Research
Recent publications
Guerra Cújar, M. E., Prem, M., Rodríguez-Lesmes, P., & Vargas, J. F. (2024). The Peace Baby Boom: Evidence from Colombia's peace agreement with the FARC. Journal of Human Resources (Forthcoming). Published online before print May 08, 2024, 1222-12701R1; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.1222-12701R1 Blog Vox LACEA.
Augsburg, B., Baquero, J. P., Gautam, S., & Rodriguez-Lesmes, P. (2023). Sanitation and Marriage Markets in India: Evidence from the Total Sanitation Campaign. Journal of Development Economics, 163, 103092. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jdeveco.2023.103092 . IFS Working Paper W21/44.
Gutierrez, L.; Rodríguez-Lesmes, P. (2023). Informal versus formal: microfirms' productivity gaps. World Development , 165 (106205). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2023.106205 . REPLICATION SET. Documentos de Trabajo 83.
Pinilla-Roncancio, M.; Amaya-Lara, J.; Cedeño-Ocampo, G.; Rodríguez-Lesmes, P.; Sepúlveda, C. (2023). Catastrophic Healthcare Payments and Multidimensional Poverty: Are they related? Health Economics. https://doi.org/10.1002/hec.4684 . REPLICATION SET. Policy Brief
Development and health
Work in progress
Cortés, D., Gamboa, L., Rodríguez-Lesmes, P. (2020). Contraception, Intra-household Behaviour and Epidemic: Evidence from the Zika crisis in Colombia. Documento de trabajo, Facultad de Economía, Universidad del Rosario. 260. pp. 47.
Mora-García, C., Prem, M., Rodríguez-Lesmes, P., Vargas, J. F. (2024). Health Workforce Reallocation in the Aftermath of Conflict: Evidence from Colombia. Documentos de trabajo, Facultad de Economía, Universidad del Rosario. 317. pp. 1-44 . SLIDES
Fitzsimons, Rodriguez-Lesmes, Stein Vera-Hernandez, Yoshida. Building Social Capital: Lack of impacts or poor measurements? SLIDES
Peer-reviewed articles
Guerra Cújar, M. E., Prem, M., Rodríguez-Lesmes, P., & Vargas, J. F. (2020). The Peace Baby Boom: Evidence from Colombia's peace agreement with the FARC. Documento de trabajo, Facultad de Economía, Universidad del Rosario. 260. Blog Vox LACEA.
Augsburg, B., Baquero, J. P., Gautam, S., & Rodriguez-Lesmes, P. (2023). Sanitation and Marriage Markets in India: Evidence from the Total Sanitation Campaign. Journal of Development Economics, 103092 (forthcoming) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jdeveco.2023.103092 . IFS Working Paper W21/44.
Pinilla-Roncancio, M.; Amaya-Lara, J.; Cedeño-Ocampo, G.; Rodríguez-Lesmes, P.; Sepúlveda, C. (2023). Catastrophic Healthcare Payments and Multidimensional Poverty: Are they related? Health Economics (forthcoming)
Góngora-Salazar, P., Casabianca, M. & Rodríguez-Lesmes, P. Income inequality and self-rated health status in Colombia. Int J Equity Health 21, 69 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12939-022-01659-8
Augsburg, B., & Rodríguez-Lesmes, P. (2020). Sanitation dynamics: toilet acquisition and its economic and social implications in rural and urban contexts. Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development, 10.4 (2020): 628-641 .
Gamboa, LF.; Rodríguez-Lesmes, Paul (2019). "The fertility-inhibiting effect of mosquitoes: socio-economic differences in response to the Zika crisis in Colombia." Economics & Human Biology: 35, pp. 63-72. REPLICATION SET, MORE ON THIS PROJECT, VOX
Barron, K., Gamboa, L. F., & Rodríguez-Lesmes, P. (2019). Behavioural response to a sudden health risk: Dengue and educational outcomes in Colombia. The Journal of Development Studies, 55(4), 620-644. PAPER, REPLICATION SET, MORE ON THIS PROJECT
Augsburg, B., & Rodríguez-Lesmes, P. A. (2018). "Sanitation and child health in India." World Development, 107, 22-39. MORE ON THIS PROJECT
Health technologies and health systems
Work in progress
Buitrago, G.; Rodríguez-Lesmes, P.; Serna, N.; Vera-Hernández, M. (2023). The Role of Hospital Networks in Individual Mortality. WORKING PAPER: Documentos de Trabajo UR 20945.
