Center for Policy Research (CPR) - Syracuse University.
The World Bank Group
My focus is on Economics of Crime. My research tries to understand how to fight crime in developing countries, with special focus in long-run socioeconomic interventions. Understanding the impact of violence among different economic activities. Most of my work focuses on spatial econometrics and its applications to crime analysis.
Pena, Paola & Urrego, Joaquin & Villa, Juan M., 2017. "Civil Conflict and Conditional Cash Transfers: Effects on Demobilization," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 99(C), pages 431-440.
Canavire-Bacarreza, Gustavo & Duque, Juan Carlos & Urrego, Joaquin A., 2016. "Moving Citizens and Deterring Criminals: Innovation in Public Transport Facilities," Research Department working papers 978, CAF Development Bank Of Latinamerica.