Joaquín Serrano
I am a Ph.D. candidate in Economics at the University of California, Los Angeles.
I am an applied economist with research interests at the intersection of Labor and Development Economics. My work studies how technological change affects economic development through the labor market. I am also interested in analyzing the causes and consequences of intergenerational social mobility in Latin America.
In my Job Market Paper I study the labor market effects of industrial robot adoption in industrializing countries. Using the rapid rise of automation in Mexico as a case study, I find that industrial robot adoption does not negatively affect formal employment and average wages in Mexico, diverging from findings observed for rich countries.
I will be on the job market in the academic year 2023-2024.
Contact: serranojqn@g.ucla.edu