Jose Ivan Rodriguez-Sanchez

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Biography

Jose Ivan Rodriguez-Sanchez, Ph.D., is a research scholar for the Baker Institute Center for the United States and Mexico. His research focuses on international trade, migration, environmental economics and economic growth. Prior to joining the Baker Institute, he studied the energy and water markets of the Paso del Norte region as a research associate for the Hunt Institute at The University of Texas at El Paso. Rodriguez-Sanchez also worked as a deputy director in environmental economics at the Instituto Nacional de Ecología y Cambio Climático (INECC), where he analyzed different environmental problems in Mexico and crafted different public policy solutions. He has taught economics classes and seminars at the University of Colorado at Boulder, Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Universidad Iberoamericana Puebla, Universidad de las Américas Puebla, Universidad Popular Autónoma del Estado de Puebla and Universidad Tecnológica de la Mixteca. His work has also been published in both academic and non-academic publications.

Rodriguez-Sanchez received a bachelor’s degree in actuarial science and a master’s degree in economics from the Universidad de las Américas Puebla, and master’s and doctoral degrees in economics from the University of Colorado at Boulder, where he specialized in environmental economics, international trade and econometrics.

Contact him at jivanrod@rice.edu or (713) 348-3583.

Recent Publications

Center for the U.S. and Mexico | Research Paper

Revamping the TN Visa To Get Workers Where the US Needs Them

Tony Payan, Jose Ivan Rodriguez-Sanchez June 7, 2023

Center for the U.S. and Mexico | Research Paper

How Remittances Impact the Economies of Mexican States and Municipalities

Jose Ivan Rodriguez-Sanchez November 28, 2022

Center for the U.S. and Mexico | Research Paper

Immigrants in Strategic Sectors of the U.S. Economy and America's Labor Shortage Crisis

Jose Ivan Rodriguez-Sanchez June 14, 2022

Center for the U.S. and Mexico | Research Paper

Left on the Table: The Unrealized Economic Potential of the Undocumented Population

Jose Ivan Rodriguez-Sanchez July 8, 2021

Center for the U.S. and Mexico | Issue Brief

Manufacturing, Remittances, Tourism, and Oil: Key Factors for Mexico’s Economy in 2020 and Beyond

Tony Payan, Jose Ivan Rodriguez-Sanchez April 9, 2021

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In The News

Center for the U.S. and Mexico

September 5, 2022

Legal Work-Related Immigration Has Fallen by a Third Since 2020

Boosting the number of immigrants allowed to legally work in the U.S. can ease labor shortages that threaten America’s economic outlook, wrote research scholar Jose Ivan Rodriguez-Sanchez. "I see an important opportunity to resolve labor shortages that are wreaking economic havoc."

Fewer Than Expected Mexican Shoppers Return to Border Retailers

The reopening of the U.S.-Mexico border for fully vaccinated tourists came just in time for one of the biggest shopping seasons of the year. But so far, shoppers have returned in disappointingly low numbers. "More than 230,000 people cross the ports of entry into the U.S. every day to work, go to school, shop, go on vacation,” said research scholar José Iván Rodríguez. “They represent an important source of business for counties on the Texas border."

Economic Damage Assessed as U.S.-Mexico Border Reopens

The absence of traveler spending during a 20-month partial closure of the U.S.-Mexico border caused a $20 billion loss to the region, estimated research scholar José Iván Rodríguez-Sánchez.

External Publications

"La evolución actual y las perspectivas de los flujos de remesas de los trabajadores mexicanos radicados en Estados Unidos," Revista de Economía Mexicana, UNAM, 2023. View the PDF.