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Working Papers
2022
- Public Childcare, Labor Market Outcomes of Caregivers, and Child Development: Experimental Evidence from Brazil
IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (4)
Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2022) View citations (4)
- When Promising Interventions Fail: Personalized Coaching for Teachers in a Middle-Income Country
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank 
Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2022)
2021
- 70 to 700 to 70,000: Lessons from the Jamaica Experiment
IDB Publications (Working Papers), Inter-American Development Bank
- SARS-CoV-2 spread, detection, and dynamics in a megacity in Latin America
Working Papers, Red Nacional de Investigadores en Economía (RedNIE)
2019
- Wealth Gradients in Early Childhood Cognitive Development in Five Latin American Countries
IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (7)
Also in Post-Print, HAL (2015) View citations (42) IDB Publications (Working Papers), Inter-American Development Bank (2014) View citations (36) Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2014) View citations (42) PIER Working Paper Archive, Penn Institute for Economic Research, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania (2014) View citations (18) PSE - Labex "OSE-Ouvrir la Science Economique", HAL (2015) View citations (41) Documentos CEDE, Universidad de los Andes – Facultad de Economía – CEDE (2014) View citations (19) PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint), HAL (2015) View citations (26)
See also Journal Article in Journal of Human Resources (2015)
2018
- Can Cash Transfers Help Households Escape an Inter-Generational Poverty Trap?
IDB Publications (Working Papers), Inter-American Development Bank View citations (10)
Also in Working Papers, Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Working Group (2016) View citations (13) NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2016) View citations (13)
See also Chapter (2017)
- Child Care Quality and Child Development
IDB Publications (Working Papers), Inter-American Development Bank View citations (4)
See also Journal Article in Journal of Human Resources (2019)
- Do Tests Applied to Teachers Predict their Effectiveness?
IDB Publications (Working Papers), Inter-American Development Bank View citations (3)
See also Journal Article in Economics Letters (2017)
- Mothers, Teachers, Peers, and the Gender Gap in Early Math Achievement
IDB Publications (Working Papers), Inter-American Development Bank
- Teacher Quality and Learning Outcomes in Kindergarten
IDB Publications (Working Papers), Inter-American Development Bank View citations (29)
Also in CeMMAP working papers, Centre for Microdata Methods and Practice, Institute for Fiscal Studies (2016) View citations (85) IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2016) View citations (86)
See also Journal Article in The Quarterly Journal of Economics (2016)
- The Effect of Welfare Payments on Work in a Middle-Income Country
IDB Publications (Working Papers), Inter-American Development Bank View citations (2)
- Where the Girls Are Not: Households, Teachers, and the Gender Gap in Early Math Achievement
IDB Publications (Working Papers), Inter-American Development Bank
2017
- Enhancing Child Development through Changes to Parental Behaviors: Using Conditional Cash Transfers in Nicaragua
PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint), HAL
Also in Post-Print, HAL (2017)
2015
- Does Access to Better Water and Sanitation Infrastructure Improve Child Outcomes? Evidence from Latin America and the Caribbean
IDB Publications (Working Papers), Inter-American Development Bank
2012
- Cash Transfers and Anemia Among Women of Reproductive Age
IDB Publications (Working Papers), Inter-American Development Bank View citations (2)
See also Journal Article in Economics Letters (2012)
- Cash Transfers, Behavioral Changes, and Cognitive Development in Early Childhood: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment
PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint), HAL View citations (88)
Also in PSE - Labex "OSE-Ouvrir la Science Economique", HAL (2012) View citations (99) Post-Print, HAL (2012) View citations (106) Working Papers, Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Working Group (2011) View citations (41) Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2008) View citations (16) IDB Publications (Working Papers), Inter-American Development Bank (2012) View citations (87)
See also Journal Article in American Economic Journal: Applied Economics (2012)
2009
- Aggregate Income Shocks and Infant Mortality in the Developing World
Working Papers, The George Washington University, Institute for International Economic Policy View citations (31)
See also Journal Article in The Review of Economics and Statistics (2011)
- Are there diminishing returns to transfer size in conditional cash transfers ?
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (23)
- How many more infants are likely to die in Africa as a result of the global financial crisis ?
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (44)
- Own and sibling effects of conditional cash transfer programs: theory and evidence from Cambodia
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (33)
- Poverty Alleviation and Child Labor
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (18)
Also in Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2008) View citations (27)
See also Journal Article in American Economic Journal: Economic Policy (2012)
- School enrollment, selection and test scores
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (27)
- Social Consequences of the Global Financial Crisis in Latin America: Some Preliminary, and Surprisingly Optimistic, Conjectures
World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group View citations (2)
2008
- Aggregate economic shocks, child schooling and child health
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (50)
- Development, modernization, and son preference in fertility decisions
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (6)
- The Impact of Cash Transfers on School Enrollment: Evidence from Ecuador
Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers, Tinbergen Institute View citations (21)
Also in Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2008) View citations (19)
2007
- Are cash transfers made to women spent like other sources of income?
