David Escamilla-Guerrero
Work in Progress
1. The impact of violence during the Mexican Revolution on migration to the United States
IZA Discussion Paper 16359, July 2023
NBER Working Paper 31531, August 2023
2. Explaining gender differences in migrant sorting: Evidence from Canada-US migration
with Chris Minns and Miko Lepisto
IZA Discussion Paper 16461, September 2023
Submitted
3. The effects of immigration in a developing country: Brazil in the Age of Mass Migration
with Andrea Papadia and Ariell Zimran
IZA Discussion Paper 16741, January 2024
NBER Working Paper 32083, May 2024 (Revised)
Submitted
4. All aboard! Railroad access and Mexico-US mass migration
prepared for the volume "Roots of Underdevelopment: A New Economic and Political History of Latin America and the Caribbean"
edited by Felipe Valencia Caicedo
Oxford Economic and Social History Working Paper 212, October 2024
5. Minimum wages and gender inequality in the long run: Evidence from Mexico
with Enrique de la Rosa-Ramos and Valeria Rueda
6. The impact of foreign language skills on migration and labor market dynamics
with Raissa Fabregas and Oscar Gálvez-Soriano
Publications
1. "Minimum Eligibility Age for Social Pensions and Household Poverty: Evidence from Mexico," with Clemente Ávila-Parra and Oscar Gálvez-Soriano. Economic Inquiry, August 2023.
2. "Migrant Self-Selection and Random Shocks: Evidence from the Panic of 1907," with Moramay López-Alonso. The Journal of Economic History, January 2023.
3. "Life after crossing the border: Assimilation during the first Mexican mass migration," with Ed Kosack and Zach Ward. Explorations in Economic History, October 2021.
4. "Revisiting Mexican migration in the Age of Mass Migration: New evidence from individual border crossings." Historical Methods, April 2020.
Other Publications
1. Revolution in development: Mexico and the governance of the global economy. Economic History Review, July 2021 (Book Review).
2. Cliometric essays on Mexican migration to the United States. Ph.D. Thesis, London School of Economics, January 2020.
2022 Dissertation Prize Finalist, International Economic History Association.