The Impact of Immigration on Firms and Workers: Insights from the H-1B Lottery, with Agostina Brinatti, Mingyu Chen, Parag Mahajan, and Nicolas Morales. Journal of Political Economy (R&R). (IZA DP No. 16917)
Immigration and Education: Early Insights from the Buslift to New York City, with Selen Ozdogan. Journal of Human Resources (R&R).
Trade Liberalization and Chinese Students in US Higher Education, with Gaurav Khanna, Ariel Weinberger, Mingzhi Xu, and Miaojie Yu. Review of Economics and Statistics, (2024). (CGD Working Paper 536)
Coping with H-1B Shortages: Firm Performance and Mitigation Strategies, with Anna Maria Mayda, Francesc Ortega, Giovanni Peri, and Chad Sparber. ILR Review (2023).
Foreign Students in College and the Supply of STEM Graduates, with Massimo Anelli and Kevin Williams. Journal of Labor Economics (2023).
International Student Enrollments and Selectivity: Evidence from the Optional Practical Training Program, with Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes and Huanan Xu. Economic Inquiry (2023).
Do Human Capital Decisions Respond to the Returns to Education? Evidence from DACA, with Elira Kuka and Na’ama Shenhav. American Economic Journal: Economic Policy (2020). (NBER WP 24315)
The Effect of the H-1B Quota on the Employment and Selection of Foreign-Born Labor, with Anna Maria Mayda, Francesc Ortega, Giovanni Peri, and Chad Sparber. European Economic Review (2018). (NBER WP 23902)
Do International Students Crowd-Out or Cross-Subsidize Americans in Higher Education?. Journal of Public Economics (2017).
Labor Market Openness, H-1B Visa Policy, and the Scale of International Student Enrollment in the US. Economic Inquiry (2016).
STEM Workers, H-1B Visas, and Productivity in US Cities, with Giovanni Peri and Chad Sparber. Journal of Labor Economics (2015).
Migrants, Crime, and Voting after the Buslift to New York City, with Michael Cassidy and Ying Shi.
Going Back Home: How US-Educated Returnees Boost China’s Breakthrough Innovation, with Frederick Wang and Jimmy (Mingzhi) Xu.
Foreign STEM Work Authorization, Domestic Spillovers, and University Responses, with Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes and Zarnaab Ather.
OPT Reforms and the Relative Supply of STEM Skills, with Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes. AEA Papers and Proceedings (2026).
International Students in U.S. Higher Education. AEFP Live Handbook (2026).
Decoding Recent Immigration to the US. Research Paper, Claudio X. González Center for the US and Mexico, Baker Institute for Public Policy, Rice University (2025).
30 Years of the TN Visa: New Data and Trends on TN Professionals in the US Labor Market. Research Paper, Claudio X. González Center for the US and Mexico, Baker Institute for Public Policy, Rice University (2024).
New Data and Facts on H-1B Workers across Firms, with Anna Maria Mayda, Francesc Ortega, Giovanni Peri, and Chad Sparber. In The Roles of Immigrants and Foreign Students in U.S. Science, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship, edited by Ina Ganguli, Shulamit Kahn, and Megan MacGarvie, University of Chicago Press.
A Reason to Wait: The Effect of Legal Status on Teen Pregnancy, with Elira Kuka and Na’ama Shenhav. AEA Papers and Proceedings (2020).
Recognizing the Role of Skilled Immigration. Science (2018, book review).
Book Review: The Economic and Fiscal Consequences of Immigration, edited by Francine D. Blau and Christopher Mackie. Industrial and Labor Relations Review (2018).
Foreign Scientists and Engineers and Economic Growth in Canadian Labor Markets, with Giovanni Peri. In The Economics of Cultural Diversity, edited by Bakens, Nijkamp, and Poot, Edward Elgar (2014).
Foreign Scientists and Engineers and Economic Growth, with Giovanni Peri and Chad Sparber. Cato Papers on Public Policy 3: 107–174 (2014).
Closing Economic Windows: How H-1B Visa Denials Cost U.S.-born Tech Workers Jobs and Wages During the Great Recession, with Giovanni Peri, Chad Sparber, and Angie M. Zeitlin. Partnership for a New American Economy (2014).
Foreign and Native Skilled Workers: What Can We Learn from H-1B Lotteries?, with Giovanni Peri and Chad Sparber. NBER Working Paper w21175 (2015).
Russell Sage Foundation, “Immigration and Education: Early Insights from the Buslift to NYC,” 2025–2027 (PI)
National Science Foundation, Science of Science & Innovation Policy (SciSIP) program, “Immigration Policies Affecting the Highly Skilled: Effects on Innovation and Productivity in US Firms,” 2015–2017 (co-PI)
National Bureau of Economic Research Pre-Doctoral Fellowship in High-Skill Immigration, 2014–2015