Postdoc at Brown University. Ph.D. UW-Madison. 🇨🇴 (Juan 15:13)
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Extending maternity leave from 12 to 24 weeks in Chile increased mothers' formal employment for up to three years after childbirth, with no negative medium-term effects. voxdev.org/topic/labour-mark…
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#NewPaper in Econometrica @ecmaEditors: a study by our professor Rachid Laajaj, with Karen Macours, examines how complex it is for farmer to learn about multiple practices and inputs at once, most common in sustainable agriculture.
đź“„ Read the paper: bit.ly/4t6PZ4V
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Y se nota que no hay colombianos en el paper, porque definir la exposición a narcoticos usando la proporción de colombianos en USA en el county para medir el “networking del narcotráfico” es un poco sospechoso, no?
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Excited to share Pedro’s JMP, now featured on the Development Impact Blog! He shows how digital receipts can help reduce information frictions in farmers’ supply chains in Uganda.
8 Dec 2025
Excited to share that my JMP was featured on the World Bank’s Development Impact Blog!
The post shows how digital receipts can increase transparency, improve quality, and shift behavior in markets with information frictions.
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#EconJobMarket #EconTwitter
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25 Nov 2025
I was thrilled to present my JMP at the World Bank DIME–KDI School Development Impact Conference in DC. I shared results from my RCT on digital receipts in Uganda’s dairy sector and how reducing information frictions can improve outcomes for farmers #EconJobMarket #EconTwitter
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4 Nov 2025
Andrea Franco’s JMP studies how neighborhood gang recruitment shapes teens’ choices between school and crime, their long-run outcomes, and how policies can intervene, using both design-based and structural approaches. #EconJobMarket #EconTwitter econ.wisc.edu/staff/franco-a…
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22 Oct 2025
Looking for municipal-level internet penetration data in Brazil (2011–2024). I’ve checked BDDados, PNAD, Anatel, and World Bank sources, and I have also reached out to local institutions. The Índice Brasileiro de Conectividade starts in 2021. Any suggestions from #EconTwitter?
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29 Sep 2025
📢Sharing this again so no one misses it: BEEC 2026 in Bogotá 🇨🇴, Jan 15–16. Amazing lineup of keynotes. Submit your paper by Oct 7!
Would really appreciate if you can share or RT.
29 Sep 2025
One week left to submit your paper!
💥 Bogotá Experimental Economics Conference (BEEC) is back: Jan 15–16, 2026!
Keynotes: Uri Gneezy, Kirby Nielsen, Sevgi Yuksel.
Single-track conference, ~20–25 talks. Submit by Oct 7.
Join us! đź“·
🔗 sites.google.com/view/beec-2…
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7 Mar 2025
🚨NEW PAPER, now published @WorldDevJournal!
I explore how the rise of fentanyl use in the U.S. reduced heroin revenues for Mexican cartels. As a result, cartels shifted to extorting the avocado industry, escalating violence in avocado-growing regions.
➡️tinyurl.com/ycka2fv8
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🆕 Digital reforms at Colombian ports: A win-win for growth and tax revenues
Today on VoxDev, Rachid Laajaj, Marcela Eslava @EconomiaUAndes & Tidiane Kinda @IMFNews outline the substantial benefits from computerising customs at Colombia's major ports:
voxdev.org/topic/trade/digit…
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9 Dec 2024
Studying the military bases in Colombia, @sakina0320 JMP found that “establishment of military bases, a government security program, has had unintended negative consequences on communities that host them” econthatmatters.com/2024/12/… #econtwitter #jmp
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5 Dec 2024
Excited to see my JMP featured at Econ That Matters! Thank you to @econthatmatters for highlighting my work. Check out the post here: econthatmatters.com/2024/12/…
4 Dec 2024
How is living surrounded by landmines? @FelipeParraE found that liquidity-constrained households are more likely to engage in high-risk activities econthatmatters.com/2024/12/… #JMP #JMPBLOG #ETRM
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22 Nov 2024
RT @fabalbav: Coming to SEA this weekend? Don’t miss Monday’s presentations! Come to the Political Economy and Labor Market Effects sessio…
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I'm excited to present my job market paper, coauthored with @sakina0320, on @Lacea_lames2024. Join us this Friday at 10:30 in room ASA 108. If you're in Montevideo, I'd love to connect and chat!
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8 Nov 2024
Job market candidate, Shannon studies how firm level payroll subsidies impact the macro economy and welfare using a dynamic model with idiosyncratic income risk and endogenous layoffs.
#EconJobMarket #EconTwitter econ.wisc.edu/staff/sledz-sh…
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5 Nov 2024
@sakina0320 @FelipeParraE: localities hosting military bases in Colombia show ⬆️ sexual violence
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4 Nov 2024
In his job market paper, Arjun Jain uses a value-added framework to explore heterogeneity in school effectiveness based on student health, and identify the ways in which schools can help students that are less healthy.
#EconJobMarket #EconTwitter econ.wisc.edu/staff/jain-arj…
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4 Nov 2024
Thanks for the opportunity to present my JMP co-authored with @FelipeParraE ! I'm grateful for such a productive and encouraging discussion.
#NEUDC2024 session on Gender-based Violence and Safety chaired by @BilgeErten; @sakina0320 presents evidence that military base presence significantly increases sexual violence, driven by the presence of govt soldiers in Colombia.
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3 Nov 2024
In her JMP, @Karla_Hdez_R studies how increased social insurance costs affect workers' choices between formal and informal jobs, and builds a structural model to quantify the value of social insurance benefits #EconJobMarket #EconTwitter econ.wisc.edu/staff/hernande…
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2 Nov 2024
In his JMP, @Julio_3003_ finds that corporate debt in foreign currency affects import prices and rationalizes this result through pricing complementarities and borrowing constraints in an open-economy model. #EconJobMarket #EconTwitter econ.wisc.edu/staff/mereb-ju…
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