Felipe Parra Escobar

Postdoc at Brown University. Ph.D. UW-Madison. 🇨🇴 (Juan 15:13)

[EGAP @EGAPTweets]

@a_alrababah 📄 Discrimination & Unit Cohesion in Modern Militaries / When Extractive Interests Govern: Local Political Power & Land Conflict Violence

📍 New Frontiers in Microdata Analysis of Conflict - Fri, September 4, 8:00 to 9:30am EDT

✍️ @jaylyall_red5 / @robert_a_blair

#EGAPAPSA

[Michael Weintraub @miweintraub83]

Thanks for the shout-out, @egaptweets!

It turns out I’ll be presenting another paper, on the effects of the “soldados de mi pueblo” program in Colombia, which deployed locally-recruited soldiers for counterinsurgency tasks. Joint work with @robert_a_blair @FelipeParraE and Gabriela Ramírez.

[VoxDev @vox_dev]

Extending maternity leave from 12 to 24 weeks in Chile increased mothers' formal employment for up to three years after childbirth, with no negative medium-term effects. https://t.co/8pgLAVXZ0M

[Economía Uniandes @EconomiaUAndes]

#NewPaper in Econometrica @ecmaEditors: a study by our professor Rachid Laajaj, with Karen Macours, examines how complex it is for farmer to learn about multiple practices and inputs at once, most common in sustainable agriculture.
📄 Read the paper: https://t.co/gJXnqFldXl

[Iván Higuera-Mendieta @ivanhigueram]

@matecastano @nberpubs Y se nota que no hay colombianos en el paper, porque definir la exposición a narcoticos usando la proporción de colombianos en USA en el county para medir el “networking del narcotráfico” es un poco sospechoso, no?

[Felipe Parra Escobar @FelipeParraE]

Excited to share Pedro’s JMP, now featured on the Development Impact Blog! He shows how digital receipts can help reduce information frictions in farmers’ supply chains in Uganda.

[Pedro Magaña Sáenz @PMASAE]

Excited to share that my JMP was featured on the World Bank’s Development Impact Blog!

The post shows how digital receipts can increase transparency, improve quality, and shift behavior in markets with information frictions.

https://t.co/DTZnKS249h

#EconJobMarket #EconTwitter

[Pedro Magaña Sáenz @PMASAE]

I was thrilled to present my JMP at the World Bank DIME–KDI School Development Impact Conference in DC. I shared results from my RCT on digital receipts in Uganda’s dairy sector and how reducing information frictions can improve outcomes for farmers #EconJobMarket #EconTwitter

[Wisconsin Economics @WIeconomics]

Andrea Franco’s JMP studies how neighborhood gang recruitment shapes teens’ choices between school and crime, their long-run outcomes, and how policies can intervene, using both design-based and structural approaches. #EconJobMarket #EconTwitter https://t.co/NLR93zB0ku

[Sebastián Ramírez @SebastianRamRa1]

Looking for municipal-level internet penetration data in Brazil (2011–2024). I’ve checked BDDados, PNAD, Anatel, and World Bank sources, and I have also reached out to local institutions. The Índice Brasileiro de Conectividade starts in 2021. Any suggestions from #EconTwitter?

[Daniel Parra @Danielf_Parra]

📢Sharing this again so no one misses it: BEEC 2026 in Bogotá 🇨🇴, Jan 15–16. Amazing lineup of keynotes. Submit your paper by Oct 7!

Would really appreciate if you can share or RT.

[Itzel De Haro @ItzelDeHaro]

🚨NEW PAPER, now published @WorldDevJournal!
I explore how the rise of fentanyl use in the U.S. reduced heroin revenues for Mexican cartels. As a result, cartels shifted to extorting the avocado industry, escalating violence in avocado-growing regions.
➡️https://t.co/l0nHh8UkfA

[VoxDev @vox_dev]

🆕 Digital reforms at Colombian ports: A win-win for growth and tax revenues

Today on VoxDev, Rachid Laajaj, Marcela Eslava @EconomiaUAndes & Tidiane Kinda @IMFNews outline the substantial benefits from computerising customs at Colombia's major ports:
https://t.co/ajVldrhuhL

[Econ That Matters @econthatmatters]

Studying the military bases in Colombia, @sakina0320 JMP found that “establishment of military bases, a government security program, has had unintended negative consequences on communities that host them” https://t.co/9Gk4pJwNWl #econtwitter #jmp

[Felipe Parra Escobar @FelipeParraE]

Excited to see my JMP featured at Econ That Matters! Thank you to @econthatmatters for highlighting my work. Check out the post here: https://t.co/YA5DA4GGLZ

[Econ That Matters @econthatmatters]

How is living surrounded by landmines? @FelipeParraE found that liquidity-constrained households are more likely to engage in high-risk activities https://t.co/xEXDpi5S4g #JMP #JMPBLOG #ETRM

[Fabiola Alba-Vivar @fabalbav]

Coming to SEA this weekend? Don’t miss Monday’s presentations! Come to the Political Economy and Labor Market Effects session - with a superb lineup! Check out the work of @FelipeParraE and Sarah Akyena who are on the market this year 🙌🏽

[Felipe Parra Escobar @FelipeParraE]

I'm excited to present my job market paper, coauthored with @sakina0320, on @Lacea_lames2024. Join us this Friday at 10:30 in room ASA 108. If you're in Montevideo, I'd love to connect and chat!

[Wisconsin Economics @WIeconomics]

Job market candidate, Shannon studies how firm level payroll subsidies impact the macro economy and welfare using a dynamic model with idiosyncratic income risk and endogenous layoffs.
#EconJobMarket #EconTwitter https://t.co/zE1kmVK35w

[Jessica Leight @leightjessica]

@BrianMccaig @NinaPavcnik @AditiBhowmick18 @claude_raisaro @alterelim @ruoqizho @suhani_jalota @MariaHdzdB @GGenicot @shatanjaya @SahayAbhilasha @p_mukherj @BilgeErten @s_anukriti @Danmaggioecon @RebeccaWuRX @ChauhanTarana @ViolaAsri @AnkeHoeffler @sakina0320 @FelipeParraE: localities hosting military bases in Colombia show ⬆️ sexual violence

[Wisconsin Economics @WIeconomics]

In his job market paper, Arjun Jain uses a value-added framework to explore heterogeneity in school effectiveness based on student health, and identify the ways in which schools can help students that are less healthy.
#EconJobMarket #EconTwitter https://t.co/zGOwRz0Uld

[Sakina Shibuya @sakina0320]

Thanks for the opportunity to present my JMP co-authored with @FelipeParraE ! I'm grateful for such a productive and encouraging discussion.