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Hugh Cassidy

Kansas State University, USA

Covid-19 has, and continues to have, a substantial effect on labor markets across the world. Understanding how the pandemic and lockdowns have affected different groups, such as immigrant workers, is critical to implementing effective labor market policy. IZA World of Labor provides a valuable, concise resource that helps policymakers more thoroughly understand important issues related to the labor market, including Covid-19, and helps to facilitate better decision making

IZA World of Labor role

Author

Current position

Associate Professor of Economics, Kansas State University, USA

Research interest

Labor economics, immigration, occupational licensing, personnel economics

Website

https://www.k-state.edu/economics/staff/bios/cassidy.html

Positions/functions as a policy advisor

N/A

Past positions

Assistant Professor of Economics, Kansas State University, 2013–2020.

Qualifications

PhD Economics, University of Western Ontario, 2013

Selected publications

  • “The decline in earnings of childhood immigrants in the U.S.” International Migration Review 51 (2020): 58–82.

  • “Occupational attainment of natives and immigrants: A cross-cohort analysis.” Journal of Human Capital 13:3 (2019): 375–409.

  • “The wage penalty to undocumented immigration.” Labour Economics 61 (2019) (with G. Borjas).

  • "The effect of post-Baccalaureate certificates on job search: Results from a correspondence study.” Labour Economics 61 (2019) (with A. Gaulke and S. Namingit).

  • “Occupational licensing and immigrants.” Journal of Law and Economics (Forthcoming) (with T. Dacass).

article(s)

  • The labor market impact of Covid-19 on immigrants

    Job loss from Covid-19 was greater among immigrants than the native-born in most developed countries

    Hugh Cassidy, February 2022
    The labor market disruptions due to the Covid-19 pandemic and lockdowns impacted immigrant workers more severely than native-born workers in the US, Canada, Australia, and most EU countries. Immigrant workers in most of these countries were more vulnerable to the pandemic since they were more likely to be employed in jobs that are not as easy to perform remotely. The labor market recovery for both groups in the US was rapid, and by Fall 2020, the employment gaps between immigrant and native-born workers, both for men and women, had returned to pre-pandemic levels.
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