2026 Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes: Economics and Finance Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Economics and Finance	43	1954	1762	1138	1000	224	8945

Overview

Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes is affiliated with the University of California, Merced in the United States. Their research spans across social sciences with a focus on various subfields including sociology and political science, clinical psychology, general health professions, economics and econometrics, and education.

The main topics addressed in their work include:

Migration and Labor Dynamics
Migration, Health and Trauma
Migration, Refugees, and Integration
Employment and Welfare Studies
COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts
Crime Patterns and Interventions
Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics

Amuedo-Dorantes has produced a significant number of publications in several frequent venues, such as:

SSRN Electronic Journal
AEA Papers and Proceedings
International Migration Review
Journal of Population Economics
Journal of Economic Geography

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes include:

"Covid-19 School Closures and Parental Labor Supply in the United States," 2020, SSRN Electronic Journal
"Labor market impacts of states issuing of driver's licenses to undocumented immigrants," 2020, Labour Economics
"Refugee Admissions and Public Safety: Are Refugee Settlement Areas More Prone to Crime?", 2020, International Migration Review
"Timing of social distancing policies and COVID-19 mortality: county-level evidence from the U.S.," 2021, Journal of Population Economics

Their co-authors frequently include Esther Arenas-Arroyo, José R. Bucheli, Chunbei Wang, Almudena Sevilla, and Mary Lopez.

Among book publications, Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes has contributed to a work published by World Bank, Washington, DC eBooks titled "More Benefits, Fewer Children: How Regularization Affects Immigrant Fertility" published in 2023.

Best Publications

Workers' Remittances and the Real Exchange Rate: A Paradox of Gifts

Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes;Susan Pozo

866
Citations
Migration, remittances, and male and female employment patterns

Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes;Susan Pozo

523
Citations
Remittances as insurance: evidence from Mexican immigrants

Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes;Susan Pozo

511
Citations
Labor Market Assimilation of Recent Immigrants in Spain

Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes;Sara de la Rica

380
Citations
Work Transitions into and Out of Involuntary Temporary Employment in a Segmented Market: Evidence from Spain

Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes

359
Citations
“The Motherhood Wage Gap for Women in the United States: The Importance of College and Fertility Delay”

Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes;Jean Kimmel

298
Citations
Accounting for Remittance and Migration Effects on Children's Schooling

Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes;Susan Pozo

283
Citations
New evidence on the role of remittances on healthcare expenditures by Mexican households

Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes;Susan Pozo

222
Citations
Remittance Receipt and Business Ownership in the Dominican Republic

Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes;Susan Pozo

213
Citations
Migration, Remittances, and Children’s Schooling in Haiti

Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes;Annie Georges;Susan Pozo

184
Citations
Social networks and their impact on the earnings of Mexican migrants.

Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes;Kusum Mundra

164
Citations
Cohort-level sex ratio effects on women's labor force participation

Shoshana Amyra Grossbard;Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes

157
Citations
Complements or substitutes? Task specialization by gender and nativity in Spain

Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes;Sara de la Rica

153
Citations
Work Safety in the Context of Temporary Employment: The Spanish Experience:

Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes

152
Citations
How Do Tougher Immigration Measures Affect Unauthorized Immigrants

Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes;Thitima Puttitanun;Ana P. Martinez-Donate

150
Citations
The Role of Segregation and Pay Structure on the Gender Wage Gap: Evidence from Matched Employer-Employee Data for Spain

Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes;Sara De la Rica

137
Citations
On the Remitting Patterns of Immigrants: Evidence from Mexican Survey Data

Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes;Cynthia Bansak;Susan Pozo

133
Citations
Precautionary saving by young immigrants and young natives

Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes;Susan Pozo

115
Citations
Gender differences in the labor market: Impact of IRCA's amnesty provisions

Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes;Cynthia Bansak;Steven Raphael

110
Citations
The Labor Market Impact of Mandated Employment Verification Systems

Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes;Cynthia Bansak

108
Citations
Remittances and Healthcare Expenditure Patterns of Populations in Origin Communities: Evidence from Mexico

Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes;Tania Sainz;Susan Pozo

106
Citations
Schooling and labor market effects of temporary authorization: evidence from DACA

Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes;Francisca M. Antman

76
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Sylvia Guendelman University of California, Berkeley

Melbourne F. Hovell San Diego State University

John D. Clapp University of Southern California

Carlos Magis-Rodriguez University of California, San Diego

Magnus Lofstrom Public Policy Institute of California

External Links

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