Magnus J. Lofstrom 

Assistant Professor of Economics
School of Economic, Political & Policy Sciences
University of Texas at Dallas

Contact Information

University of Texas at Dallas
School of Economic, Political & Policy Sciences
P.O. Box 830688, GR31
Richardson, TX 75083-0688

Office: GR 3.522
Phone: (972) 883-4763
Fax: (972) 883-2735
E-mail: lofstrom@utdallas.edu

 

Teaching - Fall 2007

Econometrics II (ECO 6310)

Labor Economics II (ECO 6332)

 

Education

Ph.D. (Economics), University of California, San Diego			June 1999
Dissertation Title: 	"Three Essays on the Role of Skills and 
			 Education in Immigration and Self-Employment"
Dissertation Advisor: 	 Professor Julian Betts

M.A. (Economics), University of California, San Diego			March 1998
Graduate work, (Statistics, Economics), San Diego State University	1993 - 1994
B.A. (Quantitative Economics and Decision Science) UC, San Diego	June 1992

Personal Information

  • Curriculum Vitae

    Working Papers

    1. "The Dynamics of Immigrant Welfare and Labor Market Behavior" (with Jorgen Hansen), IZA DP No. 360 (Revised, June 2007)

    2. "Immigrant-Native Differences in Welfare Participation: The Role of Entry and Exit Rates" (with Jorgen Hansen), IZA DP No. 2261 

      

      


    3. 
	"State Dependence in Canadian Welfare Participation" (with Jorgen Hansen and Xuelin Zhang), IZA DP No. 2266 

      

      


    4. 
	"Mexican-American Self-Employment: A Dynamic Analysis of Business Ownership" (with Chunbei Wang), IZA DP No. 2101  (Title change/Revised, October 2007)

      

      


    5. 
	"Measuring the Returns to the GED: Using an Exogenous Change in GED Passing Standards Change as a Natural Experiment" (with John Tyler), IZA DP No. 1306 

      


    6. 
	"A Dynamic Analysis of Hispanic Business Ownership"   (September 2007)

      


    7. 
	"Is the GED an Effective Route to Postsecondary Education?" (with John Tyler)   (October 2007)

      


    8. 
	"African Americans' Pursuit of Self-Employment" (with Timothy Bates), IZA DP No.  (November 2007)



    





    Selected Publications
     

      


    1. "Modeling the Signaling Value of the GED with an Application to an Exogenous Passing Standard Increase in Texas" (with John Tyler) 
Research in Labor Economics,  Forthcoming. Download PDF file

       
      


    2. "Why are Hispanic and African-American Dropout Rates so High?" 
The Williams Review,  Forthcoming, 2007. Download PDF file

       
      


    3. "Mexican-Hispanic Self-Employment Entry: The Role of Business Start-Up Constraints" (with Chunbei Wang)
Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science,  September 2007. Download PDF file

       
      


    4. "Immigrant Assimilation and Welfare Participation: Do Immigrants Assimilate Into or Out-of Welfare?" (with Jorgen Hansen)
Journal of Human Resources,  Winter 2003, 38:1, pp.74-98. Download PDF file

       
      


    5. "Assessing Immigrant Policy Options: Labor Market Conditions and Post-Reform Declines in Welfare Receipt Among Immigrants " (with Frank D. Bean)
Demography, November 2002, 39:4, pp.617-637. Download PDF file

       
      


    6. "Labor Market Assimilation and the Self-Employment Decision of Immigrant Entrepreneurs"
Journal of Population Economics,  2002, (15:1), pp. 83-114. Download PDF file

       
      


    7. "A Comparison of the Human Capital and Signaling Models: The Case of the Self-Employed and the Increase in the Schooling Premium in the 1980's"
Research in Labor Economics,  Volume 20, 2001, pp. 191-215. Download PDF file

       
      


    8. "Immigration Policy, Assimilation of Immigrants and Natives' Sentiments Towards Immigrants: Evidence from 12 OECD-Countries"
(with Thomas Bauer and Klaus F. Zimmermann)
Swedish Economic Policy Review,  2000, 7, pp. 11-53.

      

      


    9. "The Educational Attainment of Immigrants: Trends and Implications"
(with Julian R. Betts), in George J. Borjas ed. Issues in the Economics of Immigration, 
University of Chicago Press, for National Bureau of Economic Research, 2000, pp. 51-115.

      



    

     
    


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