Articles

Castro, J.F. and L. Villacorta. (2024). Too Hard, Too Easy, or Just Right: The Productivity of Schooling and the Match between Child Skill and School Complexity. The World Bank Economic Review. https://doi.org/10.1093/wber/lhae013 

Castro, J.F., Ortega, L., Yamada, G., and D. Mata (2023). Overeducation and overskilling in Latin America: evidence from PIAAC. Comparative Education, 1–19. https://doi.org/10.1080/03050068.2023.2244263. 

Castro, J.F., D. Velásquez, A. Beltrán and G. Yamada (2022). The Direct and Indirect Effects of Messages on Tax Compliance: Experimental Evidence from Peru. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Volume 203, Pages 483-518.

Castro, J.F. and B. Esposito (2021). The Effect of Bonuses on Teacher Retention and Student Learning in Rural Schools: A Story of Spillovers. Education Finance and Policy, 17 (4): 693–718. 

Castro, J.F., G. Yamada, H. Contreras, F. Linares and H. Watson (2021). Tracking the Pressure: The Effect of Monetary Incentives on Effort, Emotions, and Performance. Journal of Neuroscience, Psychology, and Economics, 14(4), 234–258.

Castro, J.F. (2020). Revisiting the Contribution of Schools to Cognitive Gaps: Evidence from Peru. Review of Development Economics, Volume 24, Issue 4, pp 1256-1278.

Castro, J.F. and C. Rolleston (2018). The Contribution of Early Childhood and Schools to Cognitive Gaps: New Evidence from Peru. Economics of Education Review , 64 (2018), 144-164. 

Castro, J.F., G. Yamada and O. Arias (2016). Higher Education Decisions in Peru: On the Role of Financial Constraints, Skills and Family Background. Higher Education, 72: 457, 457–486.

Castro, J.F., J. Baca and J. Ocampo (2012). (Re)Counting the Poor in Peru: A Multidimensional Approach. Latin American Journal of Economics, 49, 37-65.

Yamada, G. and J.F. Castro (2009). Educational Attainment, Growth and Poverty Reduction Within the MDG Framework: Simulations and Costing for the Peruvian Case. Journal of Economic Policy Reform, 12, 57-73. 

Working Papers

Barrón, M., Basurto, P., Castro. J.F. and R. Zárate (2024). "Gender Stereotypes and Peer Recognition". Latest version. 

Castro, J.F., L. Ortega, G. Yamada and D. Mata (2022). "Overeducation and Overskilling in Latin America: Evidence from PIAAC". IZA Institue of Labor Economics, Discussion Paper No, 15143.

Castro, J.F., D. Velásquez, A. Beltrán and G. Yamada (2020). “Spillovers and Long-Run Effects of Messages on Tax Compliance: Experimental Evidence from Peru”. IZA Institute of Labor Economics, Discussion Paper No. 13974.

Castro, J. F. and Lucciano Villacorta (2020). “Too Hard, Too Easy, or Just Right: Dynamic Complementarity and Substitutability in The Production of Skill”. Peruvian Economic Association Working Paper No. 175. 

Castro, J. F., P. Glewwe and R. Montero (2019). “Work With What You’ve Got: Improving Teachers’ Pedagogical Skills at Scale in Rural Peru”. Peruvian Economic Association Working Paper No. 158. 

Castro, J.F., G. Yamada, H. Contreras, F. Linares and H. Watson (2018). “The Effect of Monetary Incentives on Cognitive Effort, Emotions, and Test-Solving Performance”. Peruvian Economic Association Working Paper No. 131. 

Work in Progress

The Effect of Messages on Value Added Tax Evastion. With Alexandra Heredia and Daniel Velásquez.

The relation between personality traits and academic performance. With Joanna Kamiche and Fiorella Otiniano.