Welcome to my website! I am an Assistant Professor in the School of Government at Universidad Torcuato Di Tella. I received my Ph.D. in Economics from UC San Diego in 2021.
I am an applied microeconomist working on development and labor economics. I use both experimental and quasi-experimental approaches to provide causal evidence and answer policy-relevant questions for developing economies.
Email: cnavajas@utdt.edu
"Trust and Saving in Financial Institutions by the Poor" Journal of Development Economics, vol. 159, p. 102981, 2022 (with Sebastian Galiani and Paul Gertler)
"Horizontal and Vertical Conflict: Experimental Evidence." Kyklos, 72(2), pp.239-269., 2019 (with Sebastian Galiani, Cheryl Long and Gustavo Torrens)
"On The Effect of the Costs of Operating Formally: New Experimental Evidence." Labour Economics, Volume 45, pages 143-157, 2017 (with Sebastian Galiani and Marcela Melendez)
"Avoiding Crime at Work: Homicides and Labor Markets" - new draft coming soon
"Intergenerational Persistence of Intimate Partner Violence" (with Frances Lu and Juan D. Hernandez Leal)
"The Motherhood Training Penalty" (with Xiao Ma, Alejandro Nakab, and Daniela Vidart) - new draft coming soon