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Virgilio Galdo

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Working papers

  1. D'Aoust,Olivia Severine & Galdo,Virgilio & Ianchovichina,Elena, 2023. "Territorial Productivity Differences and Dynamics within Latin American Countries," Policy Research Working Paper Series 10480, The World Bank.
  2. Galdo,Virgilio & Li,Yue-000316086 & Rama,Martin G., 2020. "Identifying Urban Areas by Combining Human Judgment and Machine Learning : An Application to India," Policy Research Working Paper Series 0160, The World Bank.
  3. Beyer,Robert Carl Michael & Franco Bedoya,Sebastian & Galdo,Virgilio, 2020. "Examining the Economic Impact of COVID-19 in India through Daily Electricity Consumption and Nighttime Light Intensity," Policy Research Working Paper Series 9291, The World Bank.
  4. Galdo, Virgilio & Lopez-Acevedo, Gladys & Rama, Martin, 2020. "Conflict and the Composition of Economic Activity in Afghanistan," IZA Policy Papers 153, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
  5. Beyer,Robert Carl Michael & Chhabra,Esha & Galdo,Virgilio & Rama,Martin G., 2018. "Measuring districts'monthly economic activity from outer space," Policy Research Working Paper Series 8523, The World Bank.
  6. Galdo,Virgilio & Li,Yue & Rama,Martin G., 2018. "Identifying Urban Areas by Combining Data from the Ground and from Outer Space : An Application to India," Policy Research Working Paper Series 8628, The World Bank.
  7. Dammert, Ana C. & Galdo, Jose C. & Galdo, Virgilio, 2015. "Integrating Mobile Phone Technologies into Labor-Market Intermediation: A Multi-Treatment Experimental Design," IZA Discussion Papers 9012, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
  8. Dammert, Ana C. & Galdo, Jose C. & Galdo, Virgilio, 2013. "Digital Labor-Market Intermediation and Job Expectations: Evidence from a Field Experiment," IZA Discussion Papers 7395, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
  9. Galdo, Virgilio & Chong, Alberto E., 2006. "On Foreign Participation and Hiring Patterns After Privatization," IDB Publications (Working Papers) 1562, Inter-American Development Bank.
  10. Chong, Alberto E. & Galdo, Virgilio & Torero, Maximo, 2006. "Does Privatization Deliver? Access to Telephone Services and Household Income in Poor Rural Areas Using a Quasi-Natural Experiment for Peru," 2006 Annual Meeting, August 12-18, 2006, Queensland, Australia 25691, International Association of Agricultural Economists.
  11. Virgilio Galdo & Alberto Chong, 2006. "Sobre la participación extranjera y los patrones de contratación después de la privatización," Research Department Publications 4442, Inter-American Development Bank, Research Department.
  12. Galdo, Virgilio & Torero, Máximo & Chong, Alberto E., 2005. "Does Privatization Deliver?: Access to Telephone Services and Household Income in Poor Rural Areas Using a Quasi-Natural Experiment in Peru," IDB Publications (Working Papers) 1935, Inter-American Development Bank.
  13. Alberto Chong & Virgilio Galdo & Máximo Torero, 2005. "¿Cumple la privatización lo que promete? El acceso a los servicios telefónicos y el ingreso familiar en zonas rurales pobres empleando un experimento cuasinatural en Perú," Research Department Publications 4418, Inter-American Development Bank, Research Department.
  14. Galdo, Virgilio & Briceño, Bertha, 2005. "Evaluating the Impact on Child Mortality of a Water Supply and Sewerage Expansion in Quito: Is Water Enough?," IDB Publications (Working Papers) 2833, Inter-American Development Bank.
  15. Galdo, Virgilio & Chong, Alberto E., 2003. "Should State-Owned Firms Change CEOs before Privatization?: The Case of the Telecommunications Industry," IDB Publications (Working Papers) 1453, Inter-American Development Bank.
  16. Alberto Chong & Virgilio Galdo, 2003. "La racionalización y los precios de la privatización en el sector de las telecomunicaciones," Research Department Publications 4320, Inter-American Development Bank, Research Department.
  17. Alberto Chong & Virgilio Galdo, 2003. "¿Deben las empresas propiedad del Estado cambiar de presidente ejecutivo antes de una privatización? El caso de la industria de telecomunicaciones," Research Department Publications 4322, Inter-American Development Bank, Research Department.
  18. Galdo, Virgilio & Chong, Alberto E., 2003. "Streamlining and Privatization Prices in the Telecommunications Industry," IDB Publications (Working Papers) 1451, Inter-American Development Bank.
  19. Torero, Maximo & Chowdhury, Shyamal K. & Galdo, Virgilio, 2002. "Willingness To Pay For The Telephone Service In Bangladesh And Peru," Discussion Papers 18758, University of Bonn, Center for Development Research (ZEF).