Atehortúa, S; Sánchez, N; Bernal-Camargo, D; Prada, S; Rodríguez-Lesmes, P. Are collaborative processes of reaching healthcare decisions effective in reducing legal action? Experimental evidence. SLIDES
Colmenares et al. (2023). Predicting diabetes mellitus transitions of metabolic targets and chronic complications—an analysis based on natural language processing and machine learning models. SLIDES
Espinosa, O; Rodríguez, J; Ávila, D; Rodríguez-Lesmes, P.; Basto, S.; Romano, G.; Enríquez, H.; Mesa, L. The Impact of Updating Health Benefits Plans on Health Technologies Usage and Expenditures: The Case of Colombia. WORKING PAPER: Documentos de Trabajo 20821.
Cañón-Esquivel, A.; Rodríguez-Lesmes, P. Cost-effectiveness analysis of a comprehensive telemedicine and home care model for older adults during COVID-19 emergency: evidence from Colombia using regression discontinuity.
Rodríguez-Lesmes, P. On the economic value of preventive care: a life-cycle model perspective. SLIDES, MORE ON THIS PROJECT
Rodríguez-Lesmes, P.; Vera-Hernández, M. Multitasking, Two-part Contracts, and Bunching: an Application to Doctors' Tasks and Incentive Contracts. WORKING PAPER, SLIDES, MORE ON THIS PROJECT
Peer-reviewed articles
Espinosa, O., Bejarano, V., Sanabria, C., Rodríguez, J, Basto, S, Rodríguez-Lesmes, P., Robayo, A (2023). Detecting unexpected growths in health technologies expenditures: the case of MIPRES in Colombia. BMC Health Serv Res 23, 1153. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-023-10155-w
Andia, A.; Mantilla, M.; Morales, M.; Ortiz, O.; Rodríguez-Lesmes, P (2022). Does price-cap regulation work for increasing access to contraceptives? Aggregate- and pharmacy-level evidence from Colombia. Social Science & Medicine, 311, 115312. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.115312 . Documento de trabajo 262, REPLICATION SET, Blog Vox LACEA
Casabianca, M.S., Gallego, J.M., Góngora, P., Rodríguez-Lesmes, P. (2022). Price elasticity of demand for voluntary health insurance plans in Colombia. BMC Health Services Research 22, 618. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-022-07899-2 , REPLICATION SET Documento de trabajo No 268.
Espinosa, O; Rodríguez-Lesmes, P; Orozco, E; Ávila, D; Enríquez, H; Romano, G; Ceballos, M; (2022). Estimating Cost-Effectiveness Thresholds Under a Managed Healthcare System: Experiences from Colombia, Health Policy and Planning, 37(3), p.359–368, https://doi.org/10.1093/heapol/czab146
Andia, A.; Mantilla, M.; Morales, M.; Ortiz, O.; Rodríguez-Lesmes, P (2021). Extracting low-cost signals of quality control in community pharmacies: a simulated client study in Bogotá. Lecturas De Economía, (96). https://doi.org/10.17533/udea.le.n96a344243 . REPLICATION SET
González-Vélez, A. E., Palomino-Cancino, A., Díaz-de-Salamanca, I. D. V., Rodríguez-Campos, L. F., Quintero-Cardona, Y. A., & Rodríguez-Lesmes, P. A. (2021). Assessment of the Sanitas Health Promoter Entity's Contigo Program on Quality of Life and Medical Costs: A Cross-Sectional Study. Nursing Economic$, 39(6).
Andia, T; Mantilla, C; Rodríguez-Lesmes, P; Criado, L; Gómez, JS; Ortiz, S; Quintero, A; Rincón, F; Romero, S (2020). Information and symptoms assessment in community pharmacies during the COVID-19 pandemic: An audit study in Colombia. Journal of Behavioral Economics for Policy, Vol. 4, COVID-19 Special Issue 2, 5-14. Blog VOX-LACEA , El Espectador, LSE Psychologicla & Behavioural Science Blog.
