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Personal data

Name :	Hugo Rojas-Romagosa
Sector :	International Economics
Telephone :	+31 70 33 83 338
Fax :	+31 70 33 83 350
E-mail :	h.rojas-romagosa@cpb.nl

Current Research

• Offhsoring and wage inequality.
• Globalisation and labour markets (with Bas Straathof ).

Research interests

• Globalisation, offshoring and wage inequality
• Heterogeneous firms and productivity.
• Employment and human capital in general equilibrium.
• CGE modeling of trade policy and income inequality..
• FDI and productivity linkages in CGE models.
• Income and expenditure inequality data.

Publications

• (with Joseph Francois) Household inequality, social welfare, and trade. Forthcoming Journal of Development Economics.
• (with Henk Kox) Exports and productivity selection effects for Dutch firms. Forthcoming De Economist.
• (with Luis Rivera) Análisis de impacto sobre la sostenibilidad (AIS) ante un acuerdo de asociación entre la Unión Europea y Centroamérica, 2009. In in Heieck, S., R. Matarrita and D. Polo-Cheva (eds.), Política comercial en Centroamérica: Perspectivas del acuerdo de asociación con la Unión Europea y retos para las pequeñas y medianas empresas, INCAE Business School, Costa Rica.
• (with Arjan Lejour and Gerard Verweij) Opening Services Markets within Europe: Modelling Foreign Establishments in a CGE Framework. Economic Modelling, 25: 1022-1039, 2008.
• Essays on Trade and Equity. Doctoral dissertation, Erasmus University Rotterdam. Tinbergen Institute Research Series, book No. 349. Thela Thesis, 2005.

Working paper

• Firm-level exports and productivity in The Netherlands. CPB Memorandum 250, May 2010.
• Modelling Human Capital Formation in WorldScan. CPB Memorandum 244, March 2010.
  
• (with Clovis Hopman) The relation between competition and innovation: Empirical results and implementation into WorldScan. CPB Memorandum 242, March 2010.
• Trade barriers and productivity: Empirical evidence from firm-level data. CPB Memorandum 216, March 2009.
• (with Albert van der Horst and Leon Bettendorf) Does employment affect productivity? CPB Discussion Paper 119. February 2009.
• (with Arjan Lejour, Víctor Rodríguez, Carlos Montalvo and Frank van der Zee) Trade costs, Openness and Productivity: Market access at home and abroad. European Commission, DG Enterprise and Industry. Industrial Policy and Economic Reform Papers No. 10, January 2009.
• (with Joseph F. Francois) Reassessing the relationship between inequality and development. CPB Discussion Paper 107. June 2008.
• (with Arjan Lejour) International spillovers of domestic reforms: The joint application of the Lisbon Strategy in the EU. CPB Discussion Paper 105. May 2008.
• (with Joseph F. Francois and Luis Rivera)  Economic Perspectives for Central America after CAFTA: A GTAP-based Analysis. CPB Discussion Paper 99. February 2008.
• (edited by Wim Suyker, Henri de Groot and Piet Buitelaar) India and the Dutch Economy: Stylised Facts and Prospects. CPB Document No. 155. November 2007.
• (with Luis Rivera) Economic Implications of an Association Agreement between the European Union and Central America. IIDE Discussion Paper 200710-01. October 2007.
  
• (with Albert van der Horst and Leon Bettendorf) Will Corporate Tax Consolidation Improve Efficiency in the EU? CPB Document 141. March 2007.
• Productivity Effects of FDI Inflows: A Literature Review. CPB Memorandum 170. December 2006.
• (with Arjan Lejour) Foreign Direct Investment in Applied General Equilibrium Models: Overview of the Literature.  CPB Memorandum 169. December 2006.
• (edited by Wim Suyker and Henri de Groot) China and the Dutch Economy: Stylised Facts and Prospects. CPB Document No. 127. September 2006.
• (with Joseph F. Francois) Equity, Welfare, and the Setting of Trade Policy in General Equilibrium. World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 3731. 2005.
• (with Joseph F. Francois) The Construction and Interpretation of Combined Cross-Section and Time-Series Income Inequality Datasets. World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 3748. 2005.
• (with Joseph F. Francois) Trade Policy and the Household Distribution of Income. CEPR Discussion Paper 4436. 2004.

Work experience

2006- present	Economic Researcher at the Sector International Economics of the CPB.
2004-2005	Economic Researcher at the Central Bank of Costa Rica.
2000-2004	PhD Student at the Tinbergen Institute (Erasmus University Rotterdam).
1999-2000	Economist at the Central Bank of Costa Rica.
1998-1999	Executive Director, International Cultural Youth Exchange (Costa Rican Chapter).
1993-1997	Assistant Economist, Central Bank of Costa Rica.

Education

• 2005, Doctor in Economics. Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
• 2001, Master of Philosophy in Economics. Tinbergen Institute, The Netherlands.
• 1994, Bachelor in Economics. University of Costa Rica.

Other Activities

• Referee for Economic Modelling, Journal of International Trade & Economic Development, Review of Development Economics, and World Development.
• Private consultant for INCAE Business School and the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC).
• Research Fellow Institute for International and Development Economics.