Latin American Economic Review aims to be the leading general interest journal on topics relevant to Latin America. The journal welcomes high-quality theoretical and quantitative papers on economic, social and political-economy issues with a regional focus. Articles presenting new data bases or describing structural reforms within a rigorous theoretical framework will also be considered. A few (illustrative) examples of topics that may be of special interest to this journal include: inflation, informal sector, corruption, crime, drug policy, unions, social exclusion, price controls, energy and environmental policy, natural resources, and technology transfer.

Recent Submissions

2023-01-30  The role of innovation in employment growth, skills demand, and wages: evidence from Ecuador  Rochina Barrachina, María Engracia; Rodríguez Moreno, Jorge Antonio
2023-01-25  State dependence of fiscal multipliers in Chile – an independent component approach to identification  Fortunato, Andrés; Herwartz, Helmut
2022-09-22  Sanctions and oil production: evidence from Venezuela’s Orinoco Basin  Rodríguez, Francisco
2022-02-28  Size-dependent gender gaps in entrepreneurship: the case of Chile  Cuberes, David; Teignier, Marc
2022-02-14  Automation and the jobs of young workers  Brambilla, Irene; César, Andrés; Falcone, Guillermo; Gasparini, Leonardo
2022-01-21  Uncovering the wage differential between formal and informal jobs: analysis from the Colombian Caribbean region  Cantillo, Tatiana; Cantillo, Víctor; Garcia, Lucy; Cantillo-Garcia, Víctor
2022-02-14  What effect does public and private capital have on income inequality? The case of the Latin America and Caribbean region  Santiago, Renato; Fuinhas, José Alberto; Koengkan, Matheus; Cardoso Marques, António
2022-01-10  Socioeconomic effects of COVID-19 in Mexico: a multisectoral approach and policy options  Hernández-Solano, Alan; López-López, Jhair; Yúnez-Naude, Antonio; Govea-Vargas, Yatziry
2021-10-18  From bad to worse: the economic impact of COVID-19 in developing countries. Evidence from Venezuela  Caruso, German; Chittaro, Lautaro; Cucagna, Maria Emilia; España, Luis Pedro
2021-09-20  Does education increase risk aversion in households? Some evidence using artefactual experiments in Peru  Chong, Alberto; Martínez, Joan J.
2021-06-18  Labor market indicator for Colombia  Cristiano-Botia, Deicy J.; Hernandez-Bejarano, Manuel Dario; Ramos-Veloza, Mario A.
2021-11-04  Political cycles in Latin America: more evidence on the Brazilian economy  Costa Junior, Celso J.; García-Cintado, Alejandro C.; Hidalgo-Pérez, Manuel A.
2021-07-09  Macroeconomic effects of loan supply shocks: empirical evidence for Peru  Martínez, Jefferson; Rodríguez, Gabriel
2021-05-26  How has labor demand been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic? Evidence from job ads in Mexico  Campos-Vazquez, Raymundo M.; Esquivel, Gerardo; Badillo, Raquel Y.
2021-06-18  Sex-ratios and work in Latin American households: evidence from Mexico, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, and Chile  Campaña, Juan Carlos; Gimenez-Nadal, J. Ignacio; Molina, Jose Alberto
2021-06-04  The dynamics of social deprivation in Mexico  Ramírez, José Carlos; Kadelbach, Vivian; Mata, Leovardo
2021-12-01  Equality without equity: the gender pay gap at the National University of Colombia  Neira, Carolina; Rodríguez, Eduardo; Valdés, Álvaro
2021-12-08  The COVID-19 economic crisis in Mexico through the Lens of a financial conditions index  Carrillo, Julio A.; García, Ana Laura
2021-11-17  How do the tax burden and the fiscal space in Latin America look like? Evidence through laffer curves  Lozano-Espitia, Ignacio; Arias-Rodríguez, Fernando
2020-12-23  Efficiency of university education: a partial frontier analysis  Viana, Rafael Antonio; Arranz, José M.; García-Serrano, Carlos

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