Department of Research

UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO

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Gustavo Bobonis
Professor
Gustavo Bobonis
Employment in the Department
2017 –  
Professor
2011 – 2017
Associate Professor
2005 – 2011
Assistant Professor
Education
2005
Ph.D. Berkeley
2000
B.A. University of Puerto Rico at Rio Piedras
Research Fields
Economic development, Labour economics, Political economy, Economic history
Selected Publications
Legal Reforms, Conditional Cash Transfers, and Intimate Partner Violence: Evidence from Mexico

Economia LACEA Journal, 2025
Gustavo Bobonis, Roberto Castro, Juan S. Morales

Vulnerability and Clientelism

American Economic Review, 2022
Gustavo Bobonis, Paul Gertler, Marco Gonzalez-Navarro, Simeon Nichter

Monitoring Corruptible Politicians

American Economic Review, 2016
Gustavo Bobonis, Luis R. Cámara Fuertes, Rainer Schwabe

Public Transfers and Domestic Violence: The Roles of Private Information and Spousal Control

American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2013
Gustavo Bobonis, Melissa González-Brenes, Roberto Castro

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