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Gregorio Caetano is an Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Georgia, where he conducts research at the intersection of urban economics, public economics, and labor economics. His work focuses on neighborhood sorting, school segregation, and the valuation of public school quality, with significant contributions to methodological approaches in econometrics.
His educational background includes a B.A. in Economics from Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (2000), an M.A. in Economics from Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV-RJ) (2003), and a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of California, Berkeley (2009).
Caetano's research interests span social interactions, urban economics, local public economics, education, labor economics, and applied econometrics. His work often employs innovative econometric techniques, particularly bunching designs and regression discontinuity approaches, to study complex social phenomena. He has made significant contributions to understanding neighborhood sorting mechanisms, school segregation dynamics, and the economic valuation of public school quality.
His publication record shows a consistent focus on methodological innovation applied to substantive questions in urban economics and education. Recent work demonstrates increasing sophistication in causal identification strategies, with multiple papers developing and applying bunching designs to address endogeneity concerns in studying educational outcomes, maternal labor supply effects, and neighborhood sorting patterns.
Caetano is affiliated with the Inequality: Measurement, Interpretation, and Policy (MIP) research network, which connects his work to broader policy-relevant research on economic inequality.
His research has been published in top economics journals including Journal of Labor Economics, Journal of Public Economics, Journal of Urban Economics, Quantitative Economics, and Journal of Applied Econometrics, demonstrating both methodological rigor and policy relevance.
