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Hugo Jales

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(50%) Center for Policy Research
Maxwell School
Syracuse University

Syracuse, New York (United States)
http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/cpr.aspx
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(50%) Department of Economics
Maxwell School
Syracuse University

Syracuse, New York (United States)
http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/econ/
RePEc:edi:desyrus (more details at EDIRC)

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Working papers

  1. Alfonso Flores-Lagunes & Hugo Jales & Judith Liu & Norbert L. Wilson, 2023. "Moving Policies Toward Racial and Ethnic Equality: The Case of quality: The Case of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program," Center for Policy Research Working Papers 257, Center for Policy Research, Maxwell School, Syracuse University.
  2. Flores-Lagunes, Alfonso & Jales, Hugo B. & Liu, Judith & Wilson, Norbert L., 2023. "Moving Policies Toward Racial and Ethnic Equality: The Case of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program," GLO Discussion Paper Series 1272, Global Labor Organization (GLO).
  3. Hugo Jales & Zhengfei Yu, 2020. "Labor Market Policies in a Roy-Rosen Bargaining Economy," Center for Policy Research Working Papers 231, Center for Policy Research, Maxwell School, Syracuse University.
  4. Hugo Jales, 2015. "Estimating Effects of the Minimum Wage in a Developing Country: A Density Discontinuity Design Approach," Center for Policy Research Working Papers 184, Center for Policy Research, Maxwell School, Syracuse University.

Articles

  1. Jales, Hugo & Jiang, Boqian & Rosenthal, Stuart S., 2023. "JUE Insight: Using the mode to test for selection in city size wage premia," Journal of Urban Economics, Elsevier, vol. 133(C).
  2. Choo, Dahae & Jales, Hugo, 2021. "Childbearing and the distribution of the reservation price of fertility: The case of the Korean baby bonus program," Journal of Asian Economics, Elsevier, vol. 77(C).
  3. Jun Ma & Hugo Jales & Zhengfei Yu, 2020. "Minimum Contrast Empirical Likelihood Inference of Discontinuity in Density," Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 38(4), pages 934-950, October.
  4. Firpo, Sergio & Foguel, Miguel N. & Jales, Hugo, 2020. "Balancing tests in stratified randomized controlled trials: A cautionary note," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 186(C).
  5. Hugo Jales, 2018. "Estimating the effects of the minimum wage in a developing country: A density discontinuity design approach," Journal of Applied Econometrics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 33(1), pages 29-51, January.
  6. Hugo Jales & Thomas H. Kang & Guilherme Stein & Felipe Garcia Ribeiro, 2018. "Measuring the role of the 1959 revolution on Cuba's economic performance," The World Economy, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 41(8), pages 2243-2274, August.
  7. Alfonso Flores-Lagunes & Hugo B. Jales & Judith Liu & Norbert L. Wilson, 2018. "The Differential Incidence and Severity of Food Insecurity by Racial, Ethnic, and Immigrant Groups over the Great Recession in the United States," AEA Papers and Proceedings, American Economic Association, vol. 108, pages 379-383, May.
  8. Jales, Hugo & Ma, Jun & Yu, Zhengfei, 2017. "Optimal bandwidth selection for local linear estimation of discontinuity in density," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 153(C), pages 23-27.
  9. Sergio Firpo & Hugo Jales & Cristine Pinto, 2015. "Measuring peer effects in the Brazilian school system," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 47(32), pages 3414-3438, July.

Chapters

  1. Hugo Jales & Zhengfei Yu, 2017. "Identification and Estimation Using a Density Discontinuity Approach," Advances in Econometrics, in: Regression Discontinuity Designs, volume 38, pages 29-72, Emerald Group Publishing Limited.

Citations

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Working papers

  1. Hugo Jales & Zhengfei Yu, 2020. "Labor Market Policies in a Roy-Rosen Bargaining Economy," Center for Policy Research Working Papers 231, Center for Policy Research, Maxwell School, Syracuse University.

    Cited by:

    1. Rodrigo Ceni & Gabriel Merlo, 2021. "Twenty years of job flows in an emerging country," Documentos de Trabajo (working papers) 21-10, Instituto de Economía - IECON.

