Gangs, Labor Mobility, and Development

Nikita Melnikov, Carlos Schmidt-Padilla, María Micaela Sviatschi. 2025. “Gangs, Labor Mobility, and Development.” Econometrica 93(6): 2083-2121. Authors’ websites: https://www.n-melnikov.com/ https://cschmidtpadilla.github.io/ https://www.micaelasviatschi.com/ How do criminal organizations affect economic development? This paper studies the impact of gangs’ territorial control in El Salvador. About this channel: econimate® is a YouTube channel aimed at making economics research accessible and engaging. What questions do economists ask, how do they answer them, and how does this research help explain the world around us? http://www.econimate.com/ Created by Hoai-Luu Nguyen Video uses “WritingMarker” by fastson licensed under https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...