Research

Publications

"Local Retail Prices, Product Variety, and Neighborhood Change"  American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, vol. 16(1), 1-33, 2024 (with Fernando Borraz, Felipe Carozzi, and Leandro Zipitría)

"Spillover effects from new housing supply"  Regional Science and Urban Economics, vol. 92, 2022

“Can Urban Renewal Policies Reverse Neighborhood Ethnic Dynamics?” Journal of Economic Geography, vol. 20 (2), 419–457, 2020  (with Jordi Jofre-Monseny and Elisabet Viladecans-Marsal)  

“Assessing the distributive effects of minimum wage” Review of Development Economics, vol. 21(4), 1081-1112, 2017  (with Fernando Borraz)

“Peer Effects in Risk Aversion” Risk Analysis, vol. 35(1), 27-43, 2015  (with Ana Balsa and Nestor Gandelman) 

“Water Nationalization and Service Quality” World Bank Economic Review, World Bank Group, vol. 27(3), 389-412, 2013  (with Fernando Borraz and Marcelo Olarreaga)

Other Publications

“Polarization and the Middle Class” Latin American Journal of Economics-formerly Cuadernos de Economía, Instituto de Economía. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, vol. 50(2), 289-326, 2013   (with Fernando Borraz and Maximo Rossi)

“Economic and Socio-Demographic Determinants of Crime in Uruguay” Well-Being and Social Policy, vol 6(2), 45-73, 2010  (with Fernando Borraz) 

“Impact of the Uruguayan Conditional Cash Transfer Program” Latin American Journal of Economics-formerly Cuadernos de Economía, Instituto de Economía. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, vol. 46(134), 243-271, 2009    (with Fernando Borraz)