Research
"There is no error more dangerous than confusing the effect with the cause: I call it the genuine corruption of reason. Nevertheless, this error is one of humanity’s oldest and most contemporary customs."
Friedrich Nietzsche
Twilight of the idols
On the economic determinants of prostitution: the marriage compensation and unilateral divorce in U.S. states, Review of Economics of the Household [pdf], Working paper [pdf]
Coverage: Cato Institute Research Briefs in Economic Policy, Nada es gratis (Spanish)
The Effect of Adult Entertainment Establishments on Sex Crime: Evidence from New York City, joint with Micaela Sviatschi (Princeton University), The Economic Journal [pdf], Working paper [pdf]
Coverage: Cato Institute Research Briefs in Economic Policy, Marginal Revolution, Probable Causation (Episode 6), Washington Post
Banning the purchase of prostitution increases cases of rape: evidence from Sweden, Journal of Population Economics [pdf], Working paper [pdf]
Coverage: Probable Causation (Episode 6), Nada es gratis (Spanish), Frankfurter Allgemeine (German)
The impact of sodomy law repeals on crime, joint with Dario Sansone (University of Exeter), Journal of Population Economics [pdf] (open access), working paper [pdf]
Coverage: University of Exeter Research Briefs, Twitter short, Twitter long, Nada es gratis (Spanish)
Order Matters: Eliciting Maternal Beliefs on Educational Choices, joint with Pablo Brañas-Garza (Universidad Loyola Andalucía) and Ericka Rascón (Middlesex University London), Journal of Economic Psychology [pdf], working paper [pdf]
Mobile Phone Network and Migration: Evidence from Myanmar, joint with Jorge García-Hombrados (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid) and Ayesha Zainudeen (LIRNEasia), The International Migration Review [pdf], working paper [pdf]
On the economic origins of selling sex, joint with Alessandro Corvasce (Università degli Studi di Milano Statale)[pdf]
Primary elections and electoral outcomes, joint with Jorge García-Hombrados (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid), Ana García-Hernández (Universidad del Rosario), Laura Gismera (Universidad Pontificia Comillas) and Antonio Núñez-Partido (Universidad Pontificia Comillas), Series-Journal of the Spanish Economic Association [pdf], working paper [pdf]
Coverage: El Confidencial
A tale of commerce and coerce: economic analysis of sex work and human trafficking laws, joint with Alessandro Corvasce (Università degli Studi di Milano Statale), [pdf]
Gangsta's paradise, joint with Nicolás Bottan (Cornell University), Carlos Schmidt-Padilla (University of Pennsylvania) and Micaela Sviatschi (Princeton University).
A tale of commerce and coerce: economic analysis of sex work and human trafficking laws , with Marco Serena (CUNEF)
Male outmigration and women's work and empowerment in agriculture, joint with Anuja Kar (World Bank Group), Vanya Slavchevska (FAO), Susan Kaaria (FAO), Sanna Lisa Taivalmaa, Erdgin Mane (FAO), Yurie Tanimichi Hoberg (World Bank Group), Robert Townsend (World Bank Group) and Victoria Stanley (World Bank Group). [pdf]
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