  2. Hugo Jales, 2015. "Estimating Effects of the Minimum Wage in a Developing Country: A Density Discontinuity Design Approach," Center for Policy Research Working Papers 184, Center for Policy Research, Maxwell School, Syracuse University.

    Cited by:

    1. Jales, Hugo & Jiang, Boqian & Rosenthal, Stuart S., 2023. "JUE Insight: Using the mode to test for selection in city size wage premia," Journal of Urban Economics, Elsevier, vol. 133(C).
    2. Marinho Bertanha & Andrew H. McCallum & Nathan Seegert, 2021. "Better Bunching, Nicer Notching," Finance and Economics Discussion Series 2021-002, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.).
    3. Gindling, T. H. & Ronconi, Lucas, 2023. "Minimum Wage Policy and Inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean," IDB Publications (Working Papers) 12931, Inter-American Development Bank.
    4. Pierre R. Brochu & David A. Green & Thomas Lemieux & James H. Townsend, 2025. "The Minimum Wage, Turnover, and the Shape of the Wage Distribution," NBER Working Papers 33479, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    5. Stijn Broecke & Alessia Forti & Marieke Vandeweyer, 2017. "The effect of minimum wages on employment in emerging economies: a survey and meta-analysis," Oxford Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 45(3), pages 366-391, July.
    6. Saraçoğlu, Dürdane Şirin, 2020. "Do labour market policies reduce the informal economy more effectively than enforcement and deterrence?," Journal of Policy Modeling, Elsevier, vol. 42(3), pages 679-698.
    7. Sharon Katzkowicz & Gabriela Pedetti & Martina Querejeta & Marcelo Bérgolo, 2019. "Low-Skilled Workers and the Effects of Minimum Wage: New Evidence Based on a Density-Discontinuity Approach," Working Papers PMMA 2019-10, PEP-PMMA.
    8. Howell, Anthony, 2020. "Minimum wage impacts on Han-minority Workers’ wage distribution and inequality in urban china," Journal of Urban Economics, Elsevier, vol. 115(C).
    9. Fossati, Sebastian & Marchand, Joseph T., 2022. "First to $ 15: Alberta's minimum wage policy on employment by wages, ages, and places," CLEF Working Paper Series 54, Canadian Labour Economics Forum (CLEF), University of Waterloo.
    10. Carlo Lombardo & Lucía Ramírez Leira & Leonardo Gasparini, 2024. "Does the Minimum Wage Affect Wage Inequality? A Study for the Six Largest Latin American Economies," Journal of Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 60(4), pages 494-510, April.
    11. David A. Green, 2014. "What is a minimum wage for? Empirical results and theories of justice," IFS Working Papers W14/24, Institute for Fiscal Studies.
    12. Samutpradit, Saisawat, 2024. "Employment effects of minimum wages in a dual economy: Evidence from Thailand," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 168(C).
    13. Du, Pengcheng & Wang, Shuxun, 2020. "The effect of minimum wage on firm markup: Evidence from China," Economic Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 86(C), pages 241-250.
    14. Sebastian Fossati & Joseph Marchand, 2024. "First to $15: Alberta’s Minimum Wage Policy on Employment by Wages, Ages, and Places," ILR Review, Cornell University, ILR School, vol. 77(1), pages 119-142, January.
    15. Jales, Hugo & Ma, Jun & Yu, Zhengfei, 2017. "Optimal bandwidth selection for local linear estimation of discontinuity in density," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 153(C), pages 23-27.
    16. Marinho Bertanha & Andrew H. McCallum & Alexis Payne & Nathan Seegert, 2022. "Bunching estimation of elasticities using Stata," Stata Journal, StataCorp LLC, vol. 22(3), pages 597-624, September.
    17. Fernandez Sierra, Manuel & Serrano, Gabriela, 2022. "New Perspectives on Inequality in Latin America," IZA Discussion Papers 15437, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
    18. Katzkowicz, Sharon & Pedetti, Gabriela & Querejeta, Martina & Bergolo, Marcelo, 2021. "Low-skilled workers and the effects of minimum wage in a developing country: Evidence based on a density-discontinuity approach," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 139(C).
    19. Darius Daniel Martin, 2021. "The Minimum Wage in a Roy Model with Monopsony," Journal of Labor Research, Springer, vol. 42(3), pages 358-381, December.
    20. Du, Pengcheng & Zheng, Yi & Wang, Shuxun, 2022. "The minimum wage and the financialization of firms: Evidence from China," China Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 76(C).
    21. Işık Enes & Orhangazi Özgür & Tekgüç Hasan, 2020. "Heterogeneous effects of minimum wage on labor market outcomes: A case study from Turkey," IZA Journal of Labor Policy, Sciendo & Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit GmbH (IZA), vol. 10(1), pages 1-41, March.
    22. Marcelo Castro & Cesar Tirso, 2023. "The impacts of the age of majority on the exposure to violent crimes," Empirical Economics, Springer, vol. 64(2), pages 983-1023, February.
    23. Eliana Carranza & Federica Saliola & Truman Packard, 2025. "Regulating Markets So More People Find Better Jobs," Social Protection Discussion Papers and Notes 197248, The World Bank.

