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Publications:

Carranza, E., R. Garlick, K. Orkin, and N. Rankin. 2020. “Job Search and Hiring with Two-sided Limited Information about Workseekers’ Skills.” World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 9345.  American Economic Review, 112 (11): 3547-3583. Also IZA Discussion Paper 14529.

Carranza, E. and R. Meeks. 2021. “Understanding Energy Efficiency and Electricity Reliability.” Review of Economics and Statistics, 103 (3): 461–475.

Olivieri,S., F. Ortega, A. Rivadeneira and E. Carranza. 2021."The Labour Market Effects of Venezuelan Migration in Ecuador." The Journal of Development Studies.  Also IZA Discussion Paper 13501.

Olivieri,S., F. Ortega, A. Rivadeneira and E. Carranza. 2021."Shoring Up Economic Refugees: Venezuelan Migrants in the Ecuadoran Labor Market." Migration Studies.  Also IZA Discussion Paper 13502.

Abel, M., R. Burger, E. Carranza, and P. Piraino. 2019. “Bridging the Intention-Behavior Gap? The Effect of Plan-Making Prompts on Job Search and Employment." American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 11 (2): 284-301.

Aguilar, A., E. Carranza, M. Goldstein, G. Oseni and T. Kilic. 2014. “Decomposition of Gender Differentials in Agricultural Productivity.” Agricultural Economics, 46 (2015) 311–334.

Carranza, E. 2014. “Soil Endowments, Female Labor Force Participation and the Demographic Deficit of Women in India.” American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 6(4): 197-225.

 

Working Papers (selected):

Carranza, E., A. Donald, S. Kaur, and F. Grosset. 2021. “The Social Tax: Redistributive Pressure and Labor Supply.” World Bank WP10155. NBER WP30438. Revise and resubmit, Econometrica.

Abel, M.,  E.Carranza, K. Geronimo, and M.E. Ortega. 2021. “Can Temporary Wage Incentives Increase Formal Employment?” World Bank WP10234. Reject & Resubmit, American Economic Review.

 

Research in Progress (selected):

“The Effect of Public Transfers' Payment Mechanism on Dependent Worker's Labor Market Outcomes: Evidence from Payroll-Based vs. Direct Payment of Chile's Family Allowance.”  (with R. Cooper and D. Paz Cruzat)

“Cross-Country Income Convergence: The Role of Global Shocks and Trade.” (with R. Agarwal and A. Domash)

“Overconfidence and Wage Expectations.” (with M. Abel, R.Burger and P.Piraino)

“Digital Public Works for Urban Resilience.“ (with V. Deparday, R. Kirwa, and G. Tovar)