Carlos Vargas-Silva

Carlos Vargas-Silva is an Assistant Professor of economics at SHSU. Previously he was a George Washington Henderson Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at the University of Vermont. His research interests are Workers’ Remittances, Migration, Exchange Rates, Monetary Policy, Housing and Time Series Econometrics. One strand of his research examines the relationship between remittances and the macroeconomic variables of the remittance receiving countries. Another analyzes the impact of demographic factors on the amounts remitted. Vargas-Silva is also interested in the impact of monetary policy on the U.S. housing market. He holds a Bachelors degree and Masters degree from the University of Puerto Rico, as well as a Masters and Ph.D. from Western Michigan University.

Selected Publications (Click for Complete List of Publications)

Vargas-Silva, C. "Are Remittances Manna from Heaven? A look at the Business Cycle Properties of Remittances." The North American Journal of Economics and Finance, forthcoming.

Vargas-Silva, C., "Crime and Remittance Transfers." Eastern Economic Journal, Forthcoming.

Vargas-Silva, C., “Monetary Policy and the U.S. Housing Market: A VAR Analysis Imposing Sign Restrictions.” Journal of Macroeconomics, Forthcoming.

Vargas-Silva, C., “The Tale of Three Amigos: Remittances, Exchange Rates and Money Demand in Mexico.” Review of Development Economics, Forthcoming.

Vargas-Silva, C.; Ruiz, I. and Shukralla, E., “Remittances, Institutions and Growth: A Panel Semi-Parametric Approach.” International Economic Journal, Forthcoming.

Vargas-Silva, C. and Peng, H., “Macroeconomic Determinants of Workers’ Remittances: Host versus Home Country’s Economic Conditions.” Journal of International Trade and Economic Development, 2006, Vol. 15, No.1, pp.81-99.

Vargas-Silva, C.; Amuedo-Dorantes, C. and Pozo, S., “Remittances and the Macroeconomy: The Case of Small Island Developing States”, part of the United Nations, WIDER Project on Fragility and Development.