Juan Pantano
Professor
HKU Business School
The University of Hong Kong
juanpantano [at] gmail [dot] com
Curriculum Vitae [pdf]
PUBLICATIONS
Bunching, Tax Regime Notches and Taxpayer Behavior, with P. Carrillo, N. Chuqimarca and W. Zanoni.
International Tax and Public Finance, accepted [pdf]
Intergenerational Effects of Early-Life Advantage, with A. Dettmer, J. Heckman, V. Ronda and S. Suomi
Journal of Political Economy, accepted [pdf]
A Tale of Two Studies: Revisiting the Unintended Effects of Staggered Legal Changes, with S. Mechoulan and I. Rosenthal
The Journal of Legal Studies, 2025, Vol 54, No. 2 [pdf]
Upcoding in Medicare: Where Does It Matter Most?, with K. Joiner and J. Lin
Health Economics Reviews, 2024, Vol 14, No 1. [pdf]
The Demographic Consequences of Sex-Selection Technology, with Q. Li
Quantitative Economics, 2023, Vol 14: 309-347 [pdf]
Structural Models, with S. Galiani
Handbook of Labor, Human Resources and Population Economics, 2023 [pdf]
Property Division Upon Divorce and Household Decisions, with Y. Huang, H. Ye and J. Yi
Journal of Human Resources, 2023, Vol 58, No 2: 532-560 [pdf]
Birth Order and Unwanted Fertility, with W. Lin and S. Sun
Journal of Population Economics, 2020 Vol. 33, No 2: 413-440 [pdf]
Health Care Access, Costs and Treatment Dynamics : Evidence from in Vitro Fertilization, with B. Hamilton, E. Jungheim and B. McManus
American Economic Review, 2018, Vol. 108 No 12: 3725 - 3777 [pdf]
Cesarean Sections and Subsequent Fertility, with K. Norberg
Journal of Population Economics, 2016, Vol. 29 No 1: 5-37 (lead article) [pdf]
Obesity and Sex Ratios in the U.S., with K. McEvilly and W. Lin
Review of Economics of the Household, 2016, Vol. 14, No. 2: 269–292 [pdf]
Strategic Parenting, Birth Order and School Performance, with V. J. Hotz
Journal of Population Economics, 2015, Vol. 28 No. 4: 911-936 [pdf]
Estimating Neighborhood Choice Models: Lessons from a Housing Assistance Experiment, with S. Galiani and A. Murphy
American Economic Review, 2015, Vol. 105 No. 11: 3385 - 3415 [pdf]
The Unintended: Negative Outcomes Over The Life Cycle, with W. Lin
Journal of Population Economics, 2015, Vol. 28 No. 2: 479-508 [pdf]
Catastrophic Natural Disasters and Economic Growth, with E. Cavallo, S. Galiani and I. Noy
Review of Economics and Statistics, 2013, Vol. 95, No. 5: 1549–1561. [pdf]
WORKING PAPERS
Using Expectations Data to Allow for Unobserved Heterogeneity in Hotz-Miller Estimation Strategies, with Y. Zheng [pdf]
R&R at Quantitative Economics
Unwanted Fertility, Contraceptive Technology and Crime: Exploiting a Natural Experiment in Access to The Pill
R&R at American Economics Journal: Policy
Prospective Fertility Intentions and LATEs of Fertility on Female Labor Supply, with H. Ichimura and W. Lin
Hospital Upcoding Decisions under Medicare Audits, with J. Lin
Bride Competition in Marriage Markets with Open Borders, with W. Lin, Z. Shi and Y. Wang
Social Security Benefits, Life Expectancy and Early Retirement, with M. Casanova, D. He and Q. Li [pdf]
WORK IN PROGRESS
Selection into Clinical Trials and Dynamic Treatment Choice, with B. McManus, B. Hamilton and J. Trogdon
Effects of Early Childhood Education at Scale, with A. Hojman and C. Kim
Monitoring Pressure and Billing Practices: Evidence from Medicare Recovery Audits, with J. Lin
Parental Reputation, with C. Fu [pdf]
Stochastic Compliance and Identification of LATE, with H. Ichimura
Model-Aided Identification of Policy Effects Using RCTs, with S. Galiani and Z. Shi [pdf]
LATE with Covariates, with T. Fukai and H. Ichimura
Identification of Quantity-Quality Trade-off with Imperfect Fertility Control, with W. Lin, R. Pinto and S. Sun
Unpacking the Bunch, with W. Zanoni and P. Carrillo
Intergenerational Dynamic Complementarity, with V. Ronda
Optimal Housing Policy and Neighborhood Choice, with S. Dastrup, I. Gould Ellen and A. Murphy
Mendelian Effects of Obesity on Labor Market Outcomes, with M. Ikeda and A. Weesner
Compensation vs. Reinforcement: using an RCT to estimate Parental Aversion to Inequality in Offspring, with F. Barrera-Osorio, L. Bonilla, M. Busso, S. Galiani, J. Kang, and J. Munoz