luciano ayala
PROFESOR-INVESTIGADOR EN LA UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE NUEVO LEÓN, FACULTAD DE ECONOMÍA

RESEARCH
“Economic development is not an act of charity, but a process of expanding the real freedoms that individuals enjoy.”
Amartya Sen
JOURNAL ARTICLES
- “A note on the determinants and impacts of agricultural commercialization: the case of small-scale rice farmers in Vietnam” HO CHI MINH CITY OPEN UNIVERSITY JOURNAL OF SCIENCE – ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, (2025) 16.
- “Land titling and household labor supply: evidence from Mexico” Investigación Económica, (2025) 84.
- “The effect of land tenure security on household labour supply: evidence from Vietnam (2008-2016)” Problemas del Desarrollo. Revista Latinoamericana de Economía, (2025) 56 .
- “Social Connectedness and Migration Patterns: A Case Study of Mexico to the United States” Entreciencias: Diálogos en la Sociedad del Conocimiento , (2024) 12.
- “Setting an example: political leaders’ cues and health behavior in the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico” Latin American Policy (2024) 12. [joint with Federico Fabio Frattini and Bruno Morando]
- “Rental Markets, Gender and Land Certificates: Evidence From Viet Nam” Food Policy (2020) 94 [joint with Bruno Morando]
- “Residential Water Demand and Price Perception under Increasing Block Rates”, Economics Bulletin (2017) 37 [joint with Rene Cabral and Víctor Hugo Delgado]
BOOKS AND CHAPTERS
- “Chapter 3: Agricultural production and market access” in Characteristics of the Vietnamese Rural Economy: Evidence from a 2016 Rural Household Survey in 12 Provinces of Viet Nam. Helsinki: UNU-WIDER (2018)