Michael Aguilera

Associate Professor

Address: 722 PLC University of Oregon Eugene, OR 97403	Phone:	(541) 346-5059
	Fax:	(541) 346-5026
	Email:	mba@uoregon.edu

Research Interests

social networks and economic behavior
labor markets
immigration
ethnic relations

Teaching Areas

economic sociology
social inequality
race and ethnicity

Courses Taught

SOC 305

America's Peoples

Selected Articles:

Aguilera, Michael B. 2004. “The Effect of Legalization on the Labor Markets of Latin American Immigrants: A Gendered Comparison,” Sociological Focus 37 (4): 351-371.

Aguilera, Michael B. 2004. “Deciding Where to Retire: Retirement Location Choices of Formerly Undocumented Mexican Migrants,” Social Science Quarterly 85 (2): 340-360.

Aguilera, Michael B. and Douglas S. Massey. 2003. “Social Capital and Wages of Mexican Migrants: New Hypotheses and Tests,” Social Forces 82: 671-701.

Aguilera, Michael B. 2003. “The Impact of the Worker: How Social Capital and Human Capital Influence the Job Tenure of Formerly Undocumented Mexican Immigrants,” Sociological Inquiry 73:52-83.

Aguilera, Michael B. 2002. “The Impact of Social Capital on Labor Force Participation: Evidence from the 2000 Social Capital Benchmark Survey,” Social Science Quarterly 83: 853-874.

Catanzarite, Lisa and Michael B. Aguilera. 2002. “Working with Co-Ethnics: Earnings Penalties for Latino Immigrants at Latino Jobsites,” Social Problems 49: 101-127.

Aguilera, Michael B. 2000. “The Labor Market Outcomes of Recently Legalized Immigrants.” Pp. 1379-1399 in The Encyclopedia of American Immigration, edited by J. Ciment and I. Ness. New York: M.E. Sharpe.

Education

Ph.D. -- State University of New York, Stony Brook