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Diana E. MacDonald
**** Working Papers ****
Foster Care
"Designing the Menu of Licenses for Foster Care" with Ahmet Altinok
[Updated Draft: April 2026] [Online Appendix: April 2026 ]
[Initial Draft: Banco de Mexico Research Document No. 2023-19]
"Foster Care: A Dynamic Matching Approach" (A new draft with Ahmet Altinok is coming soon!)
[Updated Draft: November 2024]
[Initial Draft: Banco de Mexico Research Document No. 2023-01]
"The Effect of Paying Parents to Adopt: Evidence from Minnesota's Foster-Care System" with Kelly Bishop
[Updated Draft: June 2024]
[Initial Draft: Banco de Mexico Research Document No. 2022-01]
Mexico
"Macro-Level Skill Mismatch in the Mexican Labor Market: Informality as a Key Adjustment Margin " with Benjamín Elam Rodríguez
[Updated Draft: May 2026]
**** Work in Progress ****
"The Effect of Extreme Weather Events on the Mexican Economy" with Joel Castillo
"Credit Default under Extreme Weather in Mexico: Gender-Based Heterogeneity" with Joel Castillo, Angélica Muñoz and Miguel Orozco
"Demographic Aging in Mexico" with Benjamín Elam Rodríguez
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