Publications related to EfD by Juan Robalino
Juan Robalino is senior research fellow of the Environment and Development initiative Center for Central America. He is also Director of the Latin American and Caribbean Environmental Economics Program (LACEEP). His fields of specialization are environmental economics, applied microeconomics and development economics. His current research deals with spatial econometrics and policy evaluation. More specifically, he looks at the causal and spatial effects of endogenous development and environmental policies in Brazil and Costa Rica. Juan has been a consultant for the Development Economics Research Group at the World Bank. He received his Ph.D. from Columbia University in May 2005 and worked as a Post-Doctoral fellow at the Earth Institute. His dissertation titled Essays on Environmental Economics and Development Economics deals with deforestation, income distribution and land policies. His research has been published in Environment and Development Economics, the Journal of Regional Science and Conservation Biology.
Expertise/Research area:
- Environmental Economics
- Applied Microeconomics
- Development Economics
Peer reviewed
- Measuring the Effectiveness of Protected Area Networks in Reducing Deforestation: A Rigorous Impact Evaluation Approach Andam, K., Ferraro, P., Pfaff, A. Sanchez, A. and Robalino, J. 2008 “Measuring the Effectiveness of Protected Area Networks in Reducing Deforestation: A Rigorous Impact Evaluation Approach” Proceedings of National Academy of Science. 105 (42) 16089-94
- Park Location Affects Forest Protection: Land Characteristics Cause Differences in Park Impacts across Costa Rica Pfaff, A., Robalino, J., Sanchez-Azofeifa, G.A., Andam, K. and Ferraro, P., 2009 "Park Location Affects Forest Protection: Land Characteristics Cause Differences in Park Impacts across Costa Rica," The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy: 9 (2) (Contributions), Article 5.
- Costa Rica’s Payment for Environmental Services Program: Intention, Implementation and Impact Sanchez, A., A. Pfaff, J. Robalino, and J. Boomhower. 2007. Costa Rica's Payment for Environmental Services Program: Intention, Implementation, and Impact. Conservation Biology 21 (5) , 1165-1173.
- Land Conservation Policies and Income Distribution: Who Bears the Burden of our Environmental Efforts? Robalino, J. 2007. "Land Conservation Policies and Income Distribution: Who Bears the Burden of our Environmental Efforts?". Environment and Development Economics 12(4): 521-533.
- Road Investment, Spatial Intensification and Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon Pfaff, A., J. Robalino, R. Walker, S. Aldrich, M. Caldas, E. Reis, S. Perz, and C. Bohrer. 2007. “Road Investment, Spatial Intensification and Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon”. Journal of Regional Science 47(1): 109-123.
EfD Discussion Papers
- Deforestation Impacts of Environmental Services Payments – Costa Rica’s PSA Program 2000–2005 Juan Robalino, Alexander Pfaff, G. Arturo Sánchez-Azofeifa, Francisco Alpízar, Carlos León, and Carlos Manuel Rodríguez, ”Deforestation Impacts of Environmental Services Payments – Costa Rica’s PSA Program 2000–2005 ”, EfD Discussion Paper 08-24, a joint publication of the Environment for Development Initiative and Resources for the Future (www.rff.org), Washington DC. August 2008.
- Conservation Policies and Labor Markets: Unraveling the Effects of National Parks on Local Wages in Costa Rica Robalino, Juan, and Laura Villalobos-Fiatt (2010),"Conservation Policies and Labor Markets: Unraveling the Effects of National Parks on Local Wages in Costa Rica" EfD Discussion Paper 10-02, Environment for Development Initiative and Resources for the Future, Washington DC, February 2010.
Discussion Papers
- Trade and Deforestation: A literature review Robalino, Juan, Luis Diego Herrera, 2009, "Trade and Deforestation: A literature review", World Trade Organization, Economic Research and Statistics Division, Staff Working Paper ERSD-2010-04.
- Payments for Environmental Services: Empirical analysis for Costa Rica Alexander Pfaff, Juan Andres Robalino and G. Arturo Sanchez-Azofeifa, 2008, "Payments for Environmental Services: Empirical analysis for Costa Rica", Terry Sandford Institute of Public Policy, DUKE. Working paper series SAN08-05.
- Location Affects Protection: Observable Characteristics Drive Park Impacts in Costa Rica Alexander Pfaff, Juan Andres Robalino, G. Arturo Sanchez-Azofeifa, Kwaw Andam and Paul Ferraro, 2008, "Location Affects Protection: Observable Characteristics Drive Park Impacts in Costa Rica", Terry Sandford Institute of Public Policy, DUKE. Working paper series SAN08-06.
- Quality of Life in Urban Neighborhoods in Costa Rica Luis J. Hall, Róger Madrigal, Juan Robalino, 2008, "Quality of Life in Urban Neighborhoods in Costa Rica", Inter-American Development Bank, Latin American Research Network, Research Network Working Paper #R-563.
Books
- Human Choices Affect Conservation Impact: Correct Impact Evaluation after the Fact and Looking Forward Pfaff, A. and Robalino, J. 2008 “Human Choices Affect Conservation Impact: Correct Impact Evaluation after the Fact and Looking Forward.” In C. Palmer and S. Engel Eds. Avoided Deforestation: Prospects for Mitigating Climate Change. Routledge 192-207
- The Quality of Life in Urban Neighborhoods in Costa Rica Hall, L., Robalino, J., and Madrigal, R., 2010 “The Quality of Life in Urban Neighborhoods in Costa Rica” In E. Lora, A. Powell, B. van Praag and P. Sanguinetti Eds. The Quality of Life in Latin American Cities: Markets and perception. The World Bank Press.
- Assessing the impact of institutional design of Payments for Environmental Services: The Costa Rican experience Robalino, J., Pfaff, A. and Villalobos, L., 2011 “Assessing the impact of institutional design of Payments for Environmental Services: The Costa Rican experience” In B. Rapidel, F. DeClerk, J. LeCoq and J. Beer Eds. Ecosystem services from Agriculture and Agroforestry: Measurement and Payments. Earthscan Press.
- Estimating Spatial Interactions in Deforestation Decisions Robalino, J., A. Pfaff, and A. Sánchez. 2007. "Estimating Spatial Interactions in Deforestation Decisions". Forthcoming, In Biodiversity Economics: Principles, Methods and Applications, edited by A. Kantolean, U. Pascual, and T. Swanson. Cambridge University Press.
Policy briefs
- Conservación para el desarrollo (Spanish only) Esta síntesis se basa en los resultados de Robalino, J y Laura Villalobos-Fiatt 2009. Conservation policies and labor markets: unraveling the effects of national parks on local wages in Costa Rica. EfD-CA Working paper.
- Mapping success in protecting forests This brief is based on results from: Pfaff, A., Robalino, J., Sanchez-Azofeifa, G.A., Andam, K. and Ferraro, P., 2009 "Park Location Affects Forest Protection: Land Characteristics Cause Differences in Park Impacts across Costa Rica," The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy: 9 (2) (Contributions), Article 5.
Reports
- Conservation and welfare: Effects of National Parks on local employment in Costa Rica Robalino, J. and Laura Villalobos (2009). Conservation and welfare: Effects of National Parks on local employment in Costa Rica. Paper elaborated for the Poverty-environment publication series of the UNEP-UNDP Initiative.
- PES and other Economic Beasts: Assessing PES within a Policy Mix in Conservation Porras, I., Chacón‐Cascante, A., Robalino, J. and Oosterhuis, F. “PES and other Economic Beasts: Assessing PES within a Policy Mix in Conservation”. Chapter in Ring, Irene and Schröter‐Schlaack, Christoph (Ed.), 2011. Instrument Mixes for Biodiversity Policies. POLICYMIX Report, Issue No. 2/2011, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Leipzig, pp. pp. 119-144.
- Reduced Emissions due to Reduced Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD and REDD+) Chacón Cascante, Adriana; Robalino, Juan; Muñoz Brenes, Carlos L.; and Grieg-Gran Maryanne. 2011. “Reduced Emissions due to Reduced Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD and REDD+)”. In Ring, Irene and Schröter‐Schlaack, Christoph (Ed.), Instrument Mixes for Biodiversity Policies. POLICYMIX Report, Issue No. 2/2011, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Leipzig
- Quality of Life in Urban Neighborhoods in Costa Rica
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