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Gustavo J. Bobonis
April 2015
A. BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
1.
PERSONAL
Gustavo J. Bobonis
2.
Ph.D.
150 St. George Street
Max Gluskin House
Department of Economics
Tel: 416 946 5299
E-mail: [email protected]
DEGREES
December 2005
University of California – Berkeley
Thesis: Essays on the Social Consequences of Randomized Human Development
Programs in Less Developed Countries
Advisors: Edward Miguel (Supervisor), David Card, Ronald D. Lee, Michael C. Hout
B.A.
3.
May 2000
University of Puerto Rico – Río Piedras
EMPLOYMENT
Department of Economics
University of Toronto St. George Campus
Canada Research Chair in the Political Economy of Development
Associate Professor
Assistant Professor
Appointment to graduate school:
April 2014– present
July 2011 – present
July 2005 – June 2011
May 2006
Center for Labor Economics
Department of Economics
University of California, Berkeley
Visiting Associate Professor
January 2013 – June 2013
Center for Social Research
University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras
Visiting Research Scholar
July 2012 – December 2012
Center for Health and Wellbeing
Princeton University
Visiting Research Scholar
August 2008 – December 2008
4.
HONOURS
2009 John Charles Polanyi Prize for Economics
Government of Ontario
The 2008 Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching by Faculty
Department of Economics, University of Toronto
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April 2015
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS AND ACTIVITIES
Bureau for Research and Economic Analysis of Development
Affiliate, March 2009 – present
Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR)
Institutions, Organizations, and Growth (IOG) Program
Fellow, July 2008 – present
Associate Editor, Economic Development and Cultural Change, May 2014 - present
B. ACADEMIC HISTORY
6.
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RESEARCH ENDEAVOURS
Development Economics
Political Economy
Labour and Household Economics
Economic History
B.
RESEARCH AWARDS:
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC). “Appropriate Institutions?
Consequences of Indigenous Customary Law Use in Oaxaca, Mexico” Insight Grant, April 2014–March
2017 ($156,385).
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC). “The Costs of Voter Patronage and
the Quality of Local Government: A Field Experiment.” Insight Grant, April 2012–March 2015 ($211,645)
(Co-PI) (PI: Marco Gonzalez-Navarro)
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC). “The Effect of Asset Building on
Poverty Dynamics: A Randomized Study.” Standard Research Grant, April 2010–March 2014 ($149,500)
National Academy of Education / Spencer Foundation. Postdoctoral Fellowship, September 2008–August
2010 ($55,000 USD)
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC). “The Value of Information and
Social Networks in the Workplace.” Research Development Initiative – Management, Business and
Finance, 2008-2010 ($36,000)
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC). “Helping the Unbanked: A
Proposal to Increase the Use of Banking and Direct Deposit Services Among Low- and Moderate-Income
Households.” Research Grant – Management, Business and Finance, 2008 – 2010 ($133,000) (PI: Philip
Oreopoulos)
Annie E. Casey Foundation. “Helping the Unbanked: A Proposal to Increase the Use of Banking and Direct
Deposit Services Among Low- and Moderate-Income Households”, 2007-08 ($50,000) (PI: Michael S.
Barr)
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University of Michigan – National Poverty Center. “Helping the Unbanked: A Proposal to Increase the Use
of Banking and Direct Deposit Services Among Low- and Moderate-Income Households.” 2007-08
($20,000) (PI: Michael S. Barr)
University of Puerto Rico – Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research. “Corruption, political accountability
and municipal elections in Puerto Rico.” Institutional Research Funds Seed Grant, 2007-09 ($18,000 USD)
(PI: Luis R. Cámara-Fuertes)
University of Puerto Rico – Center for Social Research. “Corruption, political accountability and municipal
elections in Puerto Rico.” Seed Grant, 2007-08 ($6,000) (PI: Luis R. Cámara-Fuertes)
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC). “Development Gone with the
Wind? Geography & Quality of Local Governments.” Standard Research Grant, April 2007–March 2010
($55,000)
Connaught Fund, University of Toronto. “Human Development Policy and Women’s Welfare in Mexico.”
Matching Grant, 2006–2008 ($30,000)
C.
SCHOLARLY AND PROFESSIONAL WORK*
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Refereed publications
A.
Articles
Barde, Robert A., and Gustavo J. Bobonis. “Detained at Angel Island: First Empirical Evidence” Social
Science History, 30(1), 103-36, 2006.
