Nicolas Morales
Welcome to my website.
I am an Economist at the Research Department of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond. I received my Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Michigan in 2019.
My research lies at the intersection of International Trade and Labor Economics, focusing on international migration and its consequences for global production.
contact: nicolas.morales.uy@gmail.com
Working papers:
Blogs: Ideas for India Media: Bloomberg, Fortune, US News & World report, Center for Global Development, The Straits Times, CIO Dive, Business Standard, The Economic Times, Tech-Wire Asia, Think Progress, Nearshore Americas
"High-Skill Migration, Multinational Companies, and the Location of Economic Activity'' Revise and resubmit at the Review of Economics and Statistics.
"Firm Heterogeneity and the Impact of Immigration: Evidence from German Establishments'', with Agostina Brinatti. Revise and resubmit at the Journal of Political Economy.
"Supply Chain Resilience: Evidence from Indian Firms", with Gaurav Khanna and Nitya Pandalai-Nayar. Abstract, (draft available upon request)
"The Impact of Immigration on Firms and Workers: Insights from the H-1B Lottery and US Employer-Employee Data", with Agostina Brinatti, Mingyu Chen, Parag Mahajan, and Kevin Shih. (draft available upon request)
Book chapters and shorter publications:
"Understanding the Economic Impact of the H-1B Program on the US'', with John Bound and Gaurav Khanna. Chapter in NBER book "High-Skilled Migration to the United States and its Economic Consequences". pages 109-175. Edited by Gordon Hanson, William Kerr and Sarah Turner. May, 2018.
"Workforce Trends in Computer Science", with John Bound. Commissioned Paper for the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine, part of book "Assessing and Responding to the Growth of Computer Science Undergraduate Enrollments" The National Academies Press, Washington, DC. Appendix C, pages 171-184. 2018.
"Reservoir of Foreign Talent”, with John Bound and Gaurav Khanna. Science vol. 356, Issue 6339, pp. 697, May 2017
Richmond Fed articles:
"College-educated immigrants bolster U.S. productivity", March 2021, 21-08
"What can firm-level data show us about immigration's impact on labor markets?", October 2021, 21-35
"Can immigration help boost rural economies in the fifth district and beyond?", May 2022, 22-18