Selected recent publications
Mora-García, C., Prem, M., Rodríguez-Lesmes, P., Vargas, J. F. (2025). Health Workforce Reallocation in the Aftermath of Conflict: Evidence from Colombia. Labour Economics, 102710. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.labeco.2025.102710
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. Published online before print May 08, 2024, 1222-12701R1; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.1222-12701R1 Blog Vox LACEA.
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.
Fitzsimons, Rodriguez-Lesmes, Stein Vera-Hernandez, Yoshida. Building Social Capital: Lack of impacts or poor measurements? SLIDES
Mora-García, C., Prem, M., Rodríguez-Lesmes, P., Vargas, J. F. (2025). Health Workforce Reallocation in the Aftermath of Conflict: Evidence from Colombia. Labour Economics, 102710. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.labeco.2025.102710 WP SLIDES
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. Published online before print May 08, 2024, 1222-12701R1; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.1222-12701R1 Blog Vox LACEA. Documento de trabajo, Facultad de Economía, Universidad del Rosario. 260.
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
Buitrago, G.; Rodríguez-Lesmes, P.; Serna, N.; Vera-Hernández, M. Enrollee Reassignment Rules After Health Plan Terminations. SLIDES
Buitrago, G.; Pinto, D.; Camacho, S.; Rodríguez-Lesmes, P.; Hone, T. Universal Coverage, Uneven Access: The Redistribution Effects of Colombia’s Health Benefit Equalization. SLIDES
Buitrago, G.; Rodríguez-Lesmes, P.; Serna, N.; Vera-Hernández, M. 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
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
AGORA: SLIDES
Rodríguez Lesmes P, Rua DS, Durán C. Evaluating Colombia’s Hospital Bed Expansion From 2010 to 2022 Using Interrupted Time Series Analysis During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Health Services Insights. 2025;18. doi:10.1177/11786329251356558
Espinosa, O.; Rodríguez-Lesmes, P.; Rodríguez, J.; Ávila, D.; Basto, S.; Romano, G.; Mesa, L.; Enríquez, H. (2025). The impact of periodic updates to health benefits plan: access gains without cost savings?. International Journal of Health Economics and Management (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10754-025-09394-7 REPLICATION SET
Colmenares-Mejia, C. C., García-Suaza, A. F., Rodríguez-Lesmes, P., Lochmuller, C., Atehortúa, S. C., Camacho-Cogollo, J. E., Martínez, J. P., Rincón, J., Céspedes, Y. R., Morales-Mendoza, E., & Isaza-Ruget, M. A. (2025). Predicting diabetes mellitus metabolic goals and chronic complications transitions—analysis based on natural language processing and machine learning models. PLOS ONE, 20(4), e0321258. https://doi.org/10.1371/JOURNAL.PONE.0321258 SLIDES
Camacho-Cogollo, J. E., Cristhian Felipe Patiño Zambrano, Christian Lochmuller, Claudia C. Colmenares-Mejia, Nicolas Rozo, Mario A. Isaza-Ruget, Paul Rodriguez, and Andrés García. (2025). An Application of Natural Language Processing for Hypoglycemic Event Identification in Patients with Diabetes Mellitus. Healthcare Analytics, 100381. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.health.2024.100381
Rodríguez-Campos L, Rodriguez-Lesmes P, Palomino Cancino A, Del Valle Díaz I, Gamboa L, Castillo Niuman A, Salas J, Sarmiento G, Martínez-Bernal J, González-Vélez AE. (2024). Cost-utility analysis of a palliative care program in Colombia. BMC Palliative Care, 23(1):165. doi: 10.1186/s12904-024-01476-6. PMID: 38970056; PMCID: PMC11227163.
Espinosa, O., Rodríguez-Lesmes, P., Romano, G. et al (2024). Use of Cost-Effectiveness Thresholds in Healthcare Public Policy: Progress and Challenges. Appl Health Econ Health Policy. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40258-024-00900-5
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.
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
Rodríguez-Lesmes, P., Góngora, P., Mentzakis, E., Buckley, N., Gallego, J. M., Guindon, E., Martínez, 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. Social Science & Medicine, 117069. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2024.117069 , REPLICATION SET
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
Maldonado, N.; Llorente, B.; Rodriguez-Lesmes, P.; Soto, V.; Herrera, J.C.; Romero, L.; Paraje, G.; Finot, I. (2025). Using Discarded Packs Collection To Estimate Illicit Trade In Colombia
Rodriguez-Lesmes, P.; Calderón, G.; Cruces, G.; Finot, J.; Gallego, J.; Garín, C.; Góngora, P.; Muñoz, A.; Paraje, G.; Pierino, L.; Puij, J. (2025) Discrete choice experiment among cigarette consumers in Argentina, Chile and Colombia. AEA Register: https://www.socialscienceregistry.org/trials/14568
Maldonado, N; Llorente, B; Montealegre, M; Bejarano, J.C.; Rodríguez-Lesmes, P.; Herrera, J.C. (2025). Impuestos Sanitarios en Colombia : Monitoreo, Evaluación y Oportunidades de Mejora en Gobernanza (Spanish). Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099082025165020442
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.
