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: the effects of immigration policy, the effects of labor policies and labor market shocks, and the interaction between trade and labor markets. Across these areas, I examine outcomes for workers, businesses, and local economies, with a particular focus on U.S. agriculture.

Curriculum Vitae

Publications

Labor Market Effects of the Venezuelan Refugee Crisis in Brazil (with Hugo Sant’Anna)
Journal of Economic Geography, 26(2): 259–278, 2026.
Ungated Preprint

The End of Free Movement and International Migration (with Hugo Sant’Anna)
Economics Letters, 259: 112759, 2026.
Ungated Preprint

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

The Effects of Minimum Wage Increases on SNAP Participation: Evidence from a Stacked Difference-in-Differences Design (with Haewon Oh, Hugo Sant’Anna, and Travis A. Smith)
Under review

Selected Work in Progress