Measuring inequality from above
Jose G. Montalvo, Marta Reynal-Querol, and Juan Carlos Muñoz-Mora explore the potential of using luminosity at night to construct measures of inequality.
Colonial settlers and economic development in Latin America
José G. Montalvo and Marta Reynal-Querol show a relevant effect of the skills of first colonizers on long-run levels of development in Latin America.
Is ethnic diversity good or bad for economic development?
José García-Montalvo and Marta Reynal-Querol develop a systematic strategy to study the effect of diversity on growth by analyzing this relationship at different spatial scales.