Others
Flores, B.; Rodríguez-Lesmes, P. (2021). Fallas en el mercado de medicamentos genéricos en Chile y recomendaciones para mejorar la competencia. BID División de Protección Social. Nota técnica IDB-TN-2414. http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0003979
Rodriguez-Lesmes (2016). Measuring Individuals Valuation of Health Care: Labour Market Perspective. White Papers on the Value of Medical Research. Disponible en: http://www.nber.org/aging/valmed/research_ifs.html
Non-transmissible diseases
Work in progress
Rodríguez, P., Góngora, P; Mentzakis, E.; Buckley, N.; Gallego, JM.; Guindon, E.; Martinez, J.P.; Paraje, G. (2024). Would Plain Packaging and Health Warning Labels Reduce Smoking in the Presence of Informal Markets? A Choice Experiment in Colombia. R&R Social Science & Medicine
Peer-reviewed articles
Gallego, J. M., Paraje, G., Rodríguez, P. (2024). Inequality of the crowding-out effect of tobacco expenditure in Colombia Running title: Inequality of the crowding-out effect of tobacco. PLoS ONE 19(5): e0303328. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0303328 . WP - SLIDES
Otálvaro, S.; Gallego, J,; Rodríguez-Lesmes, P. (2023). De-normalising smoking in urban areas: Public smoking bans and smoking prevalence. Economics & Human Biology, 48, 101202. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ehb.2022.101202 , REPLICATION SET
García MF, Hessel P, Rodríguez-Lesmes P (2022) Wealth and inequality gradients for the detection and control of hypertension in older individuals in middle-income economies around 2007-2015. PLoS ONE 17(7): e0269118. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0269118
Rodríguez-Lesmes, P (2021). Estimating the gains of early detection of hypertension over the marginal patient. PLOS ONE, 16(7), e0254260. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0254260. MORE ON THIS PROJECT, REPLICATION SET
Gallego, JM; Otálvaro-Ramirez, S.; Rodríguez Lesmes, P. (2021). Price smoking participation elasticity in Colombia: estimates by age and socioeconomic level. Tobacco Control. 30, 1, p. 36-41 6 p. REPLICATION SET.
Gallego, JM; Llorente, B; Maldonado, N; Otalvaro, S; Paraje, G; Rodríguez-Lesmes, P (2020). Tobacco taxes and illicit cigarette trade in Colombia. Economics & Human Biology 39, 100902. REPLICATION SET.
Hessel, P.; Rodríguez Lesmes, P.; Torres, D. (2020). Socio-economic inequalities in high blood pressure and additional risk factors for cardiovascular disease among older individuals in Colombia: results from a nationally representative study. PLOS ONE, 15(6), e0234326. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0234326
Others
Casabianca, M. S., Gallego, J. M., & Rodríguez Lesmes, P. A. (2020). Memorias del foro de discusión Cigarrillos electrónicos:¿ cómo regularlos en Colombia? Documento de Trabajo, Facultad de Economía, Universidad del Rosario, 252.
Education, Labour, Child Development, Caregivers, and others
Work in progress
Cortés, Attanassio, Gallego, Maldonado, Rodríguez-Lesmes, Charpak, Tessier, Ruiz, Hernández, Uriza. Early Childhood Interventions and Parental Investments: The Long-run Effect of the Kangaroo Mother Care Program (KMC) on Cognitive and Socioemotional Skills. WORKING PAPERS: OLD (CAF 2016), NEW
Cortés, D.; Rodríguez-Lesmes, P. Taking Care of Children's Health: Effects of Parental Leave Reforms in Colombia.
Conti, G; Rodríguez-Lesmes, P.. Early childhood health inequalities and in-utero health interventions: evidence from the treatment of gestational diabetes.
