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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, Africa Region, Poverty Reduction and Economics Management.
PUBLISHED ARTICLES Remittances and the Dutch Disease. (With Emmanuel Lartey and Federico Mandelman). Journal of International Economics, 2009, 79 (1), 102-116.
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. 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. 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 The "Flypaper Effect" in Presence of Spatial Interdependence: Evidence from Argentinean Municipalities. Forthcoming, Annals of Regional Science.
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). Forthcoming, Journal of World Business.
Remittances, Exchange Rate Regimes and the Dutch Disease: A Panel Data Analysis. (With Emmanuel Lartey and Federico Mandelman). Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Working Paper 2008-12, 2008. Labor Supply, School Attendance, and Remittances from International Migration: The Case of El Salvador. World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 3903, 2006. Occupational Choice, Migration and Remittances in El Salvador. Promotion Dynamics and the Peter Principle: Incumbents vs. New Hires. Female Migration and Child Occupation in Rural El Salvador. |