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I am a PhD candidate in Economics at American University, writing my dissertation on economic development in Latin America, and an economist at the Inter-American Development Bank. My research explores various topics related to development challenges in Latin America and the Caribbean. More specifically, I focus on issues related to trade, inequality, energy, and productive development.
I have professional experience in economic research and analysis in international organizations (The World Bank, IDB, OECD), central banking (Banco de España), and higher education institutions (AU, EHESS, UAM).
I am a person with a wide range of interests and a multidisciplinary educational background in economics, development studies, and psychology. I hold a MA in Economics from Université Paris VII Diderot, a MA in Development Studies from the University of the Basque Country, a BA in Economics from Autonomous University of Madrid, and a BA in Psychology from the National University of Distance Education.
You can find my CV here.
Working papers
• The consumption side of trade shocks: Inequality dynamics and luxury imports (with Vinicius Curti Cícero). Revision requested in Journal of Development Economics
• Green or growth? Understanding the relationship between economic growth and CO2 emissions (with Lenin H. Balza, David Matias and Ariel Yépez-García). Submitted
Publications and Accepted
• The rise of the middle class and the pattern of consumption imports in Latin America. Forthcoming at Structural Change and Economic Dynamics
Works in progress
• Economic liberalization, industrial policy and manufacturing performance in Mexico.
• Import substitution industrialization in Mexico: An industry-level database of industrial policy measures.
• Energy transformation and local economic development: Evidence from renewable energy investments (with Lenin H. Balza and José Belmar).
Pre-doctoral publications
• Heras Recuero, L. and R. Pascual González (2019). Economic growth, institutional quality, and financial development in middle-income countries. Working Papers No. 1937, Banco de España.
• Sastre, T. and L. Heras Recuero (2019). Domestic and foreign investment in advanced economies. The role of industry integration. Working Papers No. 1933, Banco de España.
• Heras Recuero, L. and E. Olaberría (2018). Public spending in education and student performance in Colombia. OECD Economics Department Working Papers, No. 1460. OECD Publishing, Paris.
• Heras-Recuero, L., L’Hotellerie-Fallois, P. and S. Párraga Rodríguez (2019). La economía de EEUU, diez años después de la crisis. Boletín Económico del ICE, No. 3110. Secretaría de Estado de Comercio, Ministerio de Industria, Comercio y Turismo, Madrid.
Other publications
• Osca, A. and L. Heras-Recuero (2024). Actor-partner effects of coping strategies on emotional exhaustion in dual-earner couples. Family Relations, 73(2). 1219-1234.
• Heras Recuero, L. and A. Osca Segovia (2021). Work-family conflict, coping strategies, and burnout: A gender and couple analysis. Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 37(1). 21-28.