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Working Papers

2016

1. Sustaining Impacts When Transfers End: Women Leaders, Aspirations, and Investment in Children
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (4)
   See also Chapter Sustaining Impacts When Transfers End: Women Leaders, Aspirations, and Investments in Children, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2017) View citations (3) (2017)

2013

2. Demand versus returns ? pro-poor targeting of business grants and vocational skills training
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (11)
3. Improving Gender and Development Outcomes through Agency: Policy Lessons from Three Peruvian Experiences
   (Promoviendo la capacidad de decidir y actuar: una ruta hacia políticas más efectivas)
   World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group View citations (5)

2012

4. Transfers, Diversification and Household Risk Strategies: Experimental evidence with lessons for climate change adaptation
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (44)
   Also in Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2012) View citations (45)

2011

5. Cash Transfers, Behavioral Changes, and Cognitive Development in Early Childhood: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment
   Working Papers, Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Working Group View citations (41)
   Also in Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2008) View citations (20)
   See also Journal Article Cash Transfers, Behavioral Changes, and Cognitive Development in Early Childhood: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment, American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, American Economic Association (2012) View citations (145) (2012)
6. Intra-generational mobility and repeated cross-sections: a three-country validation exercise
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (13)

2010

7. Innovations in Poverty Measurement: Seven Design Lessons on the Use of Advisory Committees to Improve Official Poverty Estimates in Peru
   World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group

2009

8. Changing households'investments and aspirations through social interactions: evidence from a randomized transfer program
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (64)

2008

9. Seasonal Migration and Early Childhood Development
   WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER) View citations (17)
   See also Journal Article Seasonal Migration and Early Childhood Development, World Development, Elsevier (2010) View citations (71) (2010)
10. Spatial specialization and farm-nonfarm linkages
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (9)

2006

11. Complementing natural disasters management: the role of social protection
    Social Protection Discussion Papers and Notes, The World Bank View citations (4)

2004

12. Shocks and coffee: lessons from Nicaragua
    Social Protection Discussion Papers and Notes, The World Bank View citations (9)
13. Testing for Separability in Household Models with Heterogeneous Behavior: A Mixture Model Approach
    Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, UC Berkeley, Working Paper Series, Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, UC Berkeley View citations (20)

2003

14. Measuring Transactions Costs from Observed Behavior: Market Choices in Peru
    Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, UC Berkeley, Working Paper Series, Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, UC Berkeley View citations (37)

Journal Articles

2012

1. 5 Years in Juntos: New Evidence on the Program’s Short and Long-Term Impacts
   Revista Economía, 2012, 35, (69), 53-82 View citations (23)
2. 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 (145)
   See also Working Paper Cash Transfers, Behavioral Changes, and Cognitive Development in Early Childhood: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment, Working Papers (2011) View citations (41) (2011)
3. Mobile Phones and Economic Development in Rural Peru
   Journal of Development Studies, 2012, 48, (11), 1617-1628 View citations (42)

2010

4. Seasonal Migration and Early Childhood Development
   World Development, 2010, 38, (6), 857-869 View citations (71)
   See also Working Paper Seasonal Migration and Early Childhood Development, WIDER Working Paper Series (2008) View citations (17) (2008)

2009

5. Urban Proximity, Agricultural Potential and Rural Non-farm Employment: Evidence from Bangladesh
   World Development, 2009, 37, (3), 645-660 View citations (54)

2006

6. Can conditional cash transfer programs serve as safety nets in keeping children at school and from working when exposed to shocks?
   Journal of Development Economics, 2006, 79, (2), 349-373 View citations (206)

Books

2013

1. Economic Mobility and the Rise of the Latin American Middle Class
   (La movilidad económica y el crecimiento de la clase media en América Latina)
   World Bank Publications - Books, The World Bank Group View citations (152)

2012

2. ¿Está el piso parejo para los niños en el Perú?: medición y comprensión de la evolución de las oportunidades
   Libros, Grupo de Análisis para el Desarrollo (GRADE) View citations (3)

Chapters

2017

1. Sustaining Impacts When Transfers End: Women Leaders, Aspirations, and Investments in Children
   A chapter in The Economics of Poverty Traps, 2017, pp 325-355 View citations (3)
   See also Working Paper Sustaining Impacts When Transfers End: Women Leaders, Aspirations, and Investment in Children, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2016) View citations (4) (2016)