Working Papers and Work in Progress
Caro, J.C., Lipman, S. Tailored goals versus individual choice: study protocol for a field experiment on commitment devices for health behavior
Caro, J. C. Behrman, J. and Parada, M. Inter-generational Childcare Arrangements, Parental Investments and Child Obesity.
Caro, J. C., Melo, G., Molina, J. A., & Salgado, J. C. (2023). Censored QUAIDS estimation with quaidsce (No. 1045). Boston College Department of Economics
Selected Publications
Holuka, C., Menta, G., Caro, J. C., Vögele, C., D’Ambrosio, C., Turner, J. (2024) Developmental epigenomic effects of maternal financial problems. Development and Psychopathology, 1-14. https:// doi:10.1017/S095457942400083X
Caro, J. C. (2023) Distributional effects of parental time investments on children's socio-emotional skills and nutritional health Plos one https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0288186
Caro, J. C. (2023) Scaled-up nutrition services for child development: evidence from the Chilean School Meals Program American Journal of Health Economics. https://doi.org/10.1086/723824
Melo, G., Aguilar, N., Lopez-Barrera, E., Chomali, L., Moz-Christofotelli, M.A., Swensson, L., Salgado, J.C., Caro, J.C. (2023) Structural responses to the obesity epidemic in Latin America: what are the next steps for food and physical activity policies? Lancet Regional Health-Americas. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lana.2023.100486
Caro, J. C., Holuka, C., Menta, G., Turner, J., Vögele, C., D’Ambrosio, C. (2023) Children’s internalizing behavior development is heterogeneously associated with the pace of epigenetic aging. Biological Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsycho.2022.108463
Emmers, D., Caro, J.C., Rozelle, S., Sylvia, S. (2022) Early Parenting Interventions to Foster Human Capital in Developing Countries. Annual Review of Resource Economics 2022 14:1. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-resource-111220-010215
Caro, J. C., Clark, A., D’Ambrosio, C., Vögele, C. (2022) The impact of COVID-19 lockdown stringency on loneliness in five European countries Social Science and Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.115492
Caro, J.C. and Parada-Contzen, M. (2021). Pension Incentives and Retirement Planning in Rural China: Evidence for the New Rural Pension Scheme. The Developing Economies, 60: 3-29. https://doi.org/10.1111/deve.12297
Caro, J. C., Valizadeh, P., Correa, A., Silva, A., & Ng, S. W. (2020). Combined fiscal policies to promote healthier diets: Effects on purchases and consumer welfare. Plos one, 15(1), e0226731. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0226731
Caro, J. C., Corvalán, C., Reyes, M., Silva, A., Popkin, B., & Taillie, L. S. (2018). Chile’s 2014 sugar-sweetened beverage tax and changes in prices and purchases of sugar-sweetened beverages: An observational study in an urban environment. PLoS medicine, 15(7), e1002597. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002597
Caro, J. C., Ng, S. W., Bonilla, R., Tovar, J., & Popkin, B. M. (2017). Sugary drinks taxation, projected consumption and fiscal revenues in Colombia: Evidence from a QUAIDS model. PloS one, 12(12), e0189026. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0189026
Caro, J. C., Ng, S. W., Taillie, L. S., & Popkin, B. M. (2017). Designing a tax to discourage unhealthy food and beverage purchases: The case of Chile. Food Policy, 71, 86-100. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2017.08.001