Jorge A Alvarez

Last Updated: May 20, 2024

Jorge Alvarez

Jorge Alvarez is an economist at the IMF and a Resident Advisor at the Technical Assistance Center for Central America, Panama and the Dominican Republic (CAPTAC-DR). He is currently on an external assignment from the IMF's Research Department and one of the contributors to the World Economic Outlook (WEO). Prior to this, he was part of the World Economic Studies and Development Macroeconomics divisions at the Research Department, and covered Canada, Mexico and Colombia at the Western Hemisphere Department.

Personal WebPage: https://sites.google.com/site/jalvarezecon/

Education:

Ph.D. in Economics, Princeton University, May 2016

B.A. in Economics, Harvard University, May 2010

IMF Books and Working Papers:

Geoeconomic Fragmentation and Commodity Markets , Working Paper No. 2023/201 , October 03, 2023

How Costly Will Reining in Inflation Be? It Depends on How Rational We Are , Working Paper No. 2023/021 , February 03, 2023

Regional Spillovers from the Venezuelan Crisis: Migration Flows and Their Impact on Latin America and the Caribbean , December 05, 2022

Wage-Price Spirals: What is the Historical Evidence? , Working Paper No. 2022/221 , November 11, 2022

COVID-19 and the Informality-driven Recovery: The Case of Colombia's Labor Market , Working Paper No. 2021/235 , September 17, 2021

Informality and Aggregate Productivity: The Case of Mexico , Working Paper No. 19/257 , November 27, 2019

Crop Selection and International Differences in Aggregate Agricultural Productivity , Working Paper No. 19/179 , August 16, 2019

Internal Trade in Canada: Case for Liberalization , Working Paper No. 19/158 , July 22, 2019

Economic Gains From Gender Inclusion : New Mechanisms, New Evidence , Staff Discussion Notes No. 18/06 , October 08, 2018

Structural Transformation and the Agricultural Wage Gap , Working Paper No. 17/289 , December 22, 2017

Firms and the Decline in Earnings Inequality in Brazil , Working Paper No. 17/278 , December 14, 2017

Made in Mexico: Energy Reform and Manufacturing Growth , Working Paper No. 15/45 , February 27, 2015

IMF Country Reports

Colombia: Financial System Stability Assessment

Colombia 2021 Article IV Staff Report

Colombia 2021 Review Under the Flexible Credit Line Arrangement

Colombia 2020 Request for Augmentation of Access Under the Flexible Credit Line Arrangement

Colombia 2020 Request for an Arrangement Under the Flexible Credit Line

Colombia 2020 Article IV Staff Report

Mexico 2019 Article IV Staff Report

Mexico 2018 Review Under the Flexible Credit Line Arrangement

Canada 2019 Article IV Staff Report

Mexico 2018 Article IV Staff Report

Canada 2018 Article IV Staff Report

iMFdirect Blog Posts

Geoeconomic Fragmentation Threatens Food Security and Clean Energy Transition

Wage-Price Spiral Risks Still Contained, Latest Data Suggests

Wage-Price Spirals: The Historical Evidence

Inflation to be Elevated for Longer on War, Demand, Job Markets

Global Inflation Pressures Broadened on Food and Energy Price Gains

Selected Issue

Labor Market Impact from COVID-19 and the Ongoing Recovery, 2021 Colombia Selected Issues Paper

Potential Output: Reassessment and Pandemic Impact, 2021 Colombia Selected Issues Paper

Venezuelan Migration and The Labor Market, Colombia 2020 Selected Issues Paper

Internal Trade in Canada: Case for Liberalization, 2019 Canada Selected Issues Paper, Ch. 3

Formality and Equity: Labor Market Challenges in Mexico, 2018 Mexico Special Issues Paper, Ch. 1

A Closer Look at Productivity in Canada, 2018 Selected Issues Paper, Ch. 3

Made in Mexico: The Energy Reform and Manufacturing Output, 2014 Mexico Selected Issues Paper, Ch. 2

Other Published Materials

World Economic Outlook, October 2023: Fragmentation and Commodity Markets

World Economic Outlook, October 2022: Wage Dynamics Post–COVID-19 and Wage-Price Spiral Risks

World Economic Outlook, April 2022: War Sets Back The Global Recovery

World Economic Outlook Update, January 2022: Rising Caseloads, A Disrupted Recovery, and Higher Inflation

Made in Mexico: Energy Reform and Manufacturing Output, 2016, in Power Play: Energy and Manufacturing in North America. Edited by Roberto Cardarelli and Lusinyan, Lusine. International Monetary Fund, Washington D.C. 2016

Jorge Alvarez

Jorge Alvarez is an economist at the IMF and a Resident Advisor at the Technical Assistance Center for Central America, Panama and the Dominican Republic (CAPTAC-DR). He is currently on an external assignment from the IMF's Research Department and one of the contributors to the World Economic Outlook (WEO). Prior to this, he was part of the World Economic Studies and Development Macroeconomics divisions at the Research Department, and covered Canada, Mexico and Colombia at the Western Hemisphere Department.

