Peer-Reviewed Publications:
[13] Cejudo G. and Johabed G. Olvera. What happens after policies end? Effects of policy termination and dismantling on target populations, organizations, policy mixes, and political behavior. Policy and Society. Accepted.
[12] Cejudo Guillermo, Johabed G. Olvera, and Miguel Gonzalez (2025). El desmantelamiento de políticas: Modelo integral para analizar procesos, contenido y efectos. Gestion y Politica Publica. Accepted.
[11] Pollert Isaac, Johabed G. Olvera, Bruce A. Desmarais, Frederick J. Boehmke, Jeffrey J. Harden (2025). Collaborative Diffusion: The Dynamics of Policy Output in COVID-19 Interstate Compacts. Policy Studies Journal 53(4): 944–970. https://doi.org/10.1111/psj.70008.
[10] Bello-Gomez, Ricardo A., Claudia N. Avellaneda, Johabed G. Olvera (2025). Adversarialism and power-sharing: the effect of political competition on the management-performance relationship. Global Public Policy and Governance 4, 389-419. https://doi.org/10.1007/s43508-024-00104-6
[9] Olvera, Johabed G. and Julio A. Ramos-Pastrana (2024). “Improving Information to Improve Outcomes: The Effect of Home Visiting Programs on Maternal Health”. Journal of Population Economics 37(4). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00148-024-01050-7
[8] Olvera, Johabed G., Felipe Lozano-Rojas, Julio A. Ramos-Pastrana and Sumedha Gupta (2024). “Opioids Prescribing Restrictions and Homelessness: Evidence from Hydrocodone Rescheduling” Journal of Housing Economics, 66. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhe.2024.102010.
[7] Avellaneda, Claudia N., Bello-Gomez, Ricardo A., and Johabed G. Olvera (2024). “Elected Executives’ Preferences for Performance Assessment: A Survey Experiment with Colombian Mayors” International Journal of Public Administration, 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1080/01900692.2024.2369621
[6] Ramos-Pastrana, Julio A., Johabed G. Olvera, and Claudia N. Avellaneda (2023). "Do Political Hawks Prioritize Different Policies Than Technocrats? Politicization and Governors’ Spending Priorities". Journal of Political Institutions and Political Economy: Vol. 4: No. 3, pp 333-371.
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[5] Olvera, Johabed G., Candis Watts Smith, and Niki vonLockette (2023). “The Effect of the ACA and Racial Dynamics on Federal Medicaid Transfers” Journal of Public Policy. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0143814X23000090
[4] Avellaneda, Claudia N. and Johabed G. Olvera (2023). “Implementers’ Work Autonomy Preferences under Pay-for-Performance Incentives: Testing the Role of Type and Framing of Incentives” Global Public Policy and Governance. https://doi.org/10.1007/s43508-022-00059-6.
[3] Olvera, Johabed G. and Claudia N. Avellaneda (2019). Subnational Government Performance: Testing Multiple Dimensions of Governors’ Experience. Public Administration Review, 19(3): 383-398.
[2] Avellaneda, Claudia N. and Johabed G. Olvera (2018). Chief Executives’ Approval of Immigrants: Evidence from a Survey Experiment of 101 Latin American and Caribbean Mayors. Journal of Behavioral Public Administration, 1(1):1-14.
[1] Olvera, Johabed G. and David Arellano (2015). The Concept of Equity and its Contradictions. The Case of Social Programs in Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Sociología, 77(4): 581-609.
Books and Book Chapters:
Cejudo G. and Johabed G. Olvera. Eds. Policy Dismantling in Latin America: Political Leadership and Bureaucratic Erosion in Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico. Palgrave Macmillan. Forthcoming (May 2026)
Cejudo G. and Johabed G. Olvera. “Studying policy dismantling as a process: An analytical framework”. In Policy Dismantling in Latin America: Political Leadership and Bureaucratic Erosion in Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico. Eds. Cejudo G. and Johabed G. Olvera. Palgrave Macmillan. Forthcoming (May 2026)
Cejudo G., Johabed G. Olvera, and Miguel Gonzalez. “Comparative Analysis and Conclusion”. In Policy Dismantling in Latin America: Political Leadership and Bureaucratic Erosion in Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico. Eds. Cejudo G. and Johabed G. Olvera. Palgrave Macmillan. Forthcoming (May 2026)
Avellaneda, Claudia N. and Johabed Olvera (2023). “Explaining Mexican mayors’ preferences for participatory decision-making: an experimental analysis,” In What Works in Latin American Municipalities? Assessing Local Government Performance, ed. Claudia N. Avellaneda, 128-148. Edward Elgar Publishing.
Avellaneda, Claudia N., Ricardo A. Bello-Gomez and Johabed G. Olvera (2020). “Explaining Subnational Governance: The Role of Governors’ Codified and Uncodified Knowledge.” In Glückler J, Herrigel G, Handke M (Eds). Knowledge for Governance. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer.
Olvera, Johabed G. and Claudia N. Avellaneda (2017). “Performance Management and Public Administration.” In The Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics, William Thompson, ed. New York: Oxford University Press.
Working Papers:
Desmarais, Bruce A., Isaac Pollert, Frederick J. Boehmke, Jeffrey J. Harden, Johabed G. Olvera. Networked Policy Diffusion in the U.S. States: The Case of COVID-19 Response. R&R
Olvera, Johabed G., Guillermo Cejudo, and Liliana Gonzalez. When Childcare Disappears: Household Labor Supply, Gender Inequality, and Informal Work. Under Review
Olvera, Johabed G., Guillermo Cejudo, and Alejandra Penilla. Care Constraints, Informality, and Labor Market Adjustment: Evidence from the End of Extended School Days. Under Review
Olvera, Johabed G., Guillermo Cejudo, and Julio A. Ramos-Pastrana. Re-centralization and Healthcare Service Delivery: Capacity Gains, Proximity Losses, and Partisan Alignment in Mexico. Under Review
Olvera, Johabed G., Julio A. Ramos-Pastrana, Eduardo Fajnzylber, and Sebastian Bauhoff. “Hospitals, Maternal and Infant Health: Impact of the Opening of Public Hospitals in Mexico”. Under Review
Selected Works in Progress:
Michel, Cynthia and Johabed G. Olvera. Challenging Intergenerational Loyalties: The Impact of Adult Day Care Services on the Wellbeing of Women Caregivers in the Sandwich Generation
Olvera, Johabed G. Home Visiting Programs to Reduce Health Disparities in Aging Populations: Evidence from Mexico City.
Olvera, Johabed G., and Hilary Wething. Paid Family Leave Policies in the US and Its Effect on Maternal Mental Health
Olvera, Johabed G.. ACA Medicaid Expansion and Homelessness: Increasing the Overall Capacity of the Safety Net
Olvera, Johabed G. Isaac Pollert, Bruce A. Desmarais, Frederick J. Boehmke, Jeffrey J. Harden. Can Telehealth Improve Health at Birth? Testing Heterogeneous Effects by Race and Ethnicity
Pakhtigian, Emily, Johabed G. Olvera, and Marisela Sotelo Tornero. Tapping into health: Drinking water quality and early childhood weight