David Escamilla‐guerrero
Biographic Data
| ID | 1218529 |
|---|---|
| NAME | David Escamilla‐guerrero |
| GIVEN NAMES | David |
| FAMILY NAME | Escamilla‐guerrero |
| SIGNATURE | GUERRERO D E |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of St Andrews |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5235-3586 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The effects of immigration on agricultural development
We study the effects of immigration during the Age of Mass Migration (1855–1920) on Brazil’s agricultural development in 1920. Instrumenting for a municipality’s immigrant share using the interaction of aggregate immigrant inflows and the expansion of Brazil’s railway network, we find that a greater share of European immigrants in a municipality led to an increase in farm values. The bulk of the effect was the product of more intense cultivation …
The impact of violence on the dynamics of migration
Forced displacement from conflict has risen sharply in recent decades, yet little is known about how violence impacts migration dynamics in the short run or over a longer horizon. Using novel high-frequency data during the Mexican Revolution (1910-1917), one of history’s deadliest conflicts, we find that localized violence caused a sharp but temporary 60 percent spike in migration to the US, lasting only seven months before reverting to pre-confl…
Explaining Gender Differences in Migrant Sorting
Migrant Self-Selection and Random Shocks
We study the impact of the 1907 Panic, the most severe economic crisis before the Great Depression, on the selection of Mexican immigration. We find that migrants were positively selected on height before the crisis. This pattern changed to negative selection during the crisis but returned to positive selection afterward. Adjustments in selection were partially mediated by theenganche, a historical labor-recruiting system that reduced migration c…
Life after crossing the border
Revisiting Mexican migration in the Age of Mass Migration
I introduce and analyze the Mexican Border Crossing Records (MBCRs), an unexplored data source that records aliens crossing the Mexico-US land border at diverse locations from 1903 to 1955. The MBCRs identify immigrants and report rich demographic, geographic and socioeconomic information at the individual level. These micro data have the potential to support cliometric research, which is scarce for the Mexico-US migration, especially for the beg…
Life after crossing the border
Migrant Self-Selection and Random Shocks
We study the impact of the 1907 Panic, the most severe economic crisis before the Great Depression, on the selection of Mexican immigration. We find that migrants were positively selected on height before the crisis. This pattern changed to negative selection during the crisis but returned to positive selection afterward. Adjustments in selection were partially mediated by theenganche, a historical labor-recruiting system that reduced migration c…
Revisiting Mexican migration in the Age of Mass Migration
I introduce and analyze the Mexican Border Crossing Records (MBCRs), an unexplored data source that records aliens crossing the Mexico-US land border at diverse locations from 1903 to 1955. The MBCRs identify immigrants and report rich demographic, geographic and socioeconomic information at the individual level. These micro data have the potential to support cliometric research, which is scarce for the Mexico-US migration, especially for the beg…
Revisiting Mexican migration in the Age of Mass Migration
I introduce and analyze the Mexican Border Crossing Records (MBCRs), an unexplored data source that records aliens crossing the Mexico-US land border at diverse locations from 1903 to 1955. The MBCRs identify immigrants and report rich demographic, geographic and socioeconomic information at the individual level. These micro data have the potential to support cliometric research, which is scarce for the Mexico-US migration, especially for the beg…
Life after crossing the border
Explaining Gender Differences in Migrant Sorting
Migrant Self-Selection and Random Shocks
We study the impact of the 1907 Panic, the most severe economic crisis before the Great Depression, on the selection of Mexican immigration. We find that migrants were positively selected on height before the crisis. This pattern changed to negative selection during the crisis but returned to positive selection afterward. Adjustments in selection were partially mediated by theenganche, a historical labor-recruiting system that reduced migration c…
The impact of violence on the dynamics of migration
Forced displacement from conflict has risen sharply in recent decades, yet little is known about how violence impacts migration dynamics in the short run or over a longer horizon. Using novel high-frequency data during the Mexican Revolution (1910-1917), one of history’s deadliest conflicts, we find that localized violence caused a sharp but temporary 60 percent spike in migration to the US, lasting only seven months before reverting to pre-confl…
The effects of immigration on agricultural development
We study the effects of immigration during the Age of Mass Migration (1855–1920) on Brazil’s agricultural development in 1920. Instrumenting for a municipality’s immigrant share using the interaction of aggregate immigrant inflows and the expansion of Brazil’s railway network, we find that a greater share of European immigrants in a municipality led to an increase in farm values. The bulk of the effect was the product of more intense cultivation …
Economics (5 works) · Migration and Labor Dynamics (5 works) · Demographic economics (4 works) · Immigration (4 works) · Geography (3 works) · Mass migration (3 works) · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Culture, Economy, and Development Studies (2 works)