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
Call for Papers for the 2025 Remote Work Conference to be held at Stanford, October 22 to 24, 2025
Business Uncertainty in Developing and Emerging Economies (April 2025), with Edgar Ávalos, Elwyn Davies, Leonardo Iacovone, and Jesica Torres
Nonconfidential data and code Slides (May 2025) September 2024 Version
The Global Persistence of Work From Home (April 2025) with Cevat Giray Aksoy, Nicholas Bloom, Steven J. Davis, Mathias Dolls, and Pablo Zárate
Revise & Resubmit, PNAS
Working from Home in 2025: Five Key Facts (April 2025) with Cevat Giray Aksoy, Nicholas Bloom, Steven J. Davis, Mathias Dolls, and Pablo Zárate
Covered by The Economist
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
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
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)