Carlos Díaz
I am an Associate Professor of Economics and Department Chair at the Department of Social Sciences at Universidad Católica del Uruguay, and a Research Associate at CERES.
I have a PhD in Economics from the Maxwell School of Syracuse University. My fields of interest are Crime, Household Economics, Urban Economics, and Social Networks.
Publications
Parents, neighbors and youth crime
Review of Economics of the Household (2023): Forthcoming
(with E. Patacchini) [SSRN WP] [IZA DP]
Stay at home if you can: COVID-19 stay-at-home guidelines and local crime
Journal of Empirical Legal Studies 19, No. 4 (2022): 1067-1113
(with S. Fossati and N. Trajtenberg) [SSRN WP]
Can OLPC reduce digital inequalities? ICT household access patterns under Plan Ceibal
Telecommunications Policy 46, No. 4 (2022): 102406
(with M. Dodel and P. Menese) [SSRN WP]
Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 192 (2021): 638-667
(with E. Patacchini, T. Verdier and Y. Zenou) [CEPR DP] [IZA DP] [VoxEU] [Brookings Blog]
A global analysis of the impact of COVID-19 stay-at-home restrictions on crime
Nature Human Behaviour 5, No. 7 (2021): 868-877
(with A.E. Nivette, R. Zahnow, [...] and M.P. Eisner) [Open Access] [Project] [Data] [Coverage]
Social interactions in health behaviors and conditions
Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Economics and Finance (2019)
(with A. Balsa) [Oxford Encyclopedia of Health Economics] [RedUM]
Self-control and peer groups: An empirical analysis
Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 134 (2017): 240-254
(with M. Battaglini and E. Patacchini) [CEPR DP] [VoxEU]
In Progress
Crime and spatial dependence in Montevideo
(with D. Durante, E. Patacchini and G. Zens)
Crime, policing, and electoral strategy
(with S. Fossati and N. Trajtenberg)
Retail and crime in Montevideo
(with S. Fossati, I. Munyo and L. Zipitría)
Unintended consequences of police custody: Lessons from a DV program
(with A. Cid, J. Cabrera, J. Dubra, S. Fossati, O. Marie, N. Trajtenberg and F. Veneri)
COVID-19 and crime: A global causal analysis
(with N. Trajtenberg, S. Fossati, [...] and M.P. Eisner) First WP coming soon
Breaking the code: Can a new penal procedure affect public safety?
(with M. Cattaneo and R. Titiunik) Updated WP coming soon