▶️ The video of the First Calvo Lecture is now available. @IvanWerning (MIT), introduced by @SFGaliani, presented: “On Inflation: A Look From Above, Backwards and Forwards” Watch the lecture here: https://lacea.org/2026/05/20/first-calvo-lecture/

🎙️ Tomorrow: First Calvo Lecture with Iván Werning (MIT), introduced by Sebastián Galiani “On Inflation: A Look From Above, Backwards and Forwards” 📅 May 22   ⏰ 12 PM EDT   💻 Zoom, no registration 🔗 https://umd.zoom.us/j/7244863058?omn=95965938894

🗒️ New article in Economía/LACEA: "The Fiscal Costs of Unemployment Insurance"

📄New paper with Eduardo Fernández‑Arias in @EconomiaJournal: "How vulnerable is Latin America & the Caribbean to external crises today?" 📈Good news: vulnerability is near a historic low. 📉Bad news: LAC is still riskier than peers doi.org/10.31389/eco...

📰New article in Economía/LACEA: “Exposure to Artificial Intelligence and Occupational Mobility: A Cross-Country Analysis.” doi.org/10.31389/eco...

New article in Economía/LACEA: "Stochastic Fiscal Gap and Debt Dynamics: The Case for the Colombian Economy” by Gerardo Reyes-Tagle, Jorge Muñoz-Ayala doi.org/10.31389/eco...

🧵 New research uncovers what really drove Latin America's Pink Tide—and its reversal. Were voters genuinely shifting left, or just "lending" their votes in protest? The answer is surprising. 📄 "Surfing the Latin American Pink Tide" by Brum, Cazulo, Rueda & Siniscalchi doi.org/10.31389/eco...

New article in Economía/LACEA: Property Informality and Its Effect on Rural Land Prices in Colombia. Eduardo Lora, Miguel Benítez-Rueda and Alejandro Rueda-Sanz investigate the impact of property informality on rural land prices in Colombia. economia.lse.ac.uk/en/articles/...

New article in Economía/LACEA: Legal Reforms, Conditional Cash Transfers, and Intimate Partner Violence: Evidence from Mexico. Gustavo J. Bobonis, Roberto Castro and Juan S. Morales study the relationship between divorce laws, CCT programs, and IPV in rural Mexico. economia.lse.ac.uk/en/articles/...

New article in Economía/LACEA: Local Economic Impacts of Hydroelectric Power Plants: Evidence from Brazil. economia.lse.ac.uk/en/articles/...

New article in Economía/LACEA: Girls Dominate, Boys Left Behind: Decomposing the Gender Gap in Education Outcomes in Jamaica. economia.lse.ac.uk/en/articles/...

The paper "What Works for Active Labor Market Policies? A Meta-Analysis of RCT Findings” co-authored by Eduardo Levy Yeyati, Martín Montané, Luca Sartorio and Alfonso Gauna is already available online: economia.lse.ac.uk/articles/10....

New article in Economía/LACEA: Spatial Equilibrium and the Regional Effects of Trade Liberalization: Evidence from Mexico. economia.lse.ac.uk/articles/10....

New article in Economía/LACEA: The Curse of the Cow: Ranching and Land Concentration in Buenos Aires During the First Globalization. Federico Droller, Lucas Llach, and Pablo Schiaffino explore the historical roots of Argentina’s unequal land distribution. 🧵 economia.lse.ac.uk/articles/10....