PUBLISHED WORK


PUBLISHED PAPERS IN PEER REVIEWED JOURNALS

Inequality and Market Power in Latin America and the Caribbean
Marcela Eslava, Alvaro García Marín, and Julián Messina
Forthcoming Oxford Open Economics

Preferences for Redistribution in Latin America
Matias Busso, Ana Maria Ibáñez, and Julián Messina, and Juliana Quigua
Forthcoming Oxford Open Economics

Inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean: A wide-ranging review
Orazio Attanasio, Ana De La O, Francisco H.G. Ferreira, Ana Maria Ibañez, Julián Messina
Forthcoming Oxford Open Economics

The Expansion of Higher Education in Colombia: Bad Students or Bad Programs?
Adriana Camacho, Julián Messina and Juan Pablo Uribe
Forthcoming World Bank Economic Review

Labor Market Experience and Falling Earnings Inequality in Brazil: 1995–2012
Francisco Ferreira, Sergio Firpo and Julián Messina
World Bank Economic Review, 2022, 36(1): 37-67

Social Protection and Informality in Latin America during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Matías Busso, Juanita Camacho, Julián Messina, and Guadalupe Montenegro
PLoS ONE, 2021, 16(11)

Firm-level Shocks and Labor Flows
Mikael Carlsson, Julián Messina, and Oskar Nordström-Skans
Economic Journal, 2021, 131(634): 568-623

Twenty Years of Wage Inequality in Latin America
Julián Messina and Joana Silva
World Bank Economic Review, 2021, 35(1): 117-147

Minimum Wage: Does it Improve Welfare in Thailand?
Ximena del Carpio, Julián Messina and Anna Sanz-de-Galdeano
Review of Income and Wealth, 2019, 65(2): 358-382

Skill Premium, Labor Supply, and Changes in the Structure of Wages in Latin America
Manuel Fernández and Julián Messina
Journal of Development Economics, 2018, 135: 709-726.

Evolving Wage Cyclicality in Latin America
Luca Gambetti and Julián Messina
World Bank Economic Review, 2018, 32(3): 709-726.

Wage Adjustment and Productivity Shocks
Mikael Carlsson, Julián Messina and Oskar Nordström-Skans
Economic Journal, 2016 126(595): 1739-1773.

Employment Protection Legislation, Capital Investment and Access to Credit
Federico Cingano, Marco Leonardi, Julián Messina and Giovanni Pica
Economic Journal, 2016 126(595): 1798-1822.

Why Firms Avoid Cutting Wages: Survey Evidence from European Firms
Philip Du Caju, Dora Kosma, Martina Lawless, Julián Messina and Tairi Rõõm
Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2015 68(4): 862-888.

European Firm Adjustment during times of Crisis
Silvia Fabiani, Julián Messina, Ana Lamo and Tairi Rõõm
IZA Journal of Labor Policy, 2015 4(24): 1739-1773.

Wage Rigidity and Disinflation in Emerging Countries
Julián Messina and Anna Sanz de Galdeano
American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, 2014 6(1): 102-133.

How do European firms adjust their labour costs when nominal wages are rigid?
Jan Babecký, Philip Du Caju, Dora Kosma, Martina Lawless, Julián Messina and Tairi Rõõm
Labour Economics, 2012 19(5):792-801.

Are specific skills an obstacle to labour market adjustment?
Ana Lamo, Julián Messina and Etienne Wasmer
Labour Economics, 2011 18(2): 240-256.

Downward Nominal and Real Wage Rigidity: Survey Evidence from European Firms
Jan Babecký, Philip Du Caju, Dora Kosma, Martina Lawless, Julián Messina and Tairi Rõõm
Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2010 112(4): 884-910.

The Effect of Employment Protection Legislation and Financial Market Imperfections on Investment: Evidence from a Firm-Level Panel of EU countries
Federico Cingano, Marco Leonardi, Julián Messina and Giovanni Pica
Economic Policy, 2010 (61): 117-163.

The Incidence of Nominal and Real Wage Rigidity: an Individual-Based Sectoral Approach
Julián Messina, Philip Du Caju, Claudia F. Duarte, Mario Izquierdo and Niels L. Hansen
Journal of the European Economic Association, 2010 8(2-3): 487-496.

Educational Mismatch and Wages After Transition: Assessing the Impact of Unobserved Heterogeneity using Matching Estimators
Ana Lamo and Julián Messina
Economics of Education Review, 2010 29(6): 1086-1099.

Real Wages over the Business Cycle: OECD Evidence from the Time and Frequency Domains
Julián Messina, Chiara Strozzi and Jarkko Turunen
Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control 2009, 33(6): 1183-1200

Job Flow Dynamics and Firing Restrictions: Evidence from Europe
Julián Messina and Giovanna Vallanti
Economic Journal, 2007 (117): 279-301.

How Wages Change: Micro Evidence from the International Wage Flexibility Project
William Dickens, Lorenz Goette, Erica Groshen, Steinar Holden, Julián Messina, Mark E. Schweitzer, Jarko Turunen and Melany Ward
Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2007 21(2): 195-214.

The Role of Product Market Regulations in the Process of Structural Change
Julián Messina
European Economic Review, 2006 50(7): 1863-1890.

Institutions and Service Employment: a Panel Study for OECD Countries
Julián Messina
Labour: Review of Labour Economics and Industrial Relations , 2005 19(2): 343-372.

Gross Job Flows and Institutions in Europe
Ramón Gómez-Salvador, Julián Messina and Giovanna Vallanti
Labour Economics, 2004 (11): 469-485.

BOOKS AND POLICY REPORTS

The Inequality Crisis: Latin America and the Caribbean at the Crossroads
Matías Busso and Julián Messina (Editors)
Inter-American Development Bank, 2020. Washington, DC

Wage Inequality in Latin America : Understanding the Past to Prepare for the Future
Julián Messina and Joana Silva
Latin American Development Forum. Washington, DC: World Bank, 2018

Learning Better: Public Policy for Skills Development
Matias Busso, Julián Cristia, Diana Hincapié, Julián Messina and Laura Ripani (Editors)
Development in the Americas (DIA). Inter-American Development Bank Flagship Report, 2017. Washington, DC

Latin American Entrepreneurs: Many Firms but Little Innovation
Daniel Lederman, Julián Messina, S. Pienknagura and Jamele Rigolini
World Bank Latin American Flagship Report, 2014. Washington, DC

Economic Mobility and the Rise of the Latin American Middle Class
Francisco F. Ferreira, Julián Messina, Jamele Rigolini, Luis Felipe López Calva, María Ana Lugo and Renos Vakis
World Bank Latin American Flagship Report, 2013. Washington, DC

The Labor Market Story Behind Latin American Transformation
Augusto de la Torre, Julián Messina and Samuel Pienknagura
World Bank Chief Economist Office for Latin America Semi-Annual Report, 2012

From global collapse to recovery : economic adjustment and growth prospects in Latin America and the Caribbean
Augusto de la Torre, Cesar Calderón, Titiana Didier and Julián Messina
World Bank Chief Economist Office for Latin America Semi-Annual Report, 2010