Sebastian Galiani

Titles:

James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor

Titles:

Director of the Honors Program

Office Contact Information

Degree:

Ph.D., University of Oxford

Office:

Seigle Hall 388

Mailbox:

Department of Economics
Campus Box, 1208
Washington University
St. Louis, MO 63130-3629

Phone:

314-935-9278

Fax:

314-935-4156

Email:

galiani@wustl.edu

URL:

Personal Webpage

Research specialization

Development Economics

Selected Publications

Conscription and Crime: Evidence from the Argentine Draft Lottery. Forthcoming in American Economic Journal: Applied Economics (with M. Rossi and E. Schargrodsky).

Property rights for the poor: Effects of land titling. Journal of Public Economics, Volume 94, 2010, pages 700-729 (with E. Schargrodsky).

Trends in tariff reforms and in the wage structure. Review of Economics and Statistics, Volume 92, 2010, pages 482-494 (with G. Porto).

Housing, Health and Happiness. American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, Volume 1, 2009, pages 75-105 (with M. Cataneo, P. Gertler, S. Martinez and R. Titiunik).

The effect of pre-primary education on primary school performance. Journal of Public Economics, Volume 93, 2009, pages 219-234 (with S. Berlinski and P. Gertler).

On the emergence of public education in land rich economies. Journal of Development Economics, Volume 86, 2008, pages 434-446 (with D. Heymann, C. Dabus and F. Thome).

The Formation of Beliefs: Evidence from the Allocation of Land Titles to Squatters. Quarterly Journal of Economics, Volume 122, 2007, pages 209-41 (with R. Di Tella and E. Schargrodsky).

Water for life: The impact of the privatization of water supply on child mortality. Journal of Political Economy, Volume 113, 2005, pp. 83-120 (with P. Gertler and E. Schargrodsky).

Curriculum Vitae:

ShortCV2011_galiani.pdf

Background

Sebastian Galiani is Professor of Economics at Washington University in St. Louis. He is a member of the executive committee of LACEA. In the past, he hold positions at Universidad Torcuato Di Tella and Universidad de San Andres in Argentina and was Tinker Visiting Professor at Columbia University, New York, and visiting Scholar at Stanford and UC Berkeley. He was the chairman of the Network of Inequality and Poverty of LACEA during 2004 and 2005 and a member of its executive committee between 2004 and 2008. Sebastian obtained his PhD in Economics from Oxford University and works in the areas of Development Economics and Applied Microeconomics. He published papers in the Journal of Political Economy, Quarterly Journal of Economics, American Economic Journal, Review of Economics and Statistics, Journal of Public Economics, Journal of Development Economics, Economic Development and Cultural Change, Regional Science and Urban Economics and Labour Economics, among others. His work has been featured in Science, The Economist, The Wall Street Journal, The Times and various other newspapers around the world. Sebastian has also worked as consultant for United Nations, Inter-American Development Bank, World Bank, and the governments of Argentina, Mexico, Panama and South Africa.