Professor Ph.D. (Berkeley, 2005), B.A. (University of Puerto Rico at Rio Piedras, 2000) Office: Max Gluskin House, 150 St. George Street, 304. Phone: 416-946-5299. Fax: 416-978-6713. Email address: Personal website: http://www.economics.utoronto.ca/gustavo.bobonis/ Research fields: Economic development, Labour economics, Political economy, Economic history

Selected research

• Gustavo Bobonis, Roberto Castro, Juan S. Morales, "Legal Reforms, Conditional Cash Transfers, and Intimate Partner Violence: Evidence from Mexico", Economia LACEA Journal 24 (1) (2025), 124–145. (Freely available.)
• Gustavo Bobonis, Paul Gertler, Marco Gonzalez-Navarro, Simeon Nichter, "Vulnerability and Clientelism", American Economic Review 112 (11) (2022), 3637–3659. (Freely available.)
• Gustavo Bobonis, Luis R. Cámara Fuertes, Rainer Schwabe, "Monitoring Corruptible Politicians", American Economic Review 106 (8) (2016), 2371–2405.
• Gustavo Bobonis, Melissa González-Brenes, Roberto Castro, "Public Transfers and Domestic Violence: The Roles of Private Information and Spousal Control", American Economic Journal: Economic Policy 5 (1) (2013), 179–205.
• Gustavo Bobonis, "Is the Allocation of Resources within the Household Efficient? New Evidence from a Randomized Experiment", Journal of Political Economy 117 (3) (2009), 453–503.

Honors and awards

• U of T Department of Economics Faculty Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, 2015.
• John C. Polanyi Prize in Economic Science, 2009.
• National Academy of Education / Spencer Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow, 2008.