Carlos Díaz
Welcome to my website!
I am an Associate Professor of Economics and Department Chair at the Department of Social Sciences at Universidad Católica del Uruguay, and a Research Associate at CERES.
I have a PhD in Economics from the Maxwell School of Syracuse University. My fields of interest are Crime, Social Networks, Household Economics and Urban Economics.
Publications
Can OLPC reduce digital inequalities? ICT household access patterns under Plan Ceibal
Telecommunications Policy, 2022
Parents, neighbors and youth crime
Review of Economics of the Household, 2022
(with E. Patacchini)
Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2021
(with E. Patacchini, T. Verdier and Y. Zenou)
[CEPR DP] [IZA DP] [VoxEU] [Brookings Blog]
A global analysis of the impact of COVID-19 stay-at-home restrictions on crime
Nature Human Behaviour, 2021
(with A.E. Nivette, [...] M.P. Eisner)
[Open Access] [Main Project] [Data] [Media Coverage]
Social interactions in health behaviors and conditions
Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Economics and Finance, 2019
(with A. Balsa)
[Oxford Encyclopedia of Health Economics]
Self-control and peer groups: An empirical analysis
Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2017
(with M. Battaglini and E. Patacchini)
Working Papers
COVID-19 and crime: A global causal analysis
(with N. Trajtenberg, S. Fossati, [...] M.P. Eisner)
First version coming soon
Breaking the code: Can a new penal procedure affect public safety?
(with M. Cattaneo and R. Titiunik)
Newest version coming soon
Stay at home if you can: COVID-19 stay-at-home guidelines and local crime
(with S. Fossati and N. Trajtenberg)
Under review
In Progress
Youth soccer, community social capital and crime
(with I. Munyo)
Do brighter street lights reduce crime?: The case of Binghamton, NY
(with L. Etcheverry)
Perceptions of commuting costs
(with J. Yinger)