Leopoldo Tornarolli
Researcher
Leopoldo Tornarolli is a senior researcher at the Center for Distributive, Labor and Social Studies (CEDLAS) at Universidad Nacional de La Plata (UNLP) in Argentina. Tornarolli holds a MSc. degree in Economics from UNLP. He teaches an undergraduate course on Economic Policy at UNLP. He has published articles on poverty, income distribution and labor issues in books and international journals. Tornarolli is co-director of Socioeconomic Database for Latin America and the Caribbean Project (SEDLAC).
- Poverty and income distribution
- Social policy
- Labor markets
- Magister en Economía, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, 2008.
- Licenciado en Economía, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, 2003.
- Senior Researcher. CEDLAS, Universidad Nacional de La Plata.
- Co-director of SEDLAC. CEDLAS (UNLP) and the World Bank.
- Researcher. Departament of Economics, Universidad Nacional de La Plata.
- Professor of Economic Policy, UNLP.
Academic Journals
– Gasparini, L., Gluzmann, P., and Tornarolli, L. (2022) “Caracterización de la población vulnerable: una propuesta con estimaciones para Argentina” Económica, 68, 135-157.
– Gasparini, L., Cruces, G. and Tornarolli, L. (2016). “Chronicle of a Deceleration Foretold: Income Inequality in Latin America in the 2010s”. Revista de Economía Mundial 43, 25-46.
– Gasparini, L. and Tornarolli, L. (2015). “A review of the OECD Income Distribution Database”. The Journal of Economic Inequality 13 (4), pp. 579-602.
– Gasparini, L., Cruces, G. and Tornarolli, L. (2011) “Recent trends in income inequality in Latin America”. Economia 10 (2), 147-201, Spring.
– Gasparini, L., Alejo, J., Haimovich, F., Olivieri, S. and Tornarolli, L. (2010). “Poverty among older people in Latin America and the Caribbean”. Journal of International Development 22 (2), 176-207, 2010.
– Gasparini, L. and Tornarolli, L. (2009) “Labor Informality in Latin America and the Caribbean: Patterns and Trends from Household Survey Microdata”. Desarrollo y Sociedad 63 (1), 13-80.
– Gasparini, L., Gutiérrez, F. and Tornarolli, L. (2007) “Growth and income poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean: evidence from household surveys”. Review of Income and Wealth 53 (2), June, pp. 209-245.
Books
– Hernandéz Oré, M.A., Sánchez, L.A., Sousa, L.D. and Tornarolli, L. (2018): Fiscal and Welfare Impacts of Electricity Subsidies in Central America. Directions in Development – Public Sector Governance. Washington, DC: World Bank. https://www.openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/28504. 2017.
– Cicowiez, M., Gasparini, L. Gutiérrez F. and Tornarolli, L. (2006). Brechas urbano-rurales y Objetivos de Desarrollo del Milenio en América Latina y el Caribe. Publicación conjunta de Naciones Unidas (UNDP), CEPAL y BID.
Chapters in books
– Cotlear, C. and Tornarolli, L. (2011). Poverty, The Aging, and the Life Cycle in Latin America. Chapter 3 in “Population Aging: is Latin America Ready?” Daniel Cotlear, Editor. Directions in Development. Human Development. The World Bank. Washington D.C.
– Guardia, L. and Tornarolli, L. (2009). Boom Agrícola y Persistencia de la Pobreza Rural en Argentina. Chapter 1 in “Boom Agrícola y Persistencia de la Pobreza Rural en América Latina: un Estudio de 8 Casos”. FAO. Santiago de Chile.
– Tornarolli, L. (2008). Crecimiento Económico y Reducción de la Pobreza. Chapter 3 in “Informe de Desarrollo Social 2007: Pobreza, Desigualdad e Inversión Social.” Ministerio de Coordinación de Desarrollo Social (MCDS) de Ecuador, Secretaría Técnica del MCDS, Unidad de Análisis e Información SIISE y Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo.
Other positions
- Consultant in several projects with The World Bank, the IADB, ECLAC, UNDP, OECD, AFD, and the governments of Argentina, Bahamas, Ecuador, El Salvador and Nicaragua.