Billy Woo Mora

Two brand-new fascinating articles on the LAC region newly accepted in the JDE #econtwitter #econsky. . .first, this banger of a title for a paper by @billywoom that shows that skin tone, even within self-reported ethnoracial identity categories, predicts outcomes

Thanks for sharing my dearest Arturito! 🙌🏽

Striking and very important work! Keep your eyes on @billywoom.bsky.social — I learn a lot from him and so will you

Evidence from Latin America and the Caribbean suggests that skin tone is a powerful predictor of intergenerational mobility.

Read today's article to learn more w/ @billywoom.bsky.social:

Had a great time presenting one of my favourite research projects with my amazing friend @doniakamel.bsky.social 👇

Huge thanks to the organisers for including our paper!

Wait for the new draft coming soon 😮‍💨

One week left to submit your paper for the Workshop on Cultural Transmission and Persistence at @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social.

Submissions 👇
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Chagas disease control in Brazil increased GDP per capita by 11.1 percent, reduced income inequality, improved non-white upward mobility, and lowered public healthcare spending, from Jon Denton-Schneider and Eduardo Montero https://www.nber.org/papers/w33518

Excited to share the summary of our Regional Science and Urban Economics paper! 🤠 We study the enduring effects of colonial segregation on land prices in Mexico City.

Huge thanks to @jeffrlin.bsky.social for his great editorial guidance and to Emily Sellars for hosting us on Broadstreet!

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📢 Broadstreet has relaunched its blog, now on Substack! We’re honoured to feature our research in the first post!

"Infrastructures of Race? Colonial Indigenous Segregation and Contemporary Land Values"
with @billywoom.bsky.social @tradecosts.bsky.social

Check it out ! 🌍

Infrastructures of Race? Colonial Indigenous Segregation and Contemporary Land Values By Enrique de la Rosa Ramos (King’s College London; UK Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs), Guillermo Woo-Mora (Paris School of Economics), and Luis Baldomero-Quintana (William & Mary)

New Broadstreet post!

Featuring guest contributors @billywoom.bsky.social, @enriquedlrosa.bsky.social, and @tradecosts.bsky.social

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🚨New dataset alert 🚨

In collaboration with a stellar team at Banxico, Harvard, the World Bank, and ITAM, we built a dataset of demographics and labor market variables at the local-labor-market level for Mexico!
Download here:
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I set up this feed to tweet recent articles from JUE, RSUE, and JOEG. One per journal per day, from the publishers’ RSS feeds. Give it a follow if this seems useful to you! (Here’s an article that I edited at RSUE.)

How colonial segregation policies impact land values in Mexico today Colonial segregation policies in Mexico City entrenched divisions between Spaniards and indigenous communities, shaping modern economic inequalities because of weak property rights, unequal provision ...

Shout out to @tradecosts.bsky.social and co-authors for their fascinating work on ‘How colonial segregation policies impact land values in Mexico today’ via @voxdev.bsky.social

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How colonial segregation policies impact land values in Mexico today Colonial segregation policies in Mexico City entrenched divisions between Spaniards and indigenous communities, shaping modern economic inequalities because of weak property rights, unequal provision ...

🆕 How colonial segregation policies impact land values in Mexico today

Today's article by Luis Baldomero-Quintana @global-wm.bsky.social, Guillermo Woo-Mora @pse.bsky.social & @enriquedlrosa.bsky.social King's College London ⤵️ voxdev.org/topic/instit...

📢 Excited to share new research with @billywoom.bsky.social, @pse.bsky.social, and Luis Baldomero Quintana L. @global-wm.bsky.social!

In this @voxdev.bsky.social post, we explore how colonial legacies shape spatial inequalities and their implications for urban development today. 🌆🌇🏙️