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

2022

7. Helping Struggling Students and Benefiting All: Peer Effects in Primary Education
   IDB Publications (Working Papers), Inter-American Development Bank
   Also in CSEF Working Papers, Centre for Studies in Economics and Finance (CSEF), University of Naples, Italy (2022)
   See also Journal Article Helping struggling students and benefiting all: Peer effects in primary education, Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier (2023) View citations (2) (2023)
8. Improving Early Literacy through Teacher Professional Development: Experimental Evidence from Colombia
   IDB Publications (Working Papers), Inter-American Development Bank

2021

9. Good Peers Have Asymmetric Gendered Effects on Female Educational Outcomes: Experimental Evidence from Mexico
   IDB Publications (Working Papers), Inter-American Development Bank 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) View citations (4) (2021)
10. On the Demand for Telemedicine: Evidence from the Covid-19 Pandemic
    IDB Publications (Working Papers), Inter-American Development Bank 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) View citations (3) (2022)
11. Reducing Parent-School Information Gaps and Improving Education Outcomes: Evidence from High-Frequency Text Messages
    IDB Publications (Working Papers), Inter-American Development Bank View citations (13)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2021) View citations (14)
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2021) View citations (8)

2020

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

2019

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

2016

17. 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
    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) View citations (12) (2017)

2015

18. Challenges in Educational Reform: An Experiment on Active Learning in Mathematics
    IDB Publications (Working Papers), Inter-American Development Bank View citations (9)
    See also Journal Article Challenges in educational reform: An experiment on active learning in mathematics, Economics Letters, Elsevier (2017) View citations (12) (2017)
19. Did You Get Your Shots? Experimental Evidence on the Role of Reminders
    IDB Publications (Working Papers), Inter-American Development Bank View citations (10)
    See also Journal Article Did you get your shots? Experimental evidence on the role of reminders, Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier (2015) View citations (10) (2015)
20. Female Labor Force Participation in Latin America: Patterns and Explanations
    CEDLAS, Working Papers, CEDLAS, Universidad Nacional de La Plata View citations (1)

2014

21. 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 View citations (1)
22. The Causal Effect of Competition on Prices and Quality: Evidence from a Field Experiment
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc 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) View citations (25) (2019)

2013

23. Adapting to Climate Change: Long-Term Effects of Drought on Local Labor Markets
    Research Department Publications, Inter-American Development Bank, Research Department View citations (2)
24. 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 View citations (16)
    Also in IDB Publications (Working Papers), Inter-American Development Bank (2013) View citations (14)

2012

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

2011

27. Assessing the Incidence and Efficiency of a Prominent Place Based Policy
    Working Papers, U.S. Census Bureau, Center for Economic Studies View citations (67)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2010) 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) View citations (393) (2013)

2009

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

2008

29. 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 View citations (61)
    Also in Working Papers, Yale University, Department of Economics (2008) View citations (85)

2005

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

Undated

32. Did You Get Your Shots? Experimental Evidence on the Role of Reminders (Journal Article)
    Mathematica Policy Research Reports, Mathematica Policy Research 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
   See also Working Paper Remedial Education: Evidence from a Sequence of Experiments in Colombia, IDB Publications (Working Papers) (2019) (2019)

2023

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

2022

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

2021

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

2019

7. The Causal Effect of Competition on Prices and Quality: Evidence from a Field Experiment
   American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2019, 11, (1), 33-56 View citations (25)
   See also Working Paper The Causal Effect of Competition on Prices and Quality: Evidence from a Field Experiment, NBER Working Papers (2014) View citations (7) (2014)

2017

8. Challenges in educational reform: An experiment on active learning in mathematics
   Economics Letters, 2017, 156, (C), 172-175 View citations (12)
   See also Working Paper Challenges in Educational Reform: An Experiment on Active Learning in Mathematics, IDB Publications (Working Papers) (2015) View citations (9) (2015)
9. Improving access to preventive maternal health care using reminders: Experimental evidence from Guatemala
   Economics Letters, 2017, 161, (C), 43-46 View citations (3)
10. 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 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) (2016)

2016

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

2015

12. Did you get your shots? Experimental evidence on the role of reminders
    Journal of Health Economics, 2015, 44, (C), 226-237 View citations (10)
    See also Working Paper Did You Get Your Shots? Experimental Evidence on the Role of Reminders, IDB Publications (Working Papers) (2015) View citations (10) (2015)
13. 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 View citations (15)

2014

14. 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 View citations (267)

2013

15. Assessing the Incidence and Efficiency of a Prominent Place Based Policy
    American Economic Review, 2013, 103, (2), 897-947 View citations (393)
    See also Working Paper Assessing the Incidence and Efficiency of a Prominent Place Based Policy, Working Papers (2011) View citations (67) (2011)
16. Productivity and resource misallocation in Latin America1)
    The B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics, 2013, 13, (1), 903-932 View citations (58)

Books

2017

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

2016

2. Saving for Development: How Latin America and the Caribbean Can Save More and Better
   IDB Publications (Books), Inter-American Development Bank View citations (17)

2012

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

2010

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

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

2017

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

2016

5. 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 View citations (3)