Articles

  1. Galdo Virgilio & Acevedo Gladys Lopez & Rama Martin, 2021. "Conflict and the composition of economic activity in Afghanistan," IZA Journal of Development and Migration, Sciendo & Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit GmbH (IZA), vol. 12(1), pages 1-23, January.
  2. Galdo, Virgilio & Li, Yue & Rama, Martin, 2021. "Identifying urban areas by combining human judgment and machine learning: An application to India," Journal of Urban Economics, Elsevier, vol. 125(C).
  3. Alberto Chong & Virgilio Galdo, 2021. "Direct and indirect effects of a massive piped water expansion on child‐related outcomes," Review of Development Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 25(3), pages 1576-1600, August.
  4. Beyer, Robert C.M. & Franco-Bedoya, Sebastian & Galdo, Virgilio, 2021. "Examining the economic impact of COVID-19 in India through daily electricity consumption and nighttime light intensity," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 140(C).
  5. Ana Dammert & Jose Galdo & Virgilio Galdo, 2015. "Integrating mobile phone technologies into labor-market intermediation: a multi-treatment experimental design," IZA Journal of Labor & Development, Springer;Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit GmbH (IZA), vol. 4(1), pages 1-27, December.
  6. Dammert, Ana C. & Galdo, Jose C. & Galdo, Virgilio, 2014. "Preventing dengue through mobile phones: Evidence from a field experiment in Peru," Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier, vol. 35(C), pages 147-161.
  7. Dammert, Ana C. & Galdo, Jose & Galdo, Virgilio, 2013. "Digital labor-market intermediation and job expectations: Evidence from a field experiment," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 120(1), pages 112-116.
  8. Alberto Chong & Virgilio Galdo, 2009. "Foreign Participation and Hiring Patterns after Privatization," LABOUR, CEIS, vol. 23(1), pages 195-207, March.
  9. Alberto Chong & Virgilio Galdo & Máximo Torero, 2009. "Access to Telephone Services and Household Income in Poor Rural Areas Using a Quasi‐natural Experiment for Peru," Economica, London School of Economics and Political Science, vol. 76(304), pages 623-648, October.
  10. Alberto Chong & Virgilio Galdo, 2007. "Should state-owned firms change CEOs before privatization? Some evidence from the telecommunications industry," Applied Economics Letters, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 14(8), pages 591-595.
  11. Alberto Chong & Virgilio Galdo, 2006. "Streamlining and Privatization Prices in the Telecommunications Industry," Economica, London School of Economics and Political Science, vol. 73(291), pages 461-484, August.
  12. Torero, Maximo & Chowdhury, Shyamal K. & Galdo, Virgilio, 2003. "Willingness to pay for the rural telephone service in Bangladesh and Peru," Information Economics and Policy, Elsevier, vol. 15(3), pages 327-361, September.
  13. Galdo Virgilio, 2000. "Telefonía pública en áreas rurales: identificación y cuantificación de los beneficios privados y sociales," Investigaciones, Consorcio de Investigación Económica y Social.

Books

  1. Barrera-Osorio, Felipe & Galdo, Virgilio & Schargrodsky, Ernesto & Galiani, Sebastián & González Rozada, Martín & Nakasone, Eduardo & Chong, Alberto E. & Coombs, Elizabeth & Gonzalez-Eiras, Martín & T, 2008. "Privatization for the Public Good?: Welfare Effects of Private Intervention in Latin America," IDB Publications (Books), Inter-American Development Bank, number 324, November.

Citations

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Working papers

  1. Galdo,Virgilio & Li,Yue-000316086 & Rama,Martin G., 2020. "Identifying Urban Areas by Combining Human Judgment and Machine Learning : An Application to India," Policy Research Working Paper Series 0160, The World Bank.

    Cited by:

    1. Bosker, Maarten & Park, Jane & Roberts, Mark, 2021. "Definition matters. Metropolitan areas and agglomeration economies in a large-developing country," Journal of Urban Economics, Elsevier, vol. 125(C).
    2. Marie-Pierre de Bellefon & Pierre-Philippe Combes & Gilles Duranton & Laurent Gobillon & Clément Gorin, 2019. "Delineating urban areas using building density," Working Papers 1931, Groupe d'Analyse et de Théorie Economique Lyon St-Étienne (GATE Lyon St-Étienne), Université de Lyon.
    3. Beyer,Robert Carl Michael & Franco Bedoya,Sebastian & Galdo,Virgilio, 2020. "Examining the Economic Impact of COVID-19 in India through Daily Electricity Consumption and Nighttime Light Intensity," Policy Research Working Paper Series 9291, The World Bank.
    4. Puente-Ajovín, Miguel & Ramos, Arturo & Sanz-Gracia, Fernando & Arribas-Bel, Daniel, 2020. "How sensitive is city size distribution to the definition of city? The case of Spain," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 197(C).
    5. Wei Zou & Fei Yang, 2024. "Does City Shape Affect China's Economic Development?," China & World Economy, Institute of World Economics and Politics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, vol. 32(1), pages 21-56, January.
    6. World Bank, 2020. "India Development Update, July 2020," World Bank Publications - Reports 34367, The World Bank Group.
    7. Imryoung Jeong & Hyunjoo Yang, 2021. "Using maps to predict economic activity," Papers 2112.13850, arXiv.org, revised Apr 2022.
    8. García-Suaza, Andres & Varela, Daniela, 2024. "Nightlight, landcover and buildings: understanding intracity socioeconomic differences," Documentos de Trabajo 21025, Universidad del Rosario.

  2. Beyer,Robert Carl Michael & Franco Bedoya,Sebastian & Galdo,Virgilio, 2020. "Examining the Economic Impact of COVID-19 in India through Daily Electricity Consumption and Nighttime Light Intensity," Policy Research Working Paper Series 9291, The World Bank.

