I study how international trade and market reforms reshape the organization of firms and work in Latin America.

Working Papers

Trade, Labor Market Concentration, and Wages. March 2026. Appendix. NBER paper 35018. Cowles paper 2510. Revise and Resubmit at American Economic Review.

Domestic Outsourcing and Young-worker Entry into the Formal Sector, with Michael B. Wong. July 2026. Appendix. NBER paper 34172

The Displacement Effects of Domestic Outsourcing, with Michael B. Wong. July 2026. Appendix

Wage Gap Disclosure in the Tropics, with Pablo Castro, Ieda Matavelli and Bobak Pakzad-Hurson. April 2026. Cowles paper 2517. Policy brief

Selected work in progress

Constructing Structural Change, with Julieta Caunedo and Kristina Manysheva. June 2026. Draft available.

Office Support and Firm Scale-up in Brazil, with Rodimiro Rodrigo. July 2026. Draft available.

Racing for Rents: Allocation by Arrival and the Organization of Trade, with Santiago Fernández-Chacón, Jorge Florez and Diego Jiménez-Hernández. Draft available.

Publications

Employment Preferences of Favela Residents, with Beatriz Marcoje, Ieda Matavelli, and Maria Clara Rodrigues. AEA Papers and Proceedings 2026, 116: 156–161. Published data and code.

Tax Administration versus Tax Rates: Evidence from Corporate Taxation in Indonesia, with M. Chatib Basri, Rema Hanna, and Benjamin Olken. Appendix. American Economic Review 2021, 111 (12): 3827-71. Summary video.

Teaching

ECON 7703: Empirical Trade and Development. PhD elective.

ECON 3380 / GLBL 4102 / EP&E 4314: Emerging Markets. Undergraduate.

Older Research

Charter Schools and Suspensions: Evidence from Massachusetts Chapter 222. Appendix.