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Working Papers

2013

1. Education, Birth Order, and Family Size
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (23)
   Also in IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER (2013) View citations (22)
   See also Journal Article Education, Birth Order and Family Size, The Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society (2021) View citations (9) (2021)

2008

2. A Competitive Theory of Equilibrium Mismatch
   2008 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics

2007

3. Altruism, Fertility, and the Value of Children: Health Policy Evaluation and Intergenerational Welfare
   IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER
   Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2007) View citations (4)
   Textos para discussão, Department of Economics PUC-Rio (Brazil) (2007)
   See also Journal Article Altruism, fertility, and the value of children: Health policy evaluation and intergenerational welfare, Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier (2009) View citations (26) (2009)

2004

4. Fertility and the Value of Life
   2004 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics View citations (1)

Journal Articles

2025

1. Plague and prejudice: disease, discrimination, and social exclusion
   Economic Theory, 2025, 80, (1), 381-415

2024

2. A competitive theory of mismatch
   Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 2024, 168, (C) View citations (1)
3. Random choice and market demand
   Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'économique, 2024, 57, (1), 165-198

2023

4. Disease and diversity in long-term economic development
   World Development, 2023, 161, (C) View citations (1)

2021

5. Education, Birth Order and Family Size
   (Family size and children’s education in Vietnam)
   The Economic Journal, 2021, 131, (633), 33-69 View citations (9)
   See also Working Paper Education, Birth Order, and Family Size, NBER Working Papers (2013) View citations (23) (2013)

2016

6. Population and development redux
   Journal of Population Economics, 2016, 29, (2), 627-656 View citations (2)
   Also in Journal of Population Economics, 2016, 29, (2), 627-656 (2016) View citations (2)
7. Taking versus taxing: an analysis of conscription in a private information economy
   Public Choice, 2016, 167, (3), 177-199 View citations (3)

2015

8. "Gallantry in Action": Evidence of Advantageous Selection in a Voluntary Army
   Journal of Law and Economics, 2015, 58, (1), 111 - 138 View citations (1)

2013

9. Agricultural productivity, structural change, and economic growth in post-reform China
   Journal of Development Economics, 2013, 104, (C), 165-180 View citations (93)

2011

10. Airborne diseases: Tuberculosis in the Union Army
    Explorations in Economic History, 2011, 48, (2), 325-342 View citations (1)

2009

11. Altruism, fertility, and the value of children: Health policy evaluation and intergenerational welfare
    Journal of Public Economics, 2009, 93, (1-2), 280-295 View citations (26)
    See also Working Paper Altruism, Fertility, and the Value of Children: Health Policy Evaluation and Intergenerational Welfare, IZA Discussion Papers (2007) (2007)

2008

12. Equilibrium, convergence, and capital mobility in neoclassical models of growth
    Economics Letters, 2008, 99, (1), 10-13 View citations (1)

2007

13. Economic Development and the Escape from High Mortality
    World Development, 2007, 35, (4), 543-568 View citations (18)
14. Escaping high mortality
    Journal of Economic Growth, 2007, 12, (4), 351-387 View citations (24)
15. Income distribution and macroeconomics in Colombia
    Journal of Income Distribution, 2007, 16, (2), 6-24 View citations (12)

2004

16. Capital accumulation, unemployment, and the putty-clay
    Economics Bulletin, 2004, 5, (19), 1-8 View citations (2)

2001

17. Income distribution, human capital and economic growth in Colombia
    Journal of Development Economics, 2001, 66, (1), 271-287 View citations (36)

2000

18. Un modelo Macroeconométrico para la Economía Colombiana
    Revista de Economía del Rosario, 2000 View citations (1)

1998

19. Mercado laboral, distribución del ingreso y movilidad (intergeneracional) en Colombia
    Revista de Economía del Rosario, 1998

1997

20. Convergencia regional: una revisión del caso colombiano
    Revista Desarrollo y Sociedad, 1997 View citations (29)
21. Inversión, q de Tobin, e incertidumbre en la industria colombiana
    Revista Desarrollo y Sociedad, 1997 View citations (3)