Welcome to my website!
I am an an Assistant Professor of Finance at ITAM Business School.
My research spans finance, macro, and labor economics, using empirical and quantitative methods. I study how businesses make forecasts, how they make decisions, and how they adapt when facing uncertainty, real options, or a shifting economic environment.
I also co-founded the WFH Research project to study the shift to work from home and its implications for businesses, managers, and workers in the US and around the world.
I co-organize the annual ITAM Finance Conference and Remote Work Conference
Contact
barsanjmb [insert standard preposition] gmail.com jose.barrero [insert standard preposition] itam.mx
Recent Updates
The Global Persistence of Work From Home (June 2025) with Cevat Giray Aksoy, Nicholas Bloom, Steven J. Davis, Mathias Dolls, and Pablo Zárate
Working Paper Version Covered by The Economist See also Working from Home in 2025: Five Key Facts
PNAS (July 3, 2025) Vol. 122 No. 27
Tapping Business and Household Surveys to Sharpen Our View of Work from Home (June 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
Slides March 2025
Prepared for the CRIW Conference on The Changing Nature of Work, Spring 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
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
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)