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Working Papers

2025

1. Effective Community Mobilization: Evidence from Mali
   CEDLAS, Working Papers, CEDLAS, Universidad Nacional de La Plata
   Also in Working Papers, HAL (2025)
   AMSE Working Papers, Aix-Marseille School of Economics, France (2025)
   French Stata Users' Group Meetings 2023, Stata Users Group (2023)

2023

2. The Wellbeing Effects of an Old Age Pension: Experimental Evidence for Ekiti State in Nigeria
   CEDLAS, Working Papers, CEDLAS, Universidad Nacional de La Plata
   See also Journal Article The Well-being Effects of an Old-Age Pension: Experimental Evidence for Ekiti State in Nigeria, Journal of African Economies, Centre for the Study of African Economies (2024) View citations (1) (2024)

2020

3. A Community Based Program Promotes Sanitation
   Post-Print, HAL View citations (1)
   Also in CEDLAS, Working Papers, CEDLAS, Universidad Nacional de La Plata (2018) View citations (1)
   AMSE Working Papers, Aix-Marseille School of Economics, France (2020) View citations (1)
   Working Papers, HAL (2018) View citations (1)
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2018) View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article A Community-Based Program Promotes Sanitation, Economic Development and Cultural Change, University of Chicago Press (2020) View citations (2) (2020)
4. Mental Health Effects of an Old Age Pension: Experimental Evidence for Ekiti State in Nigeria
   2020 Annual Meeting, July 26-28, Kansas City, Missouri, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association View citations (1)
5. Pay for Performance for Prenatal Care and Newborn Health: Evidence from a Developing Country
   CEDLAS, Working Papers, CEDLAS, Universidad Nacional de La Plata
   See also Journal Article Pay for performance for prenatal care and newborn health: Evidence from a developing country, World Development, Elsevier (2021) View citations (1) (2021)

2019

6. Demand-Driven Youth Training Programs: Experimental Evidence from Mongolia
   Working Papers PIERI, PEP-PIERI
   See also Journal Article Demand-Driven Youth Training Programs: Experimental Evidence from Mongolia, The World Bank Economic Review, World Bank (2021) View citations (1) (2021)
7. Living with the Neighbors: Demand-Driven Youth Training Programs: Experimental Evidence from Mongolia
   CEDLAS, Working Papers, CEDLAS, Universidad Nacional de La Plata
8. Welfare Effects of a Non-Contributory Old Age Pension: Experimental Evidence for Ekiti State, Nigeria
   Working Papers PIERI, PEP-PIERI View citations (2)

2018

9. Efectos Educativos de la Fecundidad Adolescente: Evidencia Causal a Partir de la Legalización del Aborto en Uruguay
   CEDLAS, Working Papers, CEDLAS, Universidad Nacional de La Plata

2017

10. Heterogeneity in survey response according to gender: A survey experiment in rural India
    Working Papers PIERI, PEP-PIERI

2016

11. Housing Subsidies, Labor Supply and Household Welfare. Experimental Evidence from Argentina
    Research Department working papers, CAF Development Bank Of Latinamerica View citations (1)
12. Long Run Effects of Youth Training Programs: Experimental Evidence from Argentina
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (23)
    See also Journal Article LONG-RUN EFFECTS OF YOUTH TRAINING PROGRAMS: EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE FROM ARGENTINA, Economic Inquiry, Western Economic Association International (2016) View citations (26) (2016)
13. Randomized Evaluation of the Unconditional Cash Transfer Scheme for the Elderly in Ekiti State Nigeria
    Working Papers PIERI, PEP-PIERI View citations (1)

2015

14. Effect of a community-led sanitation intervention on child diarrhoea and child growth in rural Mali: a cluster-randomised controlled trial
    Post-Print, HAL View citations (54)
15. How Does Health Promotion Work? Evidence From The Dirty Business of Eliminating Open Defecation
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (36)
16. Impact Evaluation of Community-led Total Sanitation (CLTS) in Rural Mali
    CEDLAS, Working Papers, CEDLAS, Universidad Nacional de La Plata View citations (2)
17. Youth Training Programs Beyond Employment. Experimental Evidence from Argentina
    CEDLAS, Working Papers, CEDLAS, Universidad Nacional de La Plata View citations (3)

2014

18. Community mobilization around social dilemmas: evidence from lab experiments in rural Mali
    CEDLAS, Working Papers, CEDLAS, Universidad Nacional de La Plata View citations (5)

2012

19. Conditional Cash Transfers, Female Bargaining Power and Parental Labour Supply
    IDB Publications (Working Papers), Inter-American Development Bank View citations (7)
20. Impact Evaluation for Policy Making: A Close Look at Latin American Countries with Weaker Research Capacities
    CEDLAS, Working Papers, CEDLAS, Universidad Nacional de La Plata View citations (1)
21. Welfare Programs and Labor Supply in Developing Countries: Experimental Evidence from Latin America
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (34)
    Also in CEDLAS, Working Papers, CEDLAS, Universidad Nacional de La Plata (2010) View citations (26)

2011

22. Educational Reform and Labor Market Outcomes: the Case of Argentina's Ley Federal de Educacion
    Working Papers PIERI, PEP-PIERI View citations (1)
    Also in CEDLAS, Working Papers, CEDLAS, Universidad Nacional de La Plata (2010) View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article Education Reform and Labor Market Outcomes: The Case of Argentina's Ley Federal De Educación, Journal of Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals (2015) View citations (4) (2015)
23. Effects of Argentina's Social Security Reform on Labor Markets and Poverty
    Working Papers MPIA, PEP-MPIA View citations (3)
24. Workfare and crime: evidence for Argentina
    Research Department working papers, CAF Development Bank Of Latinamerica

2009

25. Comments
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library
26. The Quality of Life in Prisons: Do Educational Programs Reduce In-prison Conflicts?
    CEDLAS, Working Papers, CEDLAS, Universidad Nacional de La Plata View citations (1)
    See also Chapter The Quality of Life in Prisons: Do Educational Programs Reduce In-Prison Conflicts?, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2010) View citations (2) (2010)

2008

27. Are Informal Workers Secondary Workers?: Evidence for Argentina
    CEDLAS, Working Papers, CEDLAS, Universidad Nacional de La Plata View citations (1)
28. Impact of Technical Barriers to Trade on Argentine Exports and Labor Markets
    CEDLAS, Working Papers, CEDLAS, Universidad Nacional de La Plata View citations (1)
    See also Chapter The Impact of Technical Barriers to Trade on Argentine Exports and Labor Markets, Chapters, Edward Elgar Publishing (2010) (2010)
29. The effect of education on in-prison conflict: evidence from Argentina
    Documentos de Economía, Universidad Javeriana - Bogotá

2006

30. The Impact of Training Policies in Argentina: An Evaluation of Proyecto Joven
    IDB Publications (Working Papers), Inter-American Development Bank

2004

31. Currency Pegs and Fiscal Federalism
    Econometric Society 2004 Latin American Meetings, Econometric Society

Journal Articles

2024

1. The Well-being Effects of an Old-Age Pension: Experimental Evidence for Ekiti State in Nigeria
   Journal of African Economies, 2024, 33, (3), 240-270 View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper The Wellbeing Effects of an Old Age Pension: Experimental Evidence for Ekiti State in Nigeria, CEDLAS, Working Papers (2023) (2023)

2021

2. Demand-Driven Youth Training Programs: Experimental Evidence from Mongolia
   The World Bank Economic Review, 2021, 35, (3), 720-744 View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper Demand-Driven Youth Training Programs: Experimental Evidence from Mongolia, Working Papers PIERI (2019) (2019)
3. Pay for performance for prenatal care and newborn health: Evidence from a developing country
   World Development, 2021, 141, (C) View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper Pay for Performance for Prenatal Care and Newborn Health: Evidence from a Developing Country, CEDLAS, Working Papers (2020) (2020)

2020

4. A Community-Based Program Promotes Sanitation
   Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2020, 68, (2), 357 - 390 View citations (2)
   See also Working Paper A Community Based Program Promotes Sanitation, Post-Print (2020) View citations (1) (2020)
5. Beyond technical skills training: The impact of credit counseling on the entrepreneurial behavior of Ugandan youth
   Review of Development Economics, 2020, 24, (3), 750-765 View citations (4)

2017

6. The effect of education on teenage fertility: causal evidence for Argentina
   IZA Journal of Migration and Development, 2017, 7, (1), 1-23 View citations (2)

2016

7. LONG-RUN EFFECTS OF YOUTH TRAINING PROGRAMS: EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE FROM ARGENTINA
   Economic Inquiry, 2016, 54, (4), 1839-1859 View citations (26)
   See also Working Paper Long Run Effects of Youth Training Programs: Experimental Evidence from Argentina, IZA Discussion Papers (2016) View citations (23) (2016)

2015

8. Education Reform and Labor Market Outcomes: The Case of Argentina's Ley Federal De Educación
   Journal of Applied Economics, 2015, 18, (1), 21-43 View citations (4)
   Also in Journal of Applied Economics, 2015, 18, 21-44 (2015) View citations (5)
   See also Working Paper Educational Reform and Labor Market Outcomes: the Case of Argentina's Ley Federal de Educacion, Working Papers PIERI (2011) View citations (1) (2011)

2014

9. The Long and Winding Road Towards Fiscal Decentralization
   Económica, 2014, 60, 3-43
   Also in Económica, 2014, 60, 3-43 (2014)

Chapters

2010

1. The Impact of Technical Barriers to Trade on Argentine Exports and Labor Markets
   Chapter 2 in Global Exchange and Poverty, 2010
   See also Working Paper Impact of Technical Barriers to Trade on Argentine Exports and Labor Markets, CEDLAS, Universidad Nacional de La Plata (2008) View citations (1) (2008)
2. The Quality of Life in Prisons: Do Educational Programs Reduce In-Prison Conflicts?
   A chapter in The Economics of Crime: Lessons For and From Latin America, 2010, pp 239-264 View citations (2)
   See also Working Paper The Quality of Life in Prisons: Do Educational Programs Reduce In-prison Conflicts?, CEDLAS, Universidad Nacional de La Plata (2009) View citations (1) (2009)