StanislaoMaldonado
Development, institutions
and human behavior.
I work at the intersection of development economics, political economy and behavioral economics. My research explores how people and institutions shape economic outcomes.
Recent research
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Research, events and opportunities.
Behavioral and Experimental Economics in Latin America
I co-organized this workshop at Tecnológico de Monterrey in Mexico City. The program featured 13 papers across four sessions on information, social preferences, markets and beliefs.
Tackling Biased Beliefs to Foster Women’s Entry into Economics: Experimental Evidence from Mexico
With Edgar Castro Méndez, Elvira Naranjo and Joana Chapa. A field experiment in Mexico finds that female role models broaden students’ views of economics, with no detectable increase in women’s applications to economics programs.
Why Do Citizens Support Price Controls? The Role of Motivated Beliefs
With Santiago Sautua. A working paper on motivated beliefs and public support for price controls.
Behavioral Economics for Effective Public Management
Explore the Spanish-language MOOC I created on behavioral economics for civil servants, offered through URosarioX on edX.
Selected publications
Empowering Women through Multifaceted Interventions
Long-term Evidence from a Double Matching Design
Read article (PDF)Motivating Bureaucrats with Behavioral Insights when State Capacity is Weak
With Andrew Dustan and Juan Manuel Hernandez-Agramonte
Read article (PDF)The Value of Redistribution
Natural Resources and the Formation of Human Capital under Weak Institutions
Read article (PDF)Beyond the paper.
Sharing ideas through teaching, research networks and public conversation.
Behavioral economics for public management
A Spanish-language online course bringing behavioral economics to public-sector practice.
A conversation across the Americas
Workshop of Experimental and Behavioral Economics of the Americas — a virtual meeting place for research.
Notes on economics and politics
Reflections and ideas beyond academic journals. Read and subscribe on Substack.
