Carlos Vargas-Silva
Senior Researcher and Quantitative Data Analyst, Migration Observatory
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Carlos Vargas-Silva is an economist with particular expertise in quantitative data analysis.
He previously worked at the International Migration Institute (IMI), also at Oxford. His research interests include the economic impact of immigration on receiving countries and the link between migration and economic development in sending countries, with a special focus on the role of migrants’ remittances.
Carlos has been a consultant in migration related projects for many international agencies including the World Bank, Asian Development Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank and the United Nations University.
Selected Publications
Ruiz, I. and Vargas-Silva, C. (forthcoming, 2011) “Exploring the Causes of the Slowdown in Remittances to Mexico.” Empirical Economics.
Vargas-Silva, C., Editor (forthcoming, 2011) Handbook on Research Methods on Migration, Edward Elgar, Forthcoming 2011.
Naufal, G. and Vargas-Silva, C. (2010) “Remitters in Dubai.” Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics 146 (4): 769-780.
Naufal, G. and Vargas-Silva, C. (2010) “Migrant Transfers in the MENA Region: A Two Way Street in Which Traffic is Changing.” Migration Letters 7 (2): 168-178.
Amuedo-Dorantes, C.; Pozo, S. and Vargas-Silva, C. (2010) “Remittances in Small Island Developing States”, Journal of Development Studies 46 (5): 1–20.
Ruiz, I. and Vargas-Silva, C. (2009) “Recession, Return Migration, and Remittances”, Hispanic Economic Outlook, Quarter 2.
Jha, S. and Sugiyarto, G. and Vargas-Silva, C. (2009) “The Global Crisis and the Impact on Remittances to Developing Asia”, Asian Development Bank, Working Paper, 185.