Pablo A. Acosta

Research Fellow

World Bank

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Pablo A. Acosta, an Argentinean national, received his Ph.D. in Economics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2006 and joined the World Bank in 2008 where he works as a Program Leader for Human Development. Prior to his position at the World Bank, he worked at the Andean Development Corporation (CAF, Venezuela), at the Ministry of Economy in Argentina, and the Foundation for Latin American Economic Research (FIEL, Argentina). His main areas of interest are labor economics, migration, skills, and international trade. He has also published work in the area of internal labor markets and wage inequality.

He joined IZA as a Research Fellow in November 2011.

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IZA Publications

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15384
The Labor Market Impacts of Venezuelan Refugees and Migrants in Brazil
Mrittika Shamsuddin, Pablo A. Acosta, Rovane Battaglin Schwengber, Jedediah Fix, Nikolas Pirani
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9403
Beyond Qualifications: Returns to Cognitive and Socio-Emotional Skills in Colombia
Pablo A. Acosta, Noel Muller, Miguel Sarzosa
published as 'Adults' Cognitive and Socioemotional Skills and Their Labor Market Outcomes in Colombia' in: Revista de Economia del Rosario, 2020, 23 (1), 109-148.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6244
Educational Upgrading and Returns to Skills in Latin America: Evidence from a Supply-Demand Framework, 1990-2010
Leonardo Gasparini, Sebastian Galiani, Guillermo Cruces, Pablo A. Acosta
published in: Latin American Economic Review, 2019, 28 (18).
IZA Policy Paper No. 34
Should Cash Transfers Be Confined to the Poor? Implications for Poverty and Inequality in Latin America
Pablo A. Acosta, Phillippe Leite, Jamele Rigolini
published in: "Social Insurance, Informality, and the Labor Market: How to Protect Workers while Creating Good Jobs". M. Frolich, D. Kaplan, C. Pages, J. Rigolini, and D. Robalino eds. Oxford University Press, 2014.
IZA World of Labor Article
The role of cognitive and socio-emotional skills in labor markets
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