For six decades, migrants have been pouring into the cities of Latin America and the Caribbean, boosting the percentage of the urban population from 50% to 80%, and delivering large benefits, including greater specialization, competition, innovation and entrepreneurship, to the region's metropolitan centers. But while migration to cities often results in significant gains, … [Read more...] about Easing Housing Constraints to Urban Migration
Paul E. Carrillo
Professor of Economics and International Affairs at George Washington University. His research lies at the intersection between urban economics, real estate economics, public economics, and econometrics. Prof. Carrillo has published over two dozen academic articles in highly regarded economics journals, including the Quarterly Journal of Economics, Review of Economics and Statistics, Journal of Public Economics, Journal of Urban Economics, among others. He currently serves as Co-Editor of the Journal of Housing Economics, Associate Editor of the Journal of Regional Science and Urban Economics and has served as a member of the Board of Directors of the American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Virginia in 2006.
Maximizing the Potential of Urban Migration in Latin America and the Caribbean
Over the last six decades, Latin America and the Caribbean has experienced a wave of migration to urban areas that has boosted the percentage of people living in cities from around 50% of the population in 1960 to more than 80% today. Millions of those people have been forcibly displaced, fleeing crime, political conflict, and gang violence. Many others have been uprooted by … [Read more...] about Maximizing the Potential of Urban Migration in Latin America and the Caribbean