Using a matched firm-worker dataset, we show both theoretically and empirically that positive assortative matching between firms and workers leads to an underestimation of the absolute value of wage elasticity of labor demand.

This paper evaluates the effectiveness of market-based approaches in the provision of public-sponsored training programs. In particular, we study the link between training quality and labor earnings using a Peruvian program that targets disadvantaged youths. Multiple proxies for training quality...

"Important work on gender and Peruvian migration during the bloody decade of the 1980s. Finds that most women who are heads of households work in the informal sector, and therefore, have lower incomes. Not surprisingly, households where only women or children are employed show greater levels of...