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 March 2024
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Economía LACEA Journal

Economía LACEA Journal is now published by LSE Press in the Open Access format. The new web-page is up and you can check it here: https://economia.lse.ac.uk/. Before submitting your papers, please check the new authors guidelines and the latest published papers. We will continue with the rolling submission as before and the papers will be published once accepted. Submit your papers now!

The most recent Economía LACEA Journal Issues is out.Check all the articles here:

  1. Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Labor Market Outcomes of Women with Children in Mexico, by Laura Juarez and Paula Villaseñor

  2. Misallocation and Manufacturing TFP in Colombia, by Adriana Camacho, Emily Conover and Dean Scrimgeour

  3. Assessing Chile’s Pension System: Challenges and Reform Options, by Christopher Evans and Samuel Pienknagura

  4. Fiscal Consolidation and Income Inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean, by Takuji Komatsuzaki


We are pleased to announce that the 29th Annual LACEA Meeting 2024 will take place in Montevideo, Uruguay on November 14th-16th, 2024, and will be hosted by Universidad de la República (UdelaR). More information will be available soon! 


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To discuss the role of international trade on development outcomes and their sustainability and inclusivity, the World Bank and the editorial team from the Journal of International Economics are hosting a research conference in Washington, DC on September 12-13, 2024. The conference will be organized by Journal of International economics co-editors Costas Arkolakis (Yale University), Martin Uribe (Columbia University), and World Bank economists Erhan Artuc, Ana Fernandes, Manuel García-Santana and Daria Taglioni (World Bank Development Research Group). The conference will feature research on trade and development, including but not limited to the following sub-topics: Role of product, labor and capital markets; Global value chains and globalization of production; Role of changing technologies (e.g. green, digital); Spatial analysis of international trade and development outcomes; Environment, climate change, and sustainability; Institutions, governance and political economy, including international rules and domestic aspects (e.g. informality, corruption, illicit financial flows); Globalization and the role of intra-national trade and spatial frictions. We encourage the submission of papers – theoretical and/or empirical – that address these questions and themes, before April 15, 2024. Most recent information about the conference can be found at the event website.

The Global Development Network (GDN) is calling for expressions of interest from research teams based in research institutions in developing countries to act as national focal points for GDN’s Doing Research Program. As National Focal Points, the teams would be expected to mobilize research and have experience in research of the education, research or innovation sectors of their countries. Applications accepted on a rolling basisClick here to apply  

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