Published
[1] "Declining Outmigration and Local Labor Markets", with Emily Conover and Melanie Khamis. 2023. Journal of Human Resources Vol. 59 (6)
[2] "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]
[3] "Endogamous Marriage among Immigrant Groups: The Impact of Deportations under Secure Communities" with Cynthia Bansak, 2022 Economic Inquiry Vol. 60(1)
[4] "The Impact of Legalizing Unauthorized Immigrants" with Cynthia Bansak. 2021. IZA World of Labor [LINK]
[5] "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]
[6] "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)
[7] "The Impact of Education-Occupation Mismatches onWages 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]
[9] "Dropouts, Defaulters and Continuing Clients: Client Exit from Microfinance." 2014. Developing Economies, Vol. 52(4)
[10] "Officials Versus Thieves: Is Public or Private Expropriation More Harmful to Small Firms?" 2014. Journal of Development Studies, Vol. 50 (6) pp. 773-788
[11] "Crime and Microenterprise Growth: Evidence from Mexico", with Ariel Ben Yishay. 2014. World Development, Vol.56, pp.139-152
[12] "Do Low Returns to Capital Explain Low Formal Credit Use? Evidence from Ecuador." 2014. Journal of Developing Areas, Vol.48(1), pp.1-19
[13] "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
[14] "Ethnic Concentration and Immigrant Bank Use", with Sarah Bohn. 2013. Southern Economic Journal, Vol. 79(4), pp.864-885
[15] "Too Vulnerable For Microfinance? Risk and Vulnerability as Determinants of Microfinance Selection." 2012. Journal of Development Studies Vol. 48(9), pp.1342-1359
Working Papers
"What Happens When Men Don't Migrate? Partnership and Fertility in a Migrant Sending Country" with Emily Conover and Melanie Khamis
"The Impact of Secure Communities on the Labor Market Outcomes of Immigrant Women: An Analysis of Occupational Adjustment" with Cynthia Bansak and Chad Sparber
"The Long-Term Benefits of Vaccination Campaigns: Evidence from Measles" with Alicia Atwood
"The Impact of Education-Occupation Mismatches on Migration from Mexico" with Stephen Rubb
"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]
Work in Progress
"Why Don't Women Code? Media Exposure, Education and Occupational Choice in U.S. Labor Markets", with Emily Conover and Melanie Khamis