Dr David Escamilla-Guerrero
Lecturer
Biography
David Escamilla-Guerrero joined the Economics Department in 2020, after completing his postdoc at the University of Oxford (Pembroke College). He received his PhD in Economic History from the London School of Economics and Political Science - LSE (2020). He also holds an MSc in Economics from the University of Essex (2015), an MSc in Development Economics from the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (2011), and a BSc in Economics from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México - UNAM (2010). David is currently an Affiliated Researcher at the IZA Institute of Labor Economics, Oxford Centre for Economic and Social History, and LSE Historical Economic Demography Group.
At St Andrews, David is a member of the Applied Microeconomics Group.
Personal webiste: www.escamilla-guerrero.com
Teaching
EC4424 - Economics of Migration
EC4428 - Topics in Economic History
Selected publications
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Open access
The impact of violence on the dynamics of migration: evidence from the Mexican Revolution
Escamilla-Guerrero, D., Kosack, E. & Ward, Z., 1 Sept 2025, In: Journal of Development Economics. 176, 103515.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Minimum eligibility age for social pensions and household poverty: evidence from Mexico
Avila Parra, C., Escamilla-Guerrero, D. & Gálvez-Soriano, O., 17 Dec 2023, In: Economic Inquiry. 62, 1, p. 175-196Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Migrant self-selection and random shocks: evidence from the panic of 1907
Escamilla-Guerrero, D. & López-Alonso, M., 20 Mar 2023, In: Journal of Economic History. 83, 1, p. 45-85 41 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Life after crossing the border: assimilation during the first Mexican mass migration
Escamilla-Guerrero, D., Kosack, E. & Ward, Z., 13 Oct 2021, In: Explorations in Economic History. 82, 20 p., 101403.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Revisiting Mexican migration in the Age of Mass Migration: new evidence from individual border crossings
Escamilla-Guerrero, D., 21 Apr 2020, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Historical Methods: a Journal of Quantitative and Interdisciplinary History. 53, 4, p. 207-225 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review