Jimena Romero
jimenaromero.bsky.social
Jimena Romero
@jimenaromero.bsky.social
It’s a special moment to see my first research paper featured on VoxDev!

This article, co-authored with Ana María, Juliana, and Andrea, summarizes our forthcoming paper in AEJ: Economic Policy.
November 12, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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Forthcoming in the AER: "The Opportunity Atlas: Mapping the Childhood Roots of Social Mobility" by Raj Chetty, John N. Friedman, Nathaniel Hendren, Maggie R. Jones, and Sonya R. Porter. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
The Opportunity Atlas: Mapping the Childhood Roots of Social Mobility
(Forthcoming Article) - We construct a public atlas of mean outcomes in adulthood by childhood Census tract. Outcomes vary sharply across neighborhoods: for children whose parents earn $27,000, the st...
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September 22, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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Forthcoming in AEJ: Economic Policy: "Responses to Extreme Temperatures: Migrant Networks and International Migration from El Salvador" by Ana Maria Ibáñez, Juliana Quigua, Maria Jimena Romero, and Andrea Velásquez. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
Responses to Extreme Temperatures: Migrant Networks and International Migration from El Salvador
(Forthcoming Article) - We show that exposure to extreme temperatures significantly increases international migration from El Salvador, where nearly a quarter of the population lives in the United Sta...
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August 22, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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Is it "good" or "bad" when skilled people leave low-income countries? We summarized the evidence in favor of "brain gain" vs. "brain drain": www.science.org/doi/epdf/10....
Ungated PDF: johanneshaushofer.com/research
May 22, 2025 at 6:28 PM
I’m so happy to share that our paper is conditionally accepted at AEJ: Economic Policy!
Big thanks to my amazing coauthors—grateful for every step of this collaboration.
I am excited to share that our paper "Responses to Extreme Temperatures: Migrant Networks and International Migration from El Salvador" with @anamibanez.bsky.social, Juliana Quigua and @jimenaromero.bsky.social has been conditionally accepted at the AEJ: Economic Policy! #econsky #academicsky
May 15, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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On the #EconJobMarket with two JMPs!

JMP1: Natural Experiment. Female judges award less child support. In cases where income is unknown, this is explained by them being more sensitive to overstatements of mothers' claims.

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November 27, 2024 at 5:22 PM