Ana María Ibáñez | Chair and presenter
Life out of the shadows: Impacts of amnesties in migrant’s life
Ana María Ibáñez is a Principal Economics Advisor at the IDB. She is the former Dean of the School of Economics at Universidad de los Andes and the Director of the research center (CEDE). Her research concentrates on the microeconomic analysis of internal conflict and migration. She studies the economic consequences of internal conflict, in particular the costs of war and conflict upon the civil population. The other strand of her research explores the causes and consequences of forced and economic migration.
Marieke Kleemans | Presenter
The effect of internal migration on crime and violence: Evidence from Indonesia
Marieke Kleemans is an applied microeconomist with research interests in development economics and labor economics. She works on issues related to migration, human capital, gender, and the intersection of these fields. Marieke is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Economics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Andrea Velasquez | Presenter
Temperature shocks, labor markets and migratory decisions in El Salvador
Andrea Velasquez is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Colorado Denver. She holds a Ph.D. and MA degree in Economics from Duke University. Her research interests lie at the intersection of development and labor economics, with a special interest in the topics of conflict, migration and gender. Her work has examined the impact of economic shocks (e.g., unexpected increases in violence) or behavioral decisions (e.g., migration) on labor market outcomes, human capital accumulation, and health.
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