“Teenage Labor, Trade, and Market Access” Working Paper Coming Soon - Draft
Available by RequestAbstract
This paper exploits drastic tariff reductions and increased export
possibilities to study their effects on teenage labor, its interaction
with adult labor, and the role that market access plays in that
interaction. In the context of Peru’s last liberalization episode that
took place in the 2000s and the growth of China as the main Peruvian
trade partner, I find that both episodes are associated with higher
teenage labor participation in districts more exposed to them. These
effects seem to be sharper in districts with lower market access, which
is consistent with complementarities between adult labor and teenage
labor in household production activities and contributes to explaining
why child and teenage labor didn’t decrease despite the severe
reductions in poverty rates.
“The Government Spending Multiplier in the Space”
Abstract
This project aims to study how incorporating intranational trade and
geographical features into a quantitative macroeconomic model elucidates
the impact of fiscal policy on aggregate demand and its propagation
across regions within a country. Leveraging detailed regional budget and
spending data from Peru, spanning 2007 to the present, and
identification coming from changes in fiscal rules and rents from
natural resources, the research aims to discern fiscal multipliers’
interpretation and mechanisms considering regional dynamics, linkages,
spatial heterogeneities, and trade costs.
“Trade and Investing Dynamics in the Presence of Financial
Frictions”