Kusum Mundra

Department of Economics, Rutgers University, Newark

Assistant Professor

360 ML King Jr. Blvd.

Newark, NJ 07102

United States

http://kmundra.newark.rutgers.edu

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1.

Skyscraper Height and the Business Cycle: Separating Myth from Reality

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 10 Dec 2011 Last Revised: 16 Jul 2014
Jason Barr, Bruce Mizrach and Kusum Mundra
Newark College of Arts & Sciences - Department of Economics, Rutgers University, Department of Economics and Department of Economics, Rutgers University, Newark
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skyscraper height, business cycle, Granger causality, cointegration

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Immigrant Networks and U.S. Bilateral Trade: The Role of Immigrant Income

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5237
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 18 Oct 2010
Kusum Mundra
Department of Economics, Rutgers University, Newark
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immigrant networks, immigrant assimilation, demand effect, trade

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Social Networks and Their Impact on the Employment and Earnings of Mexican Immigrants

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 19 May 2005
Kusum Mundra and Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes
Department of Economics, Rutgers University, Newark and San Diego State University - Department of Economics
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Social Networks, Undocumented Mexican Immigrants, Double-Selection, MMP

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Minority and Immigrant Homeownership Experience: Evidence from the 2009 American Housing Survey

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7131
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 19 Jan 2013
Kusum Mundra
Department of Economics, Rutgers University, Newark
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homeownership, exit, subprime, minorities, immigrants, citizenship, hazard model

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Determinants of Immigrant Homeownership: Examining Their Changing Role During the Great Recession and Beyond

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7468
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 06 Jul 2013
Kusum Mundra and Ruth Uwaifo Oyelere
Department of Economics, Rutgers University, Newark and Agnes Scott College
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birthplace networks, home ownership, Great Recession, savings, years in the U.S., citizenship status

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Immigration and Trade Creation for the U.S.: The Role of Immigrant Occupation

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7073
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 22 Dec 2012
Kusum Mundra
Department of Economics, Rutgers University, Newark
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immigrant occupation, immigrant networks, bilateral trade, U.S.

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Housing Adequacy Gap for Minorities and Immigrants in the U.S.: Evidence from the 2009 American Housing Survey

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8038
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 22 Mar 2014
Kusum Mundra and Amarendra Sharma
Department of Economics, Rutgers University, Newark and Elmira College
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housing adequacy gap structural adequacy, U.S. residential real estate, immigrants, minorities, American Housing Survey, naturalized

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Education-Occupation Mismatch and Social Networks for Hispanics in the US: Role of Citizenship

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12975
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 24 Feb 2020
Kusum Mundra and Fernando Rios Avila
Department of Economics, Rutgers University, Newark and Bard College - The Levy Economics Institute
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education-occupation mismatch, horizontal mismatch, social networks, hispanics, citizenship

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Marriage Market Signals and Homeownership for the Never Married

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11877
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 29 Oct 2018
Kusum Mundra and Ruth Uwaifo Oyelere
Department of Economics, Rutgers University, Newark and Agnes Scott College
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home ownership, never married singles, marriage market, sex ratios, marriage rates, single females

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Single and Investing: Homeownership Trends Among the Never Married

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9935
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 01 Jun 2016
Kusum Mundra and Ruth Uwaifo Oyelere
Department of Economics, Rutgers University, Newark and Agnes Scott College
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homeownership, single, ethnicity, gender, race, recession

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Immigrant Homeownership and Immigration Status: Evidence from Spain

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6676
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 07 Jul 2012
Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes and Kusum Mundra
San Diego State University - Department of Economics and Department of Economics, Rutgers University, Newark
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immigrant homeownership, immigration status, Spain

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Immigrant Birthcountry Networks and Unemployment Duration: Evidence Around the Great Recession

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10233
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 01 Oct 2016
Kusum Mundra and Fernando Rios Avila
Department of Economics, Rutgers University, Newark and Bard College - The Levy Economics Institute
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social networks, immigrants, unemployment duration, Great Recession

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In Need of a Roof: Pandemic and Housing Vulnerability

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15835
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 05 Jan 2023
Kusum Mundra and Ruth Uwaifo Oyelere
Department of Economics, Rutgers University, Newark and Agnes Scott College
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renter, homeowner, housing vulnerability, pandemic, ethnicity, Asian, COVID-19

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Suicide Bombing as a Strategic Weapon: An Empirical Investigation of Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad

Posted: 20 May 2005
Kusum Mundra
Department of Economics, Rutgers University, Newark

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Parametric and Semi-Parametric Estimation of the Effect of Firm Attributes on Efficiency: Electricity Generating Industry in India

Posted: 19 May 2005
Madhu Khanna, Kusum Mundra and Aman Ullah
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics, Department of Economics, Rutgers University, Newark and University of California, Riverside (UCR) - Department of Economics

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Stochastic Frontier, Maximum Likelihood, Semi-parametric, efficiency, Panel Data, electiricty industry

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Immigration and International Trade: A Semiparametric Empirical Investigation

Posted: 19 May 2005
Kusum Mundra
Department of Economics, Rutgers University, Newark

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International trade, immigration, semiparametric, dynamic panel, instrumental variable

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Nonparametric Slope Estimators for Fixed-Effect Panel Data

Posted: 19 May 2005
Kusum Mundra
Department of Economics, Rutgers University, Newark

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Nonparametric, Fixed-effect, Kernel, Monte Carlo

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Immigration and Terms of Trade with Different Demand Patterns of Immigrants from Natives

Posted: 19 May 2005
Kusum Mundra
Department of Economics, Rutgers University, Newark

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Immigration, Terms of Trade, Heckscher-Ohlin Model