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Working Papers

2024

1. Cities as Engines of Opportunities: Evidence from Brazil
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)

2021

2. A Generation of Italian Economists
   CID Working Papers, Center for International Development at Harvard University View citations (1)
   Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2021)
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2021)
   Growth Lab Working Papers, Harvard's Growth Lab (2021) View citations (1)
   IHEID Working Papers, Economics Section, The Graduate Institute of International Studies (2021)
3. Crime, Inequality and Subsidized Housing: Evidence from South Africa
   CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo View citations (2)
   Also in CIES Research Paper series, Centre for International Environmental Studies, The Graduate Institute (2021) View citations (1)

2020

4. Gender Differences in Professional Career Dynamics: New Evidence from a Global Law Firm
   CID Working Papers, Center for International Development at Harvard University View citations (3)
   Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2020) View citations (3)
   Growth Lab Working Papers, Harvard's Growth Lab (2020)
   CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo (2020) View citations (3)
   See also Journal Article Gender Differences in Professional Career Dynamics: New Evidence from a Global Law Firm, Economica, London School of Economics and Political Science (2021) View citations (1) (2021)
5. Knowledge Intensity and Gender Wage Gaps: Evidence from Linked Employer-Employee Data
   CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo View citations (12)
6. The Gender Aspect of Immigrants' Assimilation in Europe
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (4)

2019

7. Coming Out in America: AIDS, Politics, and Cultural Change
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (14)
   Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2019) View citations (11)
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2019) View citations (20)

2018

8. Changing how literacy is taught: evidence on synthetic phonics
   LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library View citations (6)
   See also Journal Article Changing How Literacy Is Taught: Evidence on Synthetic Phonics, American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, American Economic Association (2018) View citations (13) (2018)
9. Does additional spending help urban schools? An evaluation using boundary discontinuities
   LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library View citations (8)
   Also in CEE Discussion Papers, Centre for the Economics of Education, LSE (2011) View citations (16)
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2012) View citations (12)
   SERC Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE (2011) View citations (24)
   LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2011) View citations (13)
   LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2011) View citations (13)
   See also Journal Article Does Additional Spending Help Urban Schools? An Evaluation Using Boundary Discontinuities, Journal of the European Economic Association, European Economic Association (2018) View citations (9) (2018)

2017

10. Career dynamics and gender gaps among employees in the microfinance sector
    WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER) View citations (3)

2016

11. "Teaching to Teach" Literacy
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
    Also in LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2016)
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE (2016)
12. The Effect of Opposite Sex Siblings on Cognitive and Noncognitive Skills in Early Childhood
    ADBI Working Papers, Asian Development Bank Institute View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article The effect of opposite sex siblings on cognitive and noncognitive skills in early childhood, Applied Economics Letters, Taylor & Francis Journals (2017) View citations (9) (2017)
13. in brief... Children's reading: evaluating a new teaching method
    CentrePiece - The magazine for economic performance, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE

2015

14. Nation-Building Through Compulsory Schooling During the Age of Mass Migration
    STICERD - Economic Organisation and Public Policy Discussion Papers Series, Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, LSE View citations (32)
    See also Journal Article Nation-building Through Compulsory Schooling during the Age of Mass Migration, The Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society (2019) View citations (44) (2019)

2014

15. Colonial Institutions, Commodity Booms, and the Diffusion of Elementary Education in Brazil, 1889-1930
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)
16. School and family effects on educational outcomes across countries
    Scholarly Articles, Harvard University Department of Economics View citations (24)
    See also Journal Article School and family effects on educational outcomes across countries, Economic Policy, CEPR, CESifo, Sciences Po (2014) View citations (23) (2014)

2013

17. The State, Socialization, and Private Schooling: When Will Governments Support Alternate Producers?
    Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government View citations (7)
    Also in Growth Lab Working Papers, Harvard's Growth Lab (2013)
    CID Working Papers, Center for International Development at Harvard University (2013) View citations (7)

