Dr David Escamilla-Guerrero
Lecturer
Biography
David Escamilla-Guerrero joined the Economics Department in 2020, after completing his PhD at the London School of Economics and Political Science - LSE. Before joining St Andrews, he held the Rokos Junior Research Fellowship in Economics at Pembroke College, University of Oxford.
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 website: www.escamilla-guerrero.com
Teaching
EC4424 - Economics of Migration
EC4428 - Topics in Economic History
Research areas
David's research interests are at the intersection of labor economics, economic history, and development economics, with a focus on Latin America. Currently, he is conducting research on (1) the effect of local minimum wages on women's fertility and motherhood timing in Mexico; (2) the impact of US immigration restrictions on third-country economies; (3) the short- and long-run effects of transportation infrastructure on Mexico-US migration.
Selected publications
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Open access
The effects of immigration on agricultural development: Brazil in the Age of Mass Migration
Escamilla-Guerrero, D., Papadia, A. & Zimran, A., 1 Sept 2026, In: Journal of Development Economics. 183, 103861.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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., 2020, In: Historical Methods: a Journal of Quantitative and Interdisciplinary History. 53, 4, p. 207-225 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review