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Resumen: We present experimental evidence on the economic impacts of mobile phone access. Our results are based on a randomized control trial in the Philippines, through which 14 isolated and previously unconnected villages were randomly assigned to either receive or not receive a new cellphone...
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Abstract: We study how US immigration policy and the Internet boom affected not just the US, but also led to a tech boom in India. Students and workers in India acquired computer science skills to join the rapidly growing US IT industry. As the number of US visas was capped, many remained in India...
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Carolina Arteaga: Profesora de economía en la Universidad de Toronto. Recibió su doctorado en economía en 2019 por parte de la Universidad de California, Los Ángeles, y trabaja en temas de salud, educación, género y crimen.
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Resumen: The order of magnitude of the projected damages of anthropogenic climate change largely hinges on whether the impacts of climatic shocks persist over multiple years. Models that assume climatic shocks are only transitory point to modest damages, whereas models that assume climatic...
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Jakub Tecza: I am an empirical economist with particular interests in empirical IO, applied microeconomics and contest economics. Two weeks ago I successfully defended my dissertation entitled "Essays on Competition in Auctions and in Contests" at the University of Arizona. Prior to that, I...
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Sebastian Montaño Correa: PhD(c) in Economics at the University of Maryland. Master’s Degree in Economics from Universidad de Los Andes, and Political Scientist from Universidad Nacional de Colombia.
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Seminario de Microeconomía Aplicada - Transhumant Pastoralism, Climate Change and Conflict in AfricaAbstract: We consider the effects of climate change on seasonally migrant populations that herd livestock – i.e., transhumant pastoralists – in Africa. Traditionally, transhumant pastoralists benefit from a cooperative relationship with sedentary agriculturalists whereby arable land is used...
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Resumen: This paper examines the sharp decline in fertility across Latin America using both period and cohort measures. Combining Vital Statistics, Census microdata, and UN population data, we decompose changes in fertility by age, education, and joint age–education groups. We show that the decline...
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Resumen: Developing economies often encounter significant credit and insurance market failures, hindering individuals' ability to manage financial risks effectively. Unemployment insurance (UI) plays a crucial role in enhancing workers' welfare by smoothing consumption during joblessness and...
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Jorge Pérez Pérez: Investigador Económico en la Dirección General de Investigación Económica del Banco de México. Es doctor en Economía de Brown University, Estados Unidos, y profesional en economía y en finanzas de la Universidad del Rosario, Colombia. Trabaja en investigación sobre economía...
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Resumen: Good measures of labor market tightness are essential to predict wage inflation and to calibrate monetary policy. This paper highlights the importance of two measures of labor market tightness in determining wage growth: the quits rate and vacancies per effective searcher (V/ES)—where...
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Juan Camilo Castillo: Juan Camilo Castillo is an Assistant Professor in the Economics Department at the University of Pennsylvania who completed his PhD last year in the Economics Department at Stanford University. He works in industrial organization, microeconomic theory, and market design....
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Resumen: The high level of informality and the low level of savings observed in developing countries are fundamentally linked because informal workers have limited access to formal financial institutions. We study this link by developing and estimating a labor market model where workers can be...
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Nota: Por un error, se compartieron previamente la información y el enlace correspondientes a este seminario. Sin embargo, debido a que estamos en semana de silencio se trata de un evento de carácter cerrado y no se transmite.Lamentamos los inconvenientes.
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Toulouse School of Economics - Université de Toulouse
Fecha: Jueves, 11 de diciembreLugar: Banco de la República, Calle 8 # 4-30, piso 5 Hora: 02:00 p.m.
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Profesora asociada Universidad de los Andes
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Universidad de Arizona
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University of Chicago y Banco de la República
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Johns Hopkins University
Abstract: Intermediate product markets are distinct in several ways, include-ing the large size of transactions and the ability to price discriminate using buyer–specific prices.
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Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, Economist
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Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, Economist
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Investigador del Banco de la República
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Banco Mundial
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Profesor de la Universidad Johns Hopkins
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Recientemente los indicadores de actividad económica se han convertido en una herramienta muy utilizada por los agentes económicos alrededor del mundo para conocer de primera mano el estado actual de la economía y facilitar así la toma de decisiones. Esta tendencia llevó a que entidades estatales,...
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