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Workforce/Economic Impact
Labor Markets
Migration and Recession
Diaspora
Remittances
Latin America
North America
Caribbean
Mexico

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Spanish
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Aaron Terrazas

Policy Analyst
Project Manager, Regional Migration Study Group
aterrazas@migrationpolicy.org | (202) 266-1943

Aaron Terrazas is a Policy Analyst at MPI, where he serves as Project Manager for the Regional Migration Study Group.

His research interests include the consequences of macroeconomic trends for immigration flows and for immigrants in the labor force, migration in the Americas, the relationship between migration and the development prospects of migrant countries of origin, and the role of diasporas in foreign policymaking.

His published works include The Economic Integration of Immigrants in the United States: Long- and Short-Term Perspectives, Evolving Demographic and Human-Capital Trends in Mexico and Central America and their Implications for Regional Migration (co-author), Migration and Immigrants Two Years after the Financial Collapse: Where Do We Stand (co-author), and Diaspora Investment in Developing and Emerging Country Capital Markets: Patterns and Prospects.

Mr. Terrazas holds a bachelor of science degree with honors from the Edmund Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, where he majored in international affairs and earned a certificate in Latin American studies. He was awarded the William Manger Latin American Studies Award for his thesis exploring the evolution of policy attitudes toward migration and remittances in Mexico. He also studied international affairs at the Institut d'Etudes Politiques (Sciences Po) in Paris and applied economics and economic forecasting at Johns Hopkins University.