Ph. Camilo Cárdenas
Welcome to my website.
I am an applied economist interested in economic history, socioeconomics, and political economy. Most of my research agenda lies in two branches: I study the privilege from elites’ backgrounds and the unequal access of social groupings to clean air, top economic and political positions, and education.
I am a Lecturer at Dartmouth College. During the fall term, I teach Macroeconomics and “Financial Crises and Pandemics.” I have also taught various macroeconomics, econometrics, and economic history courses.
I am on the 2024-2025 academic Job Market
During my Ph.D. studies, I worked as a Consultant at the Institute of Social Science Research at UMass, Amherst, and as an Econometric Fellow at Amherst College.
Outside academia, I have worked as a private consultant, NGO researcher, and government officer - my CV.
Contact me:
Ricardo.j.salas.diaz @dartmouth.edu
Research
[JMP] A Century of Central Bankers at the Banco de la República of Colombia
ARTICLES
[NEW] Salas, R. and Young, K. (2024). Where Did the Global Elite Go to School? Global Networks
Salas, R. (2023). Kemmerer Lives! The Evolution of the Composition of the Central Bank Board of Five Latin American Countries. Tiempo & Economía 10(2).
Navas, L; Montes, F; Abolghasem, S; Salas, R; Toloo, M; and R. Zarama. (2020). Colombian Higher Education Institutions Evaluation. Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, 100801.
Montes, F; Forero, D; Salas, R; and R. Zarama. (2017). The Challenges of Creating a Ranking: A Colombian Example. International Higher Education. Vol. 90, pp. 22-24. June.
[ES] Salas, R. (2015). Incidencia de la migración sobre las diferencias salariales de género en Colombia. Ensayos sobre Política Económica, Banco de la República. Vol. 33 (77), pp. 103 – 119, June.
WORKING PAPERS
[NEW] Aguilar, Sandra; Cárdenas, J. C.; and R. Salas. (2024) Environmental justice beyond race: skin tone and exposure to air pollution. Documentos CEDE. No. 07
[ES] Salas, R; Sanabria-Pulido, P; Rodríguez, C; and P. Torres. (2022). Mérito, representatividad, y asimetrías en nombramientos de altos funcionarios públicos en Colombia 1991-2021. Documentos de Trabajo Escuela de Gobierno Alberto Lleras Camargo. No 91.
BOOKS CHAPTERS
Salas, R. (2023) 100 years of Economics at the Board of the Banco de la República. In Álvarez, A and Hurtado, J (eds.). A History of Colombian Economic Thought The Economics Ideas that Built Modern Colombia. Routledge.
Villaveces-Niño, MJ; Salas, R.; and Pilar Torres-Alvarado. (2023). A Mere Guest? The Slow Process of Women's Participation in Top Economic Positions (1950-2000). In Álvarez, A and Hurtado, J (eds.). A History of Colombian Economic Thought The Economics Ideas that Built Modern Colombia. Routledge.
WORK IN PROGRESS
Here a list of my work in progress
Percentage of the World Elites Educated by Country and their Nationalities.
