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, February 2021.

Growth with redistribution: Did Brazil show the way?, Journal of Economic Inequality, December 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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Working papers

Bobonis, Gustavo J., Orlando Sotomayor, and Jessica Wagner. The Effects of School Consolidations on Students and Teachers: Evidence from an Underperforming School System, Working Paper, December 2022.

 

Ongoing research

Bobonis, Gustavo J., Philip Oreopoulos, Orlando Sotomayor, and Román A. Zárate. Adopting Computer Assisted Learning (CAL) at Scale: Training and Supporting Teachers and Families to Use CAL Technologies in Puerto Rico Public Schools.

Opinion

Nexo

Pobreza, escolaridade, salário mínimo e distribuição de renda no Brasil

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

Hiking

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