Marco Gonzalez-Navarro

Associate Professor

Education

Economics Ph.D. - Princeton University
M.A. Economic Theory - ITAM
B.A. Economics - ITAM

Publications

Working Papers
"Vulnerability and Clientelism", NBER WP 23589, Revision requested at American Economic Review. Gustavo Bobonis, Paul Gertler, Marco Gonzalez-Navarro, and Simeon Nichter.
"Measuring Welfare and Inequality with Incomplete Price Information", NBER WP 26890, Revision requested at Quarterly Journal of Economics. David Atkin, Benjamin Faber, Thibault Fally, and Marco Gonzalez-Navarro.
"Using Satellite Imagery and Deep Learning to Evaluate the Impact of Anti-Poverty Programs", Luna Yue Huang, Solomon Hsiang, and Marco Gonzalez-Navarro.
"The Effects of Road Quality on Household Welfare: Evidence from Indonesia's Highways", Paul Gertler, Marco Gonzalez-Navarro, Tadeja Gracner, and Alex Rothenberg.
Published and Forthcoming
"Subways and Urban Air Pollution" (2021) forthcoming American Economic Journal: Applied Economics. Nicolas Gendron-Carrier, Marco Gonzalez-Navarro, Stefano Polloni, and Matthew Turner.
“Appropriate Institutions? Traditional Governance and Public Goods Provision in Oaxaca, Mexico” (2021) AEA Papers and Proceedings, Vol. 111, pp. 243-247. Gustavo Bobonis, Juan C. Chaparro, Marco Gonzalez-Navarro, and Marta Rubio-Codina. [REPLICATION FILES]
"Do Information Technologies Improve Teenagers’ Sexual Education? Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation in Colombia" (2020) World Bank Economic Review, Vol. 34, Num. 2, pp. 371-392. Alberto Chong, Marco Gonzalez-Navarro, Dean Karlan, and Martin Valdivia. [REPLICATION FILES]
"Subways and Urban Growth: Evidence from Earth" (2018) Journal of Urban Economics, Vol. 108, pp. 85-106. Marco Gonzalez-Navarro and Matthew Turner. [SUBWAYS DATA FILES] [REPLICATION FILES]
“Retail Globalization and Household Welfare: Evidence from Mexico” (2018) Journal of Political Economy (lead article), February, Vol. 126, Num. 1, pp. 1-73. David Atkin, Benjamin Faber, and Marco Gonzalez-Navarro. [ANALYSIS FILES]
“Paving Streets for the Poor: Experimental Analysis of Infrastructure Effects” (2016), Review of Economics and Statistics, May, Vol. 98, Num. 2, pp. 254-267. Marco Gonzalez-Navarro and Climent Quintana-Domeque. [REPLICATION FILES]
“Delinking Land Rights from Land Use: Certification and Migration in Mexico” (2015) American Economic Review, October, Vol. 105, Num. 10, pp. 3125-3149. Alain de Janvry, Kyle Emerick, Marco Gonzalez-Navarro, and Elisabeth Sadoulet. [REPLICATION FILES]
“Are Land Reforms Granting Complete Property Rights Politically Risky? Electoral Outcomes of Mexico’s Certification Program” (2014) Journal of Development Economics, September, Vol. 110 pp. 216- 225. Alain de Janvry, Marco Gonzalez-Navarro, and Elisabeth Sadoulet.
“Deterrence and Geographical Externalities in Auto Theft” (2013) American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, October, Vol. 5 Num. 4 pp. 92-110. Marco Gonzalez-Navarro. [REPLICATION FILES]
“The Reliability of Self-Reported Home Values in a Developing Country Context” (2009) Journal of Housing Economics, December, Num. 18 pp. 311-324. Marco Gonzalez-Navarro and Climent Quintana-Domeque.

Recent Teaching:

ARE 219: Empirical project - 2nd year Ph.D.
ARE 251 / Econ 270A: Economic Development (Graduate)
EEP151 / ECON171-Economic Development (Undergraduate)
EEP152-Advanced Topics in Development and International Trade (Undergraduate)

Contact details

Marco Gonzalez-Navarro

E-mail marcog@berkeley.edu

Office hours

Fridays from 3:00-5:00 pm.
Please use this link to book a 30 minute appointment slot:
https://tinyurl.com/yy56o28n

Curriculum Vitae:

CV.pdf

Working Papers

Published and Forthcoming

Contact details

Marco Gonzalez-Navarro