Nicolas Morales

Working papers:

• "Firm Heterogeneity and the Impact of Immigration: Evidence from German Establishments'', with Agostina Brinatti. Revise and resubmit at the Journal of Political Economy. Latest version: April 2025

• "The IT Boom and Other Unintended Consequences of Chasing the American Dream'', with Gaurav Khanna.  Revise and resubmit at the American Economic Review. Latest version: December 2024

• "Supply Chain Resilience: Evidence from Indian Firms", with Gaurav Khanna and Nitya Pandalai-Nayar. Revise and resubmit at the American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics. Latest version: January 2025

• "The Impact of Immigration on Firms and Workers: Insights from the H-1B Lottery", with Parag Mahajan, Kevin Shih, Mingyu Chen, and Agostina Brinatti. Latest version: May 2025

• "Weathering the Storm: Supply Chains and Climate Risk", with Juanma Castro-Vincenzi, Gaurav Khanna and Nitya Pandalai-Nayar. Latest version: June 2025

Published and accepted papers:

• "High-Skill Migration, Multinational Companies, and the Location of Economic Activity'' Forthcoming at the Review of Economics and Statistics.

• "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. 

Other publications:

• "VoxDev Literature Review - Foreign Direct Investment", Edited by Stefania Garetto, Nina Pavnick and Natalia Ramondo. Contributed section on Chapter 4: "Spillovers from MNEs through high-skilled immigration". February 2025.

• "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:

• "Can Trade Help Mitigate Risk From Weather Disruptions?", April 2025, 25-17

• "Supply Chain Resilience and the Effects of Economic Shocks", January 2025, 25-02

• "How Do College-Educated Immigrants Affect US Firms and Workers?", May 2024, 24-15

• "Did U.S. Immigration Policy Influence India’s IT Boom?, December 2023, 23-42

• "How much do multinational companies in the U.S. depend on immigrant workers?", June 2023, 23-21

• "What makes supply chains more resilient to economic shocks?", November 2022, 22-46

• "Can immigration help boost rural economies in the fifth district and beyond?", May 2022, 22-18

• "What can firm-level data show us about immigration's impact on labor markets?", October 2021, 21-35

• "College-educated immigrants bolster U.S. productivity", March 2021, 21-08

Richmond Fed podcast:

• How the Fed Mines Data for New Insights, May 2025

• Immigration Policy and the Development of the Tech Sector in the U.S. and India, April 2024

• Supply Chain Resilience, July 2023

• Immigration in Rural Communities, June 2022

• The Role of Immigration in Labor Markets, June 2021