Spanish Abstract: Este artículo presenta una aproximación teórica a la relación causal entre el precio de los recursos naturales y las trampas de pobreza para el caso de un país productor de minerales. Partiendo de un modelo de generaciones traslapadas donde las decisiones de ahorro,...

I study the causal effect of violence against social leaders on coca cultivation and land restitution requests in the Colombian context from 2012 to 2018. Using the timing of unexpected killings of social leaders in an event study approach, I provide evidence that the start of the violence...

This article tackles the feature of optimal public policy such as the level of enforcement and the supply of public goods in an economy characterized by a huge informal sector. We consider informality as the group of productive activities which, before hand, do not comply (totally or partially)...

We study the effects of broken windows policing on crime using geo-located crime and arrest reports for 80 Colombian cities. Broadly defined, broken windows policing consists of intensifying arrests - sometimes for minor offenses - to deter potential criminals. To estimate causal effects, we...

This paper describes how future pension benefits affect labor supply in economies that have an informal sector. From the perspective of the worker, a formal-sector job offers long-run gains, as it increases his likelihood of gaining pension benefits in the future. If workers take those gains...

This paper analyzes the relationship between agglomeration economies and wages in the context of a developing country, taking into account the marked presence of the informal sector. Using data from Colombia, we investigate the effect of agglomeration economies on formal and informal...

Spanish Abstract: Este artículo argumenta que, en países emergentes, como Colombia, la combinación de la transición demográfica con una alta informalidad del mercado laboral hace inviable la existencia de un régimen de pensiones de reparto. En teoría, un país como Colombia tiene aún una...

Spanish Abstract: Este artículo estima el efecto de la llegada de refugiados sobre la confianza generalizada en Europa y sobre las actitudes hacia los inmigrantes en los países destino entre 2002 y 2015. Con base en datos recientes de la encuesta social de Europa (ESS, por sus siglas en...

Spanish Abstract: ¿Qué podemos aprender de la evolución del sistema de seguridad social y de las instituciones del mercado laboral para los futuros procesos de reforma en Colombia? Contestamos este interrogante desde una perspectiva histórica y de análisis institucional la evolución de las...

We examine whether the Colombian government, when instituting and expanding social programs in the early nineties, inadvertently created incentives for people to become informal. We use data from repeated cross-sections of the Colombian Household Survey for periods before and after...