I am an Applied Economist working as a Forensic Economist at Vocational Economics Inc.
My research focuses on labor, development, and applied economics.
I can be contacted at wilmaniglesiaspinedo@gmail.com
Research Papers
Expertise Overlap and Team Productivity: Evidence from the Hospital Industry (with Danyelle Branco, Bladimir Carrillo, and Di Fang), April 2025
Journal of Political Economy Microeconomics, Conditionally accepted
Routine-Biased Technological Change and Endogenous Skill Investments (with Danyelle Branco and Bladimir Carrillo)
American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2025
Minimum Wages and the Human Capital of the Next Generation (with Daniel Araujo, Bladimir Carrillo, and Breno Sampaio), December 2024
Journal of Development Economics, Revise and Resubmit
The Effect of Drug Eradication Policies on Agriculture in Colombia (with Lilyan Fulginiti and Richard Perrin), November 2025 (New Version Soon)
Journal of Development and Agricultural Economics, Conditionally accepted
The Cost of Armed Conflict to Agriculture in Colombia (with Lilyan Fulginiti and Richard Perrin)
Research on World Agricultural Economy, 2024
Moved to Poverty? A Legacy of Apartheid in South Africa (with Bladimir Carrillo and Carlos Charris), [Online_Appendix]
American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2023
Work in Progress
The Impact of the Renewable Energy Standard on the Land Use and Crop Yields in the U.S. Great Plains (with Lilyan Fulginiti and Richard Perrin) [Draft Soon]
Other Writings
Poverty and Inequality within Brazilian Households: An Application of a Collective Consumption Model (with Alexandre Bragança Coelho)
Empirical Economics, 2020
Attainments and Limitations of an Early Childhood Programme in Colombia (with Bladimir Carrillo and Juan Trujillo)
Health Policy and Planning, 2014
Relationship between Professional Antenatal Care and Facility Delivery: an Assessment of Colombia(with Juan Trujillo and Bladimir Carrillo)
Health Policy and Planning, 2014
Measurement of the Technical Efficiency of Small Pineapple Farmers in Santander, Colombia: a stochastic frontier approach (with Juan Trujillo)
Resvista de Economia e Sociologia Rural - The Brazilian Journal of Rural Economics and Sociology, 2014
Measuring Attitudes Towards Risk Among Small-Scale Pineapple Producers in Santander, Colombia (with Juan Trujillo and José Escobar)
Cuadernos de Desarrollo Rural - International Journal of Rural Development, 2012 (in Spanish)
Growth Determinants in the Micro, Small, and Medium Size Companies in Colombia: The Case of the Metallurgical Sector (with Juan Trujillo)
Semestre Económico, 2012 (in Spanish)
Sleep and Time Allocation among College Students: The Case of the University of Atlántico (with Juan Trujillo)
Semestre Económico, 2010 (Spanish Version) (English Version)