About
Ph. Camilo Cárdenas
I am a Ph.D. Candidate in Economics at the University of Massachusetts and a researcher at CoreWoman.
My research agenda lies in two branches of social justice: I study the privilege from elites’ backgrounds and the unequal access of social groupings to clean air, political rights, education, and credit.
I am on the 2023-2024 job Market
I earned an MA in economics from the University of Massachusetts, a BA and an MA in economics from the Universidad de los Andes, and a BA in economics from the Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Besides teaching, I have worked as a private consultant and government officer.
In 2023, I received a PERI Dissertation Scholarship, and in 2018 a Fulbright-Colciencias Scholarship for graduate Studies.
Contact me
Email: rsalasdiaz@umass.edu
Research
ARTICLES
[NEW] Salas, R. (2023). Kemmerer Lives! The Evolution of the Composition of the Central Bank Board of Five Latin American Countries. Tiempo & Economía 10(2).
Navas, L; Montes, F; Abolghasem, S; Salas, R; Toloo, M; and R. Zarama. (2020). Colombian Higher Education Institutions Evaluation. Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, 100801.
Montes, F; Forero, D; Salas, R; and R. Zarama. (2017). The Challenges of Creating a Ranking: A Colombian Example. International Higher Education. Vol. 90, pp. 22-24. June.
[ES] Salas, R. (2015). Incidencia de la migración sobre las diferencias salariales de género en Colombia. Ensayos sobre Política Económica, Banco de la República. Vol. 33 (77), pp. 103 – 119, June.
WORKING PAPERS
[NEW] Aguilar, Sandra; Cárdenas, J. C.; and R. Salas. (2024) Environmental justice beyond race: skin tone and exposure to air pollution. Documentos CEDE. No. 07
[ES] Salas, R; Sanabria-Pulido, P; Rodríguez, C; and P. Torres. (2022). Mérito, representatividad, y asimetrías en nombramientos de altos funcionarios públicos en Colombia 1991-2021. Documentos de Trabajo Escuela de Gobierno Alberto Lleras Camargo. No 91.
UNDER REVISION
Salas, R. Young; K. Where Did the Global Elite Go to School? 2nd Revision. Global Networks
BOOKS CHAPTERS
[NEW] Salas, R. (2023) 100 years of Economics at the Board of the Banco de la República. In Álvarez, A and Hurtado, J (eds.). A History of Colombian Economic Thought The Economics Ideas that Built Modern Colombia. Routledge.
[NEW] Villaveces-Niño, MJ; Salas, R.; and Pilar Torres-Alvarado. (2023). A Mere Guest? The Slow Process of Women's Participation in Top Economic Positions (1950-2000). In Álvarez, A and Hurtado, J (eds.). A History of Colombian Economic Thought The Economics Ideas that Built Modern Colombia. Routledge.
WORK IN PROGRESS
Becoming a Central Banker: Exploring the Place of Birth and Education of Board Members in a Century of the Banco de la República [JMP]
Why do central bankers promote cultural institutions? National heritage meets economic policy through six events in the history of the Banco de la República.
Affinity vs. Stability: What weighs more on the appointment of Central Bankers?
With Alejandra Rodas, Mauricio Astudillo, and Pablo Sanabria It´s more than political adjustments: When cabinet reshuffles affect government performance.
With Kevin Young. Minority Status and Central Bank leadership. Evidence from the Federal Reserve and the Banco de la República.
With Juan Carlos Acosta and Rebeca Gómez Betancourt. Scientization and the Banco de la República, from its foundation to the 2000s. [book-length project].
With Kevin Young and Jorge Quezada Velazco. Who is to Blame for inflation? Randomized Experiments around the United States midterm elections in 2022
Teaching
Ph: Verónica Pérez
Spring 23, Winter 23, Spring 24
Instructor of Macroeconomics 104 and Macroeconomics 204 - UWW
University of Massachusetts, Amherst - Economics Department
Spring 21 -Summer 23
Consultant on quantitative methods
University of Massachusetts, Amherst - Institute for Social Science Research
Fall 19 - Fall 21
Teaching Assistant of Stata and the Economics Honors Seminar
Amherst College - Economics Department
Fall 11 - Fall 18
Teaching Assistant of introduction to Colombian Economy, Colombian Economic History, General Economic History, Macroeconomics II and III.
Universidad de los Andes - School of Economics
Fall 14 - Fall 16
Lecturer of Macroeconomics and Economic Theory
Universidad Externado de Colombia -School of Finance Government and International Relations.