Maximo Rossi

Maximo Rossi is Professor of Economics at the Department of Economics, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of the Republic (UdelaR) in Montevideo, Uruguay, and Research Affiliate at the Granada Lab of Behavioral Economics (GLOBE), University of Granada, Spain. Since the late 1980s he has combined rigorous empirical work with policy-oriented research in labour, health, happiness, public finance, gender and cultural economics.

Research Interests

• Labour & Gender Economics: wage gaps, occupational segregation, female labour supply, teenage pregnancy impacts
• Health & Happiness Economics: determinants of subjective well-being, health outcomes, ageing, obesity and hypertension
• Public Economics & Fiscal Incidence: tax and transfer policy, inequality, poverty and race in Latin America
• Social Capital & Religion: trust, religiosity, cultural transmission, attitudes toward corruption and violence
• Environmental & Cultural Economics: valuation of environmental amenities, heritage engagement, cultural activities and well-being

Across more than 100 journal articles and working papers, Rossi’s work repeatedly merges micro-econometric techniques with rich survey and administrative data to illuminate how institutions, culture and policy shape individual and social outcomes in Latin America. His 2020 study in the Journal of Cultural Economics identifies tangible and intangible barriers to heritage participation, while earlier publications reveal how religion, inequality and health interact with happiness and trust.

Editorial & Outreach Roles

• Editor, RePEc NEP reports on Unemployment, Inequality and Poverty
• Editor, RePEc NEP reports on Central and South America
• Editor, RePEc NEP reports on Resource Economics

Contact & Affiliation

• Department of Economics, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of the Republic, Bulevar España 2287, Montevideo 11200, Uruguay
• Email: mito@decon.edu.uy
• Phone: +598 99 623815
• GLOBE, Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Granada, Spain