Samyam Shrestha

I am a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics at the University of Georgia. My research overlaps agricultural, labor, regional, and public economics.

Broadly, my work falls into three thematic areas: (1) the effects of immigration policy on immigrants, labor markets, and agriculture; (2) the effects of labor policies and labor market shocks on workers, businesses, and agriculture; and (3) the interaction between trade and labor markets.

Curriculum Vitae

Publications

Labor Market Effects of the Venezuelan Refugee Crisis in Brazil (with Hugo Sant’Anna)
Journal of Economic Geography. Jan 2026.
Ungated Preprint

The End of Free Movement and International Migration (with Hugo Sant’Anna)
Economics Letters. Dec 2025.
Ungated Preprint

Selected Working Papers

Immigration Enforcement and Local Business Dynamics (with Hugo Sant’Anna)
Under review

Trade Effects of Immigration Enforcement in Labor-Intensive Agriculture

Labor Supply Shocks and Child Labor among U.S. Farm Households: Evidence from the Bracero Termination
R&R American Journal of Agricultural Economics

The Evolution of Economic and Welfare Gaps between Low-Skill Agricultural and Non-Agricultural Workers in the United States

Temporary Legal Protection as a Buffer against Immigration Enforcement: Employment, Income, and Poverty under DACA (with Ryan Ellis)
Under review

Selected Work in Progress

Import Competition in U.S. Agriculture (with Diane Charlton)