Contact: carolina.arteaga@utoronto.ca

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Welcome!

I am an Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Toronto 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) Revision requested at The Quarterly Journal of Economics . Mentions in media and policy: The New Yorker, New York Times, The Economist, Washington Examiner, New Lines Magazine, Frankfurter Allgemeine,Vox, Council of Economic Advisers, Congressional Budget Office.

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

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

Work in progress

“In Sickness and Health: The Effect of Health on Household Structure” with Natalia Vigezzi and Pilar Garcia-Gomez

“The Effects of Specialized Domestic Violence Courts” with Gustavo Bobonis, Paola Salardi and Dario Toman