Research

Research Interests:

- Labor Economics (Immigration, Wage Discrimination, Gender/Race Inequality)

- Environmental Economics

- Experimental Economics 

Published Papers:

• Bagheri, Omid. "Are College Graduate Immigrants on Work Visa Cheaper Than Natives?." Journal of Labor Research 44 (2023): 228-260. 

• Bagheri, Omid, Klaus Moeltner, and Wei Yang. "Respiratory illness, hospital visits, and health costs: Is it air pollution or pollen?." Environmental Research 187 (2020): 109572.

Working Papers:

• H-1B Visa Program, Visa Cap and Foreign Worker Earnings (with Kusum Mundra) (Working Paper Published at IZA Institute of Labor Economics)

• Earnings Gap Between Highly Educated Immigrants and US-Born Counterparts: Analysis of Dynamics (Working Paper Published at the CGO) 

• Are College Graduate Immigrants on Work Visa Cheaper than Natives? (Working Paper Published at the CGO) 

This study was recently referred to in a recent US Senate hearing on DACA and International Students and was mentioned in a Forbes article. It was also cited in a WSJ article titled “Should the U.S. Expand the H-1B Visa Program?”

Works in Progress:

• Relative Employment of Immigrant Truck Drivers and the Business Cycles in the 21st Century (with Abdi Shaeye)

• Impact of Paid Family Leave on Women Employment: Evidence from California Paid Leave Program (with Mohammadhadi Mostafavi Dehzooei)

• Do Social Ties Affect Decisions in Buying Health Insurances? (with Co-authors)