    Cited by:

    1. Beyer,Robert Carl Michael & Hu,Yingyao & Yao,Jiaxiong, 2022. "Measuring Quarterly Economic Growth from Outer Space," Policy Research Working Paper Series 9893, The World Bank.
    2. Marcus Vinícius Coelho Vieira da Costa & Osmar Luiz Ferreira de Carvalho & Alex Gois Orlandi & Issao Hirata & Anesmar Olino de Albuquerque & Felipe Vilarinho e Silva & Renato Fontes Guimarães & Robert, 2021. "Remote Sensing for Monitoring Photovoltaic Solar Plants in Brazil Using Deep Semantic Segmentation," Energies, MDPI, vol. 14(10), pages 1-15, May.
    3. Chatterjee, Oindrila & Gopalakrishnan, Balagopal & Mohapatra, Sanket, 2024. "Gold in household portfolios during a pandemic: Evidence from India," International Review of Economics & Finance, Elsevier, vol. 93(PA), pages 1288-1306.
    4. Chakraborty, Tanika & Mukherjee, Anirban, 2022. "Economic geography of contagion: A study on Covid-19 outbreak in India," SocArXiv gp2wr, Center for Open Science.
    5. Haoqi Qian & Zhengyu Shi & Libo Wu, 2021. "Inferring Economic Condition Uncertainty from Electricity Big Data," Papers 2107.11593, arXiv.org, revised May 2023.
    6. Beyer,Robert Carl Michael & Jain,Tarun & Sinha,Sonalika, 2020. "Lights Out ? COVID-19 Containment Policies and Economic Activity," Policy Research Working Paper Series 9485, The World Bank.
    7. Nazarova, V. & Churakova, I. & Suvorova, M., 2024. "The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Russian stock market," Journal of the New Economic Association, New Economic Association, vol. 63(2), pages 117-143.
    8. Chakraborty, Tanika & Mukherjee, Anirban, 2022. "Economic geography of contagion: A study on Covid-19 outbreak in India," GLO Discussion Paper Series 1028, Global Labor Organization (GLO).
    9. Georgeta Soava & Anca Mehedintu & Mihaela Sterpu & Eugenia Grecu, 2021. "The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Electricity Consumption and Economic Growth in Romania," Energies, MDPI, vol. 14(9), pages 1-25, April.
    10. Guglielmo Maria Caporale & Abdurrahman Nazif Catik & Mohamad Husam Helmi & Coskun Akdeniz & Ali Ilhan, 2021. "The Effects of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Stock Markets, CDS and Economic Activity: Time-Varying Evidence from the US and Europe," CESifo Working Paper Series 9316, CESifo.
    11. Beyer,Robert Carl Michael & Narayanan,Abhinav & Thakur,Gogol Mitra, 2022. "Natural Disasters and Economic Dynamics : Evidence from the Kerala Floods," Policy Research Working Paper Series 10084, The World Bank.
    12. Bussolo,Maurizio & Kotia,Ananya & Sharma,Siddharth, 2021. "Workers at Risk : Panel Data Evidence on the COVID-19 Labor Market Crisis in India," Policy Research Working Paper Series 9584, The World Bank.
    13. Abu S. Shonchoy & Shatakshee Dhongde & Erdal Asker, 2023. "COVID-19 Lockdown and Neonatal Mortality: Evidence from India," Working Papers 2303, Florida International University, Department of Economics.
    14. Arshad,Selvia & Beyer,Robert Carl Michael, 2022. "Tracking Economic Fluctuations in Bangladesh with Electricity Consumption," Policy Research Working Paper Series 10002, The World Bank.
    15. Yanjun Wang & Fei Teng & Mengjie Wang & Shaochun Li & Yunhao Lin & Hengfan Cai, 2022. "Monitoring Spatiotemporal Distribution of the GDP of Major Cities in China during the COVID-19 Pandemic," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(13), pages 1-29, June.
    16. Sinha Roy,Sutirtha & Van Der Weide,Roy, 2022. "Poverty in India Has Declined over the Last Decade But Not As Much As Previously Thought," Policy Research Working Paper Series 9994, The World Bank.
    17. d’Aspremont, Alexandre & Arous, Simon Ben & Bricongne, Jean-Charles & Lietti, Benjamin & Meunier, Baptiste, 2024. "Satellites turn “concrete”: tracking cement with satellite data and neural networks," Working Paper Series 2900, European Central Bank.
    18. Aziz N. Berdiev & Rajeev K. Goel & James W. Saunoris, 2022. "Do disease epidemics force economic activity underground? International evidence," Contemporary Economic Policy, Western Economic Association International, vol. 40(2), pages 263-282, April.
    19. Czura, Kristina & Englmaier, Florian & Ho, Hoa & Spantig, Lisa, 2022. "Microfinance loan officers before and during Covid-19: Evidence from India," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 152(C).
