Daniel Velásquez

Daniel Velásquez Cabrera

Welcome to my homepage! I am an Assistant Professor of Economics at Claremont McKenna College.

I study economic development using historical evidence from developed economies and contemporary data from developing countries. My work focuses, though not exclusively, on geographic and coordination frictions, including how transport and market access shape outcomes.

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Contact: danielvc [at] umich [dot] edu

Working papers

  1. (Job Market Paper) Highways, Commuting and Trade: Unpacking Suburban Growth
    [Draft here]
    * Best Paper by a Junior Researcher, The International Transportation Economics Association, Evanston 2025
  2. Transit Infrastructure, Couples' Commuting Choices, and Gender Earnings Inequality
    [Draft here]
    Submitted
    * “Honorable Mention” for Best Student Paper Prize, Urban Economic Association, Milan 2023
    * Project financed by grant from CAF - Development Bank of Latin America
  3. Skill Allocation and Urban Amenities in the Developing World (with Andrii Parkhomenko, and Jorge de la Roca )
    [Preliminary draft here]
  4. Trade in Appliances, Household Production, and Labor Force Participation (with Pamela Medina, and Sebastian Sotelo )
    [Draft here]
    Revision requested at the Journal of International Economics
    * Project financed by grant from Gender and the Economy Initiative, and STEG Research Grant
  5. Initial Conditions and the Big Push (with Dominick Bartelme, and Zhimin Li )
    [Draft here] [SSRN]
    Submitted

Published and accepted papers

  1. The Direct and Indirect Effects of Messages on Tax Compliance: Experimental Evidence from Peru With Juan Francisco Castro, Arlette Beltrán, and Gustavo Yamada
    [Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 203 (2022): 483-518]
  2. Does Trade Liberalization Foster Intimate Partner Violence? With Alberto Chong
    [Economic Development and Cultural Change 72.2 (2024): 563-602.]
  3. Computers and Discretion: Evidence from Two Natural Field Experiments With Alberto Chong, and Mónica Yáñez-Pagans
    [Economic Development and Cultural Change 71.1 (2022): 63-109.]
  4. I Read the News Today, oh Boy: The Effect of Crime News Coverage on Crime Perception With Santiago Medina, Gustavo Yamada, Pablo Lavado, Miguel Núñez, Hugo Alatrista, and Juandiego Morzán
    [World Development 136 (2020): 105111]