Contact: carolina.arteaga@utoronto.ca

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Welcome!

I am an Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Toronto, NBER Faculty Research Fellow and associated faculty at CEMFI. My research interests are in health, political economy, education and crime. I received my Ph.D. from UCLA in 2019, and a MA and BA from Universidad de los Andes.

In the fall of 2025 and winter of 2026, I will be on leave at the Becker Friedman Institute at the University of Chicago.

Working Papers

“Republican Support and Economic Hardship: The Enduring Effects of the Opioid Epidemic” (with Victoria Barone) R&R at The Quarterly Journal of Economics

Mentions in media and policy: The New Yorker, New York Times, The Economist, Bloomberg, Le Monde, Washington Examiner, New Lines Magazine, Frankfurter Allgemeine,Vox, knack, Council of Economic Advisers, Congressional Budget Office.

“Health Spillovers: The Broad Impact of Spousal Health Shocks” with Natalia Vigezzi and Pilar Garcia-Gomez. Online Appendix.

“Improving Judicial Protection in Intimate Partner Violence Cases: The Role of Specialized Courts and Judges” with Gustavo Bobonis, Paola Salardi and Dario Toman

Publications

“Is it the Message or the Messenger? Examining Movement in Immigration Beliefs” (with Hassan Afrouzi and Emily Weisburst) Supplementary material (2024) Journal of Political Economy: Microeconomics

“Parental Incarceration and Children's Educational Attainment” (2023) Review of Economics and Statistics. Mentions in media: WSJ: Real Time Economics / Noah Opinion / Probable Causation/ Foco Economico/ Radio interview (55:20") / Techonomy / Nada Es Gratis

The Effect of Human Capital on Earnings: Evidence from a Reform in Colombia’s top University (2018) Journal of Public Economics. Vol 157, January. pp 212-225. Mentions in media: Financial Times, WSJ: Real Time Economics / Forbes / Bloomberg/ World Bank Blogs/ Techonomy/ Brookings/ Courtier en Bourse/ ProMarket / World Bank Newsletter / LiveMint/ DevPolicy