Bobonis, Gustavo J., Edward Miguel, and Charu Puri Sharma. “Anemia and School Participation”
Journal of Human Resources, 41(4), 692-721, 2006.
Bobonis, Gustavo J., and Howard J. Shatz. “Agglomeration, Adjustment and State Policies in the
Location of Foreign Direct Investment in the United States” Review of Economics and Statistics,
89(1), 30-43, 2007.
Bobonis, Gustavo J., and Harold J. Toro. “Modern Colonization and Its Consequences: The Effects of
U.S. Educational Policy on Puerto Rico’s Educational Stratification, 1899-1910” Caribbean Studies,
35(2), 31-78, 2007.
Bobonis, Gustavo J. “Is the Allocation of Resources within the Household Efficient? New Evidence from
a Randomized Experiment”, Journal of Political Economy, 117(3), 453-503, 2009.
Bobonis, Gustavo J., and Frederico Finan. “Neighborhood Peer Effects in Secondary School Enrollment
Decisions” Review of Economics and Statistics, 91(4), 695-716, 2009.
Bobonis, Gustavo J. “The Impact of Conditional Cash Transfers on Marriage and Divorce” Economic
Development and Cultural Change, 59(2), 281-312, 2011.
Bobonis, Gustavo J., Melissa González-Brenes, and Roberto Castro. “Public Transfers and Domestic
Violence: The Roles of Private Information and Spousal Control”, American Economic Journal:
Economic Policy, 5(1), 179-205, 2013.
Bobonis, Gustavo J., and Peter M. Morrow. “Labor Coercion and the Accumulation of Human Capital.”
Journal of Development Economics, 108, 32-53, 2014.
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Non-Refereed Publications (including Popular Press and Op-Ed Pieces)
Bobonis, Gustavo J. “¿Reformas estructurales o reformas graduales?” El Nuevo Día, 4th November 2012.
Bobonis, Gustavo J. “En el nuevo año, experimentemos.” El Nuevo Día, 6th January 2013.
Bobonis, Gustavo J. “Monitoreando nuestro gobierno, ganamos.” El Nuevo Día, 14th June 2013.
Bobonis, Gustavo J. “Dándole peso al futuro.” El Nuevo Día, 8th December 2013.
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Manuscripts/publications not yet accepted for publication (and selected works in progress)
Bobonis, Gustavo J., Luis R. Cámara Fuertes, and Rainer Schwabe. “Monitoring Corruptible
Politicians.” 2009. [Revise and resubmit requested, American Economic Review]
Cámara Fuertes, Luis R., and Gustavo J. Bobonis. “Challenging Corrupt Politicians? Audits, Electoral
Selection, and Accountability in Municipal Elections.” 2013. [Submitted]
Bobonis, Gustavo J., Mark Stabile, and Leonardo Tovar. “Bombs and Babies: The Relationship between
U.S. Navy Bombing Activity and Infant Health in Vieques, Puerto Rico.” 2014. [Submitted]
Bobonis, Gustavo J., Roberto Castro, and Juan S. Morales. “Conditional Cash Transfers for Women and
Spousal Violence: Evidence of the Long-Term Relationship from the Oportunidades Program in
Rural Mexico.” 2014. [Under revision]
Bobonis, Gustavo J., Paul Gertler, Marco Gonzalez-Navarro, and Simeon Nichter. “Norms of
Reciprocity and the Market for Votes.” [In progress]
Bobonis, Gustavo J., Juan Camilo Chaparro, Marco Gonzalez-Navarro, and Marta Rubio-Codina.
“Appropriate Institutions?” [In progress]
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Papers presented at meetings and symposia.
Bobonis, Gustavo J., Mark Stabile, and Leonardo Tovar. “Bombs and Babies: The Relationship between
U.S. Navy Bombing Activity and Infant Health in Vieques, Puerto Rico.”
Presentations:
EH-Cliometrics Lab, Catholic University of Chile, 2nd Annual Conference (2014), Santiago
Bobonis, Gustavo J., Roberto Castro, and Juan S. Morales. “Conditional Cash Transfers for Women and
Spousal Violence: Evidence of the Long-Term Relationship from the Oportunidades Program in
Rural Mexico.”
Presentations:
CIFAR IOG Program Spring 2014 Meeting, Toronto
IADB Workshop on Citizen Security and Gender Issues (2014), Washington, DC
Bobonis, Gustavo J. “Preferences, Personality Traits, and Labor Market Outcomes: Evidence from
Puerto Rico”
Presentations:
Latin American Studies Association (LASA) XXXIth Int’l Congress (2013), Washington, DC
Bobonis, Gustavo J., & Peter Morrow. “Institutional Change ‘from Above’, State Capacity Building, and
Human Capital Accumulation: Evidence from the U.S. Colonization of Puerto Rico, 1898-1920.”
