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Santiago Caicedo is an Associate Professor of Economics and Finance at Northeastern University, affiliated with the College of Social Sciences and Humanities and the D'Amore-McKim School of Business. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Chicago, along with an MA and BA in Economics and Mathematics from Universidad de los Andes, Colombia.
His research bridges microdata and economic theory to examine social interactions, human capital formation, economic growth, innovation, and organizational economics. Key interests include wage distribution dynamics, labor market regulations (e.g., apprenticeship programs in Colombia), and the spatial convergence of wage distributions across U.S. cities. He explores how collaborative networks and inventor allocation influence innovation speed and quality, with recent work analyzing demographic shifts and their impact on firm productivity and economic growth.
Caicedo’s publications appear in top journals like Econometrica and American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, addressing topics ranging from firm responses to labor policies to theoretical models of idea diffusion. His current research agenda emphasizes the interplay between labor market structures, innovation ecosystems, and long-term economic development.
Notably, his work on Colombia’s apprenticeship regulation (published in Econometrica) quantified firms’ cost-benefit trade-offs in training programs, while his analysis of Southern U.S. cities’ wage convergence highlights spatial economic realignment driven by education and industrial changes.
