Economics · Urban labor markets · Spatial inequality

Edicson Luna

PhD Student in Economics
University of Pennsylvania

I study how formal and informal employment, commuting costs, and housing affordability interact in highly segregated urban labor markets, with a focus on Bogota and Latin America.

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Edicson Luna outdoors in the Andes

Research

Third-Year Paper

Educational Sorting and Labor Market Segmentation: Evidence from Bogota

This paper studies how educational differences, labor-market segmentation, commuting access, wages, and housing costs shape residential sorting and access to formal employment across Bogota.

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Teaching

Econometrics I

Summer course, Universidad de los Andes, Colombia · 2024 and 2026

Course materials
Econometrics I materials
Statistics Overview OLS Statistical Inference Asymptotic Theory Potential Outcomes Binary Outcome Instrumental Variables Difference-in-Differences
Strategic Reasoning materials
Introduction Sequential Moves Simultaneous Games Combinations Mixed Strategies Risk Asymmetric Information Repeated Games Collective Action

Contact

Let's talk about cities, labor, and policy.

edicson@sas.upenn.edu github.com/edicsonluna