Research

 Publications

1. Social Mobility and Education Policy: A District Level Analysis of Legislative Behavior. (2023) Socio-Economic Review. Forthcoming. (Joint with L. Bellani & K. Berriochoa)

2. Strategic Compromise, Policy Bundling and Interest Group Power: Theory and Evidence on Education Policy. (2023) European Journal of Political Economy. 7(3): 102283.  (Joint with L. Bellani & F. Scervini)

3. Resilience of railway transport to four types of natural hazards: An analysis of daily train volumes. (2021) Infrastructures. 6(12): 174. (Joint with S. Szymczak)

4. Political-economic determinants of education reform: Evidence on interest groups and student outcomes. (2017) European Journal of Political Economy. 48: 144-161.

5. Do piped water and flush toilets prevent child diarrhea in rural Philippines? (2015) Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health. 27(2): 2122-2132. (Joint with  J. Capuno and C. Tan Jr.)

6. Does yardstick competition influence local government fiscal behavior in the Philippines? (2015) In J. P. Faguet & C. Pöschl (Eds.) Is decentralization good for development? Perspectives for academics and policy makers. Oxford University Press. (Joint with J. Capuno, S. Quimbo, A. Kraft, C. Tan Jr.)

7. Democracy and poverty reduction. (2008) Philippine Review of Economics. 45(2): 235-269. (Joint with C. Oyales)

Working Papers

1. Impact of heavy rainfall on natural hazard incidence along the German rail network. Joint with F. Bott, K. Fricke & S. Szymczak.

2. Causal effect of embankment fires on railway traffic: An instrumental variable analysis. Joint with S. Gäbler & M. Kauder.

3. Resilience curves of railway infrastructure: Recovery time and response of train traffic to flood and tree fall. Joint with S. Szymczak.