Daniel Velasquez-Cabrera

Daniel Velasquez-Cabrera
Claremont McKenna College University of Michigan
Daniel Velasquez-Cabrera
Assistant Professor of Economics
Robert Day School of Economics · Claremont McKenna College
Ph.D., University of Michigan
dvelasquez@cmc.edu · CV · Google Scholar

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.

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, 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. Initial Conditions and the Big Push (with Dominick Bartelme, and Zhimin Li )
    [Draft here] [SSRN]
    Submitted
  5. Spatial Dutch Disease and the Financial Propagation of Commodity Booms (with Hiroshi Toma, Alessandro Tomarchio, and Walter Cuba )
    Working paper coming soon

Published and accepted papers

  1. Trade in Appliances, Household Production, and Labor Force Participation With Pamela Medina, and Sebastian Sotelo
    [Draft here]
    Accepted at the Journal of International Economics
  2. 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, 2022. [203: 483-518]
  3. Does Trade Liberalization Foster Intimate Partner Violence? With Alberto Chong
    Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2024. [72.2: 563-602]
  4. Computers and Discretion: Evidence from Two Natural Field Experiments With Alberto Chong, and Mónica Yáñez-Pagans
    Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2022. [71.1: 63-109]
  5. 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, 2020. [136: 105111]