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Refereed Publications

Simpson, N. and C. Sparber, 2020. “Estimating the determinants of remittances originating from U.S. households using CPS Data.” Eastern Economic Journal 46:244-272.
Hines, A. and N. Simpson, 2019. “Migration, Remittances, and Human Capital Investment in Kenya.” Economic Notes 2019:1-18, Special Issue on Migrant Remittances.
Ionescu, F. and N. Simpson. 2016. “Default risk and private student loans: Implications for higher education policies.” Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control 64: 119-147.
Betz, William and N. Simpson. 2013. “The Effects of International Migration on the Well-Being of Native Populations in Europe,” IZA Journal of Migration 2:12.
Simpson, N. and C. Sparber, 2013. “The Short- and Long-Run Determinants of Less-Educated Immigrant Flows into U.S. States.” Southern Economic Journal, 80(2): 414-438, October.
deAraujo, P., R. O’Sullivan and N. Simpson, 2013. “What Should Be Taught in Intermediate Macroeconomics?” Journal of Economic Education 44(1), 74–90.
Polgreen, Linnea and Nicole Simpson, 2011. “Happiness and International Migration.” Journal of Happiness Studies, 12(5), 819-840.
Athreya, K., D. Reilly and N. Simpson, 2010. “The Earned Income Tax Credit: Life-Cycle Income, Marginal Tax Rates, Wealth and Credit Constraints.” Economic Quarterly 96(3): 229-258.
Simpson, N., Tiefenthaler, J. and J. Hyde, 2010. “The Impact of the Earned Income Tax Credit on Economic Well-being: A Comparison across Household Types,” Population Research and Policy Review 29:843-864.
Mitchell, D., Rebelein, R., Schneider, P., Simpson, N. and E. Fisher, 2009. “A Classroom Experiment on Exchange Rate Determination with Purchasing Power Parity,” Journal of Economic Education 40(2), 150-165.
Fairchild, Stephen and Nicole B. Simpson, 2008. “A Comparison of Mexican Migrant Remittances across U.S. Regions,” Contemporary Economic Policy 26(3), 360-379.
Blankenau, William F., Nicole B. Simpson and Marc Tomljanovich, 2007. “Public Education Expenditures, Taxation and Growth: Linking Data to Theory,” American Economic Review 97(2), 393-97.
Athreya, Kartik B. and Nicole B. Simpson, 2006. “Unsecured Debt with Public Insurance: From Bad to Worse,” Journal of Monetary Economics 53(4), 797-825.
Polgreen, Linnea and Nicole B. Simpson, 2006. “Recent Trends in the Skill Composition of Legal U.S. Immigrants,” Southern Economic Journal 72(4), 938-57.
Simpson, Nicole B., Tomljanovich, Marc I. and Georgiev, George, 2005. “Macroeconomic Fundamentals and Net Portfolio Investment between Developed Regions,” International Finance 8 (2), 303-27.
Blankenau, William F. and Nicole B. Simpson, 2004. “Public Education Expenditures and Growth,” Journal of Development Economics 73(2), 583-605.
Fairchild, Stephen and Nicole B. Simpson, 2004. “Mexican Migration to the United States Pacific Northwest,” Population Research and Policy Review 23(3), 219-34.

Invited Chapters and Articles

Bansak, C. and N. Simpson, 2019. “Updating an ODA policy in Canada: the role of global remittances in development.” The School of Public Policy Publications, SPP Research Paper, Vol 12:11, March. University of Calgary.
Simpson, N. 2017. “Demographic and economic determinants of migration,” IZA World of Labor, 373.
Bodvarsson, O., N. Simpson and C. Sparber, 2015. “Migration Theory: Determinants of Immigration.” Handbook on the Economics of International Migration. Editors: Barry Chiswick and Paul Miller, Elsevier Inc.
Simpson, Nicole, 2014. “Families, Taxes and the Welfare System,” Family Economics: How Households Impact Markets and Economic Growth. Editor: Esther Redmount, ABC-CLIO. IZA Discussion Paper 7369.
Simpson, Nicole, 2013. “Happiness and Migration,” International Handbook on the Economics of Migration, Editors: Klaus F. Zimmermann and Amelie F. Constant, Edward Elgar Publishing Limited.

Textbook

Bansak, C., N. Simpson, and M. Zavodny, 2021. “The Economics of Immigration. Oxford, UK: Routledge. Second edition, forthcoming.
Bansak, C., N. Simpson, and M. Zavodny, 2015. “The Economics of Immigration. Oxford, UK: Routledge. First edition.