Phone: (619) 594-1663
Fax: (619) 594-5062
Email: camuedod@mail.sdsu.edu
Fields of Interest: Labor Economics, International Migration, Remittances and International Finance.
Academic Degrees
- Ph.D. Applied
Economics,
- J.D. (Juris Doctor), Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, Madrid, Spain, July 1996.
- M.A.
Economics,
- B.A.
Economics, Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain, July 1992.
- Licence et
Maîtrise és Sciences Economiques (equivalent to B.A. in
Economics), Université de Poitiers,
- B.A. French
Language, Universidad de Sevilla,
- B.A. English
Language, Universidad de Granada,
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- Visiting Research Fellow at the Public Policy Institute of California, September 2006 to June 2007.
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- Assistant
Professor at
- IZA Research
Fellow, April 2005 to present.
- Research
Associate at centrA: Fundación Centro de Estudios Andaluces,
April 2003 to present.
- Research
Associate at the Center for Human Resource Research,
- Internship at
the Upjohn Institute for Employment Research. January
1997-June 1998.
- Research and
Teaching Assistant,
- Research and
Teaching Assistant, Department of Economic Theory and Political Economy. Universidad de Sevilla, 1992/93.
- Research
Assistant, Department of Applied Economics. Universidad
de Sevilla, 1991/92.
- “Social Networks and Their Impact on the Earnings of Mexican Immigrants” with Kusum Mundra. Forthcoming in Demography.
- “Remittances and Healthcare Expenditure Patterns of Populations in Origin Communities: Evidence from Mexico” with Susan Pozo and Tania Sainz. Forthcoming in Integration & Trade Journal, no. 27, July-December 2007, pp. 159-184.
- “Gender Differences in the Labor Market Impact of IRCA’s Amnesty Provisions” with Cynthia Bansak and Steven Raphael. American Economic Review Papers & Proceedings, May 2007.
- “Do Remittances Decay with Immigrants’ Foreign Residencies? Evidence from Mexican Immigrants” with Susan Pozo in Well Being and Social Policy, 2(2), 2007.
- “Remittance Receipt and Business Ownership in the Dominican Republic” with Susan Pozo. The World Economy, 2006, 29(7): 939-956.
- “Money Transfers among Banked and Unbanked Mexican Immigrants” with Cynthia Bansak, Southern Economic Journal, 2006, 73(2): 374-401.
- “Remittances and Insurance: Evidence from Mexican Migrants” with Susan Pozo in the Journal of Population Economics, 2006, 19(2): 227-254.
- “Migration, Remittances and Male and Female Employment Patterns” with Susan Pozo in the American Economic Review Papers & Proceedings, 2006, 96(2): 222-226.
- “On the Use of Differing Money Transmission Methods by Mexican Immigrants” with Susan Pozo. International Migration Review, Fall 2005, 39(3): 554-576.
- “On the Remitting Patterns of Immigrants: Evidence from Mexican Survey Data” with Cynthia Bansak and Susan Pozo in Economic Review, 2005, 90(1): 37-58.
- “Workers’ Remittances and the Real Exchange Rate: A Paradox of Gifts” with Susan Pozo. World Development, 2004, 32(8): 1407-1417.
- “A Profile of the Mexico-U.S. Border Commuting Population” with Kusum Mundra. Comercio Exterior, 2003, 53(12): 1140-1147.
- “Impact of Immigration on Prenatal Care Use and Birth Weight: Evidence from California in the 1990s” with Kusum Mundra. American Economic Review Papers & Proceedings, 2003, 93(2): 242-246.
- “Precautionary Saving by Young Immigrants and Young Natives” with Susan Pozo at the Southern Economic Journal, 2002, 69(1): 48-71.
- “Unemployment, Immigration, and NAFTA: A Panel Study of Ten Major U.S. Industries” with Wei-Chiao Huang, Journal of Labor Research, 1997, 18(4): 613-619.
- “Moonlighting over the Business Cycle” with Jean Kimmel. Forthcoming in Economic Inquiry.
- “How Are Fixed-Term Contracts Used by Firms? An Analysis Using Gross Job and Worker Flows” with Miguel A. Malo. Forthcoming in Research in Labor Economics.
- “The Role of Temporary Help Agencies on Workers’ Career Advancement” with Miguel A. Malo and Fernando Muñoz-Bullón. Forthcoming in Journal of Labor Research.
- “Cohort-Level Sex Ratio Effects on Women's Labor Force Participation” with Shoshana Grossbard. Review of Economics of the Household, 2007, 5: 249-278.
- “Wage Growth Implications of Fixed-term Employment: An Analysis by Contract Duration and Job Mobility” with Ricardo Serrano-Padial. Labour Economics, October 2007, 14(5): 829-847.
