MARCO A. BADILLA MAROTO

I am a third-year Economics PhD Student at the University of California, Berkeley.

My interests are: Labor and Development Economics, Inequality and Economics of Education.

Email: mbadilla@berkeley.edu

Link to my CV

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Work in Progress:

• The Local Economic Implications of Mobile Pensioners: Evidence from Europe, with Benjamin Faber (UC Berkeley), Antoine Levy (UC Berkeley) and Mathilde Muñoz (UC Berkeley).
• Switching from High-stakes to Low-stakes Evaluation: Evidence from a University-level Reform, with Alonso Alfaro (BCCR).
• Top Students: Pushing Ahead and Pulling Along, with Alonso Alfaro (BCCR).

Recent publications:

• The Role of the Gender Wage Gap in Overall Wage Inequality: A quantitative exercise. Journal Economía-LACEA, Volume 21, Number 1, Fall 2020, pp. 169-207. (PUBLICATION) (WORKING PAPER)

• Importancia relativa de los beneficios intangibles de la Inversión Extranjera Directa (IED) en Zonas Francas en Costa Rica. Con Alonso Alfaro, Isabela Manelici y José Vásquez. Documento de investigación DI-08-2021, Departamento de Investigación, Banco Central de Costa Rica. (PUBLICATION)