Research
Publications
Attrition in Randomized Control Trials: Using tracking information to correct bias, joint with Karen Macours. CEPR Discussion Paper 11962. forthcoming Economic Development and Cultural Change.
Can Technology Improve the Classroom Experience in Primary Education? An African Experiment on a Worldwide Program, joint with Joana Cardim and Pedro C. Vicente. Journal of Development Economics, 2023, volume 164, 103145.
Media: voxdev
Motivating Volunteer Health Workers in an African Capital City, joint with Mattia Fracchia and Pedro C. Vicente. Interactive videos (android:R1 R2 R3) (linear version PC: R1 R2 R3). Journal of Development Economics, 2023, volume 163, 103096.
Experimental Long-term Effects of Early Childhood and School-age Exposure to a Conditional Cash Transfer Program, joint with Karen Macours, John Maluccio and Luis Tejerina. Journal of Development Economics, 2020, volume 143, 102385. Proposal (in Spanish)
Migration, Insurance and Economic Shocks: Evidence from Nicaragua, Journal of Development Studies, 2020, 56:11, 2000-2029. online appendix
Long-Term Impacts of Conditional Cash Transfers: Review of the Evidence, joint with Tania Barham, Karen Macours, John Maluccio and Marco Stampini. World Bank Research Observer, 2019, 34(1): 119–59.
Working Papers
Artisanal mining in Africa: green for gold, joint with Victoire Girard and Guillaume Vic. R&R at The Economic Journal.
Extras & media: voxdev, World Bank Development Impact blog (get in touch for the gold suitability data)
Work in Progress
Belief Systems and Health Behaviors in Guinea-Bissau, joint with Brais Álvarez-Pereira, Alexander Coutts and Pedro C. Vicente. Data collection ongoing.
Health insurance: Community Leaders and Social Networks, joint with Alexander Coutts, Rute Martins Caerio and Pedro Vicente. Data collection completed.
Income or health? The case of artisanal mines, joint with Victoire Girard.
Malaria prevention in rural communities, joint with Brais Álvarez-Pereira, Mattia Fracchia, and Pedro C. Vicente. Data collection ongoing.
Old Working Papers
Analyzing Regional Migration Flows in Nicaragua: Heterogeneity at Origin and at Destination.
Innovation, Tangible and Intangible Investments and the Value of Spanish Firms, with Aitor Lacuesta, Omar Licandro and Luis Puch. FEDEA, WP 2009-19
Profesionalización e internacionalización de las decisiones económico-financieras. Evidencia empı́rica sobre las Pymes manufactureras en España, with Marco Celentani and José Miguel Posadas. FEDEA, Colección de Estudios Económicos. 03-2010