- “Labour Market Assimilation of Recent Immigrants in Spain” with Sara de la Rica. British Journal of Industrial Relations, June 2007, 45(2): 257–284.
- “The Role of Segregation and Pay Structure on the Gender Wage Gap: Evidence from Matched Employer-Employee Data for Spain” with Sara de la Rica in Contributions to Economic Analysis & Policy, 2006, 5(1).
- “The Motherhood Wage Gap for Women in the United States: The Importance of College and Fertility Delay” with Jean Kimmel. Review of Economics of the Household, 2005, 3(1): 17-48.
- “Work Contracts and Earnings Inequality: The Case of Chile.” Journal of Development Studies, 2005, 41(4): 589-616.
- “Fixed-term employment and its poverty implications: Evidence from Spain” with Ricardo Serrano-Padial in FOCUS, 2005, 23(3): 42-45.
- “The Effects of Family Leave on Wages, Employment, and the Family Wage Gap: Distributional Implications” with Jean Kimmel in Journal of Law and Policy, 2004, 15: 115-42.
- “Determinants and Poverty Implications of Informal Sector Work in Chile.” Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2004, 52(2): 349-368.
- “The Impact of Schools on Juvenile Substance Initiation and Use” with Traci Mach and John Clapp. Prevention Science, 2004, 5(2): 91-99.
- Performance Pay and Fringe Benefits: Work Incentives or Compensating Wage Differentials?” with Traci Mach. International Journal of Manpower, 2003, 24(6): 672-698.
- “The Role of Contingent Work in the War against Poverty” with Cynthia Bansak. Chicago Policy Review, 2003, 7(1): 77-98.
- “The Impact of Families on Juvenile Substance Abuse” with Traci Mach in a special issue of the Journal of Bioeconomics entitled “The Bioeconomics of Sex, Marriage, and Family”, 2002, 4(3): 269-282.
- “Work Safety in the Context of Temporary Employment: The Spanish Experience,” Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2002, 55(2): 262-72.
- “From ‘temp-to-perm’: Promoting Permanent Employment in Spain,” International Journal of Manpower, 2001, 22(7-8): 625-647.
- “Work Transitions Into and Out of Involuntary Employment in a Segmented Market: Evidence from Spain,” Industrial Labor Relations Review, 2000, 53(2): 309-325.
- “Statistical Distributions and the Identification of Currency Crises” with Susan Pozo at the Journal of International Money and Finance, 2003, 22(4): 591-609.
- “Foreign Exchange Rates and Foreign Direct Investment in the U.S.” with Susan Pozo, The International Trade Journal, 2001, 15(3): 323-343.
- “Prewar and Postwar Macroeconomic Uncertainty: An International Perspective” with Susan Pozo, Journal of Macroeconomics, 2001, 23(4): 615-632.
- “Exchange-Rate Uncertainty and Economic Performance” with Susan Pozo, Review of Development Economics, 2001, 5(3): 363-375.
- “An Empirical Analysis of the European Union’s Impact in the Spanish Economic Performance” with Mark Wheeler, Applied Economics, 2001, 33(8): 1001-1008.
- “Remittance Patterns of Latin American Immigrants in the U.S.” in Immigrants and their International Money Transfers, Kalamazoo, MI: W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research.
- “Empirical Evidence on the Effects of NAFTA and Dollarization on Illegal Immigration” with Susan Pozo in The U.S.-Mexico Border Economy in the 21st Century/La Economía de la Frontera México-Estados Unidos en el Siglo XXI, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Dallas, Texas.
- “USA: Can the Family Earnings Gap be Reduced by Postponing Maternity” with Jean Kimmel in Education and Postponement of Maternity, Kluwer Press.
- “Remittances and their Microeconomic Impacts: Evidence from Latin America” Proceedings of the 2006 Conference on Migration, Trade, and Development, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Dallas, Texas.
- “Can Temporary Employment Harm Your Future Earnings? Wage Growth by Contract Duration” with Ricardo Serrano-Padial. Upjohn Institute Employment Research, April 2002, p. 6.
- “Discrimination and the U.S. Gender Earnings Gap During the 1980s and 1990s” with Wei-Chiao Huang. International Conference of Pacific Rim Management Proceedings, 1999.
- Associate Editor for Spanish Economic Review, January 2007 onwards.
- Guest editor of special volume on “The Family in Public Finance” from Public Finance and Management, 2005, 5(1).
- Reviewed the book Microeconomics: Principles and Policy from William J. Baumol and Alan S. Blinder, September 2000.
- “Immigrants’ Responsiveness to Labor Market Conditions and Its Implications on Regional Disparities: Evidence from Spain” with Sara de la Rica.
