HR job title
- Profesor asociado de carrera
Saavedra Pineda, Santiago | Faculty Member Person
Tutored Theses: 12
Grants: 2
Publications: 8
Positions
- Associate professor, Facultad de Economía , Universidad del Rosario
- Researcher (ResearchOrganization), Faculty of Economics Research Group , Facultad de Economía 2017 -
Santiago is Associate Professor at the Economics Department in Universidad del Rosario. He holds a PhD in Economics from Stanford University and a B.A. in Economics and B.S. in Mathematics from Universidad de los Andes.
His research interests are in Development and Environmental Economics. In particular, he is interested in how economic development affects natural resources, and how this in turn affects the path out of poverty. To overcome data availability limitations, he uses spatial and computational tools. He has studied the response of illegal mining to a change in royalty taxes and health effects of gold mining in Colombia. Deforestation after the peace agreement and of communal land titling. He has also studied the migration of miner networks and the labor supply of biketaxis in Kenya.
Research Areas
- Development economics (LCSH)
- Environmental economics (LCSH)
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Overview
Affiliation
member of
- Faculty of Economics Research Group Researcher (member)
Publications
selected publications
Research
principal investigator on
- Illegal mining 2019-02-18 - 2022-02-18
co-principal investigator on
Service
Tutor of
- Agricultural Tariffs and Coca Crops: The Colombia-US Free Trade Agreement Case Thesis
- Do weather shocks affect banks’ loan portfolio? Evidence from Colombia Thesis
- Does Familias en Acción Strengthen Coffee Growers Productive Inclusion? Thesis
- Efectos de la migración de venezolanos a Colombia Thesis
- Efectos del proceso de paz en la producción agrícola Thesis
- El efecto de la deforestación en la generación de energía hidroeléctrica : evidencias en el territorio colombiano Thesis
- Imposing restrictions in the fight against COVID-19: the case of Bogotá Thesis
- Internet access and electoral participation in Colombia : Voter apathy at the polls Thesis
- Programa de voluntariado ambiental de la Secretaría Distrital de Ambiente Thesis
- Provision Effects of Local Public Goods on Crime and Education: Evidence from Colombia Thesis
- The Peace Baby Boom: Evidence from Colombia’s peace agreement with the FARC Thesis
- The effect of conflict on electoral competition: evidence from a decrease in the colombian conflict Thesis
Background
Last degree obtained
- Doctorado en Economía, Stanford University
Contact
full name
- Santiago Saavedra Pineda
mailing address
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Universidad del Rosario. Casa Pedro Fermín - piso 3
Bogotá
11321
Colombia
Identity
Also known as
- Santiago Saavedra
REPEC
- https://ideas.repec.org/f/psa1576.html
CVLAC
- https://scienti.minciencias.gov.co/cvlac/visualizador/generarCurriculoCv.do?cod_rh=0000133706
ORCID
- http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4476-2982
Google Scholar
- https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=49YldGgAAAAJ&hl=es&oi=ao
Pure
- https://urosario.pure.elsevier.com/en/persons/69323dd1-01c5-43b3-9c31-6ffa9b3817dd