Peer-reviewed articles
Gamboa, L. F., & Rodríguez-Lesmes, P. A. (2018). Subjective Earnings and Academic Expectations of Tertiary Education in Colombia. Ensayos sobre Política Económica, 36(86), 159-177. REPLICATION SET, VOX
Villaveces, Rodriguez-Lesmes, P. (2015). El Imaginario De La Crisis: Caricatura Económica En Colombia En La Época De La Gran Depresión. Revista Tiempo & Economia, Vol. 2 No. 1. MORE ON THIS PROJECT
Rodriguez-Lesmes, Trujillo, Valderrama (2014). Are Public Libraries Improving Quality of Education? When the Provision of Public Goods is not Enough. Revista Desarrollo y Sociedad. N 74, 225-274. MORE ON THIS PROJECT
Acevedo, L.; Rodriguez-Lesmes, P. (2008). Panem et Circenses, ¿Educación pública de calidad o redistribución? Efectos de la provisión de un bien privado y su calidad por parte del sector público, sobre el crecimiento y la distribución del ingreso. Revista de Economía del Rosario. 11 (1).
Book chapters (in Spanish)
García, A.; Jaramillo, I.; Londoño, D.; Ortiz, S.; Rodriguez-Lesmes, P. (2022). Desempeño del mercado laboral urbano en Colombia y respuestas de política durante la pandemia por Covid-19. En Cortés, D.; Posso, C.; Villamizar, M. (Eds), Covid-19: Consecuencias y desafíos en la economía colombiana. Una mirada desde las universidades. Bogotá: Editorial Universidad del Rosario, Banco de la República. pp 111-130. Documentos de Trabajo Alianza EFI WP2-2021-001.
Andia, T.; Criado, L.; Mantilla, C.; Molano, A.; Rodriguez-Lesmes, P. (2022) Relación entre las medidas para mitigar la propagación del Covid-19 y los patrones de actividad laboral y salud mental en Colombia. En Cortés, D.; Posso, C.; Villamizar, M. (Eds), Covid-19: Consecuencias y desafíos en la economía colombiana. Una mirada desde las universidades. Bogotá: Editorial Universidad del Rosario, Banco de la República. pp 195-208.
Rodriguez-Lesmes, P. (2023). Capítulo 4: Empleo y las personas cuidadoras domésticas no remuneradas en Colombia. En Andrea Padilla Muñoz (Eds). Hacer visible lo invisible. Bogotá: Editorial Universidad del Rosario. https://doi.org/10.12804/urosario9789585001121 . Versión Documento de Trabajo Alianza EFI WP1-2021-002.
The economics of micro-establishments
Available datasets
Alianza EFI surveys on micro-entrepreneurs (ENET): https://doi.org/10.34848/FK2/RD5NIK
Urueña, JC.; Gutierrez, LH.; Medina, I; Ortiz, AF.; Romero, M.; Torres, D.; Rodríguez-Lesmes (2020). Informe Estudio Nacional de Emprendimiento a Tenderos, primera ronda. Documento de Trabajo Alianza EFI, WP1-2020-001
Alianza EFI surveys on waste pickers and recycling associations: https://doi.org/10.34848/FK2/9KOME5
Gómez, J; Gallego, CJ; Gutierrez, LH.; Ortiz, AF.; Rincón, JM; Rodríguez-Lesmes, P.; Rodríguez-Rodriguez, A.; Vivanco, J. (2020). Medición de capacidades empresariales e inclusión productiva en el sector del reciclaje en Colombia. Documento de Trabajo Alianza EFI, WP1-2020-002
Work in progress
Gutierrez, LH.; Medina, I.; Ortíz, A.F.; Rodríguez-Lesmes, P.; Romero, M.; Urueña, JC.; Does digital training enhance the adoption of (more) business practices, financial inclusion, and firm growth among micro-entrepreneurs? The case of Expertienda. Documento de Trabajo SLIDES
Peer-reviewed articles
Gutierrez, L.; Rodríguez-Lesmes, P. (2023). Informal versus formal: microfirms' productivity gaps. World Development, 165 (106205). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2023.106205 . REPLICATION SET. Documentos de Trabajo 83.