- “Remittances to Latin America from Migrants in the United States: Assessing the Impact of Amnesty Programs” with Francesca Mazzolari.
- “The Importance of Non-wage Benefits in the Motherhood Wage Gap” with Jean Kimmel.
- “Remittances and Education: The Dominican Case” with Susan Pozo.
- “Remittances and the Healthcare Expenditures by Mexican Households” with Susan Pozo.
- “Remittances and the Macro-economy: The Case of Small Island Developing States” with Susan Pozo and Carlos Vargas-Silva.
- University Grants Program (UGP) award. Academic year 2007-2008.
- Center for International Business Education & Research (CIBER) Faculty Grant. 2007-2008.
- P.I. in a BBVA grant under their U.S.-Mexico Migration program. January 1, 2008 through December 2009.
- Co-investigator in the project titled: “El impacto de los factores demográficos e institucionales en el mercado de trabajo y en el bienestar individual”. Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia, España. #SEJ2006-10827/ECON, 1 enero 2007 – 30 Diciembre 2009.
- Faculty Grant from the Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER), 2005-2006.
- Faculty Grant from the Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER), 2004-2005.
- P.I. in a NIH grant to carry the study on “Remittances and Insurance: Evidence from Mexican Migrants”, # R03 HD044524-01A1, 2004-2006.
- CIBER Faculty Grant. 2003-2004.
- CAL Micro Grant, 2003-2004.
- Research and Scholarly Creative Activity (RSCA) award. Summer stipend. Summer 2004.
- Consultant in “ENTRE FRONTERAS II: Behavioral Research Informing HIV/AIDS Control in Binational and Border Region Latino Populations.” University-wide AIDS Research Program, University of California, #IS02-CBECH-711: 01/01/03 to 12/31/05.
- CIBER Faculty Grant, 2002-2003.
- CAL Faculty Grant-in-Aid, 2002-2003.
- CAL Faculty Development Program (FDP) award, 2002-2003.
- CAL Micro Grant, 2001-2002.
- CIBER Faculty Grant, 2001-2002.
- RSCA Mini-grant, 2001-2002.
- William & Flora Hewlett Foundation support under the “Center for Latin American Studies –SDSU – Chile” grant, Fall 2001.
- W. E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research Mini-Grant, Summer 2001.
- RSCA, semester leave, Spring 2001.
- P.I. in a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation grant under their Substance Abuse Policy Research Program, January 2001-March 2002.
- CAL Micro Grant, 1999-2000.
- William & Flora Hewlett Foundation support under the “Center for Latin American Studies –SDSU – Chile” grant, 1999-2000.
- Research Grant for Preliminary Results from the NLSY97 provided by the Northwestern University/University of Chicago Joint Center for Poverty Research (JCPR), by the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Program Evaluation, and by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (ASPE/DHHS) in May 1999.
- Fulbright Graduate Studies’ Scholarship at University of Michigan in 1992-93.
- Scholarship from the European Exchange Programme ERASMUS to study at Université de Poitiers, France, 1990-91.
- Institute for Research on Poverty (IRP) Visiting Scholar, 2003-2004.
- The 2003 Western Michigan University College of Arts and Sciences Alumni Achievement Award.
- Literari Awards for Excellence 2002 for highly commended paper published in the International Journal of Manpower.
- Department Graduate Research and Creative Scholar, Western Michigan University, May 1997.
- Member of the International Economics Honor Society Omicrom Delta Epsilon.
- Honorary award recognition in the 18th annual edition of the National Dean’s List.
- Elias Harik Award, Western Michigan University, 1994-95.
- “Remittances to Latin America from Migrants in the United States: Assessing the Impact of Amnesty Programs” with Francesca Mazzolari. Presented at the “Siglo XXI: Economies of Class, Economies of Culture” IUPLR Second Biennial Conference on April 12-14, Austin, TX, and at the 2007 Society of Labor Economists (SOLE) meetings, and at the conference titled: “Workers without Borders”, Graduate School of Governance, Universiteit Maastricht, March 18-19, 2008.
- “Remittance Volatility and Asset Accumulation” with Susan Pozo. Presented at the conference titled “Remittances and the Macro-Economy” at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, February 21-22, 2008.
- “Mejorando las Perspectivas Microeconómicas de la Población Pobre en Latinoamérica: El Impacto de las Remesas” at the conference titled: “Creación de Empleos y Respuestas ‘Pro-Pobreza’ a la Globalización”, Instituto de las Américas, UCSD, La Jolla, CA, 6-10 agosto, 2007.
