Wiktor Zielinski

Wiktor Zielinski

PhD Candidate in Economics at the European University Institute

My interests lie in macro spatial and development economics. Questions that I find troubling refer to non-convergence of regions in time and how infrastructure & transportation affects this issue.

Work in Progress

  • Regional Development and Imperfect Mobility
  • Climate Change Adaptation in Rural Economies with Andre Groeger and Bruno Conte

Graduate Projects

  • Public Housing Demolition and Crime, Master Thesis, Sciences Po, supervision of prof. Roberto Galbiati and prof. Florian Oswald
  • Replication in Julia of Adamopoulos, Tasso, Loren Brandt, Jessica Leight, and Diego Restuccia. 2022. "Misallocation, Selection, and Productivity: A Quantitative Analysis With Panel Data From China." Econometrica 90 (3): 1261–82.
  • Referee report and replication of Clemens, Michael A., Ethan G. Lewis, and Hannah M. Postel. 2018. "Immigration Restrictions as Active Labor Market Policy: Evidence from the Mexican Bracero Exclusion." American Economic Review 108 (6): 1468–87.
  • Replication and modification of Berry, Steven, and Panle Jia. 2010. "Tracing the Woes: An Empirical Analysis of the Airline Industry." American Economic Journal: Microeconomics 2 (3): 1–43.
  • Referee report of Tsivanidis, Nick. 2026. "Evaluating the Impact of Urban Transit Infrastructure: Evidence from Bogotá's TransMilenio." American Economic Review 116 (2): 418–63.

I'm also a research replicator at the Journal of Political Economy. For more info, look here.