Alonso Alfaro Ureña

Researcher, Central Bank of Costa Rica; Professor, Department of Economics, Universidad de Costa Rica

Alonso Alfaro Ureña is a researcher at the Department of Research of the Central Bank of Costa Rica and a professor at the Department of Economics at the Universidad de Costa Rica, both positions held since 2012. He holds a degree in Economics from the Universidad de Costa Rica and an M.A. and a Ph.D. in Economics from the Pennsylvania State University. His work focuses on productivity, trade, growth, and inflation expectations.

Recent work by Alonso Alfaro Ureña

Responsible sourcing? Theory and evidence from Costa Rica

In theory, responsible sourcing has ambiguous effects on workers; empirically, exposed workers benefit but with adverse knock-on effects

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Alonso Alfaro Ureña Benjamin Faber Cecile Gaubert Isabela Manelici Jose P. Vasquez

Published 23.09.22

Boosting firm productivity through joining multinational supply chains

Domestic firms that start supplying to multinational corporations see their productivity grow between 6% and 9%

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Alonso Alfaro Ureña Isabela Manelici Jose P. Vasquez

Published 19.06.20

Alonso Alfaro Ureña

Recent work by Alonso Alfaro Ureña

Responsible sourcing? Theory and evidence from Costa Rica

Boosting firm productivity through joining multinational supply chains