Leonardo Bonilla‐mejía
Biographic Data
| ID | 4167073 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Leonardo Bonilla‐mejía |
| GIVEN NAMES | Leonardo |
| FAMILY NAME | Bonilla‐mejía |
| SIGNATURE | MEJÍA L B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Banco de la República Colombia |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1279-3354 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 21 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2027 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Is drug-related violence fueling emigration from Central America?
Geographic isolation and learning
Jam-Barrel Politics
This paper studies the executive-legislative exchange of centrally allocated benefits (jam) for legislative support in Colombia using data from road building projects, legislative roll-call votes, and a leaked database which uncovered the assignment of road contracts to individual legislators. We draw hypotheses from a model in which an executive spreads jam to sway legislators. We document that assigned projects had excess costs, legislators tar…
The Labor Market Effect of South-to-South Migration
Following Venezuela's economic collapse, millions have fled the country. This article assesses the impact of the migration wave on the labor market outcomes of migrants and nonmigrants in Colombia, the major recipient of Venezuelan refugees and migrants. We address potential endogeneity problems in the estimation using a Bartik-type instrumental variable approach that exploits the regional variation of migrant networks and the timing and intensit…
Mining and human capital accumulation
Protected Areas under Weak Institutions
Quiénes eligen carreras en educación en Colombia? Caracterización desde el desempeño en las pruebas Saber 11°
Yet little is known in Colombia about the quality of teachers. In this paper we ask about the academic standard of people who study and obtain a tertiary degree in education. Results show a negative relationship between results in the standardized test to enter higher education (Saber 11°) and the probability of studying (and obtaining) a tertiary degree in education (relative to other areas of study). We estimate that this probability is five ti…
Demografía, juventud y homicidios en Colombia, 1979-2006
Durante los años sesenta la población colombiana creció a tasas históricamente altas, los niños y niñas nacidos durante este periodo se hicieron jóvenes adultos en las décadas de los ochenta y noventa, años en los cuales más homicidios se cometieron en la historia reciente del país. Este documento busca esclarecer si existe alguna relación entre estos dos fenómenos, y en particular, si la mayor proporción de jóvenes pudo causar mayores tasas de h…
Protected Areas under Weak Institutions
Mining and human capital accumulation
Quiénes eligen carreras en educación en Colombia? Caracterización desde el desempeño en las pruebas Saber 11°
Yet little is known in Colombia about the quality of teachers. In this paper we ask about the academic standard of people who study and obtain a tertiary degree in education. Results show a negative relationship between results in the standardized test to enter higher education (Saber 11°) and the probability of studying (and obtaining) a tertiary degree in education (relative to other areas of study). We estimate that this probability is five ti…
Demografía, juventud y homicidios en Colombia, 1979-2006
Durante los años sesenta la población colombiana creció a tasas históricamente altas, los niños y niñas nacidos durante este periodo se hicieron jóvenes adultos en las décadas de los ochenta y noventa, años en los cuales más homicidios se cometieron en la historia reciente del país. Este documento busca esclarecer si existe alguna relación entre estos dos fenómenos, y en particular, si la mayor proporción de jóvenes pudo causar mayores tasas de h…
Quiénes eligen carreras en educación en Colombia? Caracterización desde el desempeño en las pruebas Saber 11°
Yet little is known in Colombia about the quality of teachers. In this paper we ask about the academic standard of people who study and obtain a tertiary degree in education. Results show a negative relationship between results in the standardized test to enter higher education (Saber 11°) and the probability of studying (and obtaining) a tertiary degree in education (relative to other areas of study). We estimate that this probability is five ti…
Protected Areas under Weak Institutions
Mining and human capital accumulation
Geographic isolation and learning
Jam-Barrel Politics
This paper studies the executive-legislative exchange of centrally allocated benefits (jam) for legislative support in Colombia using data from road building projects, legislative roll-call votes, and a leaked database which uncovered the assignment of road contracts to individual legislators. We draw hypotheses from a model in which an executive spreads jam to sway legislators. We document that assigned projects had excess costs, legislators tar…
The Labor Market Effect of South-to-South Migration
Following Venezuela's economic collapse, millions have fled the country. This article assesses the impact of the migration wave on the labor market outcomes of migrants and nonmigrants in Colombia, the major recipient of Venezuelan refugees and migrants. We address potential endogeneity problems in the estimation using a Bartik-type instrumental variable approach that exploits the regional variation of migrant networks and the timing and intensit…
Is drug-related violence fueling emigration from Central America?
Economics (5 works) · Geography (5 works) · Economic growth (3 works) · Business (2 works) · Demographic economics (2 works) · Endogeneity (2 works) · Humanities (2 works) · Instrumental variable (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · School Choice and Performance (2 works)