Urueña, JC.; Gutierrez, LH.; Rodríguez-Lesmes, P. (2003). Financial inclusion and business practices of microbusiness in Colombia. Eurasian Business Review. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40821-022-00231-2
Gómez-Maldonado, A.; Ospina-Espita, L.; Rodríguez-Lesmes, P.; Rodríguez-Rodriguez, M. A. (2023). Barriers and opportunities for waste pickers within solid waste management policy in Colombia. Waste Management, 163. pp 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.2023.03.020. Documentos de Trabajo Alianza EFI WP1-2022-002.
Books (in Spanish)
Ortiz, A. F., Medina Rojas, I. D., Rodríguez Lesmes, P. A. y Gutiérrez, L. H. (comp.) (2021). La economía de las tiendas de barrio en Colombia. Editorial Universidad del Rosario. https://doi.org/10.12804/urosario9789587847284
Ortiz Zamora, A. F., Rodríguez Lesmes, P. A., Gutíerrez, L. H. y Rodríguez, M. A. (editors.) (2022). Reciclaje inclusivo: hacia una economía circular en Colombia. Bogotá, D. C.: Editorial Universidad del Rosario. https://doi.rg/10.12804/urosario9789587849653
Ortiz Zamora, A. F., Rodríguez Lesmes, P. A., Gutíerrez, L. H. (2022). Intención emprendedora y educación en emprendimiento. Bogotá, D.C.: Editorial Universidad del Rosario. https://doi.org/10.12804/urosario9789587849905
All peer-reviewed papers
Gallego, J. M., Paraje, G., Rodríguez, P. (2022). Inequality of the crowding-out effect of tobacco expenditure in Colombia Running title: Inequality of the crowding-out effect of tobacco. PLoS ONE 19(5): e0303328. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0303328 . WP - SLIDES
Espinosa, O., Bejarano, V., Sanabria, C., Rodríguez, J, Basto, S, Rodríguez-Lesmes, P., Robayo, A (2023). Detecting unexpected growths in health technologies expenditures: the case of MIPRES in Colombia. BMC Health Serv Res 23, 1153. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-023-10155-w
Gutierrez, L.; Rodríguez-Lesmes, P. (2023). Informal versus formal: microfirms' productivity gaps. World Development , 165 (106205). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2023.106205 . REPLICATION SET. Documentos de Trabajo 83.
Augsburg, B., Baquero, J. P., Gautam, S., & Rodriguez-Lesmes, P. (2023). Sanitation and Marriage Markets in India: Evidence from the Total Sanitation Campaign. Journal of Development Economics, 103092 (forthcoming) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jdeveco.2023.103092 . IFS Working Paper W21/44.
Pinilla-Roncancio, M.; Amaya-Lara, J.; Cedeño-Ocampo, G.; Rodríguez-Lesmes, P.; Sepúlveda, C. (2023). Catastrophic Healthcare Payments and Multidimensional Poverty: Are they related? Health Economics (forthcoming)
Gómez-Maldonado, A.; Ospina-Espita, L.; Rodríguez-Lesmes, P.; Rodríguez-Rodriguez, M. A. (2023). Barriers and opportunities for waste pickers within solid waste management policy in Colombia. Waste Management, 163. pp 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.2023.03.020. Documentos de Trabajo Alianza EFI WP1-2022-002.
Urueña, JC.; Gutierrez, LH.; Rodríguez-Lesmes, P. (2023). Financial inclusion and business practices of microbusiness in Colombia. Eurasian Business Review. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40821-022-00231-2
Otálvaro, S.; Gallego, J,; Rodríguez-Lesmes, P. (2023) De-normalising smoking in urban areas: Public smoking bans and smoking prevalence. Economics & Human Biology, 48, 101202. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ehb.2022.101202 , REPLICATION SET
Andia, A.; Mantilla, M.; Morales, M.; Ortiz, O.; Rodríguez-Lesmes, P (2022). Does price-cap regulation work for increasing access to contraceptives? Aggregate- and pharmacy-level evidence from Colombia. Social Science & Medicine, , 311, 115312. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.115312 . Documento de trabajo 262, REPLICATION SET
García MF, Hessel P, Rodríguez-Lesmes P (2022) Wealth and inequality gradients for the detection and control of hypertension in older individuals in middle-income economies around 2007-2015. PLoS ONE 17(7): e0269118. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0269118
Góngora-Salazar, P., Casabianca, M. & Rodríguez-Lesmes, P. (2022). Income inequality and self-rated health status in Colombia. Int J Equity Health 21, 69. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12939-022-01659-8
Casabianca, M.S., Gallego, J.M., Góngora, P., Rodríguez-Lesmes, P. (2022). Price elasticity of demand for voluntary health insurance plans in Colombia. BMC Health Services Research 22, 618. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-022-07899-2 , REPLICATION SET Documento de trabajo No 268.
