| In the shadows of the sun: Caribbean development alternatives and US policy CD Deere Routledge, 2019 | 293 | 2019 |
| Borderless Borders F Bonilla Temple University Press, 1998 | 186 | 1998 |
| Colonial dilemma: Critical perspectives on contemporary Puerto Rico E Meléndez, E Meléndez South End Press, 1993 | 143 | 1993 |
| Estimates of post-hurricane Maria exodus from Puerto Rico E Meléndez, J Hinojosa Centro Voices, 1-8, 2017 | 131 | 2017 |
| La esquina (the corner): Day laborers on the margins of New York’s formal economy N Theodore, A Valenzuela, E Meléndez WorkingUSA 9 (4), 407-423, 2006 | 112 | 2006 |
| Worker centers: Defending labor standards for migrant workers in the informal economy N Theodore, A Valenzuela Jr, E Meléndez International Journal of Manpower 30 (5), 422-436, 2009 | 91 | 2009 |
| Hispanics in the labor force E Melendez, CE Rodriguez Hispanics in the Labor Force, 1, 1991 | 83* | 1991 |
| Working on jobs: The center for employment training E Melendez Mauricio Gaston Institute, 1996 | 71 | 1996 |
| Matching the disadvantaged to job opportunities: Structural explanations for the past successes of the Center for Employment Training E Melendez, B Harrison Economic Development Quarterly 12 (1), 3-11, 1998 | 69 | 1998 |
| Racial and ethnic differences in job searching in urban centers LM Falcon, E Melendez Urban inequality: Evidence from four cities, 341-71, 2001 | 58 | 2001 |
| Puerto rican exodus: One year since hurricane maria J Hinojosa, E Meléndez Center for Puerto Rican Studies, 2018 | 57 | 2018 |
| Population decline and school closure in Puerto Rico J Hinojosa, E Meléndez, KS Pietri New York: Center for Puerto Rican Studies, 2019 | 55 | 2019 |
| The housing crisis in Puerto Rico and the impact of Hurricane Maria J Hinojosa, E Meléndez Centro de Estudios Puertorriqueños, 2018 | 48 | 2018 |
| Puerto Rican post-Maria relocation by states J Hinojosa, N Roman, E Melendez Center for Puerto Rican Studies 1 (1), 1-15, 2018 | 45 | 2018 |
| Day labor, informality and vulnerability in South Africa and the United States N Theodore, D Blaauw, C Schenck, A Valenzuela Jr, C Schoeman, ... International Journal of Manpower 36 (6), 807-823, 2015 | 45 | 2015 |
| The social context of job searching for racial groups in urban centers L Falcon, E Melendez Urban inequality: Evidence from four cities, 341-71, 2001 | 43 | 2001 |
| Los que se van, los que regresan: Puerto Rican migration to and from the United States, 1982-1988 E Meléndez Centro de Estudios Puertorriqueños, Hunter College, City University of New York, 1993 | 43 | 1993 |
| Worker centers and day laborers’ wages EJ Meléndez, MA Visser, N Theodore, A Valenzuela Jr Social Science Quarterly 95 (3), 835-851, 2014 | 42 | 2014 |
| Puerto Rican Migration and Occupational Selectivity, 1982–1981 E Melendez International Migration Review 28 (1), 49-67, 1994 | 42 | 1994 |
| The importance of family members in determining the labor supply of Puerto Rican, black, and white single mothers E MELENDEZ Social Science Quarterly 74 (4), 1993 | 42 | 1993 |
