Peer-Reviewed Publications
Maystadt, J.-F., A. Mishra, V. Mueller, and M. Smoldt (Forthcoming). ``The Causes and Policy Responses to Forced Migration and Environmental Degradation in Africa." Annual Review of Resource Economics.
Smoldt, M., V. Mueller, and C. Thies (Forthcoming). ``U.S. Enforcement Politics and Remittance Dynamics in Mexico." Journal of Politics.
Mueller, V., M. Hauer, and G. Sheriff (2024). ``Sunny Day Flooding and Mortality Risk in Coastal Florida." Demography 61(1), 209-230.
Hauer, M., V. Mueller, and G. Sheriff (2023). ``Sea Level Rise Already Delays Coastal Commuters." Environmental Research: Climate 2(4), 045004.
Mueller, V., C. Páez Bernal, C. Gray, and K. Grépin (2023). ``The Gendered Consequences of COVID-19 for Internal Migration." Population Research and Policy Review 42, 60.
Mueller, V., K. Grépin, A. Rabbani, A. Ngunjiri, A. Oyekunle, and C. Wenham (2023). ``Domestic Burden Amid COVID-19 and Women's Mental Health in Middle-Income Africa." Feminist Economics 29(2), 192-218.
Grépin, K., V. Mueller, N. Wu, and A. Rabbani (2023). ``Unmasking the Truth: Experimental Evidence of Facemask Compliance in Bangladesh, Kenya, and Nigeria during the COVID-19 Pandemic." PLOS Global Public Health 3(3), e0001086.
Glazerman, S., K. Grépin, V. Mueller, M. Rosenbaum, and N. Wu (2023). ``Do Referrals Improve Representation of Women in Mobile Phone Surveys?" Journal of Development Economics 162, 103077.
Chen, J., V. Mueller, F. Durand, E. Lisco, Q. Zhong, V.R. Sherin, and A.K.M. Islam (2022). ``Salinization of the Bangladesh Delta Worsens Economic Precarity." Population and Environment 44, 226-257.
Hidrobo, M., V. Mueller, and S. Roy (2022). "Cash Transfers, Migration, and Gender Norms." American Journal of Agricultural Economics 104(2), 550-568.
Mueller, V., K. Grépin, A. Rabbani, B. Navia, A. Ngunjiri, and N. Wu (2022). "Food Insecurity and COVID-19 Risk in Low- and Middle-Income Countries." Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy 44(1), 92-109.
Christian, P., S. Glover, F. Kondylis, V. Mueller, M. Ruzzante, and A. Zwager (2022). "Do Private Consultants Promote Savings and Investments in Rural Mozambique?" Agricultural Economics 51(3), 22-36.
Christian, P, F. Kondylis, V. Mueller, A. Zwager, and T. Siegfried (2022). "Monitoring Water for Conservation: A Proof of Concept from Mozambique." American Journal of Agricultural Economics 104(1), 92-110.
Hauer, M., D. Hardy, S. Kulp, V. Mueller, D. Wrathall, and P. Clark (2021). "Assessing Population Exposure to Coastal Flooding due to Sea Level Rise." Nature Communications 12, 6900.
Hauer, M., V. Mueller, G. Sheriff, and Q. Zhong (2021). "More than a Nuisance: Measuring How Sea Level Rise Already Delays Commuters in Miami, FL." Environmental Research Letters 16, 064041.
Caruso, G., C. Gomez Canon, and V. Mueller (2021). "Spillover Effects of the Venezuelan Crisis: Migration Impacts in Colombia." Oxford Economic Papers 73(2), 771-795.
Bell, A., D. Wrathall, V. Mueller, J. Chen, M. Oppenheimer, M. Hauer, H. Adams, S. Kulp, P. Clark, E. Fussell, N. Magliocca, T. Xiao, E. Gilmore, K. Abel, M. Call, and A. Slangen (2021)."Migration Towards Bangladesh Coastlines Projected to Increase with Sea-level Rise through 2100." Environmental Research Letters 16(2), 024045.
Mueller, V., G. Sheriff, C. Keeler, and M. Jehn (2021). "COVID-19 Policy Modeling in Sub-Saharan Africa." Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy 43(1), 24-38.
Mueller, V., C. Gray, and D. Hopping (2020). "Climate-Induced Migration and Unemployment in Middle-Income Africa." Global Environmental Change 65, 102183.
