Alejandro Nakab
Welcome to my website. I am an Assistant Professor of the business school at Universidad Torcuato Di Tella.
I am a macroeconomist with interests in international economics, growth and development. I received my Ph.D. in Economics from UC San Diego in 2021.
My research employs quantitative methods and microdata to deepen our understanding on the development process. My main area of research focuses on the interaction between human capital accumulation and growth.
My CV: Curriculum Vitae
My email: anakab@utdt.edu
Published/Accepted Papers
"Learning by Exporting and Wage Profiles: New Evidence From Brazil"
(with Xiao Ma and Marc Muendler) -- Forthcoming at The Review of Economics and Statistics.
"Human Capital Investments and Development: The Role of On-the-job Training"
(with Xiao Ma and Daniela Vidart) -- Forthcoming at Journal of Political Economy Macroeconomics
Working Papers
"Comparative Advantage and Human Capital: A Cross-country Quantitative Analysis"
(with Xiao Ma and Yiran Zhang) -- Revise and Resubmit at International Economic Review
"How do Workers Learn? Theory and Evidence on the Roots of Life-Cycle Human Capital Accumulation"
(with Xiao Ma and Daniela Vidart) -- Submitted
"The motherhood Training Penalty" (short paper version)
(with Xiao Ma, Camila Navajas-Ahumada and Daniela Vidart)
"Who pays for Training? Theory and Evidence on Firm-Level Differences in Training Investments"
(with Xiao Ma and Daniela Vidart)
Selected Work in Progress
"Infrastructure, Connectivity, and Elections"
(with Daniel Leff and Wayne Sandholtz)
"Africa's Growth Miracle"
(with David Lagakos)
"Fear of Depreciation: Populist Policies of Income Redistribution"