Jimena Romero @jimenaromero.bsky.social · 12/11/2025It’s a special moment to see my first research paper featured on VoxDev! This article, co-authored with Ana María, Juliana, and Andrea, summarizes our forthcoming paper in AEJ: Economic Policy. 041
Reposted by Jimena RomeroAEA Journals @aeajournals.bsky.social · 22/09/2025Forthcoming in the AER: "The Opportunity Atlas: Mapping the Childhood Roots of Social Mobility" by Raj Chetty, John N. Friedman, Nathaniel Hendren, Maggie R. Jones, and Sonya R. Porter. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...aeaweb.orgThe Opportunity Atlas: Mapping the Childhood Roots of Social Mobility(Forthcoming Article) - We construct a public atlas of mean outcomes in adulthood by childhood Census tract. Outcomes vary sharply across neighborhoods: for children whose parents earn $27,000, the st... 0187
Reposted by Jimena RomeroAEA Journals @aeajournals.bsky.social · 22/08/2025Forthcoming in AEJ: Economic Policy: "Responses to Extreme Temperatures: Migrant Networks and International Migration from El Salvador" by Ana Maria Ibáñez, Juliana Quigua, Maria Jimena Romero, and Andrea Velásquez. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...aeaweb.orgResponses to Extreme Temperatures: Migrant Networks and International Migration from El Salvador(Forthcoming Article) - We show that exposure to extreme temperatures significantly increases international migration from El Salvador, where nearly a quarter of the population lives in the United Sta... 081
Reposted by Jimena RomeroJohannes Haushofer @johanneshaushofer.com · 22/05/2025Is it "good" or "bad" when skilled people leave low-income countries? We summarized the evidence in favor of "brain gain" vs. "brain drain": www.science.org/doi/epdf/10.... Ungated PDF: johanneshaushofer.com/research 618066
Jimena Romero @jimenaromero.bsky.social · 15/05/2025I’m so happy to share that our paper is conditionally accepted at AEJ: Economic Policy! Big thanks to my amazing coauthors—grateful for every step of this collaboration. 171
Reposted by Jimena RomeroLajos Kossuth @lkossuth.bsky.social · 27/11/2024On the #EconJobMarket with two JMPs! JMP1: Natural Experiment. Female judges award less child support. In cases where income is unknown, this is explained by them being more sensitive to overstatements of mothers' claims. (1) 161
