Automation Is Not a Sufficient Statistic: A Two-Frontier Task Model of Robots, AI, and Inequality

Develops a novel task-based framework showing why aggregate automation hides opposite skill-premium effects of robots and AI.

February 2026 · Carlos César Chávez Padilla

Minimum Wage and Ethnic Gaps

Examines how minimum wage policy affects ethnic income gaps in Peru.

January 2024 · Carlos César Chávez Padilla

Mining Presence on Inequality, Labor Income, and Poverty

Published in Mineral Economics - examines effects of mining presence on inequality, labor income, and poverty in Peru.

January 2023 · Carlos César Chávez Padilla

Closing Peru's Ethnic Gaps Amidst Sustained Economic Growth

Examines Peru’s ethnic income gaps during sustained economic growth period.

September 2022 · Gonzalo Salinas, Carlos César Chávez Padilla, Zahid Yuri