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Leonardo Fabio Morales-Zurita

Doctorado en Economía

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Main Researcher - Grupo de análisis de mercado laboral

Medellín, Colombia

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I am an Economist and a researcher in the central bank of Colombia. I am a member of the Labor Market Analysis Group in the central bank. I got my Ph.D. in economics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. I got a bachelor degree in Economics from the Universidad de Valle Colombia. My research interest included labor economics, urban economics and applied microeconomics in general.

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(2024), The Labor Market Effects of Facilitating Social Security Contributions under Part-Time Employment Contracts: Evidence from Colombia, LABOUR ECONOMICS, 91

(2024), The Labor Market Effect of South-to-South Migration: Evidence from the Venezuelan Crisis, INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION REVIEW, 58, (2), (pp. 764-799)

(2023), Is the COVID-19 Pandemic Fast-Tracking Automation in Developing Countries? Evidence from Colombia, JOURNAL OF HUMAN CAPITAL, 17, (4), (pp. 593-616)

(2023), Diffusion of crime control benefits: forced eradication and coca crops in Colombia, SPATIAL ECONOMIC ANALYSIS, 18, (3), (pp. 292-317)

(2023), Shecession: The downfall of Colombian women during the Covid-19 pandemic, FEMINIST ECONOMICS, 29, (4), (pp. 158-193)

Book chapters

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(2024), Online vacancies and their role in labor market performance, Big Data Applications in Labor Economics, 52A, (pp. 119-159), https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/s0147-91212024000052a023/full/html

(2021), Efectos de la pandemia por Covid-19 en el mercado laboral colombiano, Covid-19: consecuencias y desafíos en la economía colombiana. Una mirada desde las universidades, (pp. 63-86), https://repositorio.banrep.gov.co/handle/20.500.12134/10313

(2014), 6. Calidad de los vecindarios y oferta laboral femenina en un contexto urbano: un caso aplicado a la ciudad de Medellín. 7. Efectos laborales de los servicios de cuidado infantil: evidencia del programa Buen Comienzo., Desempleo femenino en Colombia, http://babel.banrepcultural.org/cdm/ref/collection/p17054coll18/id/285

Working Papers

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(2025), Payroll Subsidies for SMEs in Informal Labor Markets, Borradores de Economia, (1338)

(2025), Using online vacancy posts to analyze the return to skills and knowledge in the formal labor market, Borradores de Economia, (1337)

(2025), Labor Demand Responses to Payroll Taxes in an Economy with Wage Rigidity: Evidence from Colombia, Borradores de Economia, Bogotá, Colombia, (1297)

(2024), Spatial Spillover Effects in the Labor Market in a Middle-Income Country, Borradores de Economia, Bogotá, Colombia, (1283)

(2023), Signaling Worker Quality in a Developing Country: Lessons from a Certification Program, Borradores de Economia, Bogotá, (1259)

Journal Ensayos sobre Política Económica

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(2025), New Evidence on Labor and Firm Informality in Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia, (108), (pp. 75)

(2022), Macroeconomic effects of the minimum wage in Colombia, (103)

(2020), Migration Waves from Venezuela in Colombia: phenomenon characterization and analysis of the macroeconomic effects, ENSAYOS SOBRE POLITICA ECONOMICA**, (97), (pp. 1-74)

Doctorado en Economía, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2013
Maestría en Economía, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2011
Economista, Universidad del Valle, 2005

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