Presentations:
“El Caribe Hispano Hacia un Campo de Estudio Propio” 2011 Conference, Santo Domingo
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Bobonis, G.J., L.R. Cámara-Fuertes, & R. Schwabe. “Monitoring Corruptible Politicians”
Presentations:
Allied Social Science Associations (ASSA) 2012 Meetings, Chicago
LACEA 2011 Meeting, Santiago de Chile
Canadian Economics Association (CEA) 2010 Meetings, Québec City
Rimini Conference in Economics and Finance (2010), Rimini (Italy)
NEUDC 2010 Conference, Cambridge
CIFAR IOG Program Spring 2009 Meeting, Toronto
LACEA 2009 Political Economy Group Meeting, Cartagena
Bobonis, G.J., & P.M. Morrow. “Labor Coercion and the Accumulation of Human Capital”
Presentations:
Allied Social Science Associations (ASSA) 2011 Meetings, Denver
NBER 2010 Summer Institute – Development of the American Economy, Cambridge
Latin American and Caribbean Economics Association (LACEA) 2009 Meeting, Buenos Aires
Latin American Studies Association (LASA) XXVIIIth Int’l Congress (2009), Rio de Janeiro
14th BREAD Conference on Development Economics (2008), Chicago
Canadian Economics Association (CEA) 2008 Meetings, Vancouver
CIFAR IOG Program Spring 2008 Meeting, Montreal
LACEA 2008 Political Economy Group Meeting, Cartagena (Colombia)
North Eastern Universities Development Consortium (NEUDC) 2008 Conference, Boston
Stanford Institute for Theoretical Economics (SITE) Summer 2008 Workshop, Palo Alto
Bobonis, G.J., and F. Finan. “Neighborhood Peer Effects in Secondary School Enrollment Decisions”
Presentations:
Allied Social Science Associations (ASSA) 2007 Meetings, Chicago
Canadian Economics Association (CEA) 2007 Meetings, Halifax
LACEA 2005 Meeting, Mexico City
Population Association of America (PAA) 2007 Annual Meetings, New York
NBER Children Group Spring 2006 Meeting, Cambridge
3rd CIRPÉE Mini Conference on Development Economics (2006), Québec City
NEUDC 2005 Conference, Providence
Bobonis, G.J., R. Castro, & M. González-Brenes. “Public Transfers and Domestic Violence: The Roles
of Private Information and Spousal Control”
Presentations:
Canadian Economics Association (CEA) 2011 Meetings, Ottawa
Allied Social Science Associations (ASSA) 2007 Meetings, Chicago
Population Association of America (PAA) 2006 Annual Meetings, Los Angeles
Bobonis, G.J. “Is the Allocation of Resources within the Household Efficient? New Evidence from a
Randomized Experiment”
Presentations:
International Union for Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP) Conference (2006), Tours
Latin American Studies Association (LASA) XXVIth International Congress, Las Vegas
Population Association of America (PAA) Annual 2005 Meetings, Philadelphia
NEUDC 2004 Conference, Montreal
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Invited Lectures
(at economics departments unless noted. *including forthcoming)
2015*:
Columbia University
The World Bank Development Economics Research Group
2014:
McGill University
International Food Policy Research Institute
University of Chicago (Harris School of Public Policy)
University of Western Ontario
University of Guelph
2013:
University of California – Berkeley (2) (Economics, Demography)
University of California – Merced
University of Puerto Rico – Río Piedras (Graduate School of Business)
Stanford University
2012:
University of Puerto Rico – Río Piedras
2011:
Cornell University
Dalhousie University
McGill University
Ryerson University
University of Toronto
2010:
Duke University, Durham
Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
Johns Hopkins University – SAIS.
Michigan State University
Northwestern University
Simon Fraser University
The World Bank.
University of California – Berkeley
University of California – Davis
University of Maryland – College Park
University of Texas – Austin
Yale University
2009:
Carleton University
Harvard University (Economic History)
Harvard University/MIT (Development)
Università Bocconi
University College London
Washington University at St. Louis
2008:
Brown University
Dartmouth College
Princeton University
University of British Columbia
2007:
University of Arizona
University of California - Los Angeles
York University
2006:
University of Pennsylvania (Population Studies)
Queen’s University (Kingston)
2005:
International Food Policy Research Institute.
