Research

Peer-reviewed articles, working papers and book chapters by Omar Hammoud-Gallego on migration and asylum policy, Venezuelan displacement and democratic representation.

Data: APLA, the Asylum Policies in Latin America database (19 countries, 1990–2020).

Migration and asylum policy

The Return of the State: How European Governments Regulate Labour Market Competition from Migrant Workers
With P. McGovern and E. R. Thielemann. Comparative Migration Studies, 13, 13 (2025).
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The Short-Term Effects of Visa Restrictions on Migrants’ Legal Status and Well-Being: A Difference-in-Differences Approach on Venezuelan Displacement
World Development, 182, 106709 (2024).
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Symbolic Refugee Protection: Explaining Latin America’s Liberal Refugee Laws
With L. F. Freier. American Political Science Review, 117(2), 454-473 (2023).
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Best Paper Award (Honourable Mention), APSA Migration and Citizenship Section, 2024

A Liberal Region in a World of Closed Borders? The Liberalization of Asylum Policies in Latin America, 1990–2020
International Migration Review, 56(1), 63-96 (2022).
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Best Paper Award on Latin America, European Consortium for Political Research, 2019

Democratic institutions and representation

News Cycles and Satisfaction with Democracy: How the Pandemic Short-Circuited Media Polarization
With R. S. Foa and X. Romero-Vidal. British Journal of Political Science, 55, e49 (2025).
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Women Politicians’ Networks Reduce Gender Gap in Political Ambition: A Randomized Field Experiment
With K. Lawall, M. Pereira and D. Baron. Accepted at the British Journal of Political Science.

Under review

Working papers

  • Not All Migrants: Geographic Origins and the Tren de Aragua’s Regional Spread (with J. Morales-Arilla, D. Martin and A. Morales)
  • Homeowners in Office and Housing Policy (with K. Lawall and M. Pereira)
  • Sanctions, Secrecy, and Signals: What Nowcasting Reveals About Russia’s War Economy (with R. Foa, E. Nazrullaeva, I. Timson-Smidt and C. Campana)
  • Displacement and Human Capital in Colombia (with A. Bandiera and A. Velázquez)
  • The Trade-Off Between Regular and Irregular Migration: How Reducing Labour Migration Opportunities Can Lead to an Increase in Irregular Migration (with M. Rosina)

Book chapter and review

  • Hammoud-Gallego, O., Fernández-Rodríguez, N. and Freier, L. F. (2020). Importancia y limitaciones de las normas jurídicas para el estudio de la política migratoria en América Latina. In L. Gandini (Ed.), Abordajes sociojurídicos contemporáneos para el estudio de las migraciones internacionales. SUDIMER, UNAM. Link
  • Hammoud-Gallego, O. (2022). Review of Jubilut, Espinoza and Mezzanotti, Latin America and Refugee Protection. International Migration, 60: 234–237. Link