Published or Accepted Papers

"The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on post-great recession entrants: Evidence from Mexico", Labour Economics, Volume 81.  2023.

Working Papers

"The Effect of Immigration Enforcement Abroad on Home-Country Firms", with Eduardo Medina. Download Draft. Accepted Journal of Political Economy: Microeconomics.

We use the largest modern US deportation program to investigate the effect of deportation shocks on establishments in the communities of origin of migrants. We link these deportations to Mexican municipalities by using transnational data on the undocumented migrant network and then merge them with rich establishment panel data, which includes formal and informal firms. Mexican regions experiencing larger deportation shocks observe an increase in their establishments’ size, revenue, and exports. We provide suggestive evidence that these changes are driven by increases in consumer demand, the transference of human and financial capital, and reductions in labor costs.

1st place National Award for Research Excellence in Economics "CitiBanamex 2023". This is the highest honor in Economics in Mexico, and is granted by  researchers from multiple institutions to the best paper that studies Mexico.

1st place National Award for Research Excellence  in Economics "Victor Urquidi 2023". This award is given by researchers from multiple institutions to the best research project on Mexico written by a team with at least one researcher in Mexico. 

Work in Progress

"The international effects of  high temperatures" with Luis Sarmiento and Gonzalo Ares de Parga Regalado  [Draft Coming Soon] 

"The Labor Market Consequences of  North-to-South Migration" [Draft Coming Soon]

"The Effect of Deportations on Prices" with Jesús Arellano [Draft Coming Soon]

Sleeping Papers

"The Economic Consequences of the Decapitation of Criminal Organizations" 

We use Secure Communities, the largest modern US deportation program, to investigate the effect of deportation shocks on establishments in immigrants’ communities of origin. We link these deportations to Mexican municipalities by using transnational data on the undocumented migrant network and then merge them with rich establishment panel data, which includes formal and informal firms. Mexican regions experiencing larger deportation shocks observe an increase in their establishments’ probability of survival, revenue, and exports. We provide suggestive evidence of these changes being driven by increases in consumer demand, the transference of human and financial capital, and reductions in labor costs.

Media Coverage: Royal Economic Society (https://www.res.org.uk/resources-page/removing-leadership-of-criminal-organisations.html)

Mexican National Coverage (in Spanish): La captura de líderes del narco impactó en caída del empleo de 2005 a 2011 (expansion.mx) 

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