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Working Papers

2019

1. Redistribution Through Education: The Value of Public Education Spending
   Commitment to Equity (CEQ) Working Paper Series, Tulane University, Department of Economics
2. The Return to Private Education: Evidence from School-to-Work Transitions
   Working Papers, University of Chile, Department of Economics
3. Training, Soft Skills and Productivity: Evidence from a Field Experiment
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (4)
4. Training, Soft Skills and Productivity: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Retail
   IDB Publications (Working Papers), Inter-American Development Bank View citations (3)
5. Voting for Democracy: Chile's Plebiscito and the Electoral Participation of a Generation
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)

2018

6. Dynamic Treatment Effects of Job Training
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (4)
7. Should I Stay or Should I Go?: Career Choices for Young Workers in Latin America
   IDB Publications (Working Papers), Inter-American Development Bank
8. The Transmission of Commodity Price Super-Cycles
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (8)

2017

9. Demand Shocks and Labor Market Dynamics: Firm Level Responses to a Commodity Boom
   2017 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics
10. The Children of the Missed Pill
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (4)

2015

11. Bullying among Adolescents: The Role of Cognitive and Non-Cognitive Skills
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (6)
12. Returns to Higher Education in Chile and Colombia
    IDB Publications (Working Papers), Inter-American Development Bank View citations (12)
13. The Effect of Mandated Child Care on Female Wages in Chile
    IDB Publications (Working Papers), Inter-American Development Bank View citations (3)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2015) View citations (4)

2014

14. Education, Health and Wages
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (27)
    Also in Working Papers, Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Working Group (2014) View citations (21)
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2014) View citations (21)
15. One Size does not Fit All: Multiple Dimensions of Ability, College Attendance and Wages
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (5)

2013

16. Education, Birth Order, and Family Size
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (22)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2013) View citations (23)
17. Heterogeneous Economic Returns to Postsecondary Degrees: Evidence from Chile
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (25)
18. Loans for Higher Education: Does the Dream Come True?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (17)
19. The Long-term Effects of Early Lead Exposure: Evidence from a case of Environmental Negligence
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (11)

2012

20. Higher education dropouts, access to credit, and labor market outcomes: Evidence from Chile
    2012 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics View citations (1)
21. The Labor Market Return to an Attractive Face: Evidence from a Field Experiment
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (6)
    See also Journal Article in Economics Letters (2013)

2011

22. The Impact of Out-of-Home Childcare Centers on Early Childhood Development
    IDB Publications (Working Papers), Inter-American Development Bank View citations (2)
    Also in Research Department Publications, Inter-American Development Bank, Research Department (2011) View citations (6)

2010

23. Comparing IV with structural models: what simple IV can and cannot identify
    CeMMAP working papers, Centre for Microdata Methods and Practice, Institute for Fiscal Studies View citations (125)
    Also in Working Papers, Geary Institute, University College Dublin (2009) View citations (38)
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2009) View citations (38)
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2009) View citations (39)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Econometrics (2010)
24. Distance to School and Competition in the Chilean Schooling System
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (1)
25. Early endowments, education, and health
    Working Papers, Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Working Group View citations (15)
26. Testing the correlated random coefficient model
    CeMMAP working papers, Centre for Microdata Methods and Practice, Institute for Fiscal Studies View citations (25)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2009) View citations (2)
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2009) View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Econometrics (2010)
27. The effects of educational choices on labor market, health, and social outcomes
    Working Papers, Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Working Group View citations (46)

2009

28. Understanding Instrumental Variables in Models with Essential Heterogeneity
    Working Papers, Geary Institute, University College Dublin
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2006) View citations (526)
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2006) View citations (471)
    See also Journal Article in The Review of Economics and Statistics (2006)

2008

29. Ability, Schooling Choices and Gender Labor Market Discrimination: Evidence for Chile
    Research Department Publications, Inter-American Development Bank, Research Department View citations (8)
    Also in IDB Publications (Working Papers), Inter-American Development Bank (2008) View citations (2)
    Working Papers, University of Chile, Department of Economics (2007)
30. An Experimental Study of Labor Market Discrimination: Gender, Social Class and Neighborhood in Chile
    IDB Publications (Working Papers), Inter-American Development Bank View citations (2)
    Also in Research Department Publications, Inter-American Development Bank, Research Department (2008) View citations (12)
31. Discriminación en el mercado laboral entre profesionales de Chile. Abogados, Médicos y gente de negocios
    Research Department Publications, Inter-American Development Bank, Research Department
32. Discriminación en el mercado laboral por habilidades, educación escolar y género en Chile
    Research Department Publications, Inter-American Development Bank, Research Department
33. Estudio experimental de discriminación de mercado de trabajo: Sexo, clase social y vecindario en Chile
    Research Department Publications, Inter-American Development Bank, Research Department
34. INSTRUMENTAL VARIABLES IN MODELS WITH MULTIPLE OUTCOMES: THE GENERAL UNORDERED CASE
    Working Papers, Geary Institute, University College Dublin View citations (28)
    Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2008) View citations (29)
    See also Journal Article in Annals of Economics and Statistics (2008)
35. Is There Labor Market Discrimination among Professionals in Chile? Lawyers, Doctors and Businesspeople
    Research Department Publications, Inter-American Development Bank, Research Department
    Also in Working Papers, University of Chile, Department of Economics (2007)
    IDB Publications (Working Papers), Inter-American Development Bank (2008)

