Applied Economics at CEMFI
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Applied Economics at CEMFI covers a broad set of topics including urban economics, trade, political economy, development economics, labor, and health economics, among others. The group investigates questions such as: What drives agglomeration economies? What is the role of local political institutions in economic development? What role do firms play in intergenerational mobility? What determines confidence in vaccines? These questions are studied using state-of-the-art econometric techniques and applied theory models.
Our faculty, PhD students, postdocs, and affiliated researchers conduct frontier research regularly participate in the top conferences in the respective fields. The group has hosted several ERC grants, members of the group have obtained several prizes and other distinctions. We invite you to learn more about the Applied Economics group at CEMFI below.
Researchers
Nezih Guner
Professor
Pedro Mira
Professor
Álvaro Sánchez-Leache
PhD student
Liyang Sun
Associate Professor
On Leave
Manuel Arellano
Professor
Diego Puga
Professor
Susanna Esteban
Associate Professor with Tenure
Monica Martinez-Bravo
Professor
On Leave
Samuel Bentolila
Professor
Tom Zohar
Assistant Professor
Yarine Fawaz
Associated Faculty
Ana García Hernández
J-PAL Research Manager
Laura Hospido
BdE-CEMFI Research Associate
Laura Hospido
BdE-CEMFI Research Associate
Carlos Sanz
BdE-CEMFI Research Associate
Milena Almagro
Associated Faculty
Silvia Vannutelli
Associated Faculty
Francesco Chiocchio
PhD student
Yanina Domenella
PhD student
Daniel Fernández
PhD student
Sevin Kaytan
PhD student
Ivan Lagrosa
PhD student
Guillermo Martínez
PhD student
Cristian Navarro
PhD student
Sophie Nottmeyer
PhD student
Moritz Osterhuber
PhD student
Jorge Rodríguez de la Rubia
PhD student
Matteo Sartori
PhD student
Tao Wang
PhD student
Kazuharu Yanagimoto
PhD student
Seminars series
NOV
Applied Microeconomics Seminar (AMiS)
joint FIRMS - Ozgen Kiribrahim (Arizona State University) presents "Place-Based Environmental Regulations and Labor Market Dynamics"
NOV
Applied Microeconomics Seminar (AMiS)
Sara Lowes (University of California, San Diego. ) presents "Age Sets, Accountability, and the Balance of Power: Evidence from Villages in Rural Congo"
NOV
Applied Microeconomics Seminar (AMiS)
Ciprian Domnisoru ( Aalto School of Business- Helsinki GSE) presents "The Role of Firms in Shaping the Work, Study, and Graduation Choices of Student Employees"
MAR
Applied Microeconomics Seminar (AMiS)
Camille Landais () presents "TBA"
JUN
Applied Microeconomics Seminar (AMiS)
Xavier Jaravel (London School of Economics) presents "TBA"
Recent publications of this research line
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Eli Ben-Michael, Avi Feller and Liyang Sun,
Using Multiple Outcomes to Improve the Synthetic Conrol Method,
Review of Economics and Statistics, (2025), 1-29. -
Nezih Guner, Yuliya Kulikova and Arnau Valladares-Esteban,
Does the Added Woker Effect Matter?,
Review of Economic Dynamics, (2025), 101271. -
Nezih Guner, Yuliya Kulikova and Arnau Valladares-Esteban,
Does the Added Woker Effect Matter?,
Review of Economic Dynamics, (2025), 101271. -
Tristany Armangué-Jubert, Nezih Guner and Alessandro Ruggieri,
Labor market power and development,
American Economic Review-Insights, (2025), 177-195.
Research grants
The Significance of Depression (Rockwool Foundation , 2024-2027)
Researchers: Tom Zohar (PI).
New panel data methods with empirical applications in impact evaluation and health economics (Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación, 2023-2026)
Researchers: Liyang Sun, Siqi Wei, Dmitry Arkhangelsky (PI).
"María de Maeztu" Unit of Excellence (Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación, 2022-2025)
Researchers: Diego Puga (PI), Manuel Arellano, Samuel Bentolila, Nezih Guner, Josep Pijoan, Javier Suarez, Monica Martinez-Bravo, Rafael Repullo, Dante Amengual, Eugenio Renedo.