Orlando J. Sotomayor

Education

Ph.D. Economics

Cornell University, 1994

Selected publications

“Can the Minimum Wage Reduce Poverty and Inequality in the Developing World?
World Development, 2020.

Growth with redistribution: Did Brazil show the way?, Journal of Economic Inequality, 2019

“Fetal origins of diabetes and ill health: Evidence from Puerto Rico’s 1928 and 1932 Hurricanes,”
Economics and Human Biology, July 2013.

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Unpublished Manuscripts

Can the minimum wage reduce poverty and inequality in the developing world?  Evidence from Brazil, 1995-2015

Minimum wages, public transfers, and development in Puerto Rico

The pathways from medical insurance to health: Evidence from Medicare

Opinion

Forbes

Puerto Rico’s Only Way Out Of Its Debt Mess Is Growth–Good Luck With That

Puerto Rico Imposed Rich-Country Policies–And Now It Is Paying The Price

A Debt Deal In Puerto Rico, But It Isn’t The People Who Are Celebrating

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Media

Economy and Crime Spur New Puerto Rican Exodus

Puerto Rico debt crisis drives exodus to U.S.

Puerto Rico’s Storm of MIsery (60 Minutes Overtime)

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Interests

Trekking

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