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Working Papers

2021

1. Dynamics of Managerial Power and CEO Compensation in the Course of Corporate Distress: Evidence from 1992 to 2019
   Working Papers, Florida International University, Department of Economics
   See also Journal Article Dynamics of managerial power and CEO compensation in the course of corporate distress: Evidence from 1992 to 2019, Financial Management, Financial Management Association International (2022) (2022)
2. Liquidity or Capital? The Impacts of Easing Credit Constraints in Rural Mexico
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
   Also in IDB Publications (Working Papers), Inter-American Development Bank (2021)
3. Spatial and Time Spillovers of Driving Restrictions: Causal Evidence from Lima's Pico Y Placa Policy
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
   Also in IDB Publications (Working Papers), Inter-American Development Bank (2021)

2018

4. A Rapid Road to Employment? The Impacts of a Bus Rapid Transit System in Lima
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (3)
   Also in IDB Publications (Working Papers), Inter-American Development Bank (2018)
5. Bright Investments: Measuring the Impact of Transport Infrastructure Using Luminosity Data in Haiti
   IDB Publications (Working Papers), Inter-American Development Bank View citations (5)
   Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2018) View citations (8)
6. Connecting to Economic Opportunity? The Role of Public Transport in Promoting Women's Employment in Lima
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (6)
   See also Journal Article Connecting to Economic Opportunity: the Role of Public Transport in Promoting Women’s Employment in Lima, Journal of Economics, Race, and Policy, Springer (2020) View citations (12) (2020)
7. Urban Transport Systems in Latin America and the Caribbean: Challenges and Lessons Learned
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (9)

2014

8. Unobservable, but Unimportant? The Influence of Personality Traits (and Other Usually Unobserved Variables) for the Estimation of Treatment Effects
   VfS Annual Conference 2014 (Hamburg): Evidence-based Economic Policy, Verein für Socialpolitik / German Economic Association View citations (15)
9. Unobservable, but Unimportant? The Influence of Personality Traits (and Other Usually Unobserved Variables) for the Evaluation of Labor Market Policies
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (34)
   Also in Discussion Papers of DIW Berlin, DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research (2014) View citations (35)
   See also Journal Article Unobservable, but unimportant? The relevance of usually unobserved variables for the evaluation of labor market policies, Labour Economics, Elsevier (2017) View citations (75) (2017)

2011

10. Comparing Treatments across Labor Markets: An Assessment of Nonexperimental Multiple-Treatment Strategies
    Working Papers, University of Miami, Department of Economics View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article Comparing Treatments across Labor Markets: An Assessment of Nonexperimental Multiple-Treatment Strategies, The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press (2013) View citations (20) (2013)
11. The Effects of Female Labor Force Participation on Obesity
    Working Papers, University of Miami, Department of Economics View citations (5)
    Also in Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (2011) View citations (2)
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2011) View citations (4)

2009

12. CEO Power and Compensation in Financially Distressed Firms
    Working Papers, University of Miami, Department of Economics
13. Dealing with Limited Overlap in Estimation of Average Treatment Effects
    Scholarly Articles, Harvard University Department of Economics View citations (365)
    Also in Working Papers, University of Miami, Department of Economics (2007) View citations (18)
    See also Journal Article Dealing with limited overlap in estimation of average treatment effects, Biometrika, Biometrika Trust (2009) View citations (399) (2009)
14. Evaluating Nonexperimental Estimators for Multiple Treatments: Evidence from Experimental Data
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (12)
    Also in Working Papers, University of Miami, Department of Economics (2009) View citations (9)
    Working Papers, University of Miami, Department of Economics (2009) View citations (12)
15. How Do Training Programs Assign Participants to Training? Characterizing the Assignment Rules of Government Agencies for Welfare-to-Work Programs in California
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (2)
    Also in Working Papers, University of Miami, Department of Economics (2008)

2008

16. Nonparametric Tests for Treatment Effect Heterogeneity
    Scholarly Articles, Harvard University Department of Economics View citations (73)
    Also in NBER Technical Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2006) View citations (3)
    Working Papers, University of Miami, Department of Economics (2006) View citations (3)
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2006) View citations (19)
    See also Journal Article Nonparametric Tests for Treatment Effect Heterogeneity, The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press (2008) View citations (70) (2008)
17. Not So Lucky Any More: CEO Compensation in Financially Distressed Firms
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
    Also in Working Papers, University of Miami, Department of Economics (2008)

2007

18. Intergenerational transmission of welfare dependency: The effects of length of exposure
    Working Papers, University of Miami, Department of Economics View citations (10)

2006

19. Moving the Goalposts: Addressing Limited Overlap in Estimation of Average Treatment Effects by Changing the Estimand
    Working Papers, University of Miami, Department of Economics View citations (75)
    Also in NBER Technical Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2006) View citations (75)
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2006) View citations (75)

Undated

20. Educación y Crecimiento Provincial en Argentina
    ILADES-UAH Working Papers, Universidad Alberto Hurtado/School of Economics and Business

Journal Articles

2022

1. Dynamics of managerial power and CEO compensation in the course of corporate distress: Evidence from 1992 to 2019
   Financial Management, 2022, 51, (3), 797-825
   See also Working Paper Dynamics of Managerial Power and CEO Compensation in the Course of Corporate Distress: Evidence from 1992 to 2019, Working Papers (2021) (2021)

2020

2. Connecting to Economic Opportunity: the Role of Public Transport in Promoting Women’s Employment in Lima
   Journal of Economics, Race, and Policy, 2020, 3, (1), 1-23 View citations (12)
   See also Working Paper Connecting to Economic Opportunity? The Role of Public Transport in Promoting Women's Employment in Lima, IZA Discussion Papers (2018) View citations (6) (2018)

2019

3. Urban transport systems in Latin America and the Caribbean: lessons and challenges
   Latin American Economic Review, 2019, 28, (1), 1-25 View citations (16)

2017

4. Unobservable, but unimportant? The relevance of usually unobserved variables for the evaluation of labor market policies
   Labour Economics, 2017, 46, (C), 14-25 View citations (75)
   See also Working Paper Unobservable, but Unimportant? The Influence of Personality Traits (and Other Usually Unobserved Variables) for the Evaluation of Labor Market Policies, IZA Discussion Papers (2014) View citations (34) (2014)

2016

5. A Top-down Approach to Stress-testing Banks
   Journal of Financial Services Research, 2016, 49, (2), 229-264 View citations (42)

2013

6. Comparing Treatments across Labor Markets: An Assessment of Nonexperimental Multiple-Treatment Strategies
   The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2013, 95, (5), 1691-1707 View citations (20)
   See also Working Paper Comparing Treatments across Labor Markets: An Assessment of Nonexperimental Multiple-Treatment Strategies, Working Papers (2011) View citations (2) (2011)

2009

7. Dealing with limited overlap in estimation of average treatment effects
   Biometrika, 2009, 96, (1), 187-199 View citations (399)
   See also Working Paper Dealing with Limited Overlap in Estimation of Average Treatment Effects, Scholarly Articles (2009) View citations (365) (2009)

2008

8. Nonparametric Tests for Treatment Effect Heterogeneity
   The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2008, 90, (3), 389-405 View citations (70)
   See also Working Paper Nonparametric Tests for Treatment Effect Heterogeneity, Scholarly Articles (2008) View citations (73) (2008)

Chapters

2017

1. Skills Development for Adults: Toward a Lifetime of Learning
   Chapter 10 in Learning Better: Public Policy for Skills Development, 2017, pp 227-258