Research

“Leveraging Tradle to Expand Geographic Literacy in an International Trade Class” (with Jadrian 

Wooten), Journal of Economics Teaching, (2025), Published online May 5, 2025, doi: 

10.58311/jeconteach/94271ca8d775a86681bc421dbdbd1758c7d5d948.

“Border Fencing, Migrant Flows, and Crossing Deaths” (with Cynthia Bansak and Abigail Blanco), American Economic Association: Papers & Proceedings, 2022 Volume 112. doi: https://doi.org/10.1257/pandp.20221023  

“Using Podcasts to Teach the New Generations about Supply and Demand” (with Dan Diaz-Vidal),  Journal of Higher Education Theory and Practice, 2021, Volume 21(2).  doi: https://doi.org/10.33423/jhetp.v21i2.4119 

 “Unintended Consequences of US Asylum Policy” (with Abigail Blanco and Cassie Bricker), Peace  Review, 2020, Volume 32(2), Published online 19 January 2021. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/10402659.2020.1836306

“Variations in Naturalization Premiums by Country of Origin,” (with  Miao Chi) Eastern Economic Journal, 2020, Volume 46(1), Published online  12 September 2019, doi: https://doi.org/10.1057/s41302-019-00149-0.

“Visa  Wait Times and Future Earnings: Evidence from the National Survey of  College Graduates,” (with Miao Chi), Journal of Economics, Race, and  Policy, Published online 5 November 2018,  doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s41996-018-0024-6.

“Follow the Money: Remittance Responses to FDI Inflows,” with Rebecca Neumann, Journal of Globalization and Development, 2018, Volume 8(2), Published online 18 May 2018, doi: https://doi.org/10.1515/jgd-2017-0023.

"Local Immigration Enforcement and Arrests of the Hispanic Population,” ​Journal on Migration and Human Security​, 2017, Volume 5(3), pp. 645-665, doi:  https://doi.org/10.1177/233150241700500305  [Download]

“Elasticity of Demand and Optimal Prize Distribution for Instant Lottery Games,” (with Gwyn Whieldon), Atlantic Economic Journal, 2016, doi:  https://doi.org/10.1007/s11293-016-9512-8.

“Remittances and Child Labor in Bolivia,” IZA Journal of Migration, 2016, 5:1, doi: https://doi.org/10.1186/s40176-016-0050-6   [Download]

“Walking  ATMs: Do Crime Rates Affect Remittances of Mexican Migrants in the US?”  Eastern Economic Journal, 2015, Volume 41(1), pp. 6-23.,  doi: https://doi.org/10.1057/eej.2014.12

**Winner of 2018 Eckstein Prize for Best Article Published in EEJ 2015-2016**

“Financial Development and the End-Use of Migrants’ Remittances,” IZA Journal of Labor and Development, 2014, 3:7, doi: https://doi.org/10.1186/2193-9020-3-7    [Download]