Espinosa, O; Rodríguez-Lesmes, P; Orozco, E; Ávila, D; Enríquez, H; Romano, G; Ceballos, M; (2022). Estimating Cost-Effectiveness Thresholds Under a Managed Healthcare System: Experiences from Colombia, Health Policy and Planning, 37(3), p.359–368, https://doi.org/10.1093/heapol/czab146
Andia, A.; Mantilla, M.; Morales, M.; Ortiz, O.; Rodríguez-Lesmes, P (2021). Extracting low-cost signals of quality control in community pharmacies: a simulated client study in Bogotá. Lecturas De Economía, (96). https://doi.org/10.17533/udea.le.n96a344243 . REPLICATION SET
Rodríguez-Lesmes, P (2021). Estimating the gains of early detection of hypertension over the marginal patient. PLOS ONE. Published online first: 9 July 2021. MORE ON THIS PROJECT, REPLICATION SET
González-Vélez, A. E., Palomino-Cancino, A., Díaz-de-Salamanca, I. D. V., Rodríguez-Campos, L. F., Quintero-Cardona, Y. A., & Rodríguez-Lesmes, P. A. (2021). Assessment of the Sanitas Health Promoter Entity's Contigo Program on Quality of Life and Medical Costs: A Cross-Sectional Study. Nursing Economic$, 39(6).
Gallego, JM; Otálvaro-Ramirez, S.; Rodríguez Lesmes, P. (2021). Price smoking participation elasticity in Colombia: estimates by age and socioeconomic level. Tobacco Control. 30, 1, p. 36-41 6 p. REPLICATION SET.
Augsburg, B., & Rodríguez-Lesmes, P. (2020). Sanitation dynamics: toilet acquisition and its economic and social implications in rural and urban contexts. Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development, 10.4 (2020): 628-641 .
Gallego, JM; Llorente, B; Maldonado, N; Otalvaro, S; Paraje, G; Rodríguez-Lesmes, P (2020). Tobacco taxes and illicit cigarette trade in Colombia. Economics & Human Biology 39, 100902. REPLICATION SET.
Hessel, P.; Rodríguez Lesmes, P.; Torres, D. (2020). Socio-economic inequalities in high blood pressure and additional risk factors for cardiovascular disease among older individuals in Colombia: results from a nationally representative study. PLOS ONE, 15(6), e0234326. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0234326
Andia, T; Mantilla, C; Rodríguez-Lesmes, P; Criado, L; Gómez, JS; Ortiz, S; Quintero, A; Rincón, F; Romero, S (2020). Information and symptoms assessment in community pharmacies during the COVID-19 pandemic: An audit study in Colombia. Journal of Behavioral Economics for Policy, Vol. 4, COVID-19 Special Issue 2, 5-14. Blog VOX-LACEA , El Espectador, LSE Psychologicla & Behavioural Science Blog.
