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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
Recent Publications:
Books & Chapters
Kaushal, Neeraj, Cordelia Reimers and David Reimers. “Essay on Economy and Immigration” in “The New Americans: A Guide to Immigration Since 1965.” Harvard Encyclopedia of American Ethnic Groups. Edited by Mary Walters and Reed Ueda with B. Helen Marrow. 2007.
Kaushal, Neeraj and Cordelia Reimers “How Economists Have Studied the Immigrant Family” in Immigrant Families: Multidisciplinary Views on the 21st Century. eds. Marc Bornstein, Kirby Deater-Deckard and Jennifer E. Lansford. 2007.
Kaushal, Neeraj and Michael Fix. “The Contributions of High-Skilled Immigrants.” in “Contributions of immigrants to the United States” ed. Michael Fix. (forthcoming).
Also published as Insight, July 2006, No. 16. Migration Policy Institute: Washington DC.
Garfinkel, I., Kaushal, N. Teitler, J. and 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, Neeraj. 2007. “Do food stamps cause obesity? Evidence from immigrant experience.” (Forthcoming) Journal of Health Economics.
Kaushal, Neeraj, Qin Gao, Jane Waldfogel. 2007. “Welfare Reform and Expenditures on Children: Are Low-Income Single-Mother Families Starting to Catch Up?” (Forthcoming) Social Service Review.
Kaushal, Neeraj, Robert Kaestner and Cordelia Reimers. 2007. “Labor Market Effects of September 11th on Arab and Muslim Residents of the U.S.” Journal of Human Resources, Spring 2007.
Kaushal, Neeraj and Robert Kaestner. 2007. “Welfare Reform and the Health of Immigrant Children.” Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, Volume 9, Number 2, April, 2007.
Kaestner, Robert and Neeraj Kaushal. 2007. “Welfare reform and immigrants: Does the five year ban matter?” in Research in Labor Economics. 25(2): (forthcoming).
Kaushal, Neeraj. 2006. “Amnesty Programs and the Labor Market Outcomes of Undocumented Workers.” Journal of Human Resources. Vol. 14. No. 3.
Kaushal, Neeraj. 2005. “New Immigrants’ Location Choices: Magnets without Welfare.” Journal of Labor Economics. Volume 23, Number 1. 59-80.
Kaushal, Neeraj and Robert Kaestner. 2005. “Welfare Reform and Health Insurance of Immigrants.” Health Services Research. Volume 40, Number 3, June 2005, pp. 697-722(26)
Kaestner, Robert and Neeraj Kaushal. 2005. “Immigrant and native responses to welfare reform.” Journal of Population Economics. Issue: Volume 18, Number 1: 69-92.
Kaestner, Robert and Neeraj Kaushal. 2003. “Welfare Reform and Health Insurance Coverage of Low-income Families.” Journal of Health Economics, 22: 959-981.
Kaestner, Robert, Neeraj Kaushal and Gregg Van Ryzin. 2003. “Migration Consequences of Welfare Reform.” Journal of Urban Economics. Volume 53, Issue 3, Pages 357-376 (May 2003).
Kaushal, Neeraj and Robert Kaestner. 2001. “From Welfare to Work: Has Welfare Reform Worked?” Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 20(4), 699-719.
Last updated December 03, 2007.
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