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Bio:
Dr. Kaushal is Associate Professor of social work, and Faculty Research Fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research. She is also Research Fellow at IZA - the Institute for the Study of Labor - in Bonn, Germany. She is a labor and health economist, and her research focus is on how policies and events affect the well-being of low-income families with special emphasis on immigrants.
Research Interests:
- Immigration
- Welfare reform
- Health insurance and health
- Globalization and international social welfare
Current Projects:
- Healthcare utilization and health trajectories of immigrants
- Geographic dispersion of immigrants in the U.S.
- Amnesty of undocumented immigrants
- Welfare reform
- Food stamps and obesity
Select Publications:
Books & Chapters
Kaushal, N., Reimers, C., & Reimers, D. (2007). Essay on economy and immigration. In M. Walters and R. Ueda with B. H. Marrow (Eds.), Harvard encyclopedia of American ethnic groups: The new Americans: A guide to immigration since 1965.
Kaushal, N. & Reimers, C. (2007). How economists have studied the immigrant family. In M. Bornstein, K. Deater-Deckard, & J. E. Lansford (Eds.), Immigrant families: Multidisciplinary views on the 21st century.
Kaushal, N. & Fix, M. (forthcoming). The Contributions of High-Skilled Immigrants. In M. Fix (Ed.), Contributions of immigrants to the United States. Migration Policy Institute: Washington DC. [Also published as Insight (July 2006) 16.]
Garfinkel, I., Kaushal, N. Teitler, J. & Garcia, S. (2005). Vulnerability and resilience: New Yorkers respond to 9/11. In Wounded city: The social effects of the World Trade Center attack on New York City. New York: Russell Sage Foundation.
Journal Articles
Kaushal, N. (2007). Do food stamps cause obesity? Evidence from immigrant experience. Journal of Health Economics.
Kaushal, N, Gao, Q., & Waldfogel, J. (2007). Welfare reform and expenditures on children: Are low-income single-mother families starting to catch up? Social Service Review.
Kaushal, N., Kaestner, R., & Reimers, C. (2007). Labor market effects of September 11th on Arab and Muslim residents of the U.S. Journal of Human Resources.
Kaushal, N. & Kaestner, R. (2007). Welfare reform and the health of immigrant children. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, 9(2).
Kaestner, R. & Kaushal, N. (2007). Welfare reform and immigrants: Does the five year ban matter? Research in Labor Economics, 25(2).
Kaushal, N. (2006). Amnesty programs and the labor market outcomes of undocumented workers. Journal of Human Resources, 14(3).
Kaushal, N. (2005). New immigrants’ location choices: Magnets without welfare. Journal of Labor Economics, 23(1), 59-80.
Kaushal, N. & Kaestner, R. (2005). Welfare reform and health insurance of immigrants. Health Services Research, 40(3), 697-722.
Kaestner, R. & Kaushal, N. (2005). Immigrant and native responses to welfare reform. Journal of Population Economics, 18(1), 69-92.
Kaestner, R. & Kaushal, N. (2003). Welfare reform and health insurance coverage of low-income families. Journal of Health Economics, 22, 959-981.
Kaestner, R., Kaushal, N., & Van Ryzin, G. (2003). Migration consequences of welfare reform. Journal of Urban Economics, 53(3), 357-376.
Kaushal, N. & Kaestner, R. (2001). From welfare to work: Has welfare reform worked? Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 20(4), 699-719.
Last updated July 01, 2009.
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