2007

36. An Experimental Study About Labor Market Discrimination: Gender, Social Class And Neighborhood
    Working Papers, University of Chile, Department of Economics View citations (5)
37. Use of instrumental variables in the presence of heterogeneity and self-selection: An application in breast cancer patients
    Health, Econometrics and Data Group (HEDG) Working Papers, HEDG, c/o Department of Economics, University of York View citations (68)

2006

38. The Effects of Cognitive and Noncognitive Abilities on Labor Market Outcomes and Social Behavior
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1856)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Labor Economics (2006)

2002

39. Poverty and Inequality in Chile 1990-1998: Learning from Microeconomic Simulations
    Working Papers, University of Chile, Department of Economics

Journal Articles

2017

1. One Size Does Not Fit All: Multiple Dimensions of Ability, College Attendance, and Earnings
   Journal of Labor Economics, 2017, 35, (4), 953 - 991 View citations (22)

2016

2. Implementing factor models for unobserved heterogeneity in Stata
   Stata Journal, 2016, 16, (1), 197-228 View citations (4)

2015

3. Early Exposure to Hazardous Waste and Academic Achievement: Evidence from a Case of Environmental Negligence
   Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, 2015, 2, (4), 527 - 563 View citations (21)

2014

4. El efecto del Instituto Nacional: evidencia a partir de un diseño de regresión discontinua
   Estudios Públicos, 2014, (133), 37-68 View citations (1)

2013

5. El retorno económico de la educación media técnico profesional en Chile
   Estudios Públicos, 2013, (129), 1-48 View citations (2)
6. The labor market return to an attractive face: Evidence from a field experiment
   Economics Letters, 2013, 118, (1), 170-172 View citations (56)
   See also Working Paper (2012)

2012

7. La demanda y oferta de educación temprana en Chile
   Estudios Públicos, 2012, (126), 45-86
8. La rentabilidad de la educación superior en Chile: revisión de las bases de 30 años de políticas públicas
   Estudios Públicos, 2012, (125), 2-52
9. The Effects of Participation in Public Child Care Centers: Evidence from Chile
   Journal of Human Capital, 2012, 6, (1), 1 - 34 View citations (26)

2010

10. Comparing IV with structural models: What simple IV can and cannot identify
    Journal of Econometrics, 2010, 156, (1), 27-37 View citations (133)
    See also Working Paper (2010)
11. Testing the correlated random coefficient model
    Journal of Econometrics, 2010, 158, (2), 177-203 View citations (29)
    See also Working Paper (2010)
12. The Education-Health Gradient
    American Economic Review, 2010, 100, (2), 234-38 View citations (217)

2009

13. MEASURING THE IMPACT OF FINANCIAL INTERMEDIATION: LINKING CONTRACT THEORY TO ECONOMETRIC POLICY EVALUATION
    Macroeconomic Dynamics, 2009, 13, (S2), 268-316 View citations (8)

2008

14. Instrumental Variables in Models with Multiple Outcomes: The General Unordered Case
    Annals of Economics and Statistics, 2008, (91-92), 151-174 View citations (31)
    See also Working Paper (2008)
15. Racial Labor Market Gaps: The Role of Abilities and Schooling Choices
    Journal of Human Resources, 2008, 43, (4) View citations (29)

2006

16. The Effects of Cognitive and Noncognitive Abilities on Labor Market Outcomes and Social Behavior
    Journal of Labor Economics, 2006, 24, (3), 411-482 View citations (1847)
    See also Working Paper (2006)
17. Understanding Instrumental Variables in Models with Essential Heterogeneity
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2006, 88, (3), 389-432 View citations (491)
    See also Working Paper (2009)

Books

2017

1. At a Crossroads
   World Bank Publications - Books, The World Bank Group View citations (15)

2012

2. Disconnected: Skills, Education, and Employment in Latin America
   IDB Publications (Books), Inter-American Development Bank View citations (14)

2010

3. Discrimination in Latin America: An Economic Perspective
   IDB Publications (Books), Inter-American Development Bank