Short Bio
Dr. Anita Alves Pena is Assistant Professor of Economics at Colorado State University. Her research interests are in public sector economics, economic development, and labor economics, and her current research relates to undocumented and documented immigration, public policy, poverty, and agricultural labor markets. Dr. Pena received her Ph.D. in Economics from Stanford University in 2007, M.A. in Economics from Stanford University in 2004, and B.A. in Economics from the Johns Hopkins University in 2001. She currently teaches Ph.D. level Economics of Public Expenditure and undergraduate level Intermediate Microeconomics and Economics of Public Finance.Teaching
Econ 306: Intermediate Microeconomics (undergraduate)
Working Papers
Immigration, Legal Status, and Public Aid Magnets previous version: Stanford Center for International Development Working Paper No. 331
Legalization and Immigrants in U.S. Agriculture previous version: Stanford Center for International Development Working Paper No. 348
Poverty, Legal Status, and Pay Basis in U.S. Agriculture previous version: Stanford Center for International Development Working Paper No. 377
Environmental Disamenities and Age-Specific Migration Rates (with Sammy Zahran, Stephan Weiler, and Andrew Prelog)
Do Minimum Wage Laws Affect People Who Are Not Covered?: Evidence from U.S. Agriculture
Publications
Journal Article
Locational Choices of the Legal and Illegal: The Case of Mexican Agricultural Workers in the U.S., International Migration Review, forthcoming (previous version: Stanford Center for International Development Working Paper No. 332)
Book Chapter
Economics of Migration (with Steven J. Shulman), in 21st Century Economics: A Reference Handbook, SAGE Publications, forthcoming
Edited Volume
Policy Reform and Chinese Markets (with Belton M. Fleisher, Nicholas C. Hope, and Dennis Tao Yang), Edward Elgar Publishing, 2008
Links
Updated: June 2009