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Charles J. Del Dotto – Meet the Standard Error team

Despite his long experience editing research, veteran man of letters Charles J. Del Dotto’s great love will always be the theater. Here, he introduces himself to Standard Error’s consulting editor Olivier Simard-Casanova and discusses how his passion for the humanities continues to infuse his work as a social science editor.

The colonial roots of inequality

Colonial institutions such as slavery and encomiendas were the cornerstones of the wealth of elites and ethnic segregation in former colonies such as Colombia. Here, Juliana Jaramillo Echeverri of the Colombian central bank discusses her new working paper, recently edited by the Standard Error team, on how the education system continues to reproduce Colombia’s historical divides.

Talk at the Top

Introducing Our Talk at the Top Series: How Economists Talk (and Write) for Each Other and Why You Need to Know.

Standard Error - Talk at the Top