Research
Publications
Making Yourself Attractive: Pre-Marital Investments and The Returns to Education in the Marriage Market, American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, Vol. 5(2), April 2013, 151-178.
Marry for What? Caste and Mate Selection in Modern India (joint with Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Maitreesh Ghatak), American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, Vol. 5(2), May 2013, 33-72.
Link to questionnaires: Bride wanted ads, Groom wanted ads
What Happens the Morning After? The Costs and Benefits of Expanding Access to Emergency Contraception (joint with Tal Gross and Corinne Low), Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, Vol. 33(1), Winter 2014, 70-94.
All for One? Family Size and Children's Educational Distribution Under Credit Constraints (joint with Soohyung Lee), American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings, Vol. 104 (5), May 2014, 365-369.
Who comes and Why? Determinants of Immigrants Skill Level in early XXth century US (joint with Matias Covarrubias and Jose Tessada), Journal of Demographic Economics, Vol. 81 (1), March 2015, 115-155.
More hands, more power? Estimating the impact of immigration on output and technology choices using early 20th century US agriculture (joint with Jose Tessada and Carolina Gonzalez), Journal of International Economics, Vol. 97 (2), November 2015, 339-358.
Tying the double-knot: The role of assets in marriage commitment (joint with Corinne Low), American Economic Review, Papers and Proceedings, Vol. 107 (5), May 2017, 163-67.
Changing the Rules Midway: The Impact of Granting Alimony Rights on Existing and Newly-Formed Partnerships (joint with Pierre-Andre Chiappori, Murat Iyigun and Yoram Weiss), The Economic Journal, Vol. 127(604), September 2017, 1874-1905.
Role Models or Individual Consulting: The Impact of Personalizing Micro-entrepreneurship Training (joint with Julio Riutort and Jose Tessada), American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, Vol. 10(4), October 2018, 222-245.
People and Machines: A Look at The Evolving Relationship Between Capital and Skill In Manufacturing 1850-1940 Using Immigration Shocks (joint with Jose Tessada and Ethan Lewis), Review of Economics and Statistics, Vol. 101(1), March 2019, 30-43.
Putting the Husband Through: Role of Credit Constraints in Timing of Marriage and Spousal Education (joint with Murat Iyigun), Journal of Labor Economics, Vol. 41(1), January 2023, 245-289.
Baby Commodity-Booms? The Impact of Commodity Shocks on Fertility Decisions and Outcomes (joint with Francisco Gallego), Journal of Population Economics, Vol. 36, January 2023, 295-320.
What is the price of freedom? Estimating women's willingness to pay for schedule flexibility (joint with Monserrat Bustelo, Ana Maria Diaz, Claudia Piras, Luz Magdalena Salas and Jose Tessada), Economic Development and Cultural Change, Vol. 71 (4), July 2023, 1179-1211.
Collateralized Marriage (joint with Corinne Low), American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, Vol. 15(4), October 2023, 252-91.
Personalized Information as a Tool to Improve Pension Savings: Results from a Randomized Control Trial in Chile (joint with Olga Fuentes, Julio Riutort, Jose Tessada and Felix Villatoro), Economic Development and Cultural Change, Vol. 72 (2), January 2024, 725-770.
The redistributive effects of size-dependent childcare policies (joint with Diego Escobar, Loris Rubini and Jose Tessada), Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Vol. 160, March 2024.
The changing identity of American wives and mothers (joint with Laura Salisbury and Aloysius Siow), forthcoming at the Journal of Economic Literature.
Personalizing or Reminding? How to better incentivize savings amongst low-income individuals (joint with Viviane Azevedo, Liliana Olarte and Jose Tessada), forthcoming at Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization.
Working Papers
Men, Women and Capital: Estimating substitution patterns using a size and gender-dependent childcare policy in Chile (joint with Diego Escobar and Jose Tessada), 2nd round revisions requested at Journal of Labor Economics
Can gamified online training make high school students more entrepreneurial? Experimental evidence from Rwanda (joint with Todd Pugatch, Jose Tessada and Diego Ubfal), revisions requested at Economics of Education Review
Electrifying? How new technologies impact productivity and jobs (joint with Martin Fizsbein, Ethan Lewis and Jose Tessada), submitted
Is workplace safety everybody’s business? Experimental evidence on prevention information, accidents and compensating wage differentials in SMEs (joint with Francisco Brahm and Jose Tessada), submitted
The benefits of diversity: Peer effects in an adult training program in Chile (joint with Jose Tessada and Marcela Perticara), submitted
Smooth(er) Landing? The Role of Networks in the Location and Occupational Choice of Immigrants (joint with Jose Tessada), submitted
Educating a melting pot: Estimating the impact of historical immigration on US educational system (joint with Jose Tessada and Andres Gazmuri), submitted
Do you like me enough? The impact of restricting preferences ranking in a university matching process (joint with Nicolas Figueroa and Alejandro Saenz), submitted
Does Formal Credit Lead to more Financial Inclusion or Distress? Results Using an Algorithm-based Loan among Underserved Clients in Paraguay (joint with Viviane Azevedo, Liliana Olarte and Jose Tessada) , submitted
Changing returns to scale in manufacturing 1880-1930: The Rise of (Skilled) Labor? (joint with Ethan Lewis and Jose Tessada), submitted
Mentoring micro-entrepreneurs: Who and for whom? (joint with Magdalena Martin and Jose Tessada), submitted
Work in progress
Selling Your Vote at Home: How Granting Female Voting Rights Altered Men's Voting Patterns (joint with Francisco Pino)
Workers' safety in Brazil (joint with Rogerio Santarosa, Cecilia Machado and Jose Tessada)
Polarization in Latin America (joint with Alexandre Janiak, Mario Jeldres and Jose Tessada)
Unpacking the Impact of Unilateral Divorce Laws on Spousal Welfare: An Accounting Exercise (joint with Paula Calvo and Murat Iyigun)
Endogeneous technological change: the case of electricity (joint with Martin Fizsbein, Ethan Lewis, Josefa Lavandero, Jose Tessada)
You are nothing without me: Domestic Violence and Divorce (joint with Alexandre Janiak and Alejandro Sierra)\