David Escamilla-Guerrero

Dr David Escamilla-Guerrero joined the School of Economics and Finance at St Andrews as a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in August 2020. He is also a Research Fellow at the Oxford Centre for Economic and Social History.

David completed his PhD at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and did his postdoc at the University of Oxford (Pembroke College). He also holds an MSc in Economics (Essex University) and an MSc in Development Economics (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid).

His research interests include Economic History, Development, and Labor Economics. David uses historical microdata and natural experiments of history to study diverse topics on migration economics. He also explores how historical events shape long-run development patterns. At St Andrews, David has taught EC4424 Economics of Migration, EC2001 Microeconomics, GD5201 International Development, and HI5203 Economic History.

Working Papers

1. Migrant self-selection and Random Shocks: Evidence from the Panic of 1907 with Moramay López-Alonso. Revisions requested by The Journal of Economic History Media coverage: Nada es Gratis

2. Initial determinants of Mexican mass migration New Researcher Poster Prize 2018, Economic History Society. Poster Prize 2018, World Economic History Congress.

3. Can social pensions reduce poverty? Evidence from Mexico with Clemente Ávila-Parra and Oscar Gálvez-Soriano. Revised version, November 2021.

Publications

1. Life after crossing the border: Assimilation during the first Mexican mass migration with Ed Kosack and Zach Ward. Explorations in Economic History (2021). Vol. 82, 101403.

2. Revisiting Mexican migration in the Age of Mass Migration: New evidence from individual border crossings Historical Methods (2020). Vol. 53, No. 4, 207-225.

Other Publications

1. Revolution in development: Mexico and the governance of the global economy Economic History Review (2021). Vol. 74, Issue 3, 864-65. Book Review.

2. Cliometric Essays on Mexican migration to the United States Ph.D. Thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science, January 2020.

3. La pobreza rural en México. Perspectivas de política pública* with Ricardo Aparicio and Nayeli Salgado In El agro y las áreas rurales en el México del siglo XXI, UNAM, 2014. Available in Spanish only.