Journal Articles
(with Ruiz, I.) The Economics of Forced Migration. Journal of Development Studies, forthcoming.(with Ruiz, I.) Exploring the Causes of the Slowdown in Remittances to Mexico. Empirical Economics, 2012, Vol. 42,No. 3, pp. 745-766.
(with Nath, H.) Remittances and Relative Prices. Review of Development Economics, 2012, Vol.16, No.1, pp. 46-61.
Lessons from the EU Eastern Enlargement: Chances and Challenges for Policy Makers. CESifo DICE Report - Journal for Institutional Comparisons, 2011, No. 4, pp. 3-7.
(with Naufal, G.) Remitters in Dubai. Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics, 2010, Vol. 146, No. 4, pp. 769-780.
(with Naufal, G.) Migrant Transfers in the MENA Region: A Two Way Street in Which Traffic is Changing. Migration Letters, 2010, Vol. 7, No. 2, pp. 168-178.
(with Amuedo-Dorantes, C. and Pozo, S.) Remittances in Small Island Developing States. Journal of Development Studies, 2010, Vol. 46, No. 5, pp. 1-20.
(with Ruiz, I.) Another Consequence of the Economic Crisis: A Decrease in Migrants' Remittances. Applied Financial Economics, Special Issue on the Global Financial Crisis, 2010, Vol. 20, No. 1, pp. 171 - 182.
(with Jha, S. and Sugiyarto, G.)The Global Crisis and the Impact on Remittances to Developing Asia. Global Economic Review, Special Issue on the Global Financial Crisis and its Policy Implications for East Asian Emerging Countries, 2010, Vol. 39, No. 1, pp. 59-82.
(with Ruiz, I.) Monetary Policy and International Remittances. Journal of Developing Areas, 2010, Vol. 43, No. 2, pp. 173-186.
(with Ruiz, I.) To Send or Not to Send. That is the Question. A Review of the Literature on Remittances. Journal of Business Strategies, 2009, Vol. 26, No. 1, pp. 65 - 90.
Crime and Remittance Transfers. Eastern Economic Journal, 2009, Vol. 35, No. 2, pp. 232 - 247.
The Tale of Three Amigos: Remittances, Exchange Rates and Money Demand in Mexico. Review of Development Economics, 2009, Vol. 13, No.1, pp. 1 - 14.
(with Ruiz, I., Shukralla, E.) Remittances, Institutions and Growth: A Semiparametric Study.International Economic Journal, 2009, Vol. 23, No. 1, pp. 111 - 119.
Are Remittances Manna from Heaven? A look at the Business Cycle Properties of Remittances. The North American Journal of Economics and Finance, 2008, Vol.19, No. 3, pp. 290 - 303.
Monetary Policy and the Housing Market: A VAR Analysis Imposing Sign Restrictions. Journal of Macroeconomics, 2008, Vol. 30, No. 3, pp. 977-990.
The Effect of Monetary Policy on Housing: A Factor-Augmented Vector Autoregression (FAVAR) Approach. Applied Economics Letters, 2008, Vol. 15, No. 10, pp. 749 - 752.
Measuring the Macroeconomic Impact of Workers' Remittances in a Data-Rich Environment. Applied Financial Economics Letters, 2007, Vol. 3, No. 6, pp. 359 - 363.
Portfolio Reasons for Homeownership: The Case of Immigrants. Revista Ecos de Economia (Colombian journal), 2006, No. 23, pp.73-86.
(with Peng H.) Macroeconomic Determinants of Workers' Remittances: Host versus Home Country's Economic Conditions. Journal of International Trade and Economic Development, 2006, Vol. 15, No.1, pp.81-99.
Migrants and Housing in the UK: Experiences and Impacts, Migration Observatory Briefing, 2011.Books
Vargas-Silva, C., Editor, Handbook on Research Methods in Migration, Edward Elgar Publishing: Cheltenham, 2012.
(co-edited with Czaika, M.) Migration and Economic Growth, Edward Elgar Publishing: Cheltenham, 2012.
Briefings for the Migration Observatory
(www.migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk):
Long-Term International Migration Flows to and from the UK, Migration Observatory Briefing, 2011.
Geographical Distribution and Characteristics of Long-Term International Migration Flows to the UK, Migration Observatory Briefing, 2011.
Migration Flows of A8 and other EU Migrants to and from the UK, Migration Observatory Briefing, 2011.
Migrant Remittances to and from the UK, Migration Observatory Briefing, (original March 2011, revision August 2011).
The Fiscal Impact of Immigration in the UK, Migration Observatory Briefing, 2011.
International Migration: The UK Compared with other OECD Countries, Migration Observatory Briefing, 2011.
Global International Migrant Stock: The UK in International Comparison, Migration Observatory Briefing, 2011.
(with Rienzo, C.) Migrants in the UK: An Overview, Migration Observatory Briefing, 2011.
Short-Term Migration in the UK: A Discussion of the Issues and Existing Data, Migration Observatory Briefing, 2011.
Book Chapters
(with Jha, S. and Sugiyarto, G.) The Impact of the Global Financial Crisis on Migration and Remittances in Bangladesh and Pakistan: Evidence from Two Host Countries, Chapter 13 in Global Migration and Remittances during the Financial Crisis and Beyond edited by Ibrahim Sirkeci, Jeffrey H. Cohen, and Dilip Ratha, World Bank, 2012.
(with Jha, S., Raihan, S. and Sugiyarto, G.) Impacts of Global Financial Crisis on Migrants and their Families: A case study from Bangladesh, Chapter 14 in Global Migration and Remittances during the Financial Crisis and Beyond edited by Ibrahim Sirkeci, Jeffrey H. Cohen, and Dilip Ratha, World Bank, 2012.
(with Naufal, G.) Migrant Transfers in the MENA Region: A Two Way Street in Which Traffic is Changing, Chapter 32 in Global Migration and Remittances during the Financial Crisis and Beyond edited by Ibrahim Sirkeci, Jeffrey H. Cohen, and Dilip Ratha, World Bank, 2012.
Exchange Rates, Chapter 42 in 21st Century Economist: A Referenced Handbook, edited by Rhona C. Free, SAGE Publications, 2010.
Working Papers in Research/Policy Organizations
(with Jha, S. and Sugiyarto, G.)The Global Crisis and the Impact on Remittances to Developing Asia, Asian Development Bank, 2009, Working Paper, 185.
(with Jha, S. and Sugiyarto, G.)Remittances in Asia: Implications for the Fight against Poverty and the Pursuit of Economic Growth, Asian Development Bank, 2009, Working Paper, 182.
(with Ruiz, I.)Recession, Return Migration, and Remittances. Hispanic Economic Outlook, 2009, Quarter 2.
(with Ruiz, I.) The Current State of Workers' Remittances. Hispanic Economic Outlook, 2009, Quarter 1.
(with Ruiz, I.) The Crisis and Migrants' Remittances: A Look at Hispanics in the U.S. IMI Working Paper No. 18.
(with Naufal, G.) Changing Fertility Preferences One Migrant at a Time: The Impact of Remittances on the Fertility Rate. IZA Discussion Paper No. 4066.
(with Amuedo-Dorantes, C. and Pozo, S.) Remittances and the Macroeconomy: The Case of Small Island Developing States, UNU-WIDER Research Paper No. 2007/22.Papers and Proceedings
The Determinants of International Remittances: Evidence from the Legalized Population. Academy of Economics and Finance Papers and Proceedings, 2006, Vol. 30, pp.333-335.