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Jorge Pérez Pérez

Banco de México

Contributing to IZA World of Labor helped me learn about details of labor markets that I had not explored previously. The research summaries from WoL have proved useful in our research and policy work and I hope our contribution does the same for others.

IZA World of Labor role

Author

Current position

Research Economist

Research interest

Labor economics, urban economics, applied econometrics

Website

https://jorgeperezperez.com

Past positions

Visiting Postgraduate Researcher, London School of Economics, UK, 2015; Short Term Consultant, World Bank Poverty Gender and Equity Group, Washington DC, USA, 2014; Research Fellow, Inter-American Development Bank, Washington DC, USA; 2010-2012

Qualifications

PhD Brown University, 2018

Selected publications

  • Visualization, Identification, and Estimation in the Panel Event Study Design. In: Advances in Economics and Econometrics: Twelfth World Congress, Volume 2, 2025 (with Freyaldenhoven, S., Hansen, C., and Shapiro, J.)

  • "Disentangling the Effects of Large Minimum Wage and VAT Changes on Prices: Evidence from Mexico." Labour Economics 80 (2023): 102294 (with Calderón, M., Cortés, J., and Salcedo, A.)

  • “The Minimum Wage in Formal and Informal Sectors: Evidence from an Inflation Shock.” World Development 133 (2020): 104999.

  • "xtevent: Estimation and Visualization in the Linear Panel Event-Study Design." The Stata Journal 25:1 (2025): 97-135. (with Freyaldenhoven, S., Hansen, C., Shapiro, J., and Carreto, C.)

  • "Workers, Workplaces, Sorting, and Wage Dispersion in Mexico." Economía LACEA 23:1 (2024): 311-332 (with Nuño-Ledesma, J.)

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