working papers
The massive exodus of Venezuelans in Colombia caused a decline in low-income wages, which increased inequality. A regularization program that integrated immigrants into the formal economy mitigated these regressive effects.
Joint with Carlo Lombardo, Julian Martinez-Correa and Leonardo Gasparini.
[Revise and Resubmit - Journal of Economic Geography]
The labor supply increase due to the Venezuelan exodus reduced the costs of manufacturing firms, which allowed them to upgrade the skill composition of the workers and to increase their participation in international trade.
Joint with Carlo Lombardo,
The non-green effects of going green: Local environmental and economic consequences of lithium extraction in Chile - 2024
Lithium extraction in the Atacama Salt Flat (Chile) reduced the water availability, vegetation, economic activity, and human settlements in the local communities nearby.
Joint with Vaios Triantafyllou and Gonzalo Martínez.