Education
Ph.D. Economics
Georgetown University
Washington, DC
2009
B.A. Economics
Universidad de los Andes
Bogotá, Colombia
2000
Contact Info
Phone: (314) 444-8712
Fax: (314) 444-8731
Email: badel@stls.frb.org
Research Division
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
P.O. Box 442
St. Louis, MO 63166-0442
For media inquiries contact:
Adam Allington
mediainquiries@stls.frb.org
Office: (314) 444-8783
Cell: (314) 313-3783
Alejandro Badel
Economist
Upcoming Events
Published Articles
"Decomposing the Gender Wage Gap with Sample Selection Adjustment: Evidence from Colombia"
with Ximena Pena
Economic Analysis Review, No. 2 2010, Vol. 25, pp. 169-191.
"Financial Shocks, Asset Prices and Recession in Colombia"
Desarrollo y Sociedad, March 2002, No. 49, pp. 61-97.
"Colombian Banking System: Are we Efficient in an International Context?"
Planeación y Desarollo XXXIII, National Planning Department of Colombia, 2002.
Conference/Seminar Presentations
2011: Vienna Macro Cafe; Macro Seminar (U. of Miami); 4th European Economic Review Talented Economists Clinic (IZA, Bonn); Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory Conference (Faro, Portugal); North American Summer Meeting of the Econometric Society (St. Louis); 6th Meeting of the Urban Economics Association (Miami).
2010: ASSA Meetings (Atlanta); Wisconsin Business School HULM Conference (Chicago Fed); Macro Seminar (U. of Iowa).
2009: Macro Seminar (U. Autonoma de Barcelona); Housing and Finance Conference (U. of Wisconsin); Wisconsin Business School HULM Conference (Atlanta Fed). 5th European Workshop in Macroeconomics (U. of Manheim); NBER Summer Institute (Cambridge MA).
2008: Macro Seminar (Georgetown U.).
2007: Midwest Macro Meetings (Cleveland Fed).
Working Papers
"Interpreting Life-Cycle Inequality Patterns as an Efficient Allocation: Mission Impossible?"
with Mark Huggett
Working Paper 2010-046B, posted October 2010, updated May 2012.
"Understanding Permanent Black-White Earnings Inequality"
Working Paper 2010-047B, posted October 2010, updated December 2010.
"Decomposing the Gender Wage Gap with Sample Selection Adjustment: Evidence from Colombia"
with Ximena Peña
Working Paper 2010-045A, posted October 2010.
Articles in Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Publications
"Black/White Segregation in the Eighth District: A Look at the Dynamics"
with Christopher J. Martinek
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis The Regional Economist, July 2011, pp. 24-26.
"Should Real Estate Prices Be Falling More in the Eighth District?"
with Christopher J. Martinek
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis The Regional Economist, July 2010, pp. 24-26.
"Reader Exchange: Why are U.S. cities so segregated by race? Why should we care?"
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis The Regional Economist, July 2010, p. 27.