- “Regional Differences in the Labor Market Impact of Immigration: Evidence from Spain” with Sara de la Rica. Presented at the 2007 European Society of Population Economics (ESPE) meetings.
- “The Implications of Amnesty on Remittance Flows: Evidence from Mexican Migrants” with Francesca Mazzolari. “The Effectiveness of Border Enforcement in Deterring and Postponing Repetitive Illegal Crossings Attempts” with Cynthia Bansak. Presented at the 2007 Population Association of America (PAA), at the 2007 Society of Labor Economists (SOLE) meetings, and at the 2007 European Society of Population Economics (ESPE) meetings.
- “Gender Differences in the Labor Market Impact of IRCA’s Amnesty Provisions” with Cynthia Bansak and Steven Raphael. Presented at the 2007 Allied Social Sciences Association (ASSA) meetings.
- “Remittances and Their Microeconomic Impacts: Evidence from Latin America”. Presented at the “Migration, Trace and Development” conference organized by the Dallas Fed and Southern Methodist University and at the XXII Inter-American Conference on Social Security (CISS in Spanish) meetings.
- “The Impact of Amnesty on Labor Market Outcomes: A Panel Study Using the Legalized Population Survey” with Cynthia Bansak. Presented at the 2006 Western Economic Association (WEA) meetings.
- “Realizing the ‘American Dream’: Immigrant Business Ownership and the Business Climate” with Traci Mach. Presented at the 2006 Society of Labor Economists (SOLE) meetings.
- “Undocumented Immigration into the United States: Who Slips Through?” with Susan Pozo. Presented at the 2006 Population Association of America (PAA) meetings.
- “Do Remittances Decay with Immigrants’ Foreign Residencies? Evidence from Mexican Immigrants” with Susan Pozo. Presented at the international conference on “The Effects of Migration on Sending Countries” co-hosted by The Inter-American Conference on Social Security (CISS) and Universidad Iberoamericana (UIA) on February 24-25, 2006.
- “Employment and Earnings Assimilation of Recent Immigrants in Spain” with Sara de la Rica. Presented at the 2nd IZA Ethnicity Meeting in 2006, at the 2005 European Society of Population Economics (ESPE) meetings and at the XXX Simposio de Análisis Económico in Murcia, Spain.
- “International Remittances and Their Employment Implications in Receiving Areas“ with Susan Pozo. Presented at the 2005 SOLE meetings, the 2005 Latin American and Caribbean Economics Association (LACEA) meetings, the 2005 Southern Economic Association (SEA) meetings, and at the 2006 Allied Social Sciences Association (ASSA) meetings.
- “The Impact of Amnesty on Labor Market Outcomes: A Panel Study Using the Legalized Population Survey” with Cynthia Bansak and Steven Raphael.
- “The Effectiveness of Border Enforcement in Deterring and Postponing Repetitive Illegal Crossings Attempts” with Cynthia Bansak.
- “Regional Differences in the Labor Market Impact of Immigration: Evidence from Spain” with Sara de la Rica.
- “Complementarities between Immigrants and Natives: Task Specialization by Nativity and the Economic Value of Immigration to Natives” with Sara de la Rica.
- “Migration Away from Crime: Evidence from the Mexican Family Life Survey” with Pia Orrenius, Luis Rubalcava and Graciela Teruel.
- “Migration, Remittances, and Schooling in Haiti” with Susan Pozo.
- “The Impact of Remittance Income Volatility on Labor Supply: Evidence from Mexico” with Susan Pozo.
- “Remittance Volatility and Asset Accumulation” with Susan Pozo.
- “Labor Market Flexibility and Poverty Dynamics: Evidence from Spain” with Ricardo Serrano-Padial.
- Public Lecturer in the 2005-2006 Western Michigan University Werner Sichel Lecture-Seminar Series.
- Referee for Demography, Industrial Labor Relations Review, International Migration, International Journal of Manpower, Investigaciones Económicas, Labour Economics, the Journal of Applied Economics, the Journal of Socioeconomics, the Journal of Development Economics, the Journal of Population Economics, the Manchester School, the Review of Economics of the Household, Revista de Economía Aplicada and Social Forces.
- Session organizer for the Committee for the Status of Women in the Economics Profession (CSWEP) at the Midwest Economic Association (MEA) meetings, March 19-21, 2004.
- SDSU Faculty Development Program (FDP) committee, 2003-2004.
- Contribution to the Global Staffing Industry Reports to inform employers on labor market trends in September and December 2000 and March 2002.
- Advisory board member of the SDSU Center on Substance Abuse since 2001.
- Contribution to El Mercurio and La Nación, both Chilean newspapers, in January 2001.
- Graduate Mentor and T.A. Coordinator, Western Michigan University, 1995-96 and 1996-97.