Schmidt, E., V. Mueller, and G. Rosenbach (2020). "Rural Households in Papua New Guinea Afford Better Diets with Income from Small Businesses." Food Policy 97, 101964.
Mueller, V., E. Schmidt, and D. Kirkeeng (2020). "Structural Change and Women's Employment Potential in Myanmar." International Regional Science Review 43(5), 450-476.
Gray, C., D. Hopping, and V. Mueller (2020). "The Changing Climate-Migration Relationship in China, 1989-2011." Climatic Change 160(1), 103-122.
Maystadt, J.-F., V. Mueller, J. van den Hoek, and S. van Weezel (2020). "Vegetation Changes Attributable to Refugees in Africa Coincide with Agricultural Deforestation." Environmental Research Letters 15(4), 044008.
Mueller, V., G. Sheriff, X. Dou, and C. Gray (2020). "Temporary Migration and Climate Variation in East Africa." World Development 126, 104704.
Hauer, M., B. Fussell, V. Mueller, M. Burkett, M. Call, K. Abel, D. Wrathall, and R. McLeman (2020). "Sea Level Rise and Human Migration." Nature Reviews Earth & Environment 1, 28-39.
Mueller, V., C. Gray, S. Handa, and D. Seidenfeld (2020). "Do Social Protection Programs Foster Short-term and Long-term Migration Adaptation Strategies." Environment and Development Economics 25, 135-158.
Chen, J. and V. Mueller (2019). "Climate-Induced Cross-Border Migration and Change in Demographic Structure." Population and Environment 41(2), 98-125.
Wrathall, D., V. Mueller, P. Clark, et al. (2019). "Meeting the looming policy challenge of sea-level change and human migration." Nature Climate Change 9, 898-901.
Chen, J., K. Kosec, and V. Mueller (2019) (lead article). "Temporary and Permanent Migrant Selection: Theory and Evidence of Ability-Search Cost Dynamics." Review of Development Economics 23(4), 1477-1519.
Mueller, V., I. Masias, and S. Vallury (2019). "Labor-Saving Technologies and Structural Transformation in Northern Ghana." Agricultural Economics 50, 581-594.
Mogues, T., V. Mueller, and F. Kondylis (2019). "Cost-Effectiveness of Community-Based Gendered Advisory Services to Farmers: Analysis in Mozambique and Tanzania." PLOS ONE 14(3), e0211448.
Mueller, V., A. Peterman, L. Billings, and A. Wineman (2019). "Exploring Impacts of Community-Based Legal Aid on Intrahousehold Gender Relations in Tanzania." Feminist Economics 25(2), 116-145.
Mueller, V., E. Schmidt, N. Lozano-Gracia, S. Murray (2019). “Implications of Migration on Employment and Occupational Transitions in Tanzania.” International Regional Science Review 42(2), 181-206.
Chen, J., K. Kosec, and V. Mueller (2019). "Moving to Despair? Migration and Well-Being in Pakistan." World Development 113, 186-203.
Chen, J. and V. Mueller (2018). "Coastal Climate Change, Soil Salinity, and Human Migration in Bangladesh." Nature Climate Change 8(11), 981-985.
Mueller, V. and C. Gray (2018). “Heat and Adult Health in China.” Population and Environment 40, 21-46.
de Brauw, A, V. Mueller, T. Woldehanna (2018). “Does Internal Migration Improve Overall Well-Being in Ethiopia?” Journal of African Economies 27(3), 367-365.
Mueller, V., C. Doss, A. Quisumbing (2018). “Youth Migration and Labor Constraints in African Agrarian Households.” Journal of Development Studies 54(5), 875-894.
Kosec, K., H. Ghebru, B. Holtenmeir, V. Mueller, E. Schmidt (2018). “The Effect of Land Access on Youth Employment and Migration Decisions: Evidence from Rural Ethiopia.” American Journal of Agricultural Economics 100(3), 931-954.
Mueller, V., L. Billings, T. Mogues, A. Peterman, A. Wineman (2018). “Filling the legal void? Impacts of a Community-Based Legal Aid Program on Women.” Oxford Development Studies 46(4), 453-469.
Baez, J., G. Caruso, V. Mueller, C. Niu (2017). “Heat Exposure and Youth Migration in Central America and the Caribbean,” American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings 107(5): 446-450.
