Francisco P. Flores Taipe
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Economics of Education | Development | Gender | Inequality and Poverty| Experimental Economics | RCTs
My research examines how scalable interventions can expand educational opportunities and support decision-making for students and parents facing informational, social, and economic barriers.
My research examines how scalable interventions can expand educational opportunities and support decision-making for students and parents facing informational, social, and economic barriers.
Current affiliation: Postdoctoral researcher at the EDUCHANGE project, University of Iceland
Current affiliation: Postdoctoral researcher at the EDUCHANGE project, University of Iceland
Research Highlight
Research Highlight
Remote delivery of STEM and entrepreneurship role models at scale changes college major choice in Ecuador (with Asanov, Igor; Astebro, Thomas; Buenstorf, Guido; Crepón, Bruno; McKenzie, David; Mensmann, Mona; and Schulte, Mathis). Nature Human Behavior (2026)
Large-scale RCT with ~30,000 students in Ecuador showing that exposure to multiple role models changed educational aspirations in unexpected ways: students shifted away from STEM, with girls moving toward business and boys toward agriculture and other fields.
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