I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs and the College of Arts and Sciences at Syracuse University. My research interests are in labor, development, migration, and political economy.
I received my PhD in Economics from Boston University in May 2022.
Before starting the PhD, I worked for Peace Corps Nicaragua as an educator in Nicaragua’s Ministry of Education.
Email: tpears01@syr.edu
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Encouraging Naturalization: The Broader Effects of DACA on U.S. Immigration (with Emily Battaglia)
Immigration Enforcement and Origin Country Labor Markets
Accepted, Journal of Human Resources
The Confederate Diaspora (with Samuel Bazzi, Martin Fiszbein, Andreas Ferrara, and Patrick Testa)
Accepted, Review of Economic Studies
The Impact of Immigration Status on Crime Reporting: Evidence from DACA
Journal of Urban Economics, September 2024
The Other Great Migration: Southern Whites and the New Right (with Samuel Bazzi, Martin Fiszbein, Andreas Ferrara, and Patrick Testa)
Coverage: The Economist, Washington Post, NPR Morning Edition, VoxTalks
Quarterly Journal of Economics, August 2023
Sundown Towns and Racial Exclusion: The Southern White Diaspora and the "Great Retreat" (with Samuel Bazzi, Martin Fiszbein, Andreas Ferrara, and Patrick Testa)
American Economic Association: Papers & Proceedings, May 2022.
Migration at the U.S. Border and Local Housing Prices: Evidence from the Recent Migrant Surge (with Jooyoung Kim)