Cristian Jara-Figueroa
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 1752345 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Cristian Jara-Figueroa |
| PRENOMES | Cristian |
| SOBRENOME | Jara-Figueroa |
| ASSINATURA | JARA-FIGUEROA C |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0890-5536 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 6 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 85 |
| OBRAS COMO AUTOR | 6 |
| OBRAS COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2017 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2023 |
| ÍNDICE H | 3 |
JUE Insight
We study the effect of Opportunity Zones (OZs) on job postings using data comprising the near-universe of U.S. online job postings. The OZs program grants tax breaks for investment in designated distressed communities, nominated by each state’s governor based on multiple factors. We use propensity score matching to account for those factors and a difference-in-differences model over the matched sample to estimate the effect of the program. We fin…
The economic resilience of a city
Amenity clusters consisting of coffee shops, restaurants and other small businesses improve urban life and are a source of employment for city dwellers. Although most small business clusters were hit hard by restrictions imposed during the COVID-19 pandemic, some were able to adapt. What determines the economic resilience of amenity clusters? Using store-location data for Seoul from 2016 to 2021, we identify spatial clusters of amenities, and fro…
Local Labor Markets and Higher Education Mismatch
We analyze mismatches between local labor markets and higher education enrollments in 22 educational fields across 137 mesoregions in Brazil between 2009 and 2016 using a two-stage regression model. The results show that local labor markets have a significant effect on enrollment rates by field in higher education institutions and need to be considered by educational policies to prevent skill mismatches. Moreover, a large share of public universi…
Complex economic activities concentrate in large cities
The universal decay of collective memory and attention
Linking Economic Complexity, Institutions, and Income Inequality
Linking Economic Complexity, Institutions, and Income Inequality
The universal decay of collective memory and attention
Local Labor Markets and Higher Education Mismatch
We analyze mismatches between local labor markets and higher education enrollments in 22 educational fields across 137 mesoregions in Brazil between 2009 and 2016 using a two-stage regression model. The results show that local labor markets have a significant effect on enrollment rates by field in higher education institutions and need to be considered by educational policies to prevent skill mismatches. Moreover, a large share of public universi…
Complex economic activities concentrate in large cities
The economic resilience of a city
Amenity clusters consisting of coffee shops, restaurants and other small businesses improve urban life and are a source of employment for city dwellers. Although most small business clusters were hit hard by restrictions imposed during the COVID-19 pandemic, some were able to adapt. What determines the economic resilience of amenity clusters? Using store-location data for Seoul from 2016 to 2021, we identify spatial clusters of amenities, and fro…
JUE Insight
We study the effect of Opportunity Zones (OZs) on job postings using data comprising the near-universe of U.S. online job postings. The OZs program grants tax breaks for investment in designated distressed communities, nominated by each state’s governor based on multiple factors. We use propensity score matching to account for those factors and a difference-in-differences model over the matched sample to estimate the effect of the program. We fin…
Business (5 obras) · Economics (4 obras) · Economic Growth and Productivity (3 obras) · Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis (3 obras) · Computer Science (2 obras) · Demographic economics (2 obras) · Economic and Technological Innovation (2 obras) · Economic geography (2 obras) · Mathematics (2 obras) · Regional resilience and development (2 obras)