Marco Gonzalez-Navarro, PhD

Marco Gonzalez-Navarro

Assistant Professor

Education

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

Publications

"Subways and Urban Growth: Evidence from Earth" (2018) Journal of Urban Economics, Vol. 108, pp. 85-106. Marco Gonzalez-Navarro and Matthew Turner.
"Do Information Technologies Improve Teenagers’ Sexual Education? Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation in Colombia", forthcoming World Bank Economic Review. NBER WP 18776. Alberto Chong, Marco Gonzalez-Navarro, Dean Karlan, and Martin Valdivia.
“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.
“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.
“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.
“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.
“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.
Working Papers
"A New Engel on the Gains from Trade" David Atkin, Benjamin Faber, Marco Gonzalez-Navarro, and Thibault Fally
Subways and Urban Air Pollution, NBER WP 24183, Revision requested at American Economic Journal: Applied Economics. Nicolas Gendron-Carrier, Marco Gonzalez-Navarro, Stefano Polloni, and Matthew Turner.
"Vulnerability and Clientelism", NBER WP 23589, Gustavo Bobonis, Paul Gertler, Marco Gonzalez-Navarro, and Simeon Nichter.
"The Effects of Road Quality on Household Welfare: Evidence from Indonesia's Highways", Paul Gertler, Marco Gonzalez-Navarro, Tadeja Gracner, and Alex Rothenberg.

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

Thursdays 10:00-11:30am or by appointment

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Working Papers

Contact details

Marco Gonzalez-Navarro