2012

18. Colonial Institutions, Trade Shocks, and the Diffusion of Elementary Education in Brazil, 1889-1930
    Harvard Business School Working Papers, Harvard Business School View citations (7)
    See also Journal Article Colonial Institutions, Trade Shocks, and the Diffusion of Elementary Education in Brazil, 1889–1930, The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press (2014) View citations (27) (2014)
19. In brief: Urban schools: does money make a difference?
    CentrePiece - The magazine for economic performance, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE
20. The Making of Modern America: Migratory Flows in the Age of Mass Migration
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (13)
    See also Journal Article The Making of Modern America: Migratory Flows in the Age of Mass Migration, Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier (2013) View citations (124) (2013)

2011

21. Closing the Gender Gap in Education: Does It Foretell the Closing of the Employment, Marriage, and Motherhood Gaps?
    Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government View citations (13)
    Also in Scholarly Articles, Harvard Kennedy School of Government (2011) View citations (11)
    Growth Lab Working Papers, Harvard's Growth Lab (2011)
    CID Working Papers, Center for International Development at Harvard University (2011) View citations (10)

2010

22. "Schooling Can't Buy Me Love": Marriage, Work, and the Gender Education Gap in Latin America
    Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government View citations (3)
    Also in CID Working Papers, Center for International Development at Harvard University (2010) View citations (1)
    Growth Lab Working Papers, Harvard's Growth Lab (2010)
23. Explaining the Cross-National Time Series Variation in Life Expectancy: Income, Women’s Education, Shifts, and What Else?
    Human Development Research Papers (2009 to present), Human Development Report Office (HDRO), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) View citations (7)
24. In brief: Producing superstars for the economic World Cup
    CentrePiece - The magazine for economic performance, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations (1)
25. THE GREAT LEAP FORWARD: THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF EDUCATION IN BRAZIL, 1889-1930
    Working Papers, Universidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Economia, Administração e Contabilidade de Ribeirão Preto View citations (7)
    Also in Working Papers, Banco de México (2010) View citations (7)
26. Variation in Educational Outcomes and Policies Across Countries and of Schools within Countries
    CEE Discussion Papers, Centre for the Economics of Education, LSE View citations (16)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2010) View citations (18)
27. “Schooling Can’t Buy Me Loveâ€: Marriage, Work, and the Gender Education Gap in Latin America
    Scholarly Articles, Harvard Kennedy School of Government View citations (1)

2009

28. American Education in the Age of Mass Migrations 1870-1930
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (10)
    See also Journal Article American education in the age of mass migrations 1870–1930, Cliometrica, Journal of Historical Economics and Econometric History, Association Française de Cliométrie (AFC) (2010) View citations (3) (2010)
29. Does Money Matter for Schools?
    CEE Discussion Papers, Centre for the Economics of Education, LSE View citations (6)
    Also in LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2009) View citations (2)
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2008) View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article Does money matter for schools?, Economics of Education Review, Elsevier (2010) View citations (34) (2010)
30. The Illusion of Equality: The Educational Consequences of Blinding Weak States, For Example
    Working Papers, Center for Global Development View citations (2)

2008

31. The Convergence of Compulsory Schooling in Western Europe: 1950-2000
    CEE Discussion Papers, Centre for the Economics of Education, LSE View citations (11)
    Also in LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2008) View citations (6)

2007

32. An historical analysis of the expansion of compulsory schooling in Europe after the Second World War
    Economic History Working Papers, London School of Economics and Political Science, Department of Economic History View citations (8)
33. The convergence process of compulsory schooling in Western Europe: 1950-2000
    Working Papers, HAL View citations (7)
    Also in PSE Working Papers, HAL (2007) View citations (10)

Journal Articles

2021

1. Gender Differences in Professional Career Dynamics: New Evidence from a Global Law Firm
   Economica, 2021, 88, (349), 105-128 View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper Gender Differences in Professional Career Dynamics: New Evidence from a Global Law Firm, CID Working Papers (2020) View citations (3) (2020)

2019

2. Nation-building Through Compulsory Schooling during the Age of Mass Migration
   The Economic Journal, 2019, 129, (617), 62-109 View citations (44)
   See also Working Paper Nation-Building Through Compulsory Schooling During the Age of Mass Migration, STICERD - Economic Organisation and Public Policy Discussion Papers Series (2015) View citations (32) (2015)

