working papers
Skilled Immigration and Firm-level Upgrading as Exports Boosters in a Developing Country - 2025
The influx of high-skilled labor due to the Venezuelan exodus enabled firms in the Colombian manufacturing sector to enhance their workforce's skills and increase investments in R&D. This, in turn, improved their production and organizational processes, leading to better international trade performance, particularly with high-income countries.
Joint with Carlo Lombardo.
Is Drug-Related Violence Fueling Emigration from Central America? - 2025
Drug-related violence in Central American countries significantly increases individuals' intentions, plans, and preparations to migrate to the United States.
Joint with Leonardo Bonilla-Mejía, Jessica Bracco, and Andrés Ham.