Publications

The Effects of Working while in School: Evidence from Employment Lotteries

(with Thomas Le Barbanchon and Federico Araya)  WP version,  J-PAL summary, VOX blog,  Blog in Spanish, Brief on Effects by Gender

American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 15 (1): 383-410, 2023. 

Press Coverage: La Diaria, MTSS Uruguay, EL PAIS

Estimating the Demand for Business Training: Evidence from Jamaica

(with Alessandro Maffioli and David McKenzie).  2-page summary, Development Impact post, Replication Package

 Economic Development and Cultural Change 72(1): 123-158, 2023.

The Impact of Soft-Skills Training for Entrepreneurs in Jamaica

(with Irani Arraiz, Diether Beuermann, Michael Frese, Alessandro Maffioli and Daniel Verch).  Replication Package

 World Development 152: 105787, 2022.

Can Youth Empowerment Programs Reduce Violence Against Girls during the Covid-19 Pandemic?

(with Selim Gulesci and Manuela Puente Beccar).  Development Impact Blog. 

Journal of Development Economics 153:102716, 2021.

Does Information Change Attitudes Toward Immigrants?

 (with Alexis Grigorieff and Christopher Roth)  [Pre-analysis Plan]  [Instructions]

Demography 57: 1117-1143, 2020.  Published version

Press coverage: Washington Post 1, Washington Post 2,  Boston Globe, The Independent, La Tribune, IZA Newsroom, Bocconi Knowledge, Corriere Dell'Alto Adige, Corriere Del Trentino, Vox, Le Monde, Bloomberg

Banking the Unbanked? Evidence from three countries  [Project Data] 

(with Pascaline Dupas, Dean Karlan and Jonathan Robinson).

American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 10(2): 257-297, 2018.

How General are Time Preferences? Eliciting Good-Specific Discount Rates

Journal of Development Economics  vol. 118: 150-170, 2016.

Improving Technology Adoption in Agriculture Through Extension Services: Evidence From Uruguay

(with A. Maffioli, G. Vazquez and P. Cerdan-Infantes).

Journal of Development Effectiveness  vol. 5(1), 64-81, 2013.

Extension Services, Product Quality and Yields: the Case of Grapes in Argentina

(with A. Maffioli, G. Vazquez and P. Cerdan-Infantes). 

Agricultural Economics vol. 42(6), 727-734, 2011.

The Impact of Funding on Research Collaboration: Evidence from a Developing Country  

(with Alessandro Maffioli) 

Research Policy  vol. 40 (9), 1269-1279, 2011.

Money for Science? The Impact of Research Grants on Academic Output

(with Daniel Chudnovsky, Andrés Lopez and Martín Rossi)

Fiscal Studies vol. 29 (1), 75-87, 2008.

La Competitividad y las Políticas Para Impulsarla

(In Spanish with Daniel Chudnovsky)

Boletín Informativo Techint 321, 29-47, 2006.