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Homepage:http://www.matiasbusso.org
Workplace:Inter-American Development Bank, (more information at EDIRC)
Centro de Estudios Distributivos, Laborales y Sociales (CEDLAS) (Center for the Study of Distribution, Labor and Social Affairs), Facultad de Ciencias Económicas (School of Economic Sciences), Universidad Nacional de La Plata (National University of La Plata), (more information at EDIRC)

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Working Papers

2023

  1. Ability Grouping and Student Performance: Experimental Evidence from Middle Schools in Mexico
    IDB Publications (Working Papers), Inter-American Development Bank Downloads
  2. Long-term Effects of Weather-induced Migration on Urban Labor and Housing Markets
    IDB Publications (Working Papers), Inter-American Development Bank Downloads View citations (1)
  3. Preferences for Redistribution in Latin America
    IDB Publications (Working Papers), Inter-American Development Bank Downloads View citations (1)
    Also in LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2023) Downloads View citations (2)
  4. Short- and Long-Run Labor Market Adjustment to Import Competition
    IDB Publications (Working Papers), Inter-American Development Bank Downloads View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article Short‐ and long‐run labor market adjustment to import competition, Review of International Economics, Wiley Blackwell (2023) Downloads View citations (1) (2023)
  5. Signaling Specific Skills and the Labor Market of College Graduates
    IDB Publications (Working Papers), Inter-American Development Bank Downloads View citations (3)
    Also in Working papers, Red Investigadores de Economía (2023) Downloads View citations (3)
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2023) Downloads View citations (3)
  6. The Effectiveness of Management Training Programs: A Meta-Analytic Review
    IDB Publications (Working Papers), Inter-American Development Bank Downloads View citations (2)

2022

  1. Helping Struggling Students and Benefiting All: Peer Effects in Primary Education
    CSEF Working Papers, Centre for Studies in Economics and Finance (CSEF), University of Naples, Italy Downloads
    Also in IDB Publications (Working Papers), Inter-American Development Bank (2022) Downloads

    See also Journal Article Helping struggling students and benefiting all: Peer effects in primary education, Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier (2023) Downloads View citations (1) (2023)
  2. Improving Early Literacy through Teacher Professional Development: Experimental Evidence from Colombia
    IDB Publications (Working Papers), Inter-American Development Bank Downloads

2021

  1. Good Peers Have Asymmetric Gendered Effects on Female Educational Outcomes: Experimental Evidence from Mexico
    IDB Publications (Working Papers), Inter-American Development Bank Downloads View citations (6)
    See also Journal Article Good peers have asymmetric gendered effects on female educational outcomes: Experimental evidence from Mexico, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier (2021) Downloads View citations (4) (2021)
  2. On the Demand for Telemedicine: Evidence from the Covid-19 Pandemic
    IDB Publications (Working Papers), Inter-American Development Bank Downloads View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article On the demand for telemedicine: Evidence from the COVID‐19 pandemic, Health Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. (2022) Downloads View citations (3) (2022)
  3. Reducing Parent-School Information Gaps and Improving Education Outcomes: Evidence from High-Frequency Text Messages
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers Downloads View citations (8)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2021) Downloads View citations (14)
    IDB Publications (Working Papers), Inter-American Development Bank (2021) Downloads View citations (13)

2020

  1. Labor Market Adjustment to Import Competition: Long-Run Evidence from Establishment Data
    IDB Publications (Working Papers), Inter-American Development Bank Downloads View citations (8)
  2. Rural-Urban Migration at High Urbanization Levels
    IDB Publications (Working Papers), Inter-American Development Bank Downloads View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article Rural-urban migration at high urbanization levels, Regional Science and Urban Economics, Elsevier (2021) Downloads View citations (10) (2021)
  3. Social Protection and Informality in Latin America during the COVID-19 Pandemic
    IDB Publications (Working Papers), Inter-American Development Bank Downloads View citations (1)
  4. Unbundling Returns to Degrees and Skills: Evidence from Postsecondary Education in Colombia
    IDB Publications (Working Papers), Inter-American Development Bank Downloads View citations (2)

2019

  1. Remedial Education: Evidence from a Sequence of Experiments in Colombia
    IDB Publications (Working Papers), Inter-American Development Bank Downloads
    See also Journal Article Remedial Education: Evidence from a Sequence of Experiments in Colombia, Journal of Human Resources, University of Wisconsin Press (2024) Downloads (2024)

2016

  1. The Effects of Financial Aid and Returns Information in Selective and Less Selective Schools: Experimental Evidence from Chile
    IDB Publications (Working Papers), Inter-American Development Bank Downloads
    See also Journal Article The effects of financial aid and returns information in selective and less selective schools: Experimental evidence from Chile, Labour Economics, Elsevier (2017) Downloads View citations (12) (2017)

2015

  1. Challenges in Educational Reform: An Experiment on Active Learning in Mathematics
    IDB Publications (Working Papers), Inter-American Development Bank Downloads View citations (9)
    See also Journal Article Challenges in educational reform: An experiment on active learning in mathematics, Economics Letters, Elsevier (2017) Downloads View citations (12) (2017)
  2. Did You Get Your Shots? Experimental Evidence on the Role of Reminders
    IDB Publications (Working Papers), Inter-American Development Bank Downloads View citations (8)
    See also Journal Article Did you get your shots? Experimental evidence on the role of reminders, Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier (2015) Downloads View citations (8) (2015)
  3. Female Labor Force Participation in Latin America: Patterns and Explanations
    CEDLAS, Working Papers, CEDLAS, Universidad Nacional de La Plata Downloads View citations (1)

2014

  1. Is the Glass Half Empty or Half Full? Enrollment, Graduation, and Dropout Rates in Latin America
    CEDLAS, Working Papers, CEDLAS, Universidad Nacional de La Plata Downloads View citations (1)
  2. The Causal Effect of Competition on Prices and Quality: Evidence from a Field Experiment
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (7)
    See also Journal Article The Causal Effect of Competition on Prices and Quality: Evidence from a Field Experiment, American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, American Economic Association (2019) Downloads View citations (23) (2019)

2013

  1. Adapting to Climate Change: Long-Term Effects of Drought on Local Labor Markets
    Research Department Publications, Inter-American Development Bank, Research Department Downloads View citations (2)
  2. Is the Glass Half Empty or Half Full? School Enrollment, Graduation, and Dropout Rates in Latin America
    Research Department Publications, Inter-American Development Bank, Research Department Downloads View citations (16)
    Also in IDB Publications (Working Papers), Inter-American Development Bank (2013) Downloads View citations (14)

2012

  1. (In)Formal and (Un)Productive: The Productivity Costs of Excessive Informality in Mexico
    Research Department Publications, Inter-American Development Bank, Research Department Downloads View citations (64)
    Also in IDB Publications (Working Papers), Inter-American Development Bank (2012) Downloads View citations (32)
  2. Productivity and Resource Misallocation in Latin America
    Research Department Publications, Inter-American Development Bank, Research Department Downloads View citations (22)
    Also in IDB Publications (Working Papers), Inter-American Development Bank (2012) Downloads View citations (21)

2011

  1. Assessing the Incidence and Efficiency of a Prominent Place Based Policy
    Working Papers, U.S. Census Bureau, Center for Economic Studies Downloads View citations (67)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2010) Downloads View citations (35)

    See also Journal Article Assessing the Incidence and Efficiency of a Prominent Place Based Policy, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2013) Downloads View citations (389) (2013)

2009

  1. New Evidence on the Finite Sample Properties of Propensity Score Matching and Reweighting Estimators
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) Downloads View citations (98)

2008

  1. Do Local Economic Development Programs Work? Evidence from the Federal Empowerment Zone Program
    Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, Yale University Downloads View citations (61)
    Also in Working Papers, Yale University, Department of Economics (2008) Downloads View citations (85)

2005

  1. Ethnicity and the Millennium Development Goals in Latin America and the Caribbean
    CEDLAS, Working Papers, CEDLAS, Universidad Nacional de La Plata Downloads View citations (7)
  2. Pobreza, Crecimiento y Desigualdad: Descifrando la Última Década en Argentina
    CEDLAS, Working Papers, CEDLAS, Universidad Nacional de La Plata Downloads View citations (3)

Undated

  1. Did You Get Your Shots? Experimental Evidence on the Role of Reminders (Journal Article)
    Mathematica Policy Research Reports, Mathematica Policy Research Downloads View citations (4)

Journal Articles

2024

  1. Remedial Education: Evidence from a Sequence of Experiments in Colombia
    Journal of Human Resources, 2024, 59, (1), 141-174 Downloads
    See also Working Paper Remedial Education: Evidence from a Sequence of Experiments in Colombia, IDB Publications (Working Papers) (2019) Downloads (2019)

2023

  1. Helping struggling students and benefiting all: Peer effects in primary education
    Journal of Public Economics, 2023, 224, (C) Downloads View citations (1)
    See also Working Paper Helping Struggling Students and Benefiting All: Peer Effects in Primary Education, CSEF Working Papers (2022) Downloads (2022)
  2. Short‐ and long‐run labor market adjustment to import competition
    Review of International Economics, 2023, 31, (4), 1552-1569 Downloads View citations (1)
    See also Working Paper Short- and Long-Run Labor Market Adjustment to Import Competition, IDB Publications (Working Papers) (2023) Downloads View citations (3) (2023)

2022

  1. On the demand for telemedicine: Evidence from the COVID‐19 pandemic
    Health Economics, 2022, 31, (7), 1491-1505 Downloads View citations (3)
    See also Working Paper On the Demand for Telemedicine: Evidence from the Covid-19 Pandemic, IDB Publications (Working Papers) (2021) Downloads View citations (2) (2021)

2021

  1. Good peers have asymmetric gendered effects on female educational outcomes: Experimental evidence from Mexico
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2021, 189, (C), 727-747 Downloads View citations (4)
    See also Working Paper Good Peers Have Asymmetric Gendered Effects on Female Educational Outcomes: Experimental Evidence from Mexico, IDB Publications (Working Papers) (2021) Downloads View citations (6) (2021)
  2. Rural-urban migration at high urbanization levels
    Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2021, 91, (C) Downloads View citations (10)
    See also Working Paper Rural-Urban Migration at High Urbanization Levels, IDB Publications (Working Papers) (2020) Downloads View citations (1) (2020)

2019

  1. The Causal Effect of Competition on Prices and Quality: Evidence from a Field Experiment
    American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2019, 11, (1), 33-56 Downloads View citations (23)
    See also Working Paper The Causal Effect of Competition on Prices and Quality: Evidence from a Field Experiment, NBER Working Papers (2014) Downloads View citations (7) (2014)

2017

  1. Challenges in educational reform: An experiment on active learning in mathematics
    Economics Letters, 2017, 156, (C), 172-175 Downloads View citations (12)
    See also Working Paper Challenges in Educational Reform: An Experiment on Active Learning in Mathematics, IDB Publications (Working Papers) (2015) Downloads View citations (9) (2015)
  2. Improving access to preventive maternal health care using reminders: Experimental evidence from Guatemala
    Economics Letters, 2017, 161, (C), 43-46 Downloads View citations (3)
  3. The effects of financial aid and returns information in selective and less selective schools: Experimental evidence from Chile
    Labour Economics, 2017, 45, (C), 79-91 Downloads View citations (12)
    See also Working Paper The Effects of Financial Aid and Returns Information in Selective and Less Selective Schools: Experimental Evidence from Chile, IDB Publications (Working Papers) (2016) Downloads (2016)

2016

  1. HOW MUCH ARE WE WILLING TO CONTRIBUTE FOR BETTER EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES? EVIDENCE FROM A SURVEY EXPERIMENT
    Economic Inquiry, 2016, 54, (1), 63-75 Downloads View citations (12)

2015

  1. Did you get your shots? Experimental evidence on the role of reminders
    Journal of Health Economics, 2015, 44, (C), 226-237 Downloads View citations (8)
    See also Working Paper Did You Get Your Shots? Experimental Evidence on the Role of Reminders, IDB Publications (Working Papers) (2015) Downloads View citations (8) (2015)
  2. Enrollment, Graduation, and Dropout Rates in Latin America: Is the Glass Half Empty or Half Full?
    Economía Journal, 2015, Volume 16 Number 1, (Fall 2015), 113-156 Downloads View citations (15)

2014

  1. New Evidence on the Finite Sample Properties of Propensity Score Reweighting and Matching Estimators
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2014, 96, (5), 885-897 Downloads View citations (265)

2013

  1. Assessing the Incidence and Efficiency of a Prominent Place Based Policy
    American Economic Review, 2013, 103, (2), 897-947 Downloads View citations (389)
    See also Working Paper Assessing the Incidence and Efficiency of a Prominent Place Based Policy, Working Papers (2011) Downloads View citations (67) (2011)
  2. Productivity and resource misallocation in Latin America1)
    The B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics, 2013, 13, (1), 903-932 Downloads View citations (55)

Books

2017

  1. Learning Better: Public Policy for Skills Development
    IDB Publications (Books), Inter-American Development Bank Downloads View citations (7)

2016

  1. Saving for Development: How Latin America and the Caribbean Can Save More and Better
    IDB Publications (Books), Inter-American Development Bank Downloads View citations (16)

2012

  1. Disconnected: Skills, Education, and Employment in Latin America
    IDB Publications (Books), Inter-American Development Bank Downloads View citations (18)

2010

  1. La era de la productividad: Cómo transformar las economías desde sus cimientos
    IDB Publications (Books), Inter-American Development Bank Downloads

Chapters

2022

  1. A Primer on Trust: Measures and Determinants
    Chapter 2 in Trust: The Key to Social Cohesion and Growth in Latin America and the Caribbean, 2022, pp 27-50 Downloads

2017

  1. For Better Skills Policies: Turn on the Light
    Chapter 5 in Learning Better: Public Policy for Skills Development, 2017, pp 99-120 Downloads
  2. Learning Better for an Uncertain Future
    Chapter 1 in Learning Better: Public Policy for Skills Development, 2017, pp 1-18 Downloads View citations (1)
  3. Skills Development: Breaking It Down
    Chapter 3 in Learning Better: Public Policy for Skills Development, 2017, pp 45-68 Downloads

2016

  1. Firm Productivity as an Engine of Saving
    Chapter 10 in SAVING FOR DEVELOPMENT: How Latin America and the Caribbean Can Save More and Better, 2016, pp 243-262 Downloads View citations (3)
 
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