Research Fellow
(415) 291-4454
lofstrom@ppic.org
curriculum vitae

Expertise
• Immigration and immigrants
   Labor market integration
   Self-employment
   Welfare reform and participation
   Educational attainment
• Entrepreneurship
   Minority self-employment
• Education
   Ethnic differences in high school dropout rates
   General Educational Development (GED) credential

Experience
Assistant Professor, School of Economic, Political, and Policy Sciences, University of Texas at Dallas (2002-2007). Post-Doctoral Research Fellow/Lecturer, School of Social Sciences, University of California, Irvine (2000-2002). Research Associate, Institute for the Study of Labor, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany (1999-2000). Teaching/Research Assistant, Department of Economics and Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies, University of California, San Diego (1995-1999).

Education
Ph.D. (1999) and M.A. (1998), economics, University of California, San Diego.

Selected Publications
Lofstrom, Magnus and Timothy Bates. "Latina Entrepreneurs,” Small Business Economics, forthcoming, 2009 (Published online: DOI 10.1007/s11187-009-9203-9).

Hansen, Jorgen and Magnus Lofstrom. "Immigrant Assimilation and Welfare Participation: Do Immigrants Assimilate Into or Out-of Welfare?” Journal of Human Resources, Winter 2003, 38:1, pp. 74-98.

Lofstrom, Magnus and Frank D. Bean. "Assessing Immigrant Policy Options: Labor Market Conditions and Post-Reform Declines in Welfare Receipt among Immigrants,” Demography, November 2002, 39:4, pp.617-637.