Political economy of immigration, immigration policy in advanced industrial nations, U.S.-Mexican relations, Mexican politics
Mexico, Spain, Japan
A comparative analysis of immigration control measures and their outcomes in 11 industrialized nations, an analysis of the efficacy and consequences of U.S. border enforcement strategy, a study of voting in home-country elections among Mexican immigrants in the United States, and a project on the administration of justice in Mexico.
Cornelius can provide commentary on causes and consequences of Mexican migration to the United States; immigration policy in the United States, Japan, and Spain; the role of immigrant labor in the economies of the U.S. and other labor-importing countries; Mexican politics and development policy; and political participation of Mexican immigrants in Mexico and the United States.
The International Migration of the Highly-Skilled (co-editor), La Jolla, Calif.: Center for Comparative Immigration Studies, UCSD, 2001.
Controlling Immigration: A Global Perspective, 2nd edition, revised and expanded (co-editor), Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2004.
"Death at the Border: Efficacy and Unintended Consequences of U.S. Immigration Policy,"Population and Development Review, December 2001.
"Human Capital versus Social Capital: Immigrant Wages and Labor Market Incorporation in Japan and the United States" (co-author), in Jeffrey Reitz, ed., Host Societies and the Reception of Immigrants, 2003.
“Immigration and Politics” (co-author), Annual Review of Political Science ( Palo Alto, Calif.: Annual Reviews, 2005), pp. 99-119.
"Controlling 'Unwanted' Immigration: Lessons from the United States,"Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Vol. 31, No. 4 (July 2005): 775-794.
“Immigrant Voting in Home-Country Elections: Potential Consequences of Extending the Francise to Expatriate Mexicans” (co-author), Mexican Studies, Vol. 21, No. 2 (Summer).
Impacts of U.S. Immigration Control Policies on Mexican Migration: The View from Sending Communities (co-editor). La Jolla , Calif. and Boulder , Col. : Center for Comparative Immigration Studies, UCSD, and Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2005.
