Publications

Education Economics 

• Developing Educational and Vocational Aspirations through International Child Sponsorship: Evidence from Kenya, Indonesia, and Mexico
  - with Paul Glewwe, Bruce Wydick,  and Phillip Ross
  World Development (2021)

• International Child Sponsorship Impact on the Intended Choice of Acquiring a Higher Education Degree: the Case of Rural Mexico
  Education Economics (2025)

• Examining COVID-19’s Disruptive Effect on Education in Mexican Universities
  - with Adan Silverio-Murillo, Jose Roberto Balmori de la Miyar, and Fernanda Sobrino
  International Journal of Educational Development (2024)
    - Previously circulated as "Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on University New Entry, Enrollment, and Graduation on STEM and Non-STEM Majors in Mexico

• Estimating the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Intake, Enrollment, and Graduation Outcomes for Undergraduate Business Programs in Mexico
  - with Jose Roberto Balmori de la Miyar and Adan Silverio-Murillo
  Journal of Education for Business (2023)

Industrial Organization  

• The Effect of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Risk of Corruption
  - with Adan Silverio-Murillo  and Jose Roberto Balmori de la Miyar
  Public Organization Review (2024)

• Productivity of Procurement Auctions of Pavement Contracts in Mexico
  Journal of Productivity Analysis (2023)

• Airline Economics: A Survey of Applied Issues in the Performance of the US and International Airline Industry  [chapter]
  - with Levent Kutlu and Robin Sickles, in R. Chambers, S. Kumbhakar, and S. Ray (eds.)
  Volume II, Handbook of Production Economics (2020)

Development Economics  

• Do Earthquakes Increase or Decrease Crime?
  - with Adan Silverio-Murillo, Jose Roberto Balmori de la Miyar, and Fernanda Sobrino
  World Development (2024)

• Shifts in Property Crime Patterns during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Mexico 
  - with Adan Silverio-Murillo, Jose Roberto Balmori de la Miyar, and Fernanda Sobrino
  Journal of Experimental Criminology (2024)

• Organized Crime After Earthquakes
  - with Adan Silverio-Murillo, Jose Roberto Balmori de la Miyar, and Fernanda Sobrino
  Criminology & Criminal Justice (2025)

• A Long-Term Employment Deprivation Index for Mexico
  - with Rocío García
  Estudios Económicos (2017)

• A Shapley Decomposition of Multidimensional Chronic Poverty in Argentina
  - with Rocío García
  Bulletin of Economic Research (2017)

• Los Efectos del Fondo de Aportaciones para la Infraestructura Social Sobre la Pobreza en México
  - with Fernando Ramones
  Región y Sociedad (2014)

Work in Progress

• Decomposing the Gender Gap in STEM, the Relative Influence of Parents, Teachers, and Peers' Opinions

• The Effect of Internet Access on Poverty - with Jorge Mora Rivera and Fernando García-Mora

• The Effect of Access to TICS on Human Development - with Jorge Mora Rivera and Fernando García-Mora