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I am an Associate Professor at the Department of Economics and Business at Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Affiliated Professor at the Barcelona School of Economics (BSE) and IPEG, and a Research Fellow at CEPR and IZA@LISER, and a Research Affiliate at J-PAL and BREAD. I work on development, organizational, and political economics. I am also co-editor at the World Bank Economic Review and associate editor at the Economic Journal.
I am one of the founders and former co-organizers of the biweekly Virtual Development Seminar (VDEV-CEPR-BREAD). You can see the schedule and videos of past seminars here.
Recent Highlights
New appointment! (March. '26) I have been appointed as a Research Fellow at IZA@LISER.
New appointment! (Jan. '26) I have been appointed as a Research Fellow at CEPR (Development and Political Economics groups).
New published paper! (Aug. '25) "The Allocation of Incentives in Multi-layered Organizations: Evidence from a Community Health Program in Sierra Leone" (with Erika Deserranno, Stefano Caria, and Philipp Kastrau) is now published at the Journal of Political Economy!
New grant! (Mar. '25) The IGC provided a grant to support our work evaluating the impacts of the Productive Social Safety Nets and Youth Unemployment in Sierra Leone (with Benedetta Lerva and Mahreen Khan).
New published paper! (Mar. '25) My paper "Promotions and Productivity: The Role of Meritocracy and Pay Progression in the Public Sector" (with Erika Deserranno and Philipp Kastrau) is now published at the American Economic Review: Insights!
New published paper! (Feb. '25) "Policy-Making, Trust and the Demand for Public Services: Evidence from a Nationwide Family Planning Program" (with Dijana Zejcirovic and Fernando Fernandez) was recently published at the American Economic Journal: Economic Policy!
New Grant! (Dec. '24) I've been granted an ICREA Academia to intensify my research activities for the next 5 years!
Published paper! (Feb. '24) My paper Immigration, Labor Markets, and Discrimination: Evidence from the Venezuelan Exodus in Perú (with Andre Gröger and Steve Stillman) is now published at World Development!
Updated working paper! (Mar. '24) An updated version of my paper Teacher Compensation and Structural Inequality: Evidence from Centralized Teacher School Choice in Peru is now available.
Accepted Working paper! (Jul. '23) My paper "When Transparency Fails: Financial Incentives for Local Banking Agents in Indonesia" (with Erika Deserranno and Firman Witoelar) has been accepted for publication at the Review of Economics and Statistics!
Contact info:
Mailing Address:Department of Economics and BusinessUniversitat Pompeu FabraCalle Ramon Trias Fargas 23-25, Barcelona 0805Jaume I Building, 20.2E16E-mail: gianmarco.leon@upf.eduPhone: +34 93 542 1757 Cell phone: +34 603 175 250 Bluesky: @Gianmarcoleonc.bsky.socialTwitter (X): @Gianmarco_LeonC
Upcoming talks and public appearances:
June 24th: Presentation at the workshop "Managing the State: A New Look at Bureaucrats and Public Administration" at the Venice Summer School. I'll be presenting "Signal Extraction in Hiring: Evidence from Teacher Recruiting"
May 29th: Seminar presentation at the University of Cagliari. I'll be presenting "Dual Labor Markets, Housing and Migration Attitudes: Structural Impacts of Venezuelan Immigration in Peru"
December 12th: Presentation at the meetings of the Spanish Economic Association in Barcelona.
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