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Dr David Escamilla-Guerrero

Lecturer

Phone

+44 (0)1334 46 4028

Email

david.escamilla-guerrero@st-andrews.ac.uk

 

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 58³Ô¹Ï, he held the Rokos Junior Research Fellowship in Economics at Pembroke College, University of Oxford.

David is currently an Affiliated Researcher at the , , and .

At 58³Ô¹Ï, David is a member of the .

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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

• Open access
  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

• Open access
  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

• Open access
  Avila Parra, C., Escamilla-Guerrero, D. & Gálvez-Soriano, O., 17 Dec 2023, In: Economic Inquiry. 62, 1, p. 175-196

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access
  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

• Open access
  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

• 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