Mi entrada en Foco Económico resumiendo un trabajo de varios años sobre modernización del estado, capacidad fiscal, y legitimidad política en el imperio español dev.focoeconomico.org/2023/08/23/ref… Coautores: Giorgio Chiovelli Leopoldo Fergusson Juan David Torres Felipe Valencia C. Artículo: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…

Law-Abiding Immigrants marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolu…

Existen unos vallenatos protestas que reflejan los conflictos sociales y económicos de nuestra región. En este 🧵 hago una selección de 10 vallenatos “protestas”

Our book "Roots of Underdevelopment: A New Economic and Political History of Latin America and the Caribbean" is officially OUT! I cannot be happier and more thankful to all of our wonderful authors, tagged below, and reviewers. Just in time for Christmas! link.springer.com/book/10.1007/9…

We have released an updated version of our paper on the Bourbon reforms and state capacity in the Spanish empire (w/ Giorgio Chiovelli Leopoldo Fergusson Juan David Torres Felipe Valencia C.). We illustrate the perils of state modernization in the absence of inclusive political institutions 👇👇

Our paper on the indendancy reform in the Americas is officially out! 😃

Un paper interesante (en inglés) de Giorgio Chiovelli Leopoldo Fergusson Luis R. Martinez Torres y Felipe Valencia C. sobre el impacto de las reformas administrativas en América Latina a fines del siglo XVIII sobre la capacidad estatal y la estabilidad del imperio Descarga papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…

our paper on 150 years of immigration and incarceration in the US is now forthcoming in aer: insights 😊

Great to have our paper on the Intendancy Bourbon reform and state capacity open the NBER Political Economy Summer Institute nber.org/conferences/si… Luis R. Martinez Giorgio Chiovelli Leopoldo Fergusson Juan David Torres

Este documental de Platzi sobre Radio Sutatenza está muy emocionante. Lo acaban de estrenar. Tuve el honor de ser parte del maravilloso equipo de producción, como el investigador. Los invito a verlo y compartir: youtu.be/XgbrYUZiJiQ?si…

Facts, Facts, Facts (Hercule) Incarcerations for Immigrants and non-Immigrants in the Land of the Free; JD Vance Donald J. Trump may want to have a look (if they read...); perhaps Elon Musk too. great work by Leah Boustan, Ran, Elisa, Santiago, and Juan aeaweb.org/articles?id=10…

We are very excited to release a new working paper (joint work with Ran Abramitzky, Jenna Kowalski, and Joe Price). I am especially excited as this paper has been in the making for a long time (4+ years 😬). nber.org/system/files/w…

check out Santi, Ran, and coauthors' insightful paper on the stagnant representation of low-income students in elite colleges over the past century. it was a privilege to RA on this project during my predoc :)

Amazing lineup of UC Berkeley, Stanford University, UC Davis, UC Merced students at the Bay Area Economic History Workshop — happening tomorrow at UC Berkeley! Looking forward to seeing everyone there!

Knowledge, technology, and growth: Joel Mokyr, Nobel laureate Ran Abramitzky Stanford University, Mauricio Drelichman @MDrelichman UBC Economics University of British Columbia ow.ly/W9lF50XibFV