Publications
[1] The Effect of Rising Income Inequality on Taxation and Public Expenditures: Evidence from U.S. Municipalities and School Districts, 1970–2000
Review of Economics and Statistics, 2013.
With Leah Platt Boustan, Fernando Ferreira, Eric Zolt.
Featured in Slate.
[2] Income Inequality and Violent Crime: Evidence from Mexico's Drug War
Journal of Development Economics, 2016.
With Carlos Rodriguez-Castelan, Ted Enamorado, Luis-Felipe Lopez-Calva.
Featured in the World Bank Chief Economist's Blog and in El País.
[3] How does the internet affect migration decisions?
Applied Economics Letters, 2016.
[4] The labor market effects of financial crises: the role of temporary contracts in Central and Western Europe
Economics of Transition, 2017.
With Siddharth Sharma.
[5] Greying the Budget: Ageing and Preferences over Public Policies.
Kyklos, 2017.
With Luiz de Mello, Simone Schotte and Erwin Tiongson.
Featured in The World Economic Forum.
[6] Why are the Elderly More Averse to Immigration when they are More Likely to Benefit? Evidence Across Countries
International Migration Review, 2018.
With Simone Schotte.
Featured in Brookings, the World Bank, the World Economic Forum.
[7] How do telecommunications reforms affect labour market arrangements? Evidence from Central and Western Europe
Economics of Transition and Institutional Change, 2019.
With Emmanuel Vazquez
[8] The Effect of Income Inequality on Political Polarization: Evidence from European Regions, 2002-2014
Economics & Politics, 2019.
[9] Is Informality Good for Business? The Impacts of IDP Inflows on Formal Firms
Journal of Human Resources, 2019.
With Sandra Rozo.
Featured in Brookings.
[10] Who on Earth Can Work from Home?
World Bank Research Observer, 2021
With Daniel Garrote-Sanchez, Nicolas Gomez-Parra, Caglar Ozden, Bob Rijkers and Mariana Viollaz.
[11] Does the Internet Reduce Gender Gaps? Evidence from Jordan.
The Journal of Development Studies, 2022
With Mariana Viollaz.
[12] The Unintended Consequences of Deportations: Evidence from Firm Behavior in El Salvador
Forthcoming at Economic Development and Cultural Change.
With Antonella Bandiera, María Sviatschi, Sandra Rozo, Carlos Schmidt-Padilla and Lelys Dinarte. January 2021.
[13] Jobs' Amenability to Working from Home : Evidence from Skills Surveys for 53 Countries.
Economia - The Journal of the Latin American Economic Association, 2023
With Maho Hatayama and Mariana Viollaz
Also published in Covid Economics Issue 19, 18 May 2020.
Appendix and Stata codes
**WFH indexes à la Dingel and Neiman (by country and 1-digit ISCO08 occupation)
[14] The long-term impact of a resource-based fiscal windfall: evidence from the Peruvian canon
Resources Policy, 2023
With Fernando Aragon
Replication package.
[15] “Explaining the Evolution of Job Tenure in Europe, 1995-2019”
IZA Journal of Labor Policy, 2023
With Maurizio Bussolo, Damien Capelle, Michael M. Lokshin, Iván Torre.
Working Papers/Work in Progress
Not by Land nor by Sea: The Rise of Formal Remittances during COVID-19
With Lelys Dinarte, Eduardo Medina-Cortina and David Jaume. February 2021.
The Welfare Effects of Mobile Broadband Internet : Evidence from Nigeria.
With Bahia Kalvin, Pau Castells, Genaro Cruz, Takaaki Masaki, Xavier Pedros, Tobias Pfutze, Carlos Rodriguez Castelan. R&R Journal of Development Economics. May 2020.
Tracing the Local Impacts of Exports on Poverty and Inequality in Mexico
With Carlos Rodriguez-Castelan and Emmanuel Vazquez. August 2020. R&R at the Journal of Development Studies.
Books
Reaping the Digital Dividends: Leveraging the internet for development in Europe and Central Asia, World Bank Regional Report, 2017.
Understanding Changes in Poverty. With Gabriela Inchauste and others. Directions in Development, World Bank, 2014.
Book Chapters/Contributions
“Diagnostics: Addressing Inequality in the Labor Market”, Chapter 3 in Building an Equitable Society in Colombia, 2021, World Bank.
The Gradual Rise and Rapid Decline of the Middle Class in Latin America and the Caribbean. World Bank. Core team member. June 2021.
Poland Energy Transition: The Path to Sustainability in the Electricity and Heating Sector. World Bank. Core team member. November 2018.
Connectivity and Firms, in Critical Connections. Promoting Economic Growth and Resilience in Europe and Central Asia. Chapter 3. Joint with Shawn Tan and Thea Yde-Jensen
Trade in Transition. ECA Economic Update (October 2016), World Bank. Core team member.
Polarization and Populism. ECA Economic Update (October 2016), World Bank. Core team member.
Chapter 6: Overcoming the Legacy of Expanding Populations in Golden Aging : Prospects for Healthy, Active, and Prosperous Aging in Europe and Central Asia. 2015. Washington, DC: World Bank.
Chapter 3: Jobs and Firms’ External Financing Conditions, in Risk and Returns: Managing Financial Trade-Offs for Inclusive Growth in Europe and Central Asia. 2016. Washington, DC: World Bank.
Diversification and Development, in Diversified Development: Making the Most of Natural Resources in Eurasia. World Bank, 2014.
Permanent Working Papers/Policy Work
When Coal Leaves Town: Can Local Governments Help?
July 2021
The Impacts of COVID-19 on Informal Labor Markets : Evidence from Peru
With Ronald Cueva and Ximena Del Carpio. May 2021.
Does automation in developed countries hurt developing ones? Evidence from the U.S. and Mexico.
With Erhan Artuc and Luc Christiaensen. February 2019.
Featured in Brookings, World Bank and NPR (audio file)
Inequality, Relative Income and Newborn Health, joint with Anna Aizer and Florencia Borrescio-Higa
Dominican Republic Jobs Diagnostic. 2021. Jobs Series, No. 28. World Bank, Washington, DC. World Bank. with Miriam Montenegro.
El Salvador Jobs Diagnostic. 2020. Jobs Series, No. 24. World Bank, Washington, DC. World Bank. with Nancy Banegas.
Jordan Jobs Diagnostic. 2019. Jobs Series, No. 18. World Bank, Washington, DC. World Bank. with Alvaro Gonzalez.
From Ghana to America: The Task Content of Jobs and Economic Development
With Salvatore LoBello and Maria Laura Sanchez Puerta. February 2019.
Previous version here
When Job Earnings Are behind Poverty Reduction.
Economic Premise, The World Bank, issue 97, pages 1-6, November 2012. With Joao Pedro Azevedo, Gabriela Inchauste, Sergio Olivieri and Jaime Saavedra. World Bank.
The Effect of Homeownership on Geographic Mobility and Labor Market Outcomes,
Featured in the International Business Times
Does Job Polarization Explain the Rise in Earnings Inequality? Evidence from Europe.
With Maurizio Bussolo and Ivan Torre. 2018.
Is Labor Income Responsible for Poverty Reduction? A Decomposition Approach
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 6414, with Joao Pedro Azevedo, Gabriela Inchauste, Sergio Olivieri and Jaime Saavedra
What is Behind the Decline in Poverty Since 2000? Evidence from Bangladesh, Peru and Thailand
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 6199, with Gabriela Inchauste, Sergio Olivieri and Jaime Saavedra
Employability in Southern Cone, joint with Leonardo Gasparini, Matias Busso and Francisco Haimovich. Inter-American Development Bank, 2006
Income Distribution in Latin America: Exploring Differences across Countries, joint with Leonardo Gasparini and Francisco Haimovich. CEDLAS Working Paper No. 34, 2006.
Decomposing Distributional Changes in Pakistan, with Gabriela Inchauste. World Bank Policy Paper Series on Pakistan, PK 12/12, July 2012
Urban-Rural Differences in Poverty: a micro-decomposition approach for Argentina, joint with Francisco Haimovich. CEDLAS Working Paper No. 24, 2005.
[1] The Effect of Rising Income Inequality on Taxation and Public Expenditures: Evidence from U.S. Municipalities and School Districts, 1970–2000
Review of Economics and Statistics, 2013.
With Leah Platt Boustan, Fernando Ferreira, Eric Zolt.
Featured in Slate.
[2] Income Inequality and Violent Crime: Evidence from Mexico's Drug War
Journal of Development Economics, 2016.
With Carlos Rodriguez-Castelan, Ted Enamorado, Luis-Felipe Lopez-Calva.
Featured in the World Bank Chief Economist's Blog and in El País.
[3] How does the internet affect migration decisions?
Applied Economics Letters, 2016.
[4] The labor market effects of financial crises: the role of temporary contracts in Central and Western Europe
Economics of Transition, 2017.
With Siddharth Sharma.
[5] Greying the Budget: Ageing and Preferences over Public Policies.
Kyklos, 2017.
With Luiz de Mello, Simone Schotte and Erwin Tiongson.
Featured in The World Economic Forum.
[6] Why are the Elderly More Averse to Immigration when they are More Likely to Benefit? Evidence Across Countries
International Migration Review, 2018.
With Simone Schotte.
Featured in Brookings, the World Bank, the World Economic Forum.
[7] How do telecommunications reforms affect labour market arrangements? Evidence from Central and Western Europe
Economics of Transition and Institutional Change, 2019.
With Emmanuel Vazquez
[8] The Effect of Income Inequality on Political Polarization: Evidence from European Regions, 2002-2014
Economics & Politics, 2019.
[9] Is Informality Good for Business? The Impacts of IDP Inflows on Formal Firms
Journal of Human Resources, 2019.
With Sandra Rozo.
Featured in Brookings.
[10] Who on Earth Can Work from Home?
World Bank Research Observer, 2021
With Daniel Garrote-Sanchez, Nicolas Gomez-Parra, Caglar Ozden, Bob Rijkers and Mariana Viollaz.
[11] Does the Internet Reduce Gender Gaps? Evidence from Jordan.
The Journal of Development Studies, 2022
With Mariana Viollaz.
[12] The Unintended Consequences of Deportations: Evidence from Firm Behavior in El Salvador
Forthcoming at Economic Development and Cultural Change.
With Antonella Bandiera, María Sviatschi, Sandra Rozo, Carlos Schmidt-Padilla and Lelys Dinarte. January 2021.
[13] Jobs' Amenability to Working from Home : Evidence from Skills Surveys for 53 Countries.
Economia - The Journal of the Latin American Economic Association, 2023
With Maho Hatayama and Mariana Viollaz
Also published in Covid Economics Issue 19, 18 May 2020.
Appendix and Stata codes
**WFH indexes à la Dingel and Neiman (by country and 1-digit ISCO08 occupation)
[14] The long-term impact of a resource-based fiscal windfall: evidence from the Peruvian canon
Resources Policy, 2023
With Fernando Aragon
Replication package.
[15] “Explaining the Evolution of Job Tenure in Europe, 1995-2019”
IZA Journal of Labor Policy, 2023
With Maurizio Bussolo, Damien Capelle, Michael M. Lokshin, Iván Torre.
Working Papers/Work in Progress
Not by Land nor by Sea: The Rise of Formal Remittances during COVID-19
With Lelys Dinarte, Eduardo Medina-Cortina and David Jaume. February 2021.
The Welfare Effects of Mobile Broadband Internet : Evidence from Nigeria.
With Bahia Kalvin, Pau Castells, Genaro Cruz, Takaaki Masaki, Xavier Pedros, Tobias Pfutze, Carlos Rodriguez Castelan. R&R Journal of Development Economics. May 2020.
Tracing the Local Impacts of Exports on Poverty and Inequality in Mexico
With Carlos Rodriguez-Castelan and Emmanuel Vazquez. August 2020. R&R at the Journal of Development Studies.
Books
Reaping the Digital Dividends: Leveraging the internet for development in Europe and Central Asia, World Bank Regional Report, 2017.
Understanding Changes in Poverty. With Gabriela Inchauste and others. Directions in Development, World Bank, 2014.
Book Chapters/Contributions
“Diagnostics: Addressing Inequality in the Labor Market”, Chapter 3 in Building an Equitable Society in Colombia, 2021, World Bank.
The Gradual Rise and Rapid Decline of the Middle Class in Latin America and the Caribbean. World Bank. Core team member. June 2021.
Poland Energy Transition: The Path to Sustainability in the Electricity and Heating Sector. World Bank. Core team member. November 2018.
Connectivity and Firms, in Critical Connections. Promoting Economic Growth and Resilience in Europe and Central Asia. Chapter 3. Joint with Shawn Tan and Thea Yde-Jensen
Trade in Transition. ECA Economic Update (October 2016), World Bank. Core team member.
Polarization and Populism. ECA Economic Update (October 2016), World Bank. Core team member.
Chapter 6: Overcoming the Legacy of Expanding Populations in Golden Aging : Prospects for Healthy, Active, and Prosperous Aging in Europe and Central Asia. 2015. Washington, DC: World Bank.
Chapter 3: Jobs and Firms’ External Financing Conditions, in Risk and Returns: Managing Financial Trade-Offs for Inclusive Growth in Europe and Central Asia. 2016. Washington, DC: World Bank.
Diversification and Development, in Diversified Development: Making the Most of Natural Resources in Eurasia. World Bank, 2014.
Permanent Working Papers/Policy Work
When Coal Leaves Town: Can Local Governments Help?
July 2021
The Impacts of COVID-19 on Informal Labor Markets : Evidence from Peru
With Ronald Cueva and Ximena Del Carpio. May 2021.
Does automation in developed countries hurt developing ones? Evidence from the U.S. and Mexico.
With Erhan Artuc and Luc Christiaensen. February 2019.
Featured in Brookings, World Bank and NPR (audio file)
Inequality, Relative Income and Newborn Health, joint with Anna Aizer and Florencia Borrescio-Higa
Dominican Republic Jobs Diagnostic. 2021. Jobs Series, No. 28. World Bank, Washington, DC. World Bank. with Miriam Montenegro.
El Salvador Jobs Diagnostic. 2020. Jobs Series, No. 24. World Bank, Washington, DC. World Bank. with Nancy Banegas.
Jordan Jobs Diagnostic. 2019. Jobs Series, No. 18. World Bank, Washington, DC. World Bank. with Alvaro Gonzalez.
From Ghana to America: The Task Content of Jobs and Economic Development
With Salvatore LoBello and Maria Laura Sanchez Puerta. February 2019.
Previous version here
When Job Earnings Are behind Poverty Reduction.
Economic Premise, The World Bank, issue 97, pages 1-6, November 2012. With Joao Pedro Azevedo, Gabriela Inchauste, Sergio Olivieri and Jaime Saavedra. World Bank.
The Effect of Homeownership on Geographic Mobility and Labor Market Outcomes,
Featured in the International Business Times
Does Job Polarization Explain the Rise in Earnings Inequality? Evidence from Europe.
With Maurizio Bussolo and Ivan Torre. 2018.
Is Labor Income Responsible for Poverty Reduction? A Decomposition Approach
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 6414, with Joao Pedro Azevedo, Gabriela Inchauste, Sergio Olivieri and Jaime Saavedra
What is Behind the Decline in Poverty Since 2000? Evidence from Bangladesh, Peru and Thailand
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 6199, with Gabriela Inchauste, Sergio Olivieri and Jaime Saavedra
Employability in Southern Cone, joint with Leonardo Gasparini, Matias Busso and Francisco Haimovich. Inter-American Development Bank, 2006
Income Distribution in Latin America: Exploring Differences across Countries, joint with Leonardo Gasparini and Francisco Haimovich. CEDLAS Working Paper No. 34, 2006.
Decomposing Distributional Changes in Pakistan, with Gabriela Inchauste. World Bank Policy Paper Series on Pakistan, PK 12/12, July 2012
Urban-Rural Differences in Poverty: a micro-decomposition approach for Argentina, joint with Francisco Haimovich. CEDLAS Working Paper No. 24, 2005.