    20. Tanika Chakraborty & Anirban Mukherjee, 2023. "Economic geography of contagion: a study of COVID-19 outbreak in India," Journal of Population Economics, Springer;European Society for Population Economics, vol. 36(2), pages 779-811, April.
    21. Chanda, Areendam & Cook, C. Justin, 2022. "Was India’s demonetization redistributive? Insights from satellites and surveys," Journal of Macroeconomics, Elsevier, vol. 73(C).
    22. World Bank, 2020. "India Development Update, July 2020," World Bank Publications - Reports 34367, The World Bank Group.
    23. Bazzana, Davide & Cohen, Jed J. & Golinucci, Nicolò & Hafner, Manfred & Noussan, Michel & Reichl, Johannes & Rocco, Matteo Vincenzo & Sciullo, Alessandro & Vergalli, Sergio, 2022. "A multi-disciplinary approach to estimate the medium-term impact of COVID-19 on transport and energy: A case study for Italy," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 238(PC).
    24. Zhang, Guoxing & Shen, Lin & Su, Bin, 2023. "Temperature change and daily urban-rural residential electricity consumption in northwestern China: Responsiveness and inequality," Energy Economics, Elsevier, vol. 126(C).
    25. Ai, Hongshan & Zhong, Tenglong & Zhou, Zhengqing, 2022. "The real economic costs of COVID-19: Insights from electricity consumption data in Hunan Province, China," Energy Economics, Elsevier, vol. 105(C).
    26. Amir Masoud Rahmani & Seyedeh Yasaman Hosseini Mirmahaleh, 2024. "An Intelligent Algorithm to Predict GDP Rate and Find a Relationship Between COVID-19 Outbreak and Economic Downturn," Computational Economics, Springer;Society for Computational Economics, vol. 63(3), pages 1001-1020, March.
    27. Ten,Gi Khan & Merfeld,Joshua David & Hirfrfot,Kibrom Tafere & Newhouse,David Locke & Pape,Utz Johann, 2022. "How Well Can Real-Time Indicators Track the Economic Impacts of a Crisis Like COVID-19 ?," Policy Research Working Paper Series 10080, The World Bank.
    28. Arshad, Selvia & Beyer, Robert C.M., 2023. "Tracking economic fluctuations with electricity consumption in Bangladesh," Energy Economics, Elsevier, vol. 123(C).
    29. Ricardo Muñoz-Cancino & Sebastian A. Rios & Marcel Goic & Manuel Graña, 2021. "Non-Intrusive Assessment of COVID-19 Lockdown Follow-Up and Impact Using Credit Card Information: Case Study in Chile," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(11), pages 1-16, May.
    30. Karymshakov, Kamalbek & Azhgaliyeva, Dina & Mishra, Ranjeeta & Aseinov, Dastan, 2022. "Evaluating COVID-19’s Impact on Firm Performance in the CAREC Region Using Night-Time Light Data: Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, and Mongolia," ADBI Working Papers 1332, Asian Development Bank Institute.
    31. Chakraborty, Tanika & Mukherjee, Anirban, 2021. "Economic Geography of Contagion: A Study on COVID-19 Outbreak in India," IZA Discussion Papers 14400, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
    32. Jacek Artur Strojny & Michał Stanisław Chwastek & Elżbieta Badach & Sławomir Jacek Lisek & Piotr Kacorzyk, 2022. "Impacts of COVID-19 on Energy Expenditures of Local Self-Government Units in Poland," Energies, MDPI, vol. 15(4), pages 1-25, February.
    33. Roberts,Mark, 2021. "Tracking Economic Activity in Response to the COVID-19 Crisis Using Nighttime Lights — The Case of Morocco," Policy Research Working Paper Series 9538, The World Bank.
    34. McSharry, Patrick & Mawejje, Joseph, 2024. "Estimating urban GDP growth using nighttime lights and machine learning techniques in data poor environments: The case of South Sudan," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 203(C).
    35. Oindrila Chatterjee & Balagopal Gopalakrishnan & Sanket Mohapatra, 2023. "Gold in household portfolios during a pandemic: Evidence from an emerging economy," IIMA Working Papers WP 2023-06-01, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, Research and Publication Department.
    36. Sonia Akter & Talitha Fauzia Chairunissa & Madhavi Pundit, 2024. "Assessing “Invisible Loss” During Medium-Term Earthquake Recovery: The Case of Indonesia's 2016 Aceh Earthquakes," Economics of Disasters and Climate Change, Springer, vol. 8(3), pages 541-561, November.
    37. Shubhangi Agrawal & Sambit Bhattacharyya & Chirantan Chatterjee & Somdeep Chatterjee, 2024. "Income shock and Women’s Health Spending:Evidence from India," Working Paper Series 1324, Department of Economics, University of Sussex Business School.