Articles

  1. Jales, Hugo & Jiang, Boqian & Rosenthal, Stuart S., 2023. "JUE Insight: Using the mode to test for selection in city size wage premia," Journal of Urban Economics, Elsevier, vol. 133(C).

    Cited by:

    1. Liu, Crocker H. & Rosenthal, Stuart S. & Strange, William C., 2024. "Agglomeration Economies and the Built Environment: Evidence from Specialized Buildings and Anchor Tenants," Journal of Urban Economics, Elsevier, vol. 142(C).

  2. Jun Ma & Hugo Jales & Zhengfei Yu, 2020. "Minimum Contrast Empirical Likelihood Inference of Discontinuity in Density," Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 38(4), pages 934-950, October.

    Cited by:

    1. Matias D. Cattaneo & Rocio Titiunik, 2021. "Regression Discontinuity Designs," Papers 2108.09400, arXiv.org, revised Feb 2022.
    2. Jun Ma & Vadim Marmer & Artyom Shneyerov & Pai Xu, 2019. "Monotonicity-Constrained Nonparametric Estimation and Inference for First-Price Auctions," Papers 1909.12974, arXiv.org.
    3. Fitzgerald, Jack, 2025. "Manipulation Tests in Regression Discontinuity Design: The Need for Equivalence Testing," MetaArXiv 2dgrp_v1, Center for Open Science.
    4. Jun Ma & Zhengfei Yu, 2020. "Empirical Likelihood Covariate Adjustment for Regression Discontinuity Designs," Papers 2008.09263, arXiv.org, revised May 2024.

  3. Firpo, Sergio & Foguel, Miguel N. & Jales, Hugo, 2020. "Balancing tests in stratified randomized controlled trials: A cautionary note," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 186(C).

    Cited by:

    1. Piza, Caio & Zwager, Astrid & Ruzzante, Matteo & Dantas, Rafael & Loureiro, Andre, 2024. "Teacher-led innovations to improve education outcomes: Experimental evidence from Brazil," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 234(C).
    2. Brandon Genetin & Joyce Chen & Vladimir Kogan & Alan Kalish, 2022. "Mitigating implicit bias in student evaluations: A randomized intervention," Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 44(1), pages 110-128, March.

  4. Hugo Jales, 2018. "Estimating the effects of the minimum wage in a developing country: A density discontinuity design approach," Journal of Applied Econometrics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 33(1), pages 29-51, January.
    See citations under working paper version above.
  5. Hugo Jales & Thomas H. Kang & Guilherme Stein & Felipe Garcia Ribeiro, 2018. "Measuring the role of the 1959 revolution on Cuba's economic performance," The World Economy, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 41(8), pages 2243-2274, August.

