4 papers
Displacement and disconnection: the impact of violence on migration networks and highway traffic in Mexico
Michele Coscia, Roxana Gutiérrez-Romero
We examine how violence affects migration flows and, crucially, how it reshapes the strength of migration networks -- measured by the intensity of migration between areas, accounti…
New trends in South-South migration: The economic impact of COVID-19 and immigration enforcement
Roxana Gutiérrez-Romero, Nayeli Salgado
This paper evaluates the impact of the pandemic and enforcement at the US and Mexican borders on the emigration of Guatemalans during 2017-2020. During this period, the number of c…
Violence in Guatemala pushes adults and children to seek work in Mexico
Roxana Gutiérrez-Romero
This article estimates the impact of violence on emigration crossings from Guatemala to Mexico as final destination during 2009-2017. To identify causal effects, we use as instrume…
The Long-Run Impact of Electoral Violence on Health and Human Capital in Kenya
Roxana Gutiérrez-Romero
This paper examines the long-term effects of prenatal, childhood, and teen exposure to electoral violence on health and human capital. Furthermore, it investigates whether these ef…