Seminarios

Paper: On the cyclicality of wage inequality in the US Abstract: Existing studies generally find that hourly wage inequality is acyclical over the business cycle....

Paper: Valuing Jobs with Unobserved Offers: Identification, Robustness, and Validation Abstract: What does job mobility reveal about job values, when alternative job offers are unobserved?...

Paper: Terms of Trade Volatility and Business Cycles in Emerging Economies Abstract: This paper examines the effects of terms of trade volatility shocks on emerging...

Paper: Public Transport Electrification: Lessons from a Pioneer Abstract: Cities worldwide are committing to zero-emission bus fleets. We evaluate a pioneer: Santiago, Chile, whose electric...

Paper: Aggregate Outcomes of Nonlinear Prices in Supply Chains Abstract: We study the welfare implications of nonlinear pricing in supply chains. Using population-level firm-to-firm transactions...

Paper: Do Physicians Follow the Golden Rule? Evidence and Implications from Physicians' Self-Prescriptions Abstract: Using data on prescriptions for cholesterol-lowering drugs (statins), we compare the...

El Instituto de Economía UC y CAF (Banco de desarrollo de América Latina y El Caribe) invitan a la presentación del Reporte de Economía y...

Paper: Delegated Contracting Abstract: A principal seeks to contract with an agent but must do so through an informed delegate. Although the principal cannot directly...

Paper: Urban Welfare: Tourism in Barcelona Abstract: How do local demand shocks affect residents who live, work, and shop in different parts of a city?...

Paper: Private Colonialism in Africa Abstract: In this study, we introduce the Atlas of Colonial Capitalism, documenting the pervasive role of private concessionary companies in...

Paper: Pricing Arbitrage: Target Selection and Cost Efficiencies in Hospital Acquisitions Abstract: Non-Profits, Competition, and Risk Segmentation in Consumer Lending Markets