Chen, J., V. Mueller, Y. Jia, S. K.-H. Tseng (2017). “Validating Migration Responses to Flooding Using Satellite and Vital Registration Data,” American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings 107(5): 441-445.
Baez, J., G. Caruso, V. Mueller, C. Niu (2017) “Droughts Augment Youth Migration in Northern Latin America and the Caribbean,” Climatic Change 140(3): 423-435.
Kondylis, F., V. Mueller, S. Zhu (2017) (lead article). “Seeing is Believing? Evidence from an Extension Network Experiment,” Journal of Development Economics 125, 1-20.
Thiede, B., C. Gray, V. Mueller (2016). “Climate Variability and Inter-Provincial Migration in South America, 1970-2011,” Global Environmental Change 41, 228-240.
Kondylis, F., V. Mueller, G. Sheriff, S. Zhu (2016). “Do Female Instructors Reduce Gender Bias in Diffusion of Sustainable Land Management Techniques?” World Development 78, 436-449.
Maystadt, J.-F., V. Mueller, and A. Sebastian (2016). “Environmental Migration and Labor Markets in Nepal,” Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists 3(2): 417-452.
Kondylis, F., V. Mueller, and S. Zhu (2015). “Measuring Agricultural Knowledge and Adoption,” Agricultural Economics 46(3), 449-462.
Mueller, V., C. Gray, and K. Kosec (2014). “Heat Stress Increases Long-term Human Migration in Rural Pakistan,” Nature Climate Change 4, 182-185.
Mueller, V., A. Quisumbing, H. L. Lee, K. Droppelmann (2014). “Resettlement for Food Security’s Sake: Insights from a Malawi Land Reform Project,” Land Economics 90(2), 222-236.
De Brauw, A., V. Mueller, and H. L. Lee (2014). “The Role of Rural-Urban Migration in the Structural Transformation of sub-Saharan Africa,” World Development 63, 33-42.
Mueller, V., A. Pfaff, J. Peabody, Y. Liu, K. R. Smith (2013). “Improving Stove Evaluation Using Survey Data: Who Received Which Intervention Matters,” Ecological Economics 93, 301-312.
De Brauw, A., V. Mueller, and T. Woldehanna (2013) “Motives to Remit: Evidence from Tracked Internal Migrants in Ethiopia,” World Development 50, 13-23.
De Brauw, A. and V. Mueller (2012). “Do Limitations in Land Rights Transferability Influence Low Mobility Rates in Ethiopia?” Journal of African Economies 21(4), 548-579.
Gray, C. and V. Mueller (2012). “Natural Disasters and Population Mobility in Bangladesh.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 109(16), 6000-6005.
Gray, C. and V. Mueller (2012). “Drought and Population Mobility in Rural Ethiopia,” World Development 40(1). 134-145.
Mueller, V. and A. Quisumbing (2011). “How Resilient Are Labor Markets to Natural Disasters? The Case of the 1998 Bangladesh Flood,” Journal of Development Studies 47(12), 1954-1971.
Mueller, V., A. Pfaff, J. Peabody, Y. Liu, and Kirk R. Smith (2011). “Demonstrating Bias and Improved Inference for Stoves’ Health Benefits,” International Journal of Epidemiology 40(6), 1643-1651.
Dillon, A., V. Mueller, and S. Salau (2011). “Migratory Responses to Agricultural Risk in Northern Nigeria,” American Journal of Agricultural Economics 93(4), 1048-1061.
Mueller, V. and A. Shariff (2011). “Preliminary Evidence on Internal Migration, Remittances, and Teen Schooling in India,” Contemporary Economic Policy 29(2), 207- 217.
Mueller, V., and G. Sheriff (2010). “On Hedonic Valuation Of Urban Amenities Using Unbalanced Data,” Land Economics 86(3), 545-551.
Mueller, V. and D. Osgood (2009). “Long-term Impacts of Droughts on Labor Markets in Developing Countries: Evidence from Brazil,” Journal of Development Studies 45(10), 1651-1662.
Mueller, V. and D. Osgood (2009). “Long-term Consequences of Short-term Precipitation Shocks: Evidence from Brazilian Migrant Households,” Agricultural Economics 40(5), 573-586.