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PABLO A. ACOSTA
PhD in Economics University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign The World Bank I'm currently working as an Economist at The World Bank, Latin American and Caribbean Region, Human Development Network.
I'm also a Research Fellow at the Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA).
SELECTED PUBLISHED ARTICLES School Attendance, Child Labour, and Remittances from International Migration in El Salvador. Journal of Development Studies, 2011, 47 (6), 913-936.
Promotion Dynamics and the Peter Principle: Incumbents vs. External Hires. Labour Economics, 2010, 17 (6), 975-986.
Remittances and the Dutch Disease. (With Emmanuel Lartey and Federico Mandelman). Journal of International Economics, 2009, 79 (1), 102-116. What is the Impact of Remittances on Poverty and Inequality in Latin America? (With Cesar Calderon, Pablo Fajnzylber and J. Humberto Lopez). World Development, 2008, 36 (1), 89-114.
Capital Accumulation, Trade Liberalization and Rising Wage Inequality: The Case of Argentina. (With Leonardo Gasparini). Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2007, 55 (4), 793-812.
OTHER PUBLISHED ARTICLES Female Migration and Child Occupation in Rural El Salvador. Population Research and Policy Review, 2011, 30 (4), 569-589.
Business and Human Development in the Base of the Pyramid: Exploring Challenges and Opportunities with Market Heat Maps. (With Ilana Melzer, Ronald Mendoza, Namsuk Kim, and Nina Thelen). Journal of World Business, 2011, 46 (1), 50-60.
The "Flypaper Effect" in Presence of Spatial Interdependence: Evidence from Argentinean Municipalities. Annals of Regional Science, 2010, 44 (3), 453-466.
Financial Development, Remittances, and Real Exchange Rate Appreciation. (With Nicole Baerg and Federico Mandelman). Economic Review, 2009, 94 (1), 1-12.
A Simple IM Test for Exponential Distributions. (With Gabriel Montes-Rojas). Applied Economics Letters, 2009, 16 (2), 109-112. Trade Reform and Inequality: The Case of Mexico and Argentina in the 1990s. (With Gabriel Montes-Rojas). World Economy, 2008, 31 (6), 763-780. Monte Carlo Properties of Spatial Dependence LM Tests. (With Enlinson de Mattos and Ana Fava). Applied Economics Letters, 2006, 13 (14), 905-910. Remittances and Development in Latin America. (With Cesar Calderon, Pablo Fajnzylber and J. Humberto Lopez). World Economy, 2006, 29 (7), 957-987. Short and Long Run Determinants of Private Investment in Argentina. (With Andres Loza). Journal of Applied Economics, 2005, 8 (2), 398-406.
BOOK CHAPTERS How Important are Remittances in Latin America? (With Pablo Fajnzylber and Humberto Lopez). In Remittances and Development: Lessons from Latin America. P. Fajnzylber and H. Lopez, eds. Washington, DC: World Bank, 2008. Do Remittances Lower Poverty Levels in Latin America? (With Cesar Calderon, Pablo Fajnzylber and Humberto Lopez). In Remittances and Development: Lessons from Latin America. P. Fajnzylber and H. Lopez, eds. Washington, DC: World Bank, 2008. Remittances and Household Behavior: Evidence from Latin America. (With Pablo Fajnzylber and Humberto Lopez). In Remittances and Development: Lessons from Latin America. P. Fajnzylber and H. Lopez, eds. Washington, DC: World Bank, 2008. The Impact of Remittances on Poverty and Human Capital: Evidence from Latin American Household Surveys. (With Pablo Fajnzylber and J. Humberto Lopez). In International Migration, Economic Development and Policy. C. Ozden and M. Schiff, eds. Washington, DC: World Bank, 2007. Entrepreneurship, Labor Markets, and International Remittances: Evidence from El Salvador. In International Migration, Economic Development and Policy. C. Ozden and M. Schiff, eds. Washington, DC: World Bank, 2007. In Spanish: Oportunidades en America Latina: Hacia una Mejor Politica Social. (With Luis Castilla, Samuel Freije, Osmel Manzano, Daniel Ortega, Jose Pineda, and Stefania Scandizzo). Reporte de Economia y Desarrollo 2007-2008. Caracas: Corporacion Andina de Fomento, 2007.
WORKING PAPERS Remittances, Exchange Rate Regimes and the Dutch Disease: A Panel Data Analysis. (With Emmanuel Lartey and Federico Mandelman). Forthcoming, Review of International Economics.
Should Cash Transfers Be Confined to the Poor? Implications for Poverty and Inequality in Latin America. (With Phillippe Leite and Jamele Rigolini). World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 5875.
Educational Upgrading and Returns to Skills in Latin America: Evidence from a Supply-Demand Framework: 1990-2010. (With Guillermo Cruces, Sebastian Galiani and Leonardo Gasparini). World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 5921.
Intra-Household Labor Allocation, Migration and Remittances in Rural El Salvador.
Informal Jobs and Trade Liberalization in Argentina. (With Gabriel Montes-Rojas).
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