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Working Papers

2022

1. Can Interactive Online Training Make High School Students More Entrepreneurial? Experimental Evidence from Rwanda
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (2)
   Also in GLO Discussion Paper Series, Global Labor Organization (GLO) (2022) View citations (2)

2021

2. Changing Returns to Scale in Manufacturing 1880-1930: The Rise of (Skilled) Labor?
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

2020

3. Powering Up Productivity: The Effects of Electrification on U.S. Manufacturing
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)
4. What is The Price of Freedom?: Estimating Women's Willingness to Pay for Job Schedule Flexibility
   IDB Publications (Working Papers), Inter-American Development Bank View citations (10)
   See also Journal Article What Is the Price of Freedom? Estimating Women’s Willingness to Pay for Job Schedule Flexibility, Economic Development and Cultural Change, University of Chicago Press (2023) View citations (1) (2023)

2019

5. Financial Innovation and Additionality: The Power of Economic Analysis and Data Analytics
   Research and Policy Briefs, The World Bank
6. Robo-Advisors: Investing through Machines
   Research and Policy Briefs, The World Bank View citations (14)
7. Using Big Data to Expand Financial Services
   World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group
8. Using Big Data to Expand Financial Services: Benefits and Risks
   Research and Policy Briefs, The World Bank View citations (1)

2018

9. Is workplace safety everybody's business? Experimental evidence on prevention information, accidents and compensating wage differentials in SMEs
   Documentos de Trabajo, Instituto de Economia. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.

2017

10. Personalized Information as a Tool to Improve Pension Savings: Results from a Randomized Control Trial in Chile
    Documentos de Trabajo, Instituto de Economia. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article Personalized Information as a Tool to Improve Pension Savings: Results from a Randomized Control Trial in Chile, Economic Development and Cultural Change, University of Chicago Press (2024) View citations (1) (2024)
11. The distortionary effect of size and factor dependent policies: The role of factor substitutability in measuring the impact of a child-care subsidy policy in Chile
    Research Department working papers, CAF Development Bank Of Latinamerica View citations (1)

2016

12. Coordinated Noise Trading: Evidence from Pension Fund Reallocations
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)

2015

13. People and Machines A Look at the Evolving Relationship Between Capital and Skill In Manufacturing 1860-1930 Using Immigration Shocks
    Documentos de Trabajo, Instituto de Economia. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. View citations (2)
    Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2015) View citations (2)
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2015) View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article People and Machines: A Look at the Evolving Relationship between Capital and Skill in Manufacturing, 1860–1930, Using Immigration Shocks, The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press (2019) View citations (18) (2019)
14. Who comes and Why? Determinants of Immigrants Skill Level in the Early XXth Century US
    Working Papers ClioLab, EH Clio Lab. Instituto de Economía. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile View citations (13)
    Also in Documentos de Trabajo, Instituto de Economia. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. (2014)
    See also Journal Article WHO COMES AND WHY? DETERMINANTS OF IMMIGRANTS SKILL LEVEL IN THE EARLY XXTH CENTURY US, Journal of Demographic Economics, Cambridge University Press (2015) View citations (2) (2015)

2013

15. More Hands, More Power? Estimating the Impact of Immigration on Output and Technology Choices Using Early 20th Century US Agriculture
    Documentos de Trabajo, Instituto de Economia. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. View citations (4)
    Also in Working Papers ClioLab, EH Clio Lab. Instituto de Economía. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (2013) View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article More hands, more power? Estimating the impact of immigration on output and technology choices using early 20th century US agriculture, Journal of International Economics, Elsevier (2015) View citations (22) (2015)

2012

16. Smooth(er) Landing? The Dynamic Role of Networks in the Location and Occupational Choice of Immigrants
    Documentos de Trabajo, Instituto de Economia. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. View citations (3)
    Also in Working Papers ClioLab, EH Clio Lab. Instituto de Economía. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (2012) View citations (14)

2010

17. Sudden Stops, Financial Frictions, and Labor Market Flows: Evidence from Latin America
    Working Papers ClioLab, EH Clio Lab. Instituto de Economía. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
    Also in Documentos de Trabajo, Instituto de Economia. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. (2010)
    See also Journal Article Sudden stops, financial frictions, and labor market flows: Evidence from Latin America, Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier (2012) View citations (8) (2012)

2003

18. Growth and Adjustment in Chile: a Look at the 1990s
    Working Papers Central Bank of Chile, Central Bank of Chile View citations (9)
    See also Chapter Growth and Adjustment in Chile: A Look at the 1990s, Central Banking, Analysis, and Economic Policies Book Series, Central Bank of Chile (2002) View citations (2) (2002)
19. Modeling a Small Open Economy: The Case of Chile
    Working Papers Central Bank of Chile, Central Bank of Chile

Journal Articles

2024

1. Can gamified online training make high school students more entrepreneurial? Experimental evidence from Rwanda
   Economics of Education Review, 2024, 101, (C)
2. Personalized Information as a Tool to Improve Pension Savings: Results from a Randomized Control Trial in Chile
   Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2024, 72, (2), 725 - 770 View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper Personalized Information as a Tool to Improve Pension Savings: Results from a Randomized Control Trial in Chile, Documentos de Trabajo (2017) View citations (3) (2017)
3. Personalizing or reminding? How to better incentivize savings among underbanked individuals
   Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2024, 222, (C), 25-63
4. The redistributive effects of size-dependent childcare policies
   Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 2024, 160, (C)

2023

5. What Is the Price of Freedom? Estimating Women’s Willingness to Pay for Job Schedule Flexibility
   Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2023, 71, (4), 1179 - 1211 View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper What is The Price of Freedom?: Estimating Women's Willingness to Pay for Job Schedule Flexibility, IDB Publications (Working Papers) (2020) View citations (10) (2020)

2019

6. People and Machines: A Look at the Evolving Relationship between Capital and Skill in Manufacturing, 1860–1930, Using Immigration Shocks
   The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2019, 101, (1), 30-43 View citations (18)
   See also Working Paper People and Machines A Look at the Evolving Relationship Between Capital and Skill In Manufacturing 1860-1930 Using Immigration Shocks, Documentos de Trabajo (2015) View citations (2) (2015)

2018

7. Destabilizing Financial Advice: Evidence from Pension Fund Reallocations
   The Review of Financial Studies, 2018, 31, (10), 3720-3755 View citations (16)
8. Role Models or Individual Consulting: The Impact of Personalizing Micro-entrepreneurship Training
   American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2018, 10, (4), 222-45 View citations (39)

2017

9. Asset fire sales in equity markets: Evidence from a quasi-natural experiment
   Journal of Financial Intermediation, 2017, 30, (C), 71-85 View citations (5)

2015

10. More hands, more power? Estimating the impact of immigration on output and technology choices using early 20th century US agriculture
    Journal of International Economics, 2015, 97, (2), 339-358 View citations (22)
    See also Working Paper More Hands, More Power? Estimating the Impact of Immigration on Output and Technology Choices Using Early 20th Century US Agriculture, Documentos de Trabajo (2013) View citations (4) (2013)
11. WHO COMES AND WHY? DETERMINANTS OF IMMIGRANTS SKILL LEVEL IN THE EARLY XXTH CENTURY US
    Journal of Demographic Economics, 2015, 81, (1), 115-155 View citations (2)
    Also in JODE - Journal of Demographic Economics, 2015, 81, (1), 115-155 (2015) View citations (13)
    See also Working Paper Who comes and Why? Determinants of Immigrants Skill Level in the Early XXth Century US, Working Papers ClioLab (2015) View citations (13) (2015)

2012

12. Sudden stops, financial frictions, and labor market flows: Evidence from Latin America
    Journal of Development Economics, 2012, 97, (2), 257-268 View citations (8)
    See also Working Paper Sudden Stops, Financial Frictions, and Labor Market Flows: Evidence from Latin America, Working Papers ClioLab (2010) (2010)

2011

13. Low-Skilled Immigration and the Labor Supply of Highly Skilled Women
    American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2011, 3, (3), 88-123 View citations (241)

1999

14. Monetary Policy in Latin America: Underpinnings and Procedures
    Latin American Journal of Economics-formerly Cuadernos de Economía, 1999, 36, (109), 897-927 View citations (7)

Chapters

2005

1. Response to External and Inflation Schoks in a Small Open Economy
   Chapter 2 in General Equilibrium Models for the Chilean Economy, 2005, vol. 9, pp 029-056 View citations (5)

2002

2. Growth and Adjustment in Chile: A Look at the 1990s
   Chapter 14 in Economic Growth: Sources, Trends, and Cycles, 2002, vol. 6, pp 465-522 View citations (2)
   See also Working Paper Growth and Adjustment in Chile: a Look at the 1990s, Central Bank of Chile (2003) View citations (9) (2003)

Software Items

Undated

1. Code and data files for “Who Comes and Why ? Determinants of Immigrants Skill Level in the Early XXth Century US”
   JODE - Journal of Demographic Economics - Data and Codes, Cambridge University Press