Johns Hopkins University – SAIS
Tufts University
April 2015
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University of Arizona
University of Maryland (Economics, Agricultural & Resource Economics)
University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill (School of Public Health)
University of Pittsburgh (GSPIA)
University of Puerto Rico – Mayagüez
Wesleyan University
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LIST OF COURSES
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Undergraduate courses taught
ECO324Y1Y: Economic Development
(Fall/Winter 2005-06, 2006-07, 2007-08, 2009-10, 2010-11, 2011-12)
ECO403H1S: Topics in Development Economics and Policy
(Winter 2014, 2015)
B.
Graduate courses taught
ECO2701H: Development Economics I
(Fall 2005, 2006, 2007; Winter 2009, 2011)
ECO4060: Graduate Research Seminar
(Fall/Winter 2011-12)
ECO2803H1S: Methods in Empirical Microeconomics
(Winter 2014, Fall 2014)
PPG2002H: Current Issues in International Development Policy
(Winter 2014, 2015)
C.
Theses supervised
Doctoral students [First placement]:
Brian McCaig (Ph.D.) (secondary advisor).
Empirical Essays on Poverty, Inequality, and Social Welfare. 2009. [Australian National University]
Eik Leong Swee (Ph.D.) (co-supervisor, with Dwayne Benjamin).
Essays in Empirical Development Economics. 2010. [University of Melbourne]
Courtney Ward (Ph.D.) (secondary advisor).
Essays on the Economics of Public Health. 2010. [Dalhousie University]
Sacha Kapoor (Ph.D.) (co-supervisor, with Dwayne Benjamin)
Three Essays on Personnel Economics. 2011. [Erasmus University]
Christian Dippel (Ph.D.) (secondary advisor)
Essays in International Political Economy. 2011. [UCLA]
Elton Dusha (Ph.D.) (secondary advisor)
Essays on Intermediated Corruption, Financial Frictions, and Economic Development. 2013.
[Universidad de Chile]
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Margarita Pivovarova (Ph.D.) (secondary advisor)
Peer Effects in the Classroom: Evidence from New Peers. 2013. [Arizona State University]
Asad K.K. Priyo (Ph.D.) (secondary advisor)
Essays on Macroeconomics and Finance. 2014. [North South University, Bangladesh].
Lisa Stockley (supervisor)
In progress (2016, expected).
Alfia Karimova (secondary advisor)
In progress (2016, expected).
Ayesha Ali (co-supervisor, with Dwayne Benjamin)
In progress (2016, expected).
Juan Morales (supervisor)
In progress (2017, expected).
D.
Other teaching and lectures given
Guest lecture, Development Economics (UC Berkeley): Spring 2013
Empirical Microeconomics Lunch Seminar Organizer: Winter 2010, 2010-11, 2013-14
Summer Workshop in Economic Analysis and Theory (SWEAT), Summer 2010
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ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS
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Within university.
Recruiting Committee 2009/10, 2010/11, 2011/12
Graduate Admissions Committee 2007/08, 2008/09, 2009/10, 2010/11, 2013/14, 2014/15
Graduate Program Committee, 2008/09, 2009/10, 2010/11
Undergraduate Program Committee, 2007/08
Empirical Microeconomics (CEPA) Seminar Co-Organizer:
(with Robert McMillan): 2007/08, 2008/09, 2009/10, 2010/11
(with Marco Gonzalez-Navarro): 2014/15
B.
Outside university
Local Organizer, Canadian Development Economics Study Group (CDESG) Sessions, 2009 CEA
Meetings, University of Toronto, Toronto
Referee Service: American Economic Review, American Economic Journal: Applied Economics,
American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, American Journal of Political Science, American Political
Science Review, B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, Canadian Journal of Economics, Canadian
Public Policy, Demography, Economic Development and Cultural Change, Economic Journal, Economic
Letters, Economica, Economics of Education Review, Education Economics, Journal of the European
Economic Association Journal of Development Economics, Journal of Human Resources, Journal of
International Economics, Journal of Political Economy, Journal of Public Economics, Journal of World
Health and Population, Quarterly Journal of Economics, Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance,
Rand Journal of Economics, Review of Economics and Statistics, Review of Economic Studies,
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Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Southern Economic Journal, World Development (Social Sciences
and Humanities Research Council of Canada, International Initiative for Impact Evaluation [3ie], U.S.
National Science Foundation)