I am a macroeconomist with interest in growth, income distribution and structural change. Aside of these topics, I have produced research on population aging and migration, and gender economics. The methods I employ in my work include structuralist macroeconomic modeling accompanied by simulation exercises, and econometrics-based analyses. More recently, my co-authors and I have used time-series and panel data econometric methods to explore cyclical and long run dynamics in economic activity and income distribution in the US and other OECD countries.
Currently, I am working on identifying sectoral and regional contributions to changes in the labor share in the US. This research is in collaboration with Ivan Mendieta-Munoz, Rudi von Arnim and Ansel Schiavone from the University of Utah.
Here you can find my recent working papers and publications:
Rada, C, Tavani, D., von Arnim, R. and Zamparelli, L. (2023). Classical and Keynesian Models of Inequality and Stagnation. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 211: 442-461. (WP version here)
Rada, C., Schiavone, A. and Von Arnim, R. (2022) Goodwin, Baumol & Lewis: How structural change can lead to inequality and stagnation, Metroeconomica, 73(4): 1070-1093. (WP version here)
Barrales-Ruiz, J., Mendieta-Munoz, I., Rada, C., Tavani, D., and Von Arnim, R. (2022). The distributive cycle: evidence and recent debates. Journal of Economic Surveys, 36(2): 468-503. (WP version here)
Mendieta-Munoz, I., Rada, C., Ansel Schiavone and von Arnim, R. (2022). Dualism and the payroll share across US states. Regional Studies, 56(2): 307-323. (WP version here).
Mendieta-Munoz, I., Rada, C., Marcio Santetti and von Arnim, R. (2022). The US labor share of income: What shocks matter? forthcoming in Review of Social Economy, 80(4): 514-549. (WP version here)
Mendieta-Munoz, I., Rada, C. and von Arnim, R. (2021). The decline of the U.S. labor share across sectors. Review of Income and Wealth, 67(3): 732-758. (WP version here)