Cortés, Attanassio, Gallego, Maldonado, Rodríguez-Lesmes, Charpak, Tessier, Ruiz, Hernández, Uriza. Parental Investments and Skills Formation During Infancy and Youth: Long Term Evidence From an Early Childhood Intervention. WORKING PAPERS: NBER 32851
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.
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).
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.
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
Urueña, JC.; Gutierrez, LH.; Medina, I; Ortiz, AF.; Romero, M.; Pinzón, M.; Rodríguez-Lesmes (2023). Informe Estudio Nacional de Emprendimiento a Tenderos, segunda ronda. Documento de Trabajo Alianza EFI, WP1-2023-001
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
Rodríguez-Lesmes, P., Gutierrez, L. H., Urueña-Mejia, J. C., Ortiz, A., Medina Rojas, I., & Romero, M. (2025). The role of local promoters in helping microentrepreneurs engage in digital business training. The case of Expertienda. Eurasian Business Review. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40821-025-00293-y . DT SLIDES
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. DT83.
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.
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
Rodriguez Lesmes, P. A. (2023). Cap 4. Empleo y las personas cuidadoras domésticas no remuneradas en Colombia. en Padilla-Muñoz, A. (Ed.). Hacer visible lo invisible (1.ª ed.). Editorial Universidad del Rosario. https://doi.org/10.12804/urosario9789585001121 (pp. 77-94). Documento de Trabajo Alianza EFI WP1-2021-002
Mora-García, C., Prem, M., Rodríguez-Lesmes, P., Vargas, J. F. (2025). Health Workforce Reallocation in the Aftermath of Conflict: Evidence from Colombia. Labour Economics, 102710. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.labeco.2025.102710
Rodríguez Lesmes P, Rua DS, Durán C. Evaluating Colombia’s Hospital Bed Expansion From 2010 to 2022 Using Interrupted Time Series Analysis During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Health Services Insights. 2025;18. doi:10.1177/11786329251356558
Espinosa, O.; Rodríguez-Lesmes, P.; Rodríguez, J.; Ávila, D.; Basto, S.; Romano, G.; Mesa, L.; Enríquez, H. (2025). The impact of periodic updates to health benefits plan: access gains without cost savings?. International Journal of Health Economics and Management (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10754-025-09394-7
Rodríguez-Lesmes, P., Gutierrez, L. H., Urueña-Mejia, J. C., Ortiz, A., Medina Rojas, I., & Romero, M. (2025). The role of local promoters in helping microentrepreneurs engage in digital business training. The case of Expertienda. Eurasian Business Review. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40821-025-00293-y
Colmenares-Mejia, C. C., García-Suaza, A. F., Rodríguez-Lesmes, P., Lochmuller, C., Atehortúa, S. C., Camacho-Cogollo, J. E., Martínez, J. P., Rincón, J., Céspedes, Y. R., Morales-Mendoza, E., & Isaza-Ruget, M. A. (2025). Predicting diabetes mellitus metabolic goals and chronic complications transitions—analysis based on natural language processing and machine learning models. PLOS ONE, 20(4), e0321258. https://doi.org/10.1371/JOURNAL.PONE.0321258 SLIDES
Camacho-Cogollo, J. E., Cristhian Felipe Patiño Zambrano, Christian Lochmuller, Claudia C. Colmenares-Mejia, Nicolas Rozo, Mario A. Isaza-Ruget, Paul Rodriguez, and Andrés García. (2025). An Application of Natural Language Processing for Hypoglycemic Event Identification in Patients with Diabetes Mellitus. Healthcare Analytics, 100381. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.health.2024.100381
Espinosa, O., Rodríguez-Lesmes, P., Romano, G. et al (2024). Use of Cost-Effectiveness Thresholds in Healthcare Public Policy: Progress and Challenges. Appl Health Econ Health Policy. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40258-024-00900-5
Rodríguez-Campos L, Rodriguez-Lesmes P, Palomino Cancino A, Del Valle Díaz I, Gamboa L, Castillo Niuman A, Salas J, Sarmiento G, Martínez-Bernal J, González-Vélez AE. (2024). Cost-utility analysis of a palliative care program in Colombia. BMC Palliative Care, 6;23(1):165. doi: 10.1186/s12904-024-01476-6. PMID: 38970056; PMCID: PMC11227163.
Rodríguez-Lesmes, P., Góngora, P., Mentzakis, E., Buckley, N., Gallego, J. M., Guindon, E., Martínez, 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. Social Science & Medicine, 117069. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2024.117069 , REPLICATION SET
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. Published online before print May 08, 2024, 1222-12701R1; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.1222-12701R1 Blog Vox LACEA.
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
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).
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.
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.
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