Primary Fields: Economics of Education, Applied Econometrics.
Secondary: Social Policy and Inequality, Labor Economics, Behavioral Economics.
Working Papers / Work in Progress
“Using Behavioral Insights to Increase Parental Engagement” (with S. Mayer, A. Kalil and P. Oreopoulos).
NBER working paper 21602 - forthcoming, Journal of Human Resources.
[April 2018 preprint] [link to *video*] doi:10.3368/jhr.54.4.0617.8835R
“Rescuing Low-Income High-Ability Students” (with D. Contreras and F. Meneses) - Rej. & R, Journal of Human Resources [latest draft: September 2017]
“Dynamic Complementarity or Substitutability? The Role of Parenting and Childcare in the Production of Early Human Capital” (with J. Garcia) - under review [latest draft: July 2017]
“A Behavioral Approach to Increasing Preschool Attendance” (with S. Mayer and A. Kalil) - [Slides: November 2017]
“50 Years of Centralized College Entrance Exams in Chile” (with C. Neilson) - [Slides: November 2017]
“Skills, Distance or Socioeconomic Status? A Behavioral Experiment Understanding Voter Turnout” (with P. Argote) - [On the field!]
Pre-Doctoral Publications
“Persistence in the Transmission of Education: Evidence across Three Generations for Chile” (with P. Celhay).
Journal of Human Development, July 2015. [link to paper]
“The 1999-2007 Public-Private Wage Gap in LAC: A Matching Approach” (with A. Mizala and P. Romaguera).
Labour Economics, December 2011. [link to paper]
“Decomposing Wage Inequality in Latin America: A Decade of Changes” (with D. Contreras).
CEPAL Review, April 2011. [link to paper]
“Does Relative Ability Matter in College?” (with D. Contreras and F. Meneses, in Spanish).
Quality of Education, July 2009. [link to paper]
“Financing Education for Vulnerable Groups: The Preferential School Subsidy” (with P. Romaguera),
in "The New Policies on Social Protection in Chile" (Spanish), Ch. 5, pp. 191-238. O. Larranaga and D. Contreras, editors.
United Nations Development Programme, Uqbar, 2010. [link to book]
“Financing Education in Chile: Challenges on Equity and Quality” (with P. Romaguera),
in "Social Policy and the Strengthening Democracies in Latin America" (Spanish), Ch. 6, pp. 159-182. A. Barcena and O. Kacef, editors.
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, 2011. [link to book]