2018

3. Changing How Literacy Is Taught: Evidence on Synthetic Phonics
   American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2018, 10, (2), 217-41 View citations (13)
   See also Working Paper Changing how literacy is taught: evidence on synthetic phonics, LSE Research Online Documents on Economics (2018) View citations (6) (2018)
4. Does Additional Spending Help Urban Schools? An Evaluation Using Boundary Discontinuities
   Journal of the European Economic Association, 2018, 16, (5), 1618-1668 View citations (9)
   See also Working Paper Does additional spending help urban schools? An evaluation using boundary discontinuities, LSE Research Online Documents on Economics (2018) View citations (8) (2018)

2017

5. The effect of opposite sex siblings on cognitive and noncognitive skills in early childhood
   Applied Economics Letters, 2017, 24, (19), 1369-1373 View citations (9)
   See also Working Paper The Effect of Opposite Sex Siblings on Cognitive and Noncognitive Skills in Early Childhood, ADBI Working Papers (2016) View citations (3) (2016)

2015

6. Does public sector control reduce variance in school quality?
   Education Economics, 2015, 23, (5), 557-576 View citations (11)
7. The State, Socialisation, and Private Schooling: When Will Governments Support Alternative Producers?
   Journal of Development Studies, 2015, 51, (7), 784-807 View citations (12)

2014

8. Closing the gender gap in education: What is the state of gaps in labour force participation for women, wives and mothers?
   International Labour Review, 2014, 153, (2), 173-207 View citations (23)
9. Colonial Institutions, Trade Shocks, and the Diffusion of Elementary Education in Brazil, 1889–1930
   The Journal of Economic History, 2014, 74, (3), 730-766 View citations (27)
   See also Working Paper Colonial Institutions, Trade Shocks, and the Diffusion of Elementary Education in Brazil, 1889-1930, Harvard Business School Working Papers (2012) View citations (7) (2012)
10. Marriage, education and assortative mating in Latin America
    Applied Economics Letters, 2014, 21, (12), 806-811 View citations (3)
11. School and family effects on educational outcomes across countries
    (Teaching practices and social capital)
    Economic Policy, 2014, 29, (79), 395-446 View citations (23)
    See also Working Paper School and family effects on educational outcomes across countries, Scholarly Articles (2014) View citations (24) (2014)

2013

12. German Immigration and Servitude in America, 1709–1920. By Farley Grubb. New York: Routledge Explorations in Economic History. 2011. Pp. xxvi, 433. $190.00, hardcover
    The Journal of Economic History, 2013, 73, (2), 608-610
13. The Making of Modern America: Migratory Flows in the Age of Mass Migration
    Journal of Development Economics, 2013, 102, (C), 23-47 View citations (124)
    See also Working Paper The Making of Modern America: Migratory Flows in the Age of Mass Migration, CEPR Discussion Papers (2012) View citations (13) (2012)
14. Why Demographic Suicide? The Puzzles of European Fertility
    Population and Development Review, 2013, 38, 55-71 View citations (1)

2011

15. Inequality of Educational Outcomes: International Evidence from PISA
    Regional and Sectoral Economic Studies, 2011, 11, (3) View citations (9)
16. The Expansion and Convergence of Compulsory Schooling in Western Europe, 1950–2000
    Economica, 2011, 78, (311), 501-522 View citations (30)

2010

17. American education in the age of mass migrations 1870–1930
    Cliometrica, Journal of Historical Economics and Econometric History, 2010, 4, (2), 113-139 View citations (3)
    See also Working Paper American Education in the Age of Mass Migrations 1870-1930, IZA Discussion Papers (2009) View citations (10) (2009)
18. Does money matter for schools?
    Economics of Education Review, 2010, 29, (6), 1154-1164 View citations (34)
    See also Working Paper Does Money Matter for Schools?, CEE Discussion Papers (2009) View citations (6) (2009)

2009

19. Schools and the equal opportunity problem
    Education Economics, 2009, 17, (3), 417-419