“...This paper introduces a spatial equilibrium model that relates earnings, employment, and internal migration responses to minimum wage increases. Population...”

“...How does the US labor market absorb low-skilled immigration? I address this question using the 1995 Mexican Peso Crisis, an exogenous push factor that raised...”

“...Previous literature shows that internal migration rates are strongly procyclical. This would seem to imply that geographic relocation does not help mitigate...”

“...Often, minimum wage laws are decided at the state or regional level, and even when not, federal level increases are only binding in certain states. This has...”

“...How does the US labor market absorb low-skilled immigration? I address this question using the 1995 Mexican Peso Crisis, an exogenous push factor that raised...”

“...This dissertation investigates how internal migration spreads local shocks to the national market. The first chapter describes a dynamic model of internal...”

“...This paper investigates the causes and effects of the spatial distribution of immigrants across US cities. We document that: a) immigrants concentrate in...”

“...The continuing inflow of hundreds of thousands of refugees into many European countries has ignited much political controversy and raised questions that...”