    Cited by:

    1. Mohammad Reza Farzanegan, 2021. "Years of Life Lost to Revolution and War in Iran," CESifo Working Paper Series 9063, CESifo.
    2. Geloso, Vincent J. & Grier, Kevin B., 2022. "Love on the rocks: The causal effects of separatist governments in Quebec," European Journal of Political Economy, Elsevier, vol. 71(C).
    3. Ferman, Bruno & Pinto, Cristine Campos de Xavier, 2016. "Revisiting the synthetic control estimator," Textos para discussão 421, FGV EESP - Escola de Economia de São Paulo, Fundação Getulio Vargas (Brazil).
    4. David Gilchrist & Thomas Emery & Nuno Garoupa & Rok Spruk, 2023. "Synthetic Control Method: A tool for comparative case studies in economic history," Journal of Economic Surveys, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 37(2), pages 409-445, April.
    5. Absher, Samuel & Grier, Kevin & Grier, Robin, 2020. "The economic consequences of durable left-populist regimes in Latin America," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 177(C), pages 787-817.
    6. Mohammad Reza Farzanegan & Mohammad Ali Kadivar, 2021. "The Effect of Islamic Revolution and War on Income Inequality in Iran," CESifo Working Paper Series 9428, CESifo.
    7. Daniel D. Bonneau & Joshua C. Hall & Yang Zhou, 2022. "Institutional implant and economic stagnation: a counterfactual study of Somalia," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 190(3), pages 483-503, March.
    8. Samuel Verevis & Murat Üngör, 2021. "What has New Zealand gained from The FTA with China?: Two counterfactual analyses†," Scottish Journal of Political Economy, Scottish Economic Society, vol. 68(1), pages 20-50, February.

  6. Alfonso Flores-Lagunes & Hugo B. Jales & Judith Liu & Norbert L. Wilson, 2018. "The Differential Incidence and Severity of Food Insecurity by Racial, Ethnic, and Immigrant Groups over the Great Recession in the United States," AEA Papers and Proceedings, American Economic Association, vol. 108, pages 379-383, May.

    Cited by:

    1. Norris, Caroline & Berning, Joshua P. & Cleary, Rebecca, 2020. "Food Insecurity Among Immigrant Populations in the United States," 2020 Annual Meeting, July 26-28, Kansas City, Missouri 304558, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
    2. Flores-Lagunes, Alfonso & Jales, Hugo B. & Liu, Judith & Wilson, Norbert L., 2023. "Moving Policies Toward Racial and Ethnic Equality: The Case of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program," GLO Discussion Paper Series 1272, Global Labor Organization (GLO).
    3. Berning, Joshua P. & Bonanno, Alessandro & Bayham, Jude & Zhou, Siwen, 2021. "The impact of business cycles on immigrant household food security," 2021 Annual Meeting, August 1-3, Austin, Texas 314001, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
    4. Norbert Lance Weston Wilson, 2023. "A call for justice work in agricultural and applied economics," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 105(2), pages 393-408, March.
    5. Zheng, Yuqing & (Jason) Zhao, Jianqiang & Buck, Steven & Burney, Shaheer & Kaiser, Harry M. & Wilson, Norbert L., 2021. "Putting grocery food taxes on the table: Evidence for food security policy-makers," Food Policy, Elsevier, vol. 101(C).
    6. Zoungrana, Amelie, 2022. "Income diversification and food security:evidence from Burkina Faso," MPRA Paper 112337, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    7. Katherine M. Gutierrez, 2023. "Disparities and Determinants of Food Insecurity for New Mexico’s Unique Populations," Journal of Economics, Race, and Policy, Springer, vol. 6(4), pages 233-245, December.

  7. Jales, Hugo & Ma, Jun & Yu, Zhengfei, 2017. "Optimal bandwidth selection for local linear estimation of discontinuity in density," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 153(C), pages 23-27.

    Cited by:

    1. Matias D. Cattaneo & Rocio Titiunik, 2021. "Regression Discontinuity Designs," Papers 2108.09400, arXiv.org, revised Feb 2022.
    2. Jun Ma & Vadim Marmer & Artyom Shneyerov & Pai Xu, 2019. "Monotonicity-Constrained Nonparametric Estimation and Inference for First-Price Auctions," Papers 1909.12974, arXiv.org.
    3. Rajesh, Richu & G., Rajesh & Sunoj, S.M., 2022. "Kernel estimation of extropy function under length-biased sampling," Statistics & Probability Letters, Elsevier, vol. 181(C).

