Dr Beatriz Calzada Olvera
Specialist in Economics and Innovation
- Email address
- calzadaolvera@ihs.nl
- Phone
- +31107546399
Dr. Beatriz Calzada Olvera is an economics researcher focusing on the intersection of development economics and innovation. She investigates the impact of natural resource industries, i.e., mining and critical raw materials, on economic development by integrating technological change, (inter)national policy frameworks, and local contexts. Additionally, her work has looked at the spatial dynamics of economic activities and their impacts on development pathways at various scales. Since 2023, she has served as PI for the Horizon Europe-funded project Data to Enable Transformation and Optimisation for Concrete Sustainability (DETOCS), which examines the innovation challenges in concrete value chains.
At IHS, she co-coordinates the Urban Digital Transformation and Innovation Master track. She teaches courses on the economics of innovation and applied econometric and machine learning methods for urban and economic research.
Dr. Calzada Olvera earned her PhD in Economics and Policy Studies of Technical Change from Maastricht University’s School of Business and Economics and is an affiliated researcher at the United Nations University - Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT). She has also conducted consultancy projects for organisations such as GIZ and the Inter-American Development Bank.
| Calzada Olvera, B., & Spinola, D. (2025). Determinants of export diversification in resource-dependent economies: The role of product relatedness and macroeconomic conditions. Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, 74, 578–590. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.strueco.2025.05.019 |
| Yesmin, N. and Calzada Olvera, B. (2024). Key determinants of street vendor sales in Dhaka: Infrastructure and socioeconomic factors. Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy, (First online 04 December 2024) press. https://doi.org/10.1108/JEPP-12-2023-0135 |
| Calzada Olvera, B. and Vergara-Fernández, M. (2024). The investment landscape in the lithium triangle, (UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2024-021). Maastricht: United Nations University - Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT). |
| Calzada Olvera, B. (2024). Is the Dutch disease well and alive? A cross-country assessment of mining spillovers on employment in the 2002–2014 period, Resources Policy, 95, 105136, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resourpol.2024.105136 |
| Calzada Olvera, B. (2023). Alternative related variety, macroeconomic factors and diversification: Extractive vs. non-extractive products, (UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2023-030). Maastricht: United Nations University - Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT). |
| Calzada Olvera, B. & Iizuka, M. (2023). The mining sector: profit-seeking strategies, innovation patterns, and commodity prices, Industrial and Corporate Change, dtad020. (First online 07 June 2023). https://doi.org/10.1093/icc/dtad020 |
| Pietrobelli, C., Calzada Olvera, B., Iizuka, M. & Mazzi, C. T. (2023). Suppliers’ entry, upgrading, and innovation inmining GVCs: Lessons from Argentina, Brazil, and Peru, Industrial and Corporate Change, dtad079. https://doi.org/10.1093/icc/dtad079 |
| Calzada Olvera, B. G. (2022). Extractive industries and structural transformation [Doctoral Thesis, Maastricht University]. Maastricht University | MUMC+ Research Information. https://doi.org/10.26481/dis.20220518bc |
| Calzada Olvera, B. (2022). Innovation in mining: what are the challenges and opportunities along the value chain for Latin American suppliers?, Mineral Economics, 35, 35-51. (First online 09 February 2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13563-021-00251-w |
| Calzada Olvera, B., Gonzalez-Sauri, M., Harings Moya, D-A. and Louvin, F. (2022). Covid-19 in Central America: Firm resilience and policy responses on employment. Journal of Policy Modeling, 44(6), 1280-1295. (First online 19 November 2022) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpolmod.2022.11.005 |
| Calzada Olvera, B. and Iizuka, M. (2022). The mining sector : profit-seeking strategies, innovation patterns, and commodity prices (GRIPS discussion paper ; 22-09). Tokyo: National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS). |
| Calzada Olvera, B. and Spinola, D. (2022). Complexity and productive structure in Latin America : a network analysis of trade patterns (CAFÉ working paper ; 16). Birmingham: Centre for Applied Finance and Economics (CAFÉ), Birmingham City University. |
| Fransen, J., Ochoa Peralta, D., Vanelli, F., Edelenbos, J. and Calzada Olvera, B. (2022). The emergence of urban community resilience initiatives during the COVID-19 pandemic : an international exploratory study. European Journal of Development Research, 34, 432-454. (First online 21 January 2021). https://doi.org/10.1057/s41287-020-00348-y |
| Calzada-Olvera, B., Gonzalez-Sauri, M., Louvin, F. and Harings Moya, D.-A. (2021). COVID-19 in Central America : effects of firm resilience and policy responses on employment (UN-WIDER working paper ; 2021/166). Helsinki: United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UN-WIDER). https://doi.org/10.35188/UNU-WIDER/2021/106-8 |
| Calzada Olvera, B. & Sartorello Spinola, D. (2021). Complexity and productive structure in Latin America: A network analysis of trade patterns. In R. Mansilla Corona & R. M. Menoza Rosas (Eds.), Actas de economÃa y complejidad III (1st ed.) (pp.75-99). Centro de Investigaciones Interdisciplinarias en Ciencias y Humanidades (UNAM) |
| Calzada Olvera, B. & Iizuka, M. (2020). How does innovation take place in the mining industry? Understanding the logic behind innovation in a changing context, (UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2020-019). Maastricht: United Nations University - Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT). |
| Calzada Olvera, B. and Foster-McGregor, N. (2018). What is the potential of natural resource-based industrialization in Latin America? An input-output analysis of the extractive sectors, (UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2018-015). Maastricht: United Nations University - Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT). |
| Calzada Olvera, B. (2014). The Millennium Development Goals after 2015 : a proposal for 2015-2030 (Working Paper No. 01/2014). Berlin: Competence Center: Money, Finance, Trade and Development. |