Research

My areas of interest are:

• Development Economics

• Political Economy

• Policy Evaluation

Publications (and forthcoming articles):

1. Remote Parent Coaching in Preschool Mathematics: Evidence from Peru. Joint with Emma Naslund-Hadley, Carolina Mendez and Juan Hernández-Agramonte, Economics of Education Review (forthcoming)

2. "Policymaking, Trust, and the Demand for Public Services: Evidence from a Mass Sterilization Campaign. ". Joint with Gianmarco León and Dijana Zejcirovic, American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 17 (1): 181–215. 

3. "Empowering College Students through Leadership Roles in their Communities: Experimental evidence from Peru". Joint with Marcos Agurto, Sandra Buzinsky, and Javier Torres. Journal of Human Capital, 18:4, 2024

4. "The Effects of Electrification on Employment in Rural Peru". Joint with Rosamaría Dasso . IZA Journal of Labor & Development, 2015, 4:6

5.  "Do Benefit Recipients Change Their Labor Supply After Receiving the Cash Transfer?  Evidence from the Peruvian JUNTOS Program". Joint with Victor Saldarriaga.  IZA Journal of Labor & Development, 2014, 3: 2

Work in Progress:

1. Breaking the gridlock: Zero-sum thinking, identity and mutually beneficial reforms. Joint with Kai Gehring, Matteo Grigoletto, and Arne Weiss. Status: Experimental data collection completed. 

2. Narrative intervention: the case of production technology for Gold Mining in Peru. Joint with Kai Gehring, Matteo Grigoletto and Arne Weiss. Status: Data collection completed.

3. Understanding Artisanal Mining. Joint with Mathieu Couttenier, Ronny Condor, Kai Gehring and Arne Weiss. Status: Data collection completed

4. Challenges and Opportunities for formalization of artisanal mining. Joint with Stefano Jud, Quynh Nguyen, Elena Borasino, Kai Gehring, Matteo Grigoletto and Arne Weiss. Status: Data collection completed

Dormant Working papers:

• "Local festivals and food consumption among the poor". July 2015

• "Temptation Goods and Conditional Cash Transfers in Peru". Joint with Rosamaría Dasso . First version: September 2013. 

• "Measurement Errors and Multidimensional Poverty". Joint with Cesar Calvo . Oxford Poverty & Human Initiative (OPHI) Working Paper N. 50, January 2012