Gamboa, LF.; Rodríguez-Lesmes, Paul (2019). "The fertility-inhibiting effect of mosquitoes: socio-economic differences in response to the Zika crisis in Colombia." Economics & Human Biology: 35, pp. 63-72. REPLICATION SET, MORE ON THIS PROJECT, VOX
Barron, K., Gamboa, L. F., & Rodríguez-Lesmes, P. (2019). Behavioural response to a sudden health risk: Dengue and educational outcomes in Colombia. The Journal of Development Studies, 55(4), 620-644. PAPER, REPLICATION SET, MORE ON THIS PROJECT
Augsburg, B., & Rodríguez-Lesmes, P. A. (2018). "Sanitation and child health in India." World Development, 107, 22-39. MORE ON THIS PROJECT
Gamboa, L. F., & Rodríguez-Lesmes, P. A. (2018). Subjective Earnings and Academic Expectations of Tertiary Education in Colombia. Ensayos sobre Política Económica, 36(86), 159-177. REPLICATION SET, VOX
Villaveces, Rodriguez-Lesmes, P. (2015). El Imaginario De La Crisis: Caricatura Económica En Colombia En La Época De La Gran Depresión. Revista Tiempo & Economia, Vol. 2 No. 1. MORE ON THIS PROJECT
Rodriguez-Lesmes, Trujillo, Valderrama (2014). Are Public Libraries Improving Quality of Education? When the Provision of Public Goods is not Enough. Revista Desarrollo y Sociedad. N 74, 225-274. MORE ON THIS PROJECT
Acevedo, L.; Rodriguez-Lesmes, P. (2008). Panem et Circenses, ¿Educación pública de calidad o redistribución? Efectos de la provisión de un bien privado y su calidad por parte del sector público, sobre el crecimiento y la distribución del ingreso. Revista de Economía del Rosario. 11 (1).
All work in progress
Buitrago, G.; Rodríguez-Lesmes, P.; Serna, N.; Vera-Hernández, M. (2023). The Role of Hospital Networks in Individual Mortality. WORKING PAPER: Documentos de Trabajo UR 20945.
Rodríguez, P., Góngora, P; Mentzakis, E.; Buckley, N.; Gallego, JM.; Guindon, E.; Martinez, J.P.; Paraje, G. (2024). Would Plain Packaging and Health Warning Labels Reduce Smoking in the Presence of Informal Markets? A Choice Experiment in Colombia. R&R Social Science & Medicine
Espinosa, O; Rodríguez, J; Ávila, D; Rodríguez-Lesmes, P.; Basto, S.; Romano, G.; Enríquez, H.; Mesa, L. The Impact of Updating Health Benefits Plans on Health Technologies Usage and Expenditures: The Case of Colombia. WORKING PAPER: Documentos de Trabajo 20821.
Gutierrez, LH.; Medina, I.; Ortíz, A.F.; Rodríguez-Lesmes, P.; Romero, M.; Urueña, JC.; Does digital training enhance the adoption of (more) business practices, financial inclusion, and firm growth among micro-entrepreneurs? The case of Expertienda. Documento de Trabajo
Cortés, D., Gamboa, L., Rodríguez, P. (2020). Contraception, Intra-household Behaviour and Epidemic: Evidence from the Zika crisis in Colombia. Documento de trabajo, Facultad de Economía, Universidad del Rosario. 260. pp. 47.
Guerra Cújar, M. E., Prem, M., Rodríguez-Lesmes, P., & Vargas, J. F. (2020). The Peace Baby Boom: Evidence from Colombia's peace agreement with the FARC. Documento de trabajo, Facultad de Economía, Universidad del Rosario. 260. Blog Vox LACEA.
Conti, G; Rodríguez-Lesmes, P.. Early childhood health inequalities and in-utero health interventions: evidence from the treatment of gestational diabetes.
Rodríguez-Lesmes, P. On the economic value of preventive care: a life-cycle model perspective. SLIDES, MORE ON THIS PROJECT
Rodríguez-Lesmes, P.; Vera-Hernández, M. Multitasking, Two-part Contracts, and Bunching: an Application to Doctors' Tasks and Incentive Contracts. WORKING PAPER, SLIDES, MORE ON THIS PROJECT
Fitzsimons, Rodriguez-Lesmes, Stein Vera-Hernandez, Yoshida. Building Social Capital: Lack of impacts or poor measurements? SLIDES
Cortés, Attanassio, Gallego, Maldonado, Rodríguez-Lesmes, Charpak, Tessier, Ruiz, Hernández, Uriza. Early Childhood Interventions and Parental Investments: The Long-run Effect of the Kangaroo Mother Care Program (KMC) on Cognitive and Socioemotional Skills. WORKING PAPERS: OLD (CAF 2016), NEW