  8. Sergio Firpo & Hugo Jales & Cristine Pinto, 2015. "Measuring peer effects in the Brazilian school system," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 47(32), pages 3414-3438, July.

    Cited by:

    1. Carnoy, Martin & Rodrigues, Erica, 2024. "Achievement gains in an unequal society: Analyzing academic performance among Brazilian school districts, 2007–2017," International Journal of Educational Development, Elsevier, vol. 107(C).
    2. Gregorio Gimenez & Denisa Ciobanu & Beatriz Barrado, 2021. "A Proposal of Spatial Measurement of Peer Effect through Socioeconomic Indices and Unsatisfied Basic Needs," Economies, MDPI, vol. 9(2), pages 1-20, May.

Chapters

  1. Hugo Jales & Zhengfei Yu, 2017. "Identification and Estimation Using a Density Discontinuity Approach," Advances in Econometrics, in: Regression Discontinuity Designs, volume 38, pages 29-72, Emerald Group Publishing Limited.

    Cited by:

    1. Jales, Hugo & Jiang, Boqian & Rosenthal, Stuart S., 2023. "JUE Insight: Using the mode to test for selection in city size wage premia," Journal of Urban Economics, Elsevier, vol. 133(C).
    2. Matias D. Cattaneo & Rocio Titiunik, 2021. "Regression Discontinuity Designs," Papers 2108.09400, arXiv.org, revised Feb 2022.
    3. Marinho Bertanha & Andrew H. McCallum & Nathan Seegert, 2021. "Better Bunching, Nicer Notching," Finance and Economics Discussion Series 2021-002, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.).
    4. Johansson, Naimi & de New, Sonja C. & Kunz, Johannes S. & Petrie, Dennis & Svensson, Mikael, 2023. "Reductions in out-of-pocket prices and forward-looking moral hazard in health care demand," Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier, vol. 87(C).
    5. Emmanuel Guerre & Yao Luo, 2019. "Nonparametric Identification of First-Price Auction with Unobserved Competition: A Density Discontinuity Framework," Papers 1908.05476, arXiv.org, revised Dec 2024.
    6. Rodrigo Carril & Andres Gonzalez-Lira & Michael S. Walker, 2022. "Competition under incomplete contracts and the design of procurement policies," Economics Working Papers 1824, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra.
    7. Pei, Zhuan & Shen, Yi, 2016. "The Devil is in the Tails: Regression Discontinuity Design with Measurement Error in the Assignment Variable," IZA Discussion Papers 10320, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
    8. Jun Ma & Zhengfei Yu, 2020. "Empirical Likelihood Covariate Adjustment for Regression Discontinuity Designs," Papers 2008.09263, arXiv.org, revised May 2024.
    9. Francisco J.M Costa & João S. De Faria & Felipe S. Iachan & Bárbara Caballero, 2018. "Homicides and the Age of Criminal Responsibility: A Density Discontinuity Approach," Economía Journal, The Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association - LACEA, vol. 0(Fall 2018), pages 59-92, November.
    10. Jales, Hugo & Ma, Jun & Yu, Zhengfei, 2017. "Optimal bandwidth selection for local linear estimation of discontinuity in density," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 153(C), pages 23-27.
    11. Marinho Bertanha & Andrew H. McCallum & Alexis Payne & Nathan Seegert, 2022. "Bunching estimation of elasticities using Stata," Stata Journal, StataCorp LLC, vol. 22(3), pages 597-624, September.

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  1. NEP-IUE: Informal and Underground Economics (6) 2014-12-19 2015-10-25 2017-04-16 2020-07-20 2020-08-17 2020-08-31. Author is listed
  2. NEP-INV: Investment (2) 2023-05-29 2023-06-12
  3. NEP-LAB: Labour Economics (2) 2014-12-19 2015-10-25
  4. NEP-LMA: Labor Markets - Supply, Demand, and Wages (2) 2014-12-19 2020-07-20
  5. NEP-DES: Economic Design (1) 2023-05-29

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