Welcome!

I am a PhD Candidate in Economics at Georgia Tech. My research interests are in Development Economics and the Economics of Migration, with a focus on data-scarce settings. 

In my JMP, I develop an method for inferring international migration events from cell phone call records. I use it to estimate the impact of insurgent violence on human mobility and migration decisions.

In related projects, I study how access to mobile internet alters important choices for migrants and their families, as well as the effects of strict immigration enforcement on the public lives of immigrants. With support from my institution, I traveled to Liberia to seek partners for field experiments to study the ongoing expansion of mobile networks.

Curriculum vitae: here

email: ryan.ellis@gatech.edu