Daniel Velásquez Cabrera

I am a Ph.D. Candidate in Economics at the University of Michigan, originally from Lima, Peru. I am currently on the 2024-2025 job market. My research interests lie in International Trade, Economic Geography, Urban Economics, and Development Economics.

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Contact: danielvc [at] umich [dot] edu

Working papers

(Job Market Paper) Highways, Commuting and Trade: Unpacking Suburban Growth

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Transit Infrastructure, Couples' Commuting Choices, and Gender Earnings Inequality

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Submitted

* “Honorable Mention” for Best Student Paper Prize, Urban Economic Association, Milan 2023

* Project financed by grant from CAF - Development Bank of Latin America

* Presented in: 2024 AREUEA-ASSA Winter Meeting, 2024 Seminario de Microeconomia Aplicada (MAP), 17th North American Meeting of the Urban Economics Association, 12th European Meeting of the Urban Economics Association, 98th Conference of the Western Economic Association International, 2022 LACEA’s Urban Economics Network Meetings

Skill Allocation and Urban Amenities in the Developing World (with Andrii Parkhomenko, and Jorge de la Roca )

[Preliminary draft here - do not cite]

* Presented in: 2024 AREUEA-ASSA Winter Meeting, 2023 Conference on Urban and Regional Economics (CURE), 17th North American Meeting of the Urban Economics Association, 12th European Meeting of the Urban Economics Association

Trade in Appliances, Household Production, and Labor Force Participation (draft coming soon) (with Pamela Medina, and Sebastian Sotelo )

* Project financed by grant from Gender and the Economy Initiative, and STEG Research Grant

* Presented in: WB and JIE's Trade and Uneven Development Conference, 2023 Seminario de Microeconomia Aplicada (MAP), 2022 Annual Meeting of the LACEA-LAMES