Macroeconomics?” Journal of Economic Education 44(1), 74–90. 

• Polgreen, Linnea and Nicole Simpson, 2011. “Happiness and International Migration.” Journal of Happiness Studies, 12(5), 819-840. 

• Athreya, K., D. Reilly and N. Simpson, 2010. “The Earned Income Tax Credit: Life-Cycle Income, Marginal Tax Rates, Wealth and Credit Constraints.” Economic Quarterly 96(3): 229-258.

• Simpson, N., Tiefenthaler, J. and J. Hyde, 2010. “The Impact of the Earned Income Tax Credit on Economic Well-being: A Comparison across Household Types,” Population Research and Policy Review 29:843-864. 

• Mitchell, D., Rebelein, R., Schneider, P., Simpson, N. and E. Fisher, 2009. “A Classroom Experiment on Exchange Rate Determination with Purchasing Power Parity,” Journal of Economic Education 40(2), 150-165.

• Fairchild, Stephen and Nicole B. Simpson, 2008. “A Comparison of Mexican Migrant Remittances across U.S. Regions,” Contemporary Economic Policy 26(3), 360-379. Web Appendix. 

• Blankenau, William F., Nicole B. Simpson and Marc Tomljanovich, 2007. “Public Education Expenditures, Taxation and Growth: Linking Data to Theory,” American Economic Review97(2), 393-97.

• Athreya, Kartik B. and Nicole B. Simpson, 2006. “Unsecured Debt with Public Insurance: From Bad to Worse,” Journal of Monetary Economics 53(4), 797-825. 

• Polgreen, Linnea and Nicole B. Simpson, 2006. “Recent Trends in the Skill Composition of Legal U.S. Immigrants,” Southern Economic Journal 72(4), 938-57. 

• Simpson, Nicole B., Tomljanovich, Marc I. and Georgiev, George, 2005. “Macroeconomic Fundamentals and Net Portfolio Investment between Developed Regions,” International Finance 8 (2),303-27. 

• Blankenau, William F. and Nicole B. Simpson, 2004. “Public Education Expenditures and Growth,” Journal of Development Economics 73(2), 583-605. 

• Fairchild, Stephen and Nicole B. Simpson, 2004. “Mexican Migration to the United States Pacific Northwest,” Population Research and Policy Review 23(3), 219-34.

Invited Chapters:

• Simpson, N. 2022. "Demographic and economic determinants of migration,” IZA World of Labor, 373.

• Bansak, C., N. Simpson, and M. Zavodny. 2022. “Immigrants and Their Effects on Labor Market Outcomes of Natives.” Handbook of Labor, Human Resources and Population Economics. Ed: Zimmerman, K.F. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57365-6_110-1

• Bansak, C. and N. Simpson, 2018. “Updating an ODA policy in Canada: the role of global remittances in development.” Briefing Paper in the School of Public Policy Publications (SPPP), University of Calgary.

• Simpson, N. 2017. "Demographic and economic determinants of migration,” IZA World of Labor, 373.

• Bodvarsson, O., N. Simpson and C. Sparber, 2015. "Migration Theory: Determinants of Immigration." Handbook on the Economics of International Migration. Editors: Barry Chiswick and Paul Miller, Elsevier Inc. 

• Simpson, Nicole, 2014. “Families, Taxes and the Welfare System,” Family Economics: How Households Impact Markets and Economic Growth. Editor: Esther Redmount, ABC-CLIO. IZA Discussion Paper 7369.

• Simpson, Nicole, 2013. “Happiness and Migration,” International Handbook on the Economics of Migration, Editors: Klaus F. Zimmermann and Amelie F. Constant, Edward Elgar Publishing Limited.