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The golden hello and political transitions (2017)
Journal Article
Aidt, T. S., Albornoz, F., & Gassebner, M. (2018). The golden hello and political transitions. Journal of Comparative Economics, 46(1), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jce.2017.03.004

We analyze the influence of IMF and World Bank programs on political regime transitions. We develop an extended version of Acemoglu and Robinson’s [American Economic Review 91, 2001] model of political transitions to show how the anticipation of new... Read More about The golden hello and political transitions.

Immigration and the school system (2017)
Journal Article
Albornoz, F., Cabrales, A., & Hauk, E. (in press). Immigration and the school system. Economic Theory, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00199-017-1041-4

This paper presents a tractable model to study the effect of immigration on host countries’ school system and student outcomes. In our model, education quality and student outcomes are determined endogenously by the interaction of parents, schools an... Read More about Immigration and the school system.

Motivation, resources and the organization of the school system (2017)
Journal Article
Albornoz, F., Berlinski, S., & Cabrales, A. (2017). Motivation, resources and the organization of the school system. Journal of European Economic Association, 16(1), https://doi.org/10.1093/jeea/jvx001

This paper studies a model where student effort and talent interact with parental and teachers' investments, as well as with school system resources. The model is rich, yet sufficiently stylized to provide novel implications. It can show, for example... Read More about Motivation, resources and the organization of the school system.

Intergenerational field transitions in economics (2017)
Journal Article
Facundo, A., Cabrales, A., Hauk, E., & Warnes, P. E. (2017). Intergenerational field transitions in economics. Economics Letters, 154, 1-5. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2017.02.001

This note documents trends of socialization and intergenerational mobility across research networks (fields) in economics. Using data on advisor-advisee pairs, we find that intergenerational field similarity is more prevalent in larger and successful... Read More about Intergenerational field transitions in economics.