Dr David Escamilla-Guerrero
Lecturer
Biography
David Escamilla-Guerrero joined the School of Economics and Finance 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 Oxford Centre for Economic and Social History.
At St Andrews, David is a member of the Applied Microeconomics Group.
Teaching
EC4424 - Economics of Migration
EC4428 - Topics in Economic History
Research areas
David specializes in applied microeconomics. In particular, his research interests are at the intersection between economic history and labor economics, with a focus on North and Latin America. He uses historical microdata and natural experiments of history to study diverse topics in migration/labor economics and to investigate the long-term consequences of historical events.
Selected publications
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Open access
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