Ercio Munoz
Economist
IADB
About Me
I am a research economist in the Poverty Group at the Inter-American Development Bank. My research focuses on intergenerational mobility, inequality, and economic opportunity, with emphasis on Latin America and developing countries. I also study gender and diversity, as well as methodological challenges in measuring inequality using household surveys and census data.
Interests
- Intergenerational Mobility & Inequality
- Development Economics
- Labor Economics
- Gender & Diversity
Education
PhD in Economics
CUNY Graduate Center
MA in Economics
Georgetown University
MSc in Finance
Universidad de Chile
BA in Economics
Universidad de Chile
Selected Publications
(2026).
Relative Income and Gender Norms: Evidence from Latin America.
Review of the Economics of the Household, accepted.
(2026).
Measuring the Sources of Taste-Based Discrimination using List Experiments.
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 249.
(2026).
Sibling Correlations in Schooling around the World: A New Database.
World Development, 204.
(2025).
The Lives of Intersex People: Socio-Economic and Health Disparities in Mexico.
PNAS Nexus, 4(5).
(2024).
The Geography of Intergenerational Mobility in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Economía LACEA Journal, 23(1).
Selected Working Papers
(2026).
Hearing the Question: A Randomized Test of Audio-Assisted Self-Interviewing for Sensitive Topics in Chile.
In Preparation.
(2026).
Beyond Within-Group Mobility: Racial and Ethnic Gaps in Sibling Correlations in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Submitted.
(2025).
Intergenerational Income Mobility around the World: A New Database.
Revision requested.
(2025).
When Measure Matters: Coresidence Bias and Intergenerational Mobility Revisited.
Submitted.
(2022).
Does It Matter Where You Grow Up? Childhood Exposure Effects in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Revision requested.