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Adriana D. Kugler is affiliated with the World Bank in the United States. Their research primarily intersects the fields of economics, econometrics, and finance, with significant contributions to social sciences and health professions. Their work focuses on topics such as employment and welfare studies, labor market dynamics and wage inequality, and retirement, disability, and employment. Additional topics covered include gender, labor, and family dynamics, fiscal policy and economic growth, education and labor relations, and higher education and employability.

Their recent publications include the following:

  • "Hard and Soft Skills in Vocational Training: Experimental Evidence from Colombia," 2023, The World Bank Economic Review
  • "Long-Term Educational Consequences of Vocational Training in Colombia," 2020, The Journal of Human Resources
  • "Hard and Soft Skills in Vocational Training: Experimental Evidence from Colombia," 2020, SSRN Electronic Journal
  • "Do Unemployment Insurance Benefits Improve Match Quality? Evidence from Recent U.S. Recessions," 2020, SSRN Electronic Journal
  • "U.S. Robots and Their Impacts in the Tropics: Evidence from Colombian Labor Markets," 2020, SSRN Electronic Journal

Adriana D. Kugler has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including Ammar Farooq, Felipe Barrera-Osorio, Mikko Silliman, Umberto Muratori, and Maurice D. Kugler. Ammar Farooq is the most frequent coauthor, having collaborated on multiple works.

Their research outputs have been published in several venues, notably:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • The World Bank Economic Review
  • The Journal of Human Resources
  • Industrial and Labor Relations Review

Best Publications

  • DOES EMPLOYMENT PROTECTION REDUCE PRODUCTIVITY? EVIDENCE FROM US STATES*

    David H. Autor;William R. Kerr;Adriana D. Kugler

  • Rural Windfall or a New Resource Curse? Coca, Income, and Civil Conflict in Colombia *

    Joshua D. Angrist;Adriana D. Kugler

  • Protective or counter‐productive? labour market institutions and the effect of immigration on eu natives*

    Joshua D. Angrist;Adriana D. Kugler

  • The effects of structural reforms on productivity and profitability enhancing reallocation: Evidence from Colombia

    Marcela Eslava;John Haltiwanger;Adriana Kugler;Maurice Kugler

  • Katrina's Children: Evidence on the Structure of Peer Effects from Hurricane Evacuees

    Scott A. Imberman;Adriana D. Kugler;Bruce I. Sacerdote

  • Subsidizing Vocational Training for Disadvantaged Youth in Colombia: Evidence from a Randomized Trial

    Orazio Attanasio;Adriana Kugler;Costas Meghir

  • Effects of employment protection on worker and job flows: Evidence from the 1990 Italian reform

    Adriana Kugler;Giovanni Pica

  • LABOR MARKET EFFECTS OF PAYROLL TAXES IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: EVIDENCE FROM COLOMBIA

    Adriana Kugler;Maurice Kugler

  • Employee referrals and efficiency wages

    Adriana D. Kugler

  • Trade and market selection: Evidence from manufacturing plants in Colombia

    Marcela Eslava;John Haltiwanger;Adriana Kugler;Maurice Kugler

  • Employment Consequences of Restrictive Permanent Contracts: Evidence from Spanish Labor Market Reforms

    Adriana Kugler;Juan F Jimeno;Virginia Hernanz

  • Factor Adjustments after Deregulation: Panel Evidence from Colombian Plants

    Marcela Eslava;John Haltiwanger;Adriana D. Kugler;Maurice Kugler

  • How do Firing Costs Affect Worker Flows in a World with Adverse Selection

    Adriana D. Kugler;Gilles Saint‐Paul

  • The impact of firing costs on turnover and unemployment: Evidence from the Colombian labour market reform

    Adriana D. Kugler

  • The Effect of Job Security Regulations on Labor Market Flexibility: Evidence from the Colombian Labor Market Reform

    Adriana Kugler

  • Do Employment Protections Reduce Productivity? Evidence from U.S. States

    David H. Autor;William R. Kerr;Adriana D. Kugler

  • Doctors without Borders? Relicensing Requirements and Negative Selection in the Market for Physicians

    Adriana D. Kugler;Robert M. Sauer

  • Effects of employment protection and product market regulations on the Italian labor market

    Adriana D. Kugler;Giovanni Pica

  • Effects of Tariffs and Real Exchange Rates on Job Reallocation: Evidence from Latin America

    John Haltiwanger;Adriana Kugler;Maurice Kugler;Alejandro Micco

  • The Effects of Employment Protection and Product Market Regulations on the Italian Labour Market

    Adriana D. Kugler;Giovanni Pica

  • Katrina's Children: Evidence on the Structure of Peer Effects from Hurricane Evacuees. NBER Working Paper No. 15291.

    Scott Imberman;Adriana D. Kugler;Bruce Sacerdote

Frequent Co-Authors

Maurice Kugler
Maurice Kugler George Mason University
John Haltiwanger
John Haltiwanger University of Maryland, College Park
Costas Meghir
Costas Meghir Yale University
Orazio Attanasio
Orazio Attanasio Yale University
Bruce Sacerdote
Bruce Sacerdote Dartmouth College
William R. Kerr
William R. Kerr Harvard University
Juan F. Jimeno
Juan F. Jimeno Bank of Spain
Gilles Saint-Paul
Gilles Saint-Paul Paris School of Economics

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