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
2025 ITAM Finance Conference: Submissions closed. Preliminary program coming soon.
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
Americans Now Live Farther From Their Employers (February 2024), with Mert Akan,Nicholas Bloom, Tom Bowen, Shelby Buckman, Steven J. Davis, Luke Pardue, and Liz Wilke
Blog New York Times Coverage
How Much Work From Home is There in the United States (January 2024), with Nick Bloom, Shelby Buckman, and Steven J. Davis
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)
Benchmarking SWAA Estimates of the Prevalence of Working From Home (February 2023), with Nick Bloom, Shelby Buckman, and Steven J. Davis
Time Savings When Working from Home (January 2023), with Cevat Giray Aksoy, Nick Bloom, Steven J. Davis, Mathias Dolls, and Pablo Zarate
AEA Papers & Proceedings (May 2023)
Working from Home Around the World (October 2022), with Cevat Giray Aksoy, Nick Bloom, Steven J. Davis, Mathias Dolls, and Pablo Zarate
Brookings Papers on Economic Activity (Fall 2022 Edition)
The Shift to Remote Work Lessens Wage-Growth Pressures (June 2022), with Nick Bloom, Steven J. Davis, Brent Meyer, and Emil Mihaylov
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)