Personal WebPage: https://sites.google.com/site/jalvarezecon/

Education:

Ph.D. in Economics, Princeton University, May 2016

B.A. in Economics, Harvard University, May 2010

IMF Books and Working Papers:

Geoeconomic Fragmentation and Commodity Markets , Working Paper No. 2023/201 , October 03, 2023

How Costly Will Reining in Inflation Be? It Depends on How Rational We Are , Working Paper No. 2023/021 , February 03, 2023

Regional Spillovers from the Venezuelan Crisis: Migration Flows and Their Impact on Latin America and the Caribbean , December 05, 2022

Wage-Price Spirals: What is the Historical Evidence? , Working Paper No. 2022/221 , November 11, 2022

COVID-19 and the Informality-driven Recovery: The Case of Colombia's Labor Market , Working Paper No. 2021/235 , September 17, 2021

Informality and Aggregate Productivity: The Case of Mexico , Working Paper No. 19/257 , November 27, 2019

Crop Selection and International Differences in Aggregate Agricultural Productivity , Working Paper No. 19/179 , August 16, 2019

Internal Trade in Canada: Case for Liberalization , Working Paper No. 19/158 , July 22, 2019

Economic Gains From Gender Inclusion : New Mechanisms, New Evidence , Staff Discussion Notes No. 18/06 , October 08, 2018

Structural Transformation and the Agricultural Wage Gap , Working Paper No. 17/289 , December 22, 2017

Firms and the Decline in Earnings Inequality in Brazil , Working Paper No. 17/278 , December 14, 2017

Made in Mexico: Energy Reform and Manufacturing Growth , Working Paper No. 15/45 , February 27, 2015

IMF Country Reports

Colombia: Financial System Stability Assessment

Colombia 2021 Article IV Staff Report

Colombia 2021 Review Under the Flexible Credit Line Arrangement

Colombia 2020 Request for Augmentation of Access Under the Flexible Credit Line Arrangement

Colombia 2020 Request for an Arrangement Under the Flexible Credit Line

Colombia 2020 Article IV Staff Report

Mexico 2019 Article IV Staff Report

Mexico 2018 Review Under the Flexible Credit Line Arrangement

Canada 2019 Article IV Staff Report

Mexico 2018 Article IV Staff Report

Canada 2018 Article IV Staff Report

iMFdirect Blog Posts

Geoeconomic Fragmentation Threatens Food Security and Clean Energy Transition

Wage-Price Spiral Risks Still Contained, Latest Data Suggests

Wage-Price Spirals: The Historical Evidence

Inflation to be Elevated for Longer on War, Demand, Job Markets

Global Inflation Pressures Broadened on Food and Energy Price Gains

Selected Issue

Labor Market Impact from COVID-19 and the Ongoing Recovery, 2021 Colombia Selected Issues Paper

Potential Output: Reassessment and Pandemic Impact, 2021 Colombia Selected Issues Paper

Venezuelan Migration and The Labor Market, Colombia 2020 Selected Issues Paper

Internal Trade in Canada: Case for Liberalization, 2019 Canada Selected Issues Paper, Ch. 3

Formality and Equity: Labor Market Challenges in Mexico, 2018 Mexico Special Issues Paper, Ch. 1

A Closer Look at Productivity in Canada, 2018 Selected Issues Paper, Ch. 3

Made in Mexico: The Energy Reform and Manufacturing Output, 2014 Mexico Selected Issues Paper, Ch. 2

Other Published Materials

World Economic Outlook, October 2023: Fragmentation and Commodity Markets

World Economic Outlook, October 2022: Wage Dynamics Post–COVID-19 and Wage-Price Spiral Risks

World Economic Outlook, April 2022: War Sets Back The Global Recovery

World Economic Outlook Update, January 2022: Rising Caseloads, A Disrupted Recovery, and Higher Inflation

Made in Mexico: Energy Reform and Manufacturing Output, 2016, in Power Play: Energy and Manufacturing in North America. Edited by Roberto Cardarelli and Lusinyan, Lusine. International Monetary Fund, Washington D.C. 2016

Publications in Journals (Refereed)

"Informality and Aggregate Productivity: The Case of Mexico", with Cian Ruane. Accepted at European Economic Review.

"Wage-Price Spirals: What is the Historical Evidence?", with John Bluedorn, Youyou Huang, Evgenia Pugacheva, and Alexandre Sollaci. Accepted at Economica.

“The Agricultural Wage Gap: Evidence from Brazilian Micro-data.” American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, 2020, 12(1): 153-73

“Firms and the Decline in Earnings Inequality in Brazil” with Felipe Benguria, Christian Moser and Niklas Engbom. American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, 2018, 10(1): 149-89

"Made in Mexico: Energy reform and manufacturing growth," with Fabian Valencia. Energy Economics 55 (2016): 253-265