  3. Galdo, Virgilio & Lopez-Acevedo, Gladys & Rama, Martin, 2020. "Conflict and the Composition of Economic Activity in Afghanistan," IZA Policy Papers 153, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).

    Cited by:

    1. Muhammad Qahraman Kakar, 2021. "Ethnic Disparities, Women Education and Empowerment in South Asia," Erudite Ph.D Dissertations, Erudite, number ph21-01 edited by Manon Domingues Dos Santos.
    2. Najam, Rafiuddin, 2024. "Closing the gap: Effect of a gender quota on women’s access to education in Afghanistan," Economics of Education Review, Elsevier, vol. 99(C).

  4. Beyer,Robert Carl Michael & Chhabra,Esha & Galdo,Virgilio & Rama,Martin G., 2018. "Measuring districts'monthly economic activity from outer space," Policy Research Working Paper Series 8523, The World Bank.

    Cited by:

    1. Chanda, Areendam & Cook, Justin, 2019. "Who Gained from India’s Demonetization? Insights from Satellites and Surveys," MPRA Paper 95762, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    2. Rangel González Erick & Llamosas-Rosas Irving, 2021. "Observing the Evolution of the Informal Sector from Space: A Municipal Approach 2013-2020," Working Papers 2021-18, Banco de México.
    3. Beyer,Robert Carl Michael & Franco Bedoya,Sebastian & Galdo,Virgilio, 2020. "Examining the Economic Impact of COVID-19 in India through Daily Electricity Consumption and Nighttime Light Intensity," Policy Research Working Paper Series 9291, The World Bank.
    4. Galdo, Virgilio & Lopez-Acevedo, Gladys & Rama, Martin, 2020. "Conflict and the Composition of Economic Activity in Afghanistan," IZA Policy Papers 153, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
    5. Yonatan Navon & Ashton de Silva, 2023. "Measuring Local Economic Activity Using Pedestrian Count Data," The Economic Record, The Economic Society of Australia, vol. 99(S1), pages 35-49, December.
    6. Soma Sarkar, 2021. "Rapid assessment of cyclone damage using NPP-VIIRS DNB and ancillary data," Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, Springer;International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, vol. 106(1), pages 579-593, March.
    7. Felbermayr, Gabriel & Gröschl, Jasmin & Sanders, Mark & Schippers, Vincent & Steinwachs, Thomas, 2022. "The economic impact of weather anomalies," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 151(C).
    8. Beyer,Robert Carl Michael & Jain,Tarun & Sinha,Sonalika, 2020. "Lights Out ? COVID-19 Containment Policies and Economic Activity," Policy Research Working Paper Series 9485, The World Bank.
    9. Jeet Agnihotri & Subhankar Mishra, 2021. "Indian Economy and Nighttime Lights," Papers 2103.03179, arXiv.org.
    10. Pandey, Vivek & Singh, Shyam & Kumar, Deepak, 2022. "COVID-19, information management by local governments, and food consumption," Food Policy, Elsevier, vol. 110(C).
    11. Syed Abul, Basher & Jobaida, Behtarin & Salim, Rashid, 2022. "Convergence across Subnational Regions of Bangladesh – What the Night Lights Data Say?," MPRA Paper 111963, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    12. John Gibson & Susan Olivia & Geua Boe‐Gibson, 2020. "Night Lights In Economics: Sources And Uses," Journal of Economic Surveys, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 34(5), pages 955-980, December.
    13. Martin Rama, 2019. "Challenges in Measuring Poverty and Understanding its Dynamics: A South Asian Perspective," Review of Income and Wealth, International Association for Research in Income and Wealth, vol. 65(S1), pages 2-32, November.
    14. Chanda, Areendam & Cook, C. Justin, 2022. "Was India’s demonetization redistributive? Insights from satellites and surveys," Journal of Macroeconomics, Elsevier, vol. 73(C).
    15. World Bank, 2020. "India Development Update, July 2020," World Bank Publications - Reports 34367, The World Bank Group.
    16. Singh, Vinay Kumar & Ghosh, Sajal, 2021. "Financial inclusion and economic growth in India amid demonetization: A case study based on panel cointegration and causality," Economic Analysis and Policy, Elsevier, vol. 71(C), pages 674-693.
    17. Adnan M.S. Fakir & Tushar Bharati, 2022. "Health Costs of a "Healthy Democracy": The Impact of Peaceful Political Protests on Healthcare Utilization," Working Paper Series 0522, Department of Economics, University of Sussex Business School.
    18. Markus Eller & Branimir Jovanovic & Thomas Scheiber, 2021. "What do people in CESEE think about public debt?," Focus on European Economic Integration, Oesterreichische Nationalbank (Austrian Central Bank), issue Q3/21, pages 35-58.
    19. Najam, Rafiuddin, 2024. "Closing the gap: Effect of a gender quota on women’s access to education in Afghanistan," Economics of Education Review, Elsevier, vol. 99(C).
    20. José Joaquín Endara, 2020. "Refugee influx and economic activity: evidence from Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh," Asociación Argentina de Economía Política: Working Papers 4341, Asociación Argentina de Economía Política.

  5. Galdo,Virgilio & Li,Yue & Rama,Martin G., 2018. "Identifying Urban Areas by Combining Data from the Ground and from Outer Space : An Application to India," Policy Research Working Paper Series 8628, The World Bank.

    Cited by:

    1. Daniele Ehrlich & Sergio Freire & Michele Melchiorri & Thomas Kemper, 2021. "Open and Consistent Geospatial Data on Population Density, Built-Up and Settlements to Analyse Human Presence, Societal Impact and Sustainability: A Review of GHSL Applications," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(14), pages 1-24, July.
    2. Galdo, Virgilio & Li, Yue & Rama, Martin, 2021. "Identifying urban areas by combining human judgment and machine learning: An application to India," Journal of Urban Economics, Elsevier, vol. 125(C).

  6. Dammert, Ana C. & Galdo, Jose C. & Galdo, Virgilio, 2015. "Integrating Mobile Phone Technologies into Labor-Market Intermediation: A Multi-Treatment Experimental Design," IZA Discussion Papers 9012, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).

    Cited by:

