Pablo Astorga Junquera
Senior Research Fellow
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Biography
An economist with considerable academic and market-oriented experience in the analysis of developing countries. He was senior economist for Oxford Economics from 2001 to 2009, having under his responsibility the assessment and forecast of the Latin American economies and the management of various consultancy projects. Prior to that he was a research fellow at St Antony's College, Oxford. His research has focused on the study of economic development in Latin America over the long run, including income inequality, economic growth and productivity. The outcome of this research has been published in Journal of Development Economics and The Economic History Review among others.
Background and education
- (1996) D.Phil in Economics, University of Oxford
- (1991) M.Sc. in Development Economics, University of Oxford
- (1987) MBA, IESA, Venezuela
- (1984) B.Sc. in Systems Engineering, Universidad de los Andes, Venezuela
Courses
- Economic and Social Development in Latin America - 9058
- Development Economics (Growth, Inequality and Poverty) - 4005 (ISS-IBEI)
- Development and Social Change in Latin America - 9103
- Research Seminar in International Development - 3004
- Growth, Inequality and Poverty - 9029
- Growth, Inequality and Poverty - 9029 (CEU-IBEI)
Research
Research interests
- Economic growth
- Economic History
- Latin America
IBEI Research Clusters
Selected publications
- 2024.Revealing the Diversity and Complexity of Income Inequality in Latin America: 1920-2011.Journal of Economic History,84Link
- 2024.Income shares south of the Rio Bravo, 1920-2011.Revista de Historia Económica de América Latina,1(1):9-41Link
- 2021.Latin America: Stalled Catching Up.In:
S. Broadberry and K. Fukao (Eds.)
.The Cambridge Economic History of the Modern World.Cambridge University Press,pp: 251-275.Link - 2017.Real wages and skill premiums in Latin America, 1900-2011.Revista de Historia Economica - Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History,35(3)Link
- 2017.Functional inequality in Latin America: news from the twentieth century.In:
Bértola L, Williamson JG (eds.)
.Has Latin American Inequality Changed Direction? Looking over the Long Run.Springer Publishing.Link - 2012.Mean reversion in long-horizon real exchange rates: evidence from latin america.Journal of International Money and Finance,31 (6):1529-1550Link
- 2011.Productivity growth in Latin America during the twentieth century.Review of Income and Wealth,57 (2):203-223Link
- 2005.The standard of living in Latin America during the twentieth century.The Economic History Review,58 (4):765-796Link