Welcome to my website!
I am an applied economist with interests in finance, macro, and labor, using empirical and quantitative methods.
I study how businesses make forecasts and how they make decisions and adapt when facing uncertainty, real options, or a shifting economic environment.
I also co-founded WFH Research, a project that studies the shift to working from home and its implications for businesses, managers, and workers in the United States and around the world.
Currently, I work as an Assistant Professor of Finance at Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM) Business School.
Contact
barsanjmb [insert standard preposition] gmail.com
jose.barrero [insert standard preposition] itam.mx
Recent Updates
The New Geography of Labor Markets (March 2025), with Mert Akan, Nicholas Bloom, Tom Bowen, Shelby Buckman, Steven J. Davis, and Hyoseul Kim
* Previously titled “Americans Now Live Farther From Their Employers”
Blog New York Times Coverage Slides February 2024
Tapping Business and Household Surveys to Sharpen Our View of Work from Home (March 2025), with Nick Bloom, Kathryn Bonney, Cory Breaux, Cathy Buffington, Steven J. Davis, Lucia S. Foster, Brian McKenzie, Aaron K. Savage, and Cristina Tello-Trillo
Prepared for the CRIW Conference on The Changing Nature of Work, Spring 2025
Measuring Work From Home (February 2025), with Shelby Buckman, Nick Bloom, and Steven J. Davis
* Previously titled “How Much Work From Home is There in the United States?”
January 2024 Slides February 2023 Slides
Research Statement, January 2025
Program for the 2025 ITAM Finance Conference, held on February 21 and 22 in Mexico City
Business Uncertainty in Developing and Emerging Economies (September 2024), with Edgar Ávalos, Elwyn Davies, Leonardo Iacovone, and Jesica Torres
Slides (September 2024)
Why Does Working From Home Vary Across Countries and People? (April 2024), with Pablo Zárate, Mathias Dolls, Steven J. Davis, Nick Bloom, and Cevat Giray Aksoy
The Evolution of Work From Home (updated September 2023), with Nick Bloom and Steven J. Davis
Awarded the Eleos Replication Package Prize by the Institute for Replication
Journal of Economic Perspectives (Fall 2023)
Working from Home Around the Globe: 2023 Report (June 2023) with Cevat Aksoy, Nick Bloom, Steven J. Davis, Mathias Dolls, and Pablo Zarate
Featured in The Economist “The fight over working from home goes global”
Long Social Distancing (updated June 2023), with Nick Bloom and Steven J. Davis
Official Link Policy Briefing NBER Digest May 2023 Version October 2022 Version Replication Package
Journal of Labor Economics (October 2023 Special Issue on Wage Dynamics in the 21st Century)
Why Working From Home Will Stick (April 2021) with Nick Bloom and Steven J. Davis
Data and code Project Website Twitter Summary Thread Slides (November 2021)