Research & Publications
Peer-reviewed academic publications using econometric and statistical methods.
Differences-in-differences with COVID-19 administrative data in Ecuador
Sánchez Pazmiño, D. H. (2022). Immunizing the Economy: A Causality Discussion on Vaccines and Economic Recovery. X-Pedientes Económicos, 6(14), 65–82.
The paper used a two-way fixed effects differences-in-differences estimator to estimate the causal effect of COVID-19 vaccination on business creation in Ecuadorian provinces. The key result was that provinces which showed apparent reluctancy to vaccinate saw about 25% less business creation than provinces that didn’t.
Survey-weighted logistic regression to investigate corruption at the individual level
Published in Virginia Tech’s peer-reviewed journal, The Philosophy, Politics, and Economics Review. I use survey-weighted logistic regression to investigate the drivers of a mysterious increase in corruption tolerance in Ecuador between 2014 and 2016, finding that political identification and presidential approval drove the change.