    1. David McKenzie, 2017. "How Effective Are Active Labor Market Policies in Developing Countries? A Critical Review of Recent Evidence," The World Bank Research Observer, World Bank, vol. 32(2), pages 127-154.
    2. Escudero, Veronica & Kluve, Jochen & Mourelo, Elva López & Pignatti, Clemente, 2017. "Active Labour Market Programmes in Latin America and the Caribbean: Evidence from a Meta Analysis," IZA Discussion Papers 11039, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
    3. Beam, Emily A., 2016. "Do job fairs matter? Experimental evidence on the impact of job-fair attendance," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 120(C), pages 32-40.
    4. Ma, Wanglin & Qiu, Huanguang & Fan, Yubing & Zhou, Xiaoshi, 2020. "The joint effects of ICT adoption and access to credit on household income in China," 2020 Annual Meeting, July 26-28, Kansas City, Missouri 304431, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
    5. Uchenna R. Efobi & Belmondo V. Tanankem & Simplice A. Asongu, 2018. "Female Economic Participation with Information and Communication Technology Advancement: Evidence from Sub‐Saharan Africa," South African Journal of Economics, Economic Society of South Africa, vol. 86(2), pages 231-246, June.
    6. Asenjo, Antonia, & Escudero, Verónica, & Liepmann, Hannah,, 2022. "Why should we integrate income and employment support? a conceptual and empirical investigation," ILO Working Papers 995195493302676, International Labour Organization.
    7. Shubha Chakravarty & Mattias Lundberg & Plamen Nikolov & Juliane Zenker, 2019. "Vocational training programs and youth labor market outcomes: Evidence from Nepal," Framed Field Experiments 00678, The Field Experiments Website.
    8. Girum Abebe & Stefano Caria & Marcel Fafchamps & Paolo Falco & Simon Franklin & Simon Quinn, 2017. "Anonymity or Distance? Job Search and Labour Market Exclusion in a Growing African City," SERC Discussion Papers 0224, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE.
    9. Jones, Sam & Sen, Kunal, 2022. "Labour Market Effects of Digital Matching Platforms: Experimental Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa," IZA Discussion Papers 15409, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
    10. O'Leary, Christopher J. & Cravo, Tulio & Sierra, Ana Cristina & Justino, Leandro, 2019. "The Effect of Job Referrals on Labor Market Outcomes in Brazil," IDB Publications (Working Papers) 9509, Inter-American Development Bank.
    11. Girum Abebe & Stefano Caria & Marcel Fafchamps & Paolo Falco & Simon Franklin & Simon Quinn & Forhad Shilpi, 2017. "Matching Firms and Workers in a Field Experiment in Ethiopia," SERC Discussion Papers 0225, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE.
    12. Uchenna R. Efobi & Belmondo V. Tanankem & Simplice A. Asongu, 2018. "Female Economic Participation with Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Advancement: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa," Research Africa Network Working Papers 18/005, Research Africa Network (RAN).
    13. O’Leary, Christopher & Cravo, Túlio & Sierra, Ana Cristina & Justino, Leandro, 2021. "Effects of job referrals on labor market outcomes in Brazil," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 123069, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
    14. Efobi Uchenna & Adejumo O. Oluwabunmi, 2020. "Cooking technology and female labor market outcomes in sub‐Saharan Africa," African Development Review, African Development Bank, vol. 32(4), pages 661-672, December.

  7. Dammert, Ana C. & Galdo, Jose C. & Galdo, Virgilio, 2013. "Digital Labor-Market Intermediation and Job Expectations: Evidence from a Field Experiment," IZA Discussion Papers 7395, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).

    Cited by:

    1. Beam, Emily A., 2016. "Do job fairs matter? Experimental evidence on the impact of job-fair attendance," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 120(C), pages 32-40.
    2. Ana Dammert & Jose Galdo & Virgilio Galdo, 2015. "Integrating mobile phone technologies into labor-market intermediation: a multi-treatment experimental design," IZA Journal of Labor & Development, Springer;Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit GmbH (IZA), vol. 4(1), pages 1-27, December.
    3. Crépon, Bruno & van den Berg, Gerard J., 2016. "Active labor market policies," Working Paper Series 2016:17, IFAU - Institute for Evaluation of Labour Market and Education Policy.
    4. Peng Nie & Wanglin Ma & Alfonso Sousa-Poza, 2021. "The relationship between smartphone use and subjective well-being in rural China," Electronic Commerce Research, Springer, vol. 21(4), pages 983-1009, December.
    5. Rebecca Hartje & Michael Hübler, 2017. "Smartphones support smart labour," Applied Economics Letters, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 24(7), pages 467-471, April.
    6. Wheeler, Laurel & Garlick, Robert & Johnson, Eric & Shaw, Patrick & Gargano, Marissa, 2019. "LinkedIn(to) Job Opportunities: Experimental Evidence from Job Readiness Training," Working Papers 2019-14, University of Alberta, Department of Economics.
    7. Ma, W. & Grafton, Q. & Renwick, A., 2018. "Gender and Income Effects of Smartphone Use: The Case of Rural China," 2018 Conference, July 28-August 2, 2018, Vancouver, British Columbia 277310, International Association of Agricultural Economists.
    8. Ma, Wanglin & Renwick, Alan & Nie, Peng & Tang, Jianjun & Cai, Rong, 2018. "Off-farm work, smartphone use and household income: Evidence from rural China," China Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 52(C), pages 80-94.
    9. Wanglin Ma & R. Quentin Grafton & Alan Renwick, 2020. "Smartphone use and income growth in rural China: empirical results and policy implications," Electronic Commerce Research, Springer, vol. 20(4), pages 713-736, December.

  8. Galdo, Virgilio & Torero, Máximo & Chong, Alberto E., 2005. "Does Privatization Deliver?: Access to Telephone Services and Household Income in Poor Rural Areas Using a Quasi-Natural Experiment in Peru," IDB Publications (Working Papers) 1935, Inter-American Development Bank.

    Cited by:

    1. Nakasone, Eduardo & Torero, Maximo, 2016. "A text message away: ICTs as a tool to improve food security," MPRA Paper 75854, University Library of Munich, Germany.

  9. Galdo, Virgilio & Briceño, Bertha, 2005. "Evaluating the Impact on Child Mortality of a Water Supply and Sewerage Expansion in Quito: Is Water Enough?," IDB Publications (Working Papers) 2833, Inter-American Development Bank.

    Cited by:

    1. Bouillon, César P. & Tejerina, Luis, 2006. "Do We Know What Works?: A Systematic Review of Impact Evaluations of Social Programs in Latin America and the Caribbean. Latest version," IDB Publications (Working Papers) 4297, Inter-American Development Bank.
    2. Mattos, Enlinson & Pinto, Cristine Campos de Xavier & Teixeira, Lucas, 2015. "Sanitation and health: empirical evidence for Brazilian municipalities," Textos para discussão 392, FGV EESP - Escola de Economia de São Paulo, Fundação Getulio Vargas (Brazil).
    3. Fabio Sánchez Torres & Alexander Vega Carvajal, 2014. "Cobertura de Acueducto y Alcantarillado, Calidad del Agua y Mortalidad Infantil en Colombia, 2000-2012," Documentos CEDE 12228, Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Economía, CEDE.
    4. Meeks, Robyn, 2018. "Property Rights and Water Access: Evidence from Land Titling in Rural Peru," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 102(C), pages 345-357.
    5. Robyn Meeks, 2011. "Communal Taps: Assessing the Impacts of Shared Piped Water Supplies in Rural Kyrgyzstan," CID Working Papers 49, Center for International Development at Harvard University.
    6. Granados, Claudia & Sánchez, Fabio, 2014. "Water Reforms, Decentralization and Child Mortality in Colombia, 1990–2005," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 53(C), pages 68-79.

  10. Galdo, Virgilio & Chong, Alberto E., 2003. "Streamlining and Privatization Prices in the Telecommunications Industry," IDB Publications (Working Papers) 1451, Inter-American Development Bank.

    Cited by:

    1. Santos, José Eusébio & Andini, Corrado, 2024. "Net privatisation prices in Brazil," Emerging Markets Review, Elsevier, vol. 60(C).
    2. Joan Calzada & Anton Costas, 2013. "“La liberalización de las telecomunicaciones en España: control de la inflación y universalización del servicio”," IREA Working Papers 201310, University of Barcelona, Research Institute of Applied Economics, revised May 2013.
    3. Lourdes Torres & Patricia Bachiller, 2013. "Efficiency of telecommunications companies in European countries," Journal of Management & Governance, Springer;Accademia Italiana di Economia Aziendale (AIDEA), vol. 17(4), pages 863-886, November.
    4. Alberto Chong & Florencio Lopez-de-Silanes, 2003. "The Truth About Privatization in Latin America," Research Department Publications 3180, Inter-American Development Bank, Research Department.
    5. Alberto Chong & Alejandro Riaño, 2006. "El entorno político y los precios de las privatizaciones," Research Department Publications 4440, Inter-American Development Bank, Research Department.
    6. Alberto Chong & Alejandro Riaño, 2006. "Political Environment and Privatization Prices," Research Department Publications 4439, Inter-American Development Bank, Research Department.
    7. Alberto Chong & Jorge Guillen & Alejandro Riano, 2010. "Political and institutional environment and privatization prices," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 142(1), pages 91-110, January.

Articles

  1. Galdo Virgilio & Acevedo Gladys Lopez & Rama Martin, 2021. "Conflict and the composition of economic activity in Afghanistan," IZA Journal of Development and Migration, Sciendo & Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit GmbH (IZA), vol. 12(1), pages 1-23, January.
    See citations under working paper version above.
  2. Galdo, Virgilio & Li, Yue & Rama, Martin, 2021. "Identifying urban areas by combining human judgment and machine learning: An application to India," Journal of Urban Economics, Elsevier, vol. 125(C).
    See citations under working paper version above.
  3. Beyer, Robert C.M. & Franco-Bedoya, Sebastian & Galdo, Virgilio, 2021. "Examining the economic impact of COVID-19 in India through daily electricity consumption and nighttime light intensity," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 140(C).
    See citations under working paper version above.
  4. Ana Dammert & Jose Galdo & Virgilio Galdo, 2015. "Integrating mobile phone technologies into labor-market intermediation: a multi-treatment experimental design," IZA Journal of Labor & Development, Springer;Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit GmbH (IZA), vol. 4(1), pages 1-27, December.
    See citations under working paper version above.
  5. Dammert, Ana C. & Galdo, Jose C. & Galdo, Virgilio, 2014. "Preventing dengue through mobile phones: Evidence from a field experiment in Peru," Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier, vol. 35(C), pages 147-161.

    Cited by:

    1. Aziz, Sonia & Boyle, Kevin & Akanda, Ali S. & Hanifi, M.A. & Pakhtigian, Emily L., 2022. "Early Warning Systems, Mobile Technology, and Cholera Aversion: Evidence from Rural Bangladesh," RFF Working Paper Series 22-24, Resources for the Future.
    2. Ana Dammert & Jose Galdo & Virgilio Galdo, 2015. "Integrating mobile phone technologies into labor-market intermediation: a multi-treatment experimental design," IZA Journal of Labor & Development, Springer;Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit GmbH (IZA), vol. 4(1), pages 1-27, December.
    3. Marcus, Maja-Emilia & Reuter, Anna & Rogge, Lisa & Vollmer, Sebastian, 2021. "Did you know? The effect of SMS reminders on health screening uptake in Indonesia," VfS Annual Conference 2021 (Virtual Conference): Climate Economics 242404, Verein für Socialpolitik / German Economic Association.
    4. Lenel, Friederike & Priebe, Jan & Satriawan, Elan & Syamsulhakim, Ekki, 2022. "Can mHealth campaigns improve CCT outcomes? Experimental evidence from sms-nudges in Indonesia," Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier, vol. 86(C).
    5. Beuermann, Diether & Anta, Rafael & García, Patricia J. & Maffioli, Alessandro & Perez Lu, Jose & Rodrigo, Maria Fernanda, 2015. "Information and Communication Technologies, Prenatal Care Services and Neonatal Health," IDB Publications (Working Papers) 6940, Inter-American Development Bank.
    6. Kai Barron & Luis Fernando Gamboa & Paul Rodriguez-Lesmes, 2015. "Short Term Health Shocks and School Attendance: The Case of a Dengue Fever Outbreak in Colombia," Documentos de Trabajo 12646, Universidad del Rosario.
    7. Aggarwal, Shilpa, 2021. "The long road to health: Healthcare utilization impacts of a road pavement policy in rural India," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 151(C).
    8. Rajkhowa, Pallavi & Qaim, Matin, 2022. "Mobile phones, women's physical mobility, and contraceptive use in India," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 305(C).
    9. Pakhtigian, Emily L. & Aziz, Sonia & Boyle, Kevin J. & Akanda, Ali S. & Hanifi, S.M.A., 2024. "Early warning systems, mobile technology, and cholera aversion: Evidence from rural Bangladesh," Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Elsevier, vol. 125(C).
    10. Manuela Fritz & Michael Grimm & Ingmar Weber & Elad Yom-Tov & Benedictus Praditya, 2022. "Uncover your risk! Using Facebook to increase personal risk awareness and screening of type 2 diabetes in Indonesia," Working Papers 221, Bavarian Graduate Program in Economics (BGPE).
    11. Haenssgen, Marco J. & Ariana, Proochista, 2017. "The Social Implications of Technology Diffusion: Uncovering the Unintended Consequences of People’s Health-Related Mobile Phone Use in Rural India and China," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 94(C), pages 286-304.
    12. Flückiger, Matthias & Ludwig, Markus, 2023. "Mobile phone coverage and infant mortality in sub-Saharan Africa," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 211(C), pages 462-485.

  6. Dammert, Ana C. & Galdo, Jose & Galdo, Virgilio, 2013. "Digital labor-market intermediation and job expectations: Evidence from a field experiment," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 120(1), pages 112-116.
    See citations under working paper version above.
  7. Alberto Chong & Virgilio Galdo & Máximo Torero, 2009. "Access to Telephone Services and Household Income in Poor Rural Areas Using a Quasi‐natural Experiment for Peru," Economica, London School of Economics and Political Science, vol. 76(304), pages 623-648, October.

    Cited by:

    1. Antonio Estache, 2010. "A survey of impact evaluations of infrastructure projects, programs and policies," Working Papers ECARES 2010_005, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles.
    2. Srinuan, Chalita, 2014. "Uncertainty of public pay phone in Thailand: Implications for the universal service obligation," Telecommunications Policy, Elsevier, vol. 38(8), pages 730-740.
    3. Insa Flachsbarth & Simone Schotte & Jann Lay & Alberto Garrido, 2018. "Rural structural change, poverty and income distribution: evidence from Peru," The Journal of Economic Inequality, Springer;Society for the Study of Economic Inequality, vol. 16(4), pages 631-653, December.
    4. Díaz-Bonilla, Eugenio, 2015. "Lost in translation: The fractured conversation about trade and food security:," IFPRI discussion papers 1490, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
    5. Musafiri, Ildephonse & Mirzabaev, Alisher, 2014. "Long-Term Determinants of Agricultural Output in Smallholder Farmers in Rwanda," 2014 Annual Meeting, July 27-29, 2014, Minneapolis, Minnesota 169867, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
    6. Sarkar, Kalyan & Deb, Sujit & Hazari, Sujoy, 2022. "The Impact of ICT on Rural Livelihood of Farmers in West Bengal, India," AGRIS on-line Papers in Economics and Informatics, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Faculty of Economics and Management, vol. 14(4), December.

  8. Alberto Chong & Virgilio Galdo, 2006. "Streamlining and Privatization Prices in the Telecommunications Industry," Economica, London School of Economics and Political Science, vol. 73(291), pages 461-484, August.
    See citations under working paper version above.
  9. Torero, Maximo & Chowdhury, Shyamal K. & Galdo, Virgilio, 2003. "Willingness to pay for the rural telephone service in Bangladesh and Peru," Information Economics and Policy, Elsevier, vol. 15(3), pages 327-361, September.

    Cited by:

    1. Linguère M'BAYE & Jean-Louis ARCAND, 2013. "Braving the waves: the role of time and risk preferences in illegal migration from Senegal," Working Papers 201316, CERDI.
    2. Muto, Megumi, 2009. "The impacts of mobile phone coverage expansion and personal networks on migration: evidence from Uganda," 2009 Conference, August 16-22, 2009, Beijing, China 51898, International Association of Agricultural Economists.
    3. Srinuan, Chalita, 2014. "Uncertainty of public pay phone in Thailand: Implications for the universal service obligation," Telecommunications Policy, Elsevier, vol. 38(8), pages 730-740.
    4. World Bank, 2005. "Agriculture and Achieving the Millennium Development Goals," World Bank Publications - Reports 8455, The World Bank Group.
    5. Linguère M'BAYE & Jean-Louis ARCAND, 2011. "Braving the waves: The economics of clandestine migration from Africa," Working Papers 201104, CERDI.
    6. Gasmi, Farid & Ivaldi, Marc & Recuero Virto, Laura, 2008. "An Empirical Analysis of Cellular Demand in South Africa," IDEI Working Papers 531, Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Toulouse.

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  1. NEP-EXP: Experimental Economics (2) 2013-05-19 2015-05-02
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  3. NEP-BIG: Big Data (1) 2020-03-16
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  6. NEP-DEV: Development (1) 2020-03-30
  7. NEP-ENE: Energy Economics (1) 2020-09-07
  8. NEP-IUE: Informal and Underground Economics (1) 2020-03-30
  9. NEP-LAB: Labour Economics (1) 2013-05-19
  10. NEP-LMA: Labor Markets - Supply, Demand, and Wages (1) 2015-05-02
  11. NEP-MAC: Macroeconomics (1) 2020-03-30
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