Applied Economics at CEMFI
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Applied Economics at CEMFI covers a broad set of topics including urban economics, trade, political economy, development economics, labor, and health economics, among others. The group investigates questions such as: What drives agglomeration economies? What is the role of local political institutions in economic development? What role do firms play in intergenerational mobility? What determines confidence in vaccines? These questions are studied using state-of-the-art econometric techniques and applied theory models.
Our faculty, PhD students, postdocs, and affiliated researchers conduct frontier research regularly participate in the top conferences in the respective fields. The group has hosted several ERC grants, members of the group have obtained several prizes and other distinctions. We invite you to learn more about the Applied Economics group at CEMFI below.
Researchers
Samuel Bentolila
Professor
Tom Zohar
Assistant Professor
Liyang Sun
Associate Professor
Susanna Esteban
Associate Professor with Tenure
Manuel Arellano
Professor
Diego Puga
Professor
Pedro Mira
Professor
Monica Martinez-Bravo
Professor
On Leave
Nezih Guner
Professor
Paula Bustos
Associate Professor with Tenure
On Leave
Yarine Fawaz
SHARE Research Fellow
Ana García Hernández
J-PAL Research Manager
Laura Hospido
BdE-CEMFI Research Associate
Carlos Sanz
BdE-CEMFI Research Associate
Milena Almagro
Associated Faculty
Silvia Vannutelli
Associated Faculty
Yanina Domenella
PhD student
Daniel Fernández
PhD student
Sevin Kaytan
PhD student
Ivan Lagrosa
PhD student
Claudio Luccioletti
PhD student
Pello Aspuru
PhD student
Cristian Navarro
PhD student
Sophie Nottmeyer
PhD student
Giorgio Pietrabissa
PhD student
Jorge Rodríguez de la Rubia
PhD student
Christian Maruthiah
PhD student
Álvaro Sánchez-Leache
PhD student
Víctor Sancibrián
PhD student
Matteo Sartori
PhD student
Tao Wang
PhD student
Yang Xun
PhD student
Paola Giannattasio
Pre-doc Researcher
Adriano Pace
Pre-doc Researcher
Inés Torres
Policy and Research Associate
Seminars series
SEP
Applied Microeconomics Seminar (AMiS)
Nuria Rodriguez Planas (City University of New York) presents "TBA"
SEP
Applied Microeconomics Seminar (AMiS)
Dean Yang (University of Michigan) presents "TBA"
OCT
Applied Microeconomics Seminar (AMiS)
Nancy Qian (Kellogg School of Management MEDS) presents "TBA"
NOV
Applied Microeconomics Seminar (AMiS)
Lance Lochner (University of Western Ontario) presents "TBA"
NOV
Applied Microeconomics Seminar (AMiS)
Andrea Weber (Central European University) presents "TBA"
Recent publications of this research line
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Rahul Singh and Liyang Sun,
Double Robustness for Complier Parameters and a Semiparametric Test for Complier Characteristics,
The Econometrics Journal, (2024), 1-20. -
Claudio Ferraz, Frederico Finan and Monica Martinez-Bravo,
Political Power, Elite Control, and Long-Run Development: Evidence from Brazil,
Journal of the European Economic Association, forthcoming. -
Nezih Guner, Ezgi Kaya and Virginia Sánchez Marcos,
Labor market institutions and fertility,
International Economic Review, forthcoming. -
Manuel Arellano, Richard Blundell, Stéphane Bonhomme and Jack Light,
Heterogeneity of Consumption Responses to Income Shocks in the Presence of Nonlinear Persistence,
Journal of Econometrics, (2024), 105449.
Research grants
City buzz: Quantity, quality, and variety implications of the urban environment (Consejo Europeo de Investigación, 2024-2029)
Researchers: Diego Puga (PI).
Risks, Inequality, and the Macroeconomy (Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación, 2023-2026)
Researchers: Federico Kochen, Jesus Bueren, Virgiliu Midrigan, Caterina Calsamiglia, Marcel Jansen, Josep Pijoan-Mas (PI), Samuel Bentolila (Co-PI).
New panel data methods with empirical applications in impact evaluation and health economics (Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación, 2023-2026)
Researchers: Liyang Sun, Siqi Wei, Dmitry Arkhangelsky (PI).
Evaluating Interventions to Promote Social Inclusion (Fundación La Caixa, 2022-2024)
Researchers: Samuel Bentolila (PI).
Contributions in Applied Microeconomics (CIAM) (Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación, 2022-2025)
Researchers: Gerard Llobet (Co-PI), Pedro Mira (Co-PI), Tom Zohar, Guillermo Caruana.
"María de Maeztu" Unit of Excellence (Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación, 2022-2025)
Researchers: Diego Puga (PI), Manuel Arellano, Samuel Bentolila, Nezih Guner, Josep Pijoan, Javier Suarez, Monica Martinez-Bravo, Rafael Repullo, Dante Amengual.
Inequalities (Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación, 2021-2024)
Researchers: Diego Puga (Co-PI), Monica Martinez-Bravo (Co-PI), Paula Bustos, Christoph Albert.