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (29)
See also Journal Article in Economics Letters (2008)
- Does Money Matter? The Effects of Cash Transfers on Child Health and Development in Rural Ecuador
Working Papers, Princeton University, Department of Economics, Center for Economic Policy Studies. View citations (31)
Also in Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2007) View citations (48)
- Infant mortality over the business cycle in the developing world
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (8)
2006
- Cash transfers, conditions, school enrollment, and child work: evidence from a randomized experiment in Ecuador
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (83)
- Early childhood development in Latin America and the Caribbean
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (30)
See also Journal Article in Economía Journal (2006)
- Getting girls into school: evidence from a scholarship program in Cambodia
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (29)
See also Journal Article in Economic Development and Cultural Change (2008)
2005
- Changes in Returns to Education in Latin America: the Role of Demand and Supply of Skills
CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations (12)
Also in LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2005) View citations (8)
See also Journal Article in ILR Review (2010)
- Cognitive Development Among Young Children in Ecuador: The Roles of Wealth, Health and Parenting
Working Papers, Princeton University, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Center for Health and Wellbeing. View citations (22)
Also in Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2005) View citations (24)
See also Journal Article in Journal of Human Resources (2007)
2004
- Child Health and Economic Crisis in Peru
Working Papers, Princeton University, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Center for Health and Wellbeing. View citations (14)
See also Journal Article in The World Bank Economic Review (2005)
- Child health and the 1988-92 economic crisis in Peru
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (5)
2003
- Off and running? Technology, trade and the rising demand for skilled workers in Latin America
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (59)
- Trade liberalization and labor market adjustment in Brazil
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (32)
2002
- The (positive) effect of macroeconomic crises on the schoolingand employment decisions of children in a middle-income country
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (7)
2001
- Convexity and sheepskin effects in the human capital earnings function: recent evidence for Filipino men
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (10)
See also Journal Article in Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics (2003)
- Who participates: the supply of volunteer labor and the distribution of government programs in rural Peru
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (7)
2000
- Picking the poor: indicators for geographic targeting in Peru
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (25)
See also Journal Article in Review of Income and Wealth (2002)
1999
- Do school facilities matter?: the case of the Peruvian Social Fund (FONCODES)
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (10)
- Seeking votes - the political economy of expenditures by the Peruvian Social Fund (FONCODES), 1991-95
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (7)
Journal Articles
2021
- COVID-19 spread, detection, and dynamics in Bogota, Colombia
Nature Communications, 2021, 12, (1), 1-8 View citations (2)
2019
- Childcare Quality and Child Development
Journal of Human Resources, 2019, 54, (3), 656-682 View citations (2)
See also Working Paper (2018)
- The effect of welfare payments on work: Regression discontinuity evidence from Ecuador
Journal of Development Economics, 2019, 139, (C), 17-27 View citations (7)
2017
- Do tests applied to teachers predict their effectiveness?
Economics Letters, 2017, 159, (C), 108-111 View citations (10)
See also Working Paper (2018)
2016
- Teacher Quality and Learning Outcomes in Kindergarten
The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2016, 131, (3), 1415-1453 View citations (89)
See also Working Paper (2018)
2015
- Wealth Gradients in Early Childhood Cognitive Development in Five Latin American Countries
Journal of Human Resources, 2015, 50, (2), 446-463 View citations (48)
See also Working Paper (2019)
2014
- The Medium-Term Effects of Scholarships in a Low-Income Country
Journal of Human Resources, 2014, 49, (3) View citations (30)
2013
- HOW MANY INFANTS LIKELY DIED IN AFRICA AS A RESULT OF THE 2008–2009 GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS?
Health Economics, 2013, 22, (5), 611-622 View citations (16)
- Latin America's Social Policy Challenge: Education, Social Insurance, Redistribution
Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2013, 27, (2), 193-218 View citations (102)
2012
- Cash Transfers, Behavioral Changes, and Cognitive Development in Early Childhood: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment
American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2012, 4, (2), 247-73 View citations (127)
See also Working Paper (2012)
- Cash transfers and anemia among women of reproductive age
Economics Letters, 2012, 117, (3), 887-890 View citations (3)
See also Working Paper (2012)
- Poverty Alleviation and Child Labor
American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2012, 4, (4), 100-124 View citations (81)
See also Working Paper (2009)
2011
- Aggregate Income Shocks and Infant Mortality in the Developing World
The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2011, 93, (3), 847-856 View citations (116)
See also Working Paper (2009)
- Does more cash in conditional cash transfer programs always lead to larger impacts on school attendance?
Journal of Development Economics, 2011, 96, (1), 150-157 View citations (50)
- Parents' education, mothers' vocabulary, and cognitive development in early childhood: Longitudinal evidence from Ecuador
American Journal of Public Health, 2011, 101, (12), 2299-2307 View citations (30)
2010
- Aggregate economic shocks and infant mortality: New evidence for middle-income countries
Economics Letters, 2010, 108, (2), 145-148 View citations (19)
- Changes in Returns to Education in Latin America: The Role of Demand and Supply of Skills
ILR Review, 2010, 63, (2), 307-326 View citations (60)
See also Working Paper (2005)
- Does Money Matter? The Effects of Cash Transfers on Child Development in Rural Ecuador
Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2010, 59, (1), 187-229 View citations (68)
2009
- Development, Modernization, and Childbearing: The Role of Family Sex Composition
The World Bank Economic Review, 2009, 23, (3), 371-398 View citations (26)
2008
- Are cash transfers made to women spent like other sources of income?
Economics Letters, 2008, 101, (3), 246-248 View citations (80)
See also Working Paper (2007)
- Cash Transfers, Conditions, and School enrollment in Ecuador
Economía Journal, 2008, Volume 8 Number 2, (Spring 2008), 43-77 View citations (61)
- Getting Girls into School: Evidence from a Scholarship Program in Cambodia
Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2008, 56, (3), 581-617 View citations (63)
See also Working Paper (2006)
2007
- Cognitive Development among Young Children in Ecuador: The Roles of Wealth, Health, and Parenting
Journal of Human Resources, 2007, 42, (1) View citations (169)
See also Working Paper (2005)
2006
- Early Childhood Development in Latin America and the Caribbean
Economía Journal, 2006, Volume 6 Number 2, (Spring 2006), 185-225 View citations (25)
See also Working Paper (2006)
2005
- Child Health and Economic Crisis in Peru
The World Bank Economic Review, 2005, 19, (2), 203-223 View citations (87)
See also Working Paper (2004)
2004
- Do Macroeconomic Crises Always Slow Human Capital Accumulation?
The World Bank Economic Review, 2004, 18, (2), 131-154 View citations (52)
- Trade Liberalization and Industry Wage Structure: Evidence from Brazil
The World Bank Economic Review, 2004, 18, (3), 319-344 View citations (121)
2003
- Convexity and Sheepskin Effects in the Human Capital Earnings Function: Recent Evidence for Filipino Men
Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2003, 65, (2), 171-196 View citations (36)
See also Working Paper (2001)
2002
- An Introduction
The World Bank Economic Review, 2002, 16, (2), 213-217 View citations (3)
- Picking the Poor: Indicators for Geographic Targeting in Peru
Review of Income and Wealth, 2002, 48, (3), 417-433 View citations (31)
See also Working Paper (2000)
- The Allocation and Impact of Social Funds: Spending on School Infrastructure in Peru
The World Bank Economic Review, 2002, 16, (2), 297-319 View citations (43)
Books
2009
- Conditional Cash Transfers: Reducing Present and Future Poverty
World Bank Publications - Books, The World Bank Group View citations (658)
2003
- Closing the Gap in Education and Technology
World Bank Publications - Books, The World Bank Group View citations (41)
Edited books
2015
- The Early Years
Palgrave Macmillan Books, Palgrave Macmillan View citations (36)
- The Early Years: Child Well-being and the Role of Public Policy
IDB Publications (Books), Inter-American Development Bank View citations (40)
Chapters
2017
- Can Cash Transfers Help Households Escape an Intergenerational Poverty Trap?
A chapter in The Economics of Poverty Traps, 2017, pp 357-382 View citations (11)
See also Working Paper (2018)
- Own and Sibling Effects of Conditional Cash Transfer Programs: Theory and Evidence from Cambodia1
A chapter in Research on Economic Inequality, 2017, vol. 25, pp 259-298 View citations (8)
2015
- A Report Card on Early Childhood Development
Palgrave Macmillan
Also in Chapter 2 in The Early Years: Child Well-Being and the Role of Public Policy, 2015, pp 25-54 (2015)
- Daycare Services: It's All about Quality
Chapter 4 in The Early Years: Child Well-Being and the Role of Public Policy, 2015, pp 91-120 
Also in Palgrave Macmillan (2015)
- Drawing Up an Institutional Architecture
Palgrave Macmillan
- Early Schooling: Teachers Make the Difference
Chapter 5 in The Early Years: Child Well-Being and the Role of Public Policy, 2015, pp 121-148 
Also in Palgrave Macmillan (2015)
- Family First
Chapter 3 in The Early Years: Child Well-Being and the Role of Public Policy, 2015, pp 55-90 
Also in Palgrave Macmillan (2015)
- More Bang for the Buck: Investing in Early Childhood Development
Palgrave Macmillan View citations (1)
- Raising Children: The Case for Government Intervention
Palgrave Macmillan
- The Task at Hand: Anything but Child's Play
Chapter 8 in The Early Years: Child Well-Being and the Role of Public Policy, 2015, pp 203-210 
Also in Palgrave Macmillan (2015)
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