Racial disparities in labor outcomes: The effects of hiring discrimination over the business cycle (2024), Economic Analysis and Policy (with F. Kuhn).
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About: We investigate how labor outcomes are affected by hiring discrimination over the business cycle. While evidence suggests that discrimination in hiring can create disparities in unemployment rates between discriminated and non-discriminated groups (e.g., racial unemployment gap), there is limited understanding of how such disparities may be exacerbated during a recession. Our approach aims to shed light on this issue.
Crime under-reporting in Bogotá: a spatial panel model with fixed effects (2023), Empirical Economics (with
S. Kumbhakar and L. Sandoval).
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About: We propose a novel spatial autoregressive stochastic frontier model with fixed effects and use a rich database of police-reported crimes in Bogotá to study whether living near neighborhoods with high crime rates may affect crime reporting.
The effect of crop insurance in Ecuadorian rice farming: a technical efficiency approach (2023), Agricultural Finance Review (with A. Reyes, A. Villegas, M. Castro)
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About: We estimate the technical efficiency of a massive and economically important crop in Ecuador and conduct a comparison between groups of farmers with and without insurance.
Export Diversification Dynamics in Latin America (2015), in Handbook on Trade and Development (edited by Morrissey, O., López, R. A., and Sharma, K. Elgar Publishing) (with Manuel Agosin).
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About: In this chapter, we construct a set of export diversification measures in order to give a detailed view of the export diversification dynamics in Latin America.
Interconnectedness, Banking Performance, Risk Contagion, and Response to Shocks.
About: This is my current main research project, developed in collaboration with the Chilean regulatory authority (CMF). The agenda focuses on investigating the impact of interconnectedness among banks on their performance, risk management, and response to economic shocks. Utilizing advanced econometric techniques, including network data analysis and semi-parametric econometrics, this research leverages private administrative records to uncover significant insights into the banking sector.
Spillovers, Efficiency, and Human Capital in Farming Production: A Semiparametric Smooth Coefficient Spatial Autoregressive Approach
About: A collaborative research project with the Department of Agriculture at UST, aiming to assess performance in agriculture and examine interlinked relationships among farmers.
Labor Productivity and Real Wages
About: This project explores the disconnect between labor productivity and real wages in Latin America, employing household surveys and macroeconomic econometric techniques.