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Carolina Arteaga

Carolina Arteaga is an Economics Professor at the University of Toronto and CEMFI and is an NBER affiliate. She received her PhD from UCLA in 2019. Her research spans topics in health, political economy, education and crime, focusing on those most vulnerable in society. Her work has been published in leading academic journals, including the Quarterly Journal of Economics, the Review of Economics and Statistics, the Journal of Public Economics and the Journal of Political Economy: Microeconomics, as well as featured in prominent media outlets such as the New York Times, The New Yorker, The Wall Street Journal and the Financial Times, among others. She has been a speaker at the Council of Economic Advisors.
Cultural Economics

How OxyContin and the Opioid Epidemic Reshaped American Communities

Carolina Arteaga
The OxyContin epidemic had large demographic effects on communities in the United States. In new research, Carolina Arteaga, Victoria Barone, and Stephen Claassen find that Purdue Pharma’s marketing strategy targeted specific areas, causing college-educated residents to flee and increasing fertility rates among the most affected populations.
ESG, Corporate Governance & Future of the Firm

Does Learning More at University Actually Pay Off in the Job Market?

Carolina Arteaga
Does a degree really add to students’ skills or simply point employers toward students who were clever enough to get accepted?      Education is one of...

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