Gianmarco León-Ciliotta

UPF and BSE

PhD, University of California-Berkeley

Research interests

  • Economic Development
  • Political Economics
  • Applied Econometrics
  • Education and Health Economics
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Teaching at the Barcelona School of Economics

Gianmarco León-Ciliotta is an ICREA-Academia Fellow at the Department of Economics and Business at Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Affiliated Professor at the Barcelona School of Economics (BSE) and IPEG, and a Research Affiliate at J-PAL, CEPR and BREAD.

Professor León-Ciliotta’s research focuses on political economics in developing countries and more broadly on development economics. His research uses both observational data and field experiments to explore questions related to the selection and incentives of public sector workers and politicians, exploring how different accountability institutions affect public policy, among others.

He co-organizes the VDEV-CEPR-BREAD Virtual Development Seminar Series. He is also an Associate Editor of the Economic Journal.

Awards, Grants, and Honors

  • BBVA Foundation Leonard Grant, “The Universal Basic Wage: Individual and Aggregate Effects of Public Policy Experiment” (2024)
  • BSE Seed Grants (2013, 2014, 2016, 2018)

Working Papers

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Policy-Making, Trust and the Demand for Public Services: Evidence from a Mass Sterilization Campaign

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Fernando Fernandez,Gianmarco León-Ciliotta, andDijana Zejcirovic
BSE Working Paper 1352
June 2022
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Immigration, Labor Markets and Discrimination: Evidence from the Venezuelan Exodus in Perú

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Andre Groeger,Gianmarco León-Ciliotta, andSteven Stillman
BSE Working Paper 1350
May 2022
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The Allocation of Incentives in Multi-Layered Organizations: Evidence from a Community Health Program in Sierra Leone

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Stefano Caria,Erika Deserranno,Philipp Kastrau, andGianmarco León-Ciliotta
BSE Working Paper 1346
May 2022
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Teacher Compensation and Structural Inequality: Evidence from Centralized Teacher School Choice in Perú

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Matteo Bobba,Tim Ederer,Gianmarco León-Ciliotta,Christopher A. Neilson, andMarco Nieddu
BSE Working Paper 1273
July 2021
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Promotions and Productivity: The Role of Meritocracy and Pay Progression in the Public Sector

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Erika Deserranno,Philipp Kastrau, andGianmarco León-Ciliotta
BSE Working Paper 1239
February 2021
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When Transparency Fails: Financial Incentives for Local Banking Agents in Indonesia

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Erika Deserranno,Gianmarco León-Ciliotta, andFirman Witoelar
BSE Working Paper 1233
January 2021
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How Effective Are Monetary Incentives to Vote? Evidence from a Nationwide Policy

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Mariella Gonzales,Gianmarco León-Ciliotta, andLuis R. Martínez
BSE Working Paper 1111
September 2019
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Accountability, Political Capture and Selection into Politics: Evidence from Peruvian Municipalities

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Miriam Artiles,Lukas Kleine-Rueschkamp, andGianmarco León-Ciliotta
BSE Working Paper 1041
May 2018
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Urbanization Patterns, Information Diffusion and Female Voting in Rural Paraguay

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Alberto Chong,Gianmarco León-Ciliotta,Vivian Roza, andGabriela Vega
BSE Working Paper 1004
November 2017
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Vertical Integration, Supplier Behavior, and Quality Upgrading among Exporters

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Christopher Hansman,Jonas Hjort,Gianmarco León-Ciliotta, andMatthieu Teachout
BSE Working Paper 961
March 2017
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Compulsory Voting, Turnout, and Government Spending: Evidence from Austria

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Mitchell Hoffman,Gianmarco León-Ciliotta, andMaria Lombardi
BSE Working Paper 856
November 2015
Working Paper

Firms’ Response and Unintended Health Consequences of Industrial Regulations

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Christopher Hansman,Jonas Hjort, andGianmarco León-Ciliotta
BSE Working Paper 809
September 2015
Working Paper

Risky Transportation Choices and the Value of Statistical Life

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Gianmarco León-CiliottaandEdward Miguel
BSE Working Paper 716
September 2015
Working Paper

Turnout, Political Preferences and Information: Experimental Evidence from Peru

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Gianmarco León-Ciliotta
BSE Working Paper 691
September 2015

Publications

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The Allocation of Incentives in Multilayered Organizations: Evidence from a Community Health Program in Sierra Leone

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Stefano Caria, Erika Deserranno, Philipp Kastrau, and Gianmarco León-Ciliotta
Journal of Political Economy

August 2025
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Policymaking, Trust, and the Demand for Public Services: Evidence from a Mass Sterilization Campaign

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Fernando Fernandez, Gianmarco León-Ciliotta, and Dijana Zejcirovic
American Economic Journal: Economic Policy

February 2025
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When Transparency Fails: Financial Incentives for Local Banking Agents in Indonesia

Open Access
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Erika Deserranno, Gianmarco León-Ciliotta, and Firman Witoelar
The Review of Economics and Statistics

October 2023
Publication

Venezuelan Exodus in Peru: Inflows of immigrants lead to better economic outcomes

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Andre Groeger, Gianmarco León-Ciliotta, and Steven Stillman

December 2022
Publication

How Effective Are Monetary Incentives to Vote? Evidence from a Nationwide Policy

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Mariella Gonzales, Gianmarco León-Ciliotta, and Luis R. Martínez
American Economic Journal: Applied Economics

March 2022
Publication

Reducing inequalities in access to quality education

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Matteo Bobba, Tim Ederer, Gianmarco León-Ciliotta, Christopher A. Neilson, and Marco Nieddu

February 2022
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What can branchless banking teach us about incentives and transparency?

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Erika Deserranno, Gianmarco León-Ciliotta, and Firman Witoelar

April 2021
Publication

Accountability, Political Capture and Selection into Politics: Evidence from Peruvian Municipalities

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Miriam Artiles, Lukas Kleine-Rueschkamp, and Gianmarco León-Ciliotta
Review of Economics and Statistics

July 2020
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Vertical Integration, Supplier Behavior, and Quality Upgrading Among Exporters

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Christopher Hansman, Jonas Hjort, Gianmarco León-Ciliotta, and Matthieu Teachout
Journal of Political Economy

May 2020
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Beyond the Bill: Voter Turnout and the Value of Abstention Fines

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Mariella Gonzales, Gianmarco León-Ciliotta, and Luis R. Martínez

February 2020
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Interlinked Firms and the Consequences of Piecemeal Regulation

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Christopher Hansman, Jonas Hjort, and Gianmarco León-Ciliotta
Journal of the European Economic Association

November 2018
Publication

Urbanization Patterns, Information Diffusion, and Female Voting in Rural Paraguay

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Alberto Chong, Gianmarco León-Ciliotta, Vivian Roza, and Gabriela Vega
American Journal of Political Science

October 2018
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Turnout, political preferences and information: Experimental evidence from Peru

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Gianmarco León-Ciliotta
Journal of Development Economics

March 2017
Publication

Risky Transportation Choices and the Value of a Statistical Life

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Gianmarco León-CiliottaandEdward Miguel
American Economic Journal: Applied Economics

January 2017
Publication

Compulsory voting, turnout, and government spending: Evidence from Austria

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Mitchell Hoffman, Gianmarco León-Ciliotta, and Maria Lombardi
Journal of Public Economics

December 2016
Publication

Inequality in School Resources and Academic Achievement: Evidence From Peru

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Gianmarco León-Ciliotta
International Journal of Educational Development

December 2015
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Civil Conflict and Human Capital Accumulation: the Long-Term Effects of Political Violence in Perú

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Gianmarco León-Ciliotta
Journal of Human Resources

January 2012
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