Research

Published: in journals

Sociodemographic Predictors of Depression Among Economically Vulnerable Mothers in Urban Uruguay. With Anahita Kumar, Ana Balsa, Alejandro Cid, Hang Do, Guilherme Lichand and Sharon Wolf. Published in Journal of Affective Disorders Reports, 2025.

Long-term Impacts on Education of Receiving a Cash Transfer during Early-life. With José María Cabrera. Published in Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2024.

Preschool education and infant health of the next generation: Evidence from an expansion of public child care provision. Published in Empirical Economics, 2024.

The Conceptual Replication of Crianza Positiva E-messaging Program during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Too Much or Too Little Information? With Ana Balsa and Alejandro Cid. Published in Journal of Family and Economic Issues, 2024, 1-15.

Household’s stressors and well-being during the global COVID-19 pandemic. With Ana Balsa, Alejandro Cid, Paula Patrone and Martina Lorenzo. Published in Journal of Family Issues, 2024, 45(7), 1714-1734.

Crianza Positiva: combining group workshops and individual messages to strengthen parenting competences. With Ana Balsa, Esteban Gómez, María del Luján González, Alejandro Cid and Rosario Valdés. Published in Child & Youth Care Forum, 2023, 1-22.

Using Behavioral Insights in Early Childhood Interventions: the Effects of Crianza Positiva E-messaging Program on Parental Investment. With Ana Balsa and Alejandro Cid. Published in Review of Economics of the Household, 2022, 1-36.

The effect of Crianza Positiva e-messaging program on adult-child language interactions. With Ana Balsa, Florencia López Boo, Alejandrina Cristia, Alejandro Cid, María de la Paz Ferro, Rosario Valdés and María del Luján González. Published in Behavioural Public Policy, 2021, