Research

Working Papers and Work in Progress

Inter-generational Childcare Arrangements, Parental Investments and Child Development (with J. Behrman and M. Parada)

Distributional Effects of Parental Time Investments on Children’s Socioemotional Skills and Nutritional Health

Selected Publications

Caro, J. C. Scaled-up nutrition services for child development: evidence from the Chilean School Meals Program American Journal of Health Economics. American Journal of Health Economics.

Emmers, D., Caro, J.C., Rozelle, S., Sylvia, S. Early Parenting Interventions to Foster Human Capital in Developing Countries. Annual Review of Resource Economics 2022 14:1

Caro, J. C., Clark, A., D’Ambrosio, C., Vögele, C. The impact of COVID-19 lockdown stringency on loneliness in five European countries Social Science and Medicine.

Caro, J. C., Holuka, C., Menta, G., Turner, J., Vögele, C., D’Ambrosio, C. Children’s internalizing behavior development is heterogeneously associated with the pace of epigenetic aging. Biological Psychology.

Caro, J.C. and Parada-Contzen, M. (2022). 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., Melo, G., Molina, J. A., & Salgado, J. C. (2021). Censored QUAIDS estimation with quaidsce (No. 1045). Boston College Department of Economics (forthcoming at Stata Journal).

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.

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.