Working Papers
"Cable and the Gender Gap in College Majors", with Emily Conover and Melanie Khamis
"Remittance Declines and Labor Market Response of Older Individuals" with Emily Conover
"Why Does Occupational Sorting Differ for College Educated Natives and Immigrants? A Decomposition Analysis" with Juan Acosta-Ballesteros, Maria del Pilar Osorno-del Rosal and Olga Maria Rodriguez-Rodriguez
[19] "What Happens When Men Don't Migrate? Partnership and Fertility in a Migrant Sending Country" with Emily Conover and Melanie Khamis. 2026. Forthcoming, World Bank Economic Review [LINK]
[18] "The Long-Term Benefits of the Measles Vaccine in Mexico" with Alicia Atwood. 2025 Journal of Health Economics, Vol. 101, 102974
[17] "The Importance of Education-Occupation Matching During a Period of Changing Mexican Migration" with Stephen Rubb. 2025. Eastern Economic Journal, Vol. 51, 373-402
[16] "The Impact of Secure Communities on the Labor Market Outcomes of Immigrant Women", with Cynthia Bansak and Chad Sparber. 2024. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, Vol. 44 (3), 917--942 [LINK]
[15] "Declining Outmigration and Local Labor Markets", with Emily Conover and Melanie Khamis. 2023. Journal of Human Resources Vol. 59 (6)
[14] "Job Quality and Labor Market Transitions: Evidence from Mexican Informal and Formal Workers" with Emily Conver and Melanie Khamis, 2022. Jounral of Development Studies Vol. 58 (7), 1332--1348 (Previously circulated as WIDER Working Paper 2021/23) [PAPER]
[13] "Endogamous Marriage among Immigrant Groups: The Impact of Deportations under Secure Communities" with Cynthia Bansak, 2022 Economic Inquiry, Vol. 60(1)
[12] "The Impact of Legalizing Unauthorized Immigrants" with Cynthia Bansak. 2021. IZA World of Labor [LINK]
[11] "Gender Imbalances and Labor Market Outcomes: Evidence from Large-Scale Mexican Migration" with Emily Conover and Melanie Khamis. 2021. IZA Journal of Development and Migration 12:02 [PAPER]
[10] "Knowledge Obsolescence, Human Capital Depreciation and Women's Occupational Sorting", with Amanda McFarland. 2020. The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy, Vol. 20 (1)
[9] "The Impact of Education-Occupation Mismatches on Wages in Mexico", with Stephen Rubb, 2019 Applied Economics Letters [PAPER]
[8] "Violence and Migration: Evidence from Mexico's Drug War", with Sukanya Basu. 2017. IZA Journal of Development and Migration, Vol. 7:18 [PAPER]
[7] "Dropouts, Defaulters and Continuing Clients: Client Exit from Microfinance." 2014. Developing Economies, Vol. 52(4)
[6] "Officials Versus Thieves: Is Public or Private Expropriation More Harmful to Small Firms?" 2014. Journal of Development Studies, Vol. 50 (6) pp. 773-788
[5] "Crime and Microenterprise Growth: Evidence from Mexico", with Ariel Ben Yishay. 2014. World Development, Vol.56, pp.139-152
[4] "Do Low Returns to Capital Explain Low Formal Credit Use? Evidence from Ecuador." 2014. Journal of Developing Areas, Vol.48(1), pp.1-19
[3] "A Goldsmith Exercise for Learning Money Creation", with Bob Rebelein. 2013. Journal of Economic Education, Vol.44(4), pp.372-388 [PAPER]
[APPENDIX A]- Brief Instructor Instruction Sheet
[APPENDIX B]- Student Instruction Sheet, including record sheets
[APPENDIX C]- Instructor Materials, including certificates
[2] "Ethnic Concentration and Immigrant Bank Use", with Sarah Bohn. 2013. Southern Economic Journal, Vol. 79(4), pp.864-885
[1] "Too Vulnerable For Microfinance? Risk and Vulnerability as Determinants of Microfinance Selection." 2012. Journal of Development Studies Vol. 48(9), pp.1342-1359
Work in Progress/Permanent Working Papers
"Flexibility Matters: Do More Rigid Loan Contracts Reduce Demand for Microfinance Loans?", background paper for CAF's 2011 Reporte de Economia y Desarrollo (RED) [PAPER]