Publications
Macroeconomics of International Migration and Remittances
Endogenous Labor Migration and Remittances: Macroeconomic and Welfare Consequences. (with AKM Mahbub Morshed and Stephen J. Turnovsky) Journal of Development Economics., June 2023, 163, 103110. (link to article)
Migrant Network Effect and Economic Development. (with Channary Khun) Economics Letters, April 2023, 225, 111036. (link to article).
International Migration and Foreign Direct Investment in a Macro-Dynamic Model of Two Small Open Economies. Chapter 6 in Robert M. Sauer (ed.) World Scientific Handbook of Global Migration, Vol. 3. World Scientific - forthcoming (link to book)
Macroeconomic Impacts of Remittances: A Two-Country, Two-Sector Model. (with Channary Khun) Journal of Macroeconomics, September 2022, 73, 103443. (Working Paper Version) (link to article)
Analyzing Cycles in Remittances and Foreign Direct Investment: Evidence from the Philippines. (with Puneet Vatsa and Hem C. Basnet) Review of Development Finance, December 2022, 12(2), 10-17.
Migrant Labor and Remittances: Macroeconomic Consequences and Policy Responses. (with AKM Mahbub Morshed and Stephen J. Turnovsky) Journal of Human Capital, 2021, 15(1), 128-173. (link to article)
Policy to Promote Overseas Migrant Work: A Macro-Dynamic Framework. Mathematical Social Sciences, January 2021, 109, 113-125. (link to article)
Book Review of Sri Lanka’s Remittance Economy: A Multiscalar Analysis of Migration-Underdevelopment. International Migration Review, 2020, 54(4), 1281-1283. (linked to article)
International Migration, Workers' Remittances and Permanent Income Hypothesis. (with Hem C. Basnet) World Development, August 2017, 96, 438-450. (link to article)
Fiscal Policy in a Small Open Economy with Cross-Border Labor Mobility. (with AKM Mahbub Morshed) Journal of Macroeconomics, June 2017, 52, 147-174. (link to article)
What Have Remittances Done to Development? Evidence from the Caribbean Community and Common Market. (with Walter O. Simmons) Review of Black Political Economy, 2016, 43(3), 343-361. (link to article)
An empirical analysis of remittance flows into West African Economic and Monetary Union: A panel time-series approach. (with Ficawoyi Donou-Adonsou). Applied Economics, 2016, 48(11), 1018-1029. (link to article)
International migration, migrant stock, and remittances: Reexamining the motivations to remit. (with AKM Mahbub Morshed). Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, August 2015, 57, 101-115. (link to article)
Do remittances promote economic growth in the Caribbean Community and Common Market? (with Walter Simmons) Journal of Economics and Business, January-February 2015, 77, 42-59. (link to article)
U.S. Child Adoptions
Gender Bias and U.S. International Adoptions. (with Channary Khun) Economics Bulletin, 2021, 41(4), 2529-2542. (link to article)
Why Do U.S. Parents Prefer Private to Foster Care Adoptions? The Role of Adoption Subsidies, Gender, Race, and Special Needs. (with Channary Khun and Sajal Lahiri) Economic Inquiry, October 2020, 58(4), 1757-1782. (link to article)
Cambodian Agricultural Productivity
Productivity and Market Participation: Cambodian Rice Farmers. (with Channary Khun) Journal of Asian Economics, October 2023, 88, 101646. (link to article)
Culture and Economic Development
Culture and Income across Countries: Evidence from Family Ties. (with Simran Kahai and Channary Khun) Journal of Economic Studies, 2022, 49(2), 213-226. (link to article)
Dynamics of Immigrant Assimilation: Lessons from Immigrants' Trust. (with AKM Mahbub Morshed) Journal of Economic Studies, 2019, 46(3), 518-532. (link to article)
Trust and Macroeconomic Performance: A Two-Step Approach. (with A.K.M. Mahbub Morshed and Channary Khun) Economic Modelling, January 2018, 68, 293-305. (link to article)
Other Topics in International Economics
Exchange Rate Pass-Through into Japanese Import Prices: Evidence at Both Bilateral and Product Levels. (with Channary Khun and Hem Basnet) American Business Review, 2021, 24(2), 115-132. (link to article)
On the Importance of Chinese Investment in Africa. (with Ficawoyi Donou-Adonsou) Review of Development Finance, June 2018, 8(1), 63-73. (link to article)
Do people really support trade restrictions? Cross-country evidence. (with Channary Khun and Sajal Lahiri) Journal of International Trade & Economic Development, 2015, 24(1), 132-146. (link to article)
U.S. bilateral trade deficits with China and Japan: The Role of Japanese Direct Investment. (with Channary Khun), Empirical Economics Letters, 2011, 10(6), 527-534. (pdf)
Bilateral investment treaties, political risk and foreign direct investment. Asia Pacific Journal of Economics & Business, 2007, 11, 6-24. (as Sokchea Kim) (pdf) (cited by)
Other Topics in Macroeconomics
Technological Progress and Economic Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from Telecommunications Infrastructure. (with Ficawoyi Donou-Adonsou and Samuel Mathey). International Advances in Economic Research, 2016, 22(1), 65-75. (link to article)
Money demand in Australia: Which monetary aggregate matters? (with Channary Khun). Economic Papers, 2014, 33(1), 95-103.