Mendoza WinE - 2019: 3rd Workshop in Economics

3rd Mendoza Workshop in Economics (WinE)

50 minutes presentations, including questions from the audience.

First session

Chair: Guadalupe Aguero Heredia

9:45 - 10:35 Julieta Trias (World Bank)

Home visitation or group intervention? Effects of early stimulation on child well-being in rural Guatemala: A cluster randomized control trial

joint Irma Arteaga (University of Missouri)

10:35 - 11:25 Alejandro Tamola (IDB)

Does increasing productive credit availability improve financial inclusion? Evidence from El Salvador

joint with Leticia Donoso (IDB), Oscar Mitnik (IDB) and Edgar Salgado (IDB)

11:25 - 11:45 Welcome remarks

11:45 - 12:00 Coffee Break

Second session

Chair: Monserrat Serio

12:00 - 12:50 David Jaume (Bank of Mexico)

Oh mother: The neglected impact of school disruptions

joint with Alexander Willen (Norwegian School of Economics)

12:50 - 14:00 Lunch

Third session

Chair: Sandra Martinez

14:00 - 14:50 Juan Marcos Wlaziuk (Central Bank of Chile)

The microstructure of labor reallocation: jobs transitions and productivity gaps

joint with Chad Syverson (University of Chicago), Elias Albagli (Central Bank of Chile) and Mario Canales (Central Bank of Chile)

14:50 - 15:40 Elton Dusha (Diego Portales University)

Reputational concerns in directed search markets with adverse selection

15:40 - 16:00 Coffee Break

Fourth session

Chair: Gaston Chaumont

16:00 - 16:50 Matias Marzani (Washington University in St. Louis)

Firm growth, finance and development

joint with Paco Buera (Washington University in St. Louis) and Francesca Crucitti (University of Pavia)

16:50 - 17:40 Sewon Hur (Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland)

On the distributional effects of international tariffs

joint with Daniel Carroll (Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland)