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Susan Pozo

Western Michigan University, USA, and IZA, Germany

Since the behavior of remittances and of their impacts are often surprising and ever-changing, it is important to continually refresh ourselves with the state of knowledge in this area

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Author

Current position

Professor of Economics, Western Michigan University, USA

Research interest

Determinants and economic impacts of workers' remittances, undocumented migration, returns to international human capital, empirical distribution of foreign exchange rates and measures of exchange risk, underground financial and economic activity

Website

https://sites.google.com/wmich.edu/susanpozo

Positions/functions as a policy advisor

Trustee, Ascension Michigan (July 2017–present)

Past positions

Director, Global and International Studies, Western Michigan University (2017–2021); Acting Director, Institute for Intercultural and Anthropological Studies, Western Michigan University (2019–June 2020); Assistant Professor of Economics, Pennsylvania State University (1980–1982)

Qualifications

PhD Economics, Michigan State University, USA ,1980

Selected publications

  • “The puzzle of Latin American remittances during the coronavirus pandemic.” The Minority Report 15 (2023): 5–8.

  • “Refugee admissions and U.S. public safety: Are Refugee Settlement Areas More Prone to Crime?” International Migration Review 55:1 (2021): 135–165 (with C. Amuedo-Dorantes and C. Bansak).

  • The Human and Economic Implications of Twenty-First Century Immigration Policy (ed.). Kalamazoo, MI: W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, 2018.

  • “Does the U.S. labor market reward international experience?” American Economic Review 104:3 (2014): 250–254.

  • “Workers' remittances and the real exchange rate: A paradox of gifts." World Development 32:8 (2004): 1407–1417 (with C. Amuedo-Dorantes).

article(s)

  • The widespread impacts of remittance flows Updated

    Remittances have the potential to lift developing economies

    Catalina Amuedo-DorantesSusan Pozo, May 2023
    Remittances have risen spectacularly in absolute terms and in relation to traditional sources of foreign exchange, such as export revenues. Remittances can improve the well-being of family members left behind and boost growth rates of receiving economies. They can also create a culture of dependency, lowering labor force participation in recipient nations, promoting conspicuous consumption, and accelerating environmental degradation. A more thorough understanding of their impacts can help formulate policies that enable developing economies to harness the most out of these monetary inflows.
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