Senior Economist and Policy Advisor
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

Employment

• Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Research Department, 1999–present
   
• President’s Council of Economic Advisers, 2004–05, Senior Economist

Academic Affiliations

• Tower Center Fellow, Tower Center for Political Studies at Southern Methodist University
• Research Fellow, IZA Institute of Labor in Bonn, Germany.

Education

• University of California at Los Angeles
  Ph.D. in economics, July 1999
  Fields: labor economics, econometrics, economic history
  Dissertation: "Return Migration from Mexico: Theory and Evidence"
  M.A. in economics, June 1995
   
• University of Illinois, Urbana–Champaign, Illinois
  B.A. in economics, June 1990 (magna cum laude)
  B.A. in Spanish, June 1990

Journal Publications

• "The Effect of Minimum Wages on Immigrants," with Madeline Zavodny, Industrial and Labor Relations Review, forthcoming
   
• “Does Immigration Affect Wages? A Look at Occupation-Level Evidence,” with Madeline Zavodny, Labour Economics, October 2007
   
• “Crime on the U.S.-Mexico Border: The Effect of Undocumented Immigration and Border Enforcement,” with Roberto Coronado, Migraciones Internacionales, June 2007
   
• “On the Determinants of Optimal Border Enforcement,” with Mark Guzman and Joe Haslag, Economic Theory, February 2007
   
• “Self-Selection Among Undocumented Immigrants from Mexico,” with Madeline Zavodny, Journal of Development Economics, October 2005.
   
• “What are the Consequences of an Amnesty for Undocumented Immigrants?” with Madeline Zavodny, Georgetown Public Policy Review, Spring, 2004.
   
• “Do Amnesty Programs Reduce Undocumented Immigration? Evidence from IRCA,” with Madeline Zavodny, Demography, August 2003.
   

Book Chapters

• “U.S.–Mexico Remittances: Recent Trends and Measurement Issues,” with Jesus Canas and Roberto Coronado in Migration, Trade and Development: Conference Proceedings, James Hollifield, Pia Orrenius and Thomas Osang, eds., Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, 2007.
   
• “Border Crime and Border Enforcement,” with Roberto Coronado in Basic Border Econometrics, Martha Patricia Barraza de Anda and Thomas M. Fullerton Jr., eds.; Universidad Autonoma de Cd. Juarez, 2007.
     
• “Mexico–U.S. Migration: Economic Effects and Policy Impacts,” in The Changing Structure of Mexico, Laura Randall, ed., M.E.Sharpe, 2006.
   
• “The Effect of U.S. Border Enforcement on the Crossing Behavior of Mexican Migrants,” in Behind the Smoke and Mirrors: Research from the Mexican Migration Project, Jorge Durand and Douglas S. Massey, eds., Russell Sage Foundation, 2004.
  

Dallas Fed and Publications

• “Explaining the Increase in Remittances to Mexico,” with Jesus Canas and Roberto Coronado, Southwest Economy, July/August 2007
   
• “Spotlight: Regional Labor Force Growth: Mix of Native, Immigrant Workers Varies,” with Michael Nicholson, Southwest Economy, July/August 2007
   
• “TN Visas: A Stepping Stone Toward a NAFTA Labor Market,” with Daniel Streitfeld, Southwest Economy, November/December 2006.
   
• "Spotlight: North Texas—Income Dip May Reflect Decline in Education" with Anna Berman, Southwest Economy, September/October 2006
   
• "How Labor Market Policies Shape Immigrants' Opportunities," with Genevieve Solomon, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Economic Letter, July 2006.
   
• "Two Views on How Texans Are Doing," with Anna Berman, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Southwest Economy, May/June 2006.
   
• "A Conversation with Pia Orrenius: The Economics of Immigration," Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Southwest Economy, March/April 2006.
   
• “Opting Out of Work: What’s Behind the Decline in Labor Force
  Participation?” with Helen McEwen and Mark Wynne, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Southwest Economy, November/December 2005.
   
• “Why Did Texas Have a Jobless Recovery?” with Jason Saving and Priscilla Caputo, in The Face of Texas, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, October 2005.
   
• “Immigrant Assimilation: Is the U.S. Still a Melting Pot?” Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Southwest Economy, May/June 2004.
   
• “U.S. Immigration and Economic Growth: Putting Policy on Hold,” Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Southwest Economy, November/December 2003.
   
• “Falling Crime and Rising Border Enforcement: Is there a Connection?” with Roberto Coronado, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Southwest Economy, May/June 2003.
   
• “Growth on the Border or Bordering on Growth?” with Anna Berman, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Southwest Economy, May/June 2002.
   
• "Beating Border Barriers in U.S.–Mexico Trade," with Keith Phillips and Benjamin Blackburn, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Southwest Economy, September/October 2001.
   
  
• "Illegal Immigration and Border Enforcement along the U.S.–Mexico Border: An Overview," Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Economic and Financial Review, First Quarter 2001.
   
• "The Second Great Migration: Economic and Policy Implications," with Alan D. Viard, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Southwest Economy, May/June 2000.

Working Papers

• "Why Stop There? Mexican Migration to the U.S. Border Region" with Madeline Zavodny and Leslie Lukens, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Working Paper 0803.
   
• "The Minimum Wage and Latino Workers," with Madeline Zavodny, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Working Paper 0708.
   
• "Did 9/11 Worsen the Job Prospects of Hispanic Immigrants?" with Madeline Zavodny, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Working Paper 0508.
   
• “Accounting for Fluctuations in Social Network Usage and Migration Dynamics,” with Mark Guzman and Joe Haslag, under review.
   
• “Coordination, Sunspots and Endogenous Volatility: An Application to Illegal Immigration,” with Mark Guzman and Joe Haslag, under review.
   
  
• "The Role of Family Networks, Coyote Prices and the Rural Economy in Migration from Western Mexico," Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Working Paper 99-10, November 1999.