Research

Peer-reviewed work, policy reports, and research memos. Working papers from the current open-research projects will be listed here as they are released.

Peer-reviewedJournal articles

Changing Sex-Ratios Among Immigrant Communities in the USA

with Todd A. Sorensen · Journal of Economics, Race, and Policy, vol. 2, pp. 20–42 · 2019

How the gender composition of immigrant communities in the United States has changed over time, and the economic and policy forces behind those shifts.

BibTeX
@article{hernandezcastaneda2019sexratios,
  author  = {Hern{\'a}ndez Casta{\~n}eda, Adriana and Sorensen, Todd A.},
  title   = {Changing Sex-Ratios Among Immigrant Communities in the {USA}},
  journal = {Journal of Economics, Race, and Policy},
  year    = {2019},
  volume  = {2},
  pages   = {20--42},
  doi     = {10.1007/s41996-018-0025-5}
}

PolicyReports

Civil Service Vacancies in California: 2022–2023

with Savannah Hunter, Sara Hinkley, and Enrique Lopezlira · UC Berkeley Labor Center · December 2023

A statewide study of public-sector job vacancies in California (which occupations, wage levels, and education requirements are hardest to fill) with policy recommendations on recruitment and retention.

Applied demographyMemos & briefs, Cornell Program on Applied Demographics

Headship Rates and Household Formation in New York State, 2012–2017

Cornell Program on Applied Demographics · September 2019

Effect of the Vintage 2018 Population Estimates Revisions

Cornell Program on Applied Demographics · July 2019

The New York Minute

Cornell Program on Applied Demographics · 2018–2021

Bi-monthly one-page research briefs on community and economic development issues for New York State and local stakeholders.

Adirondack Park: Participant Statistical Areas Program Update

with Jan Vink and Bob Gehrer · presented to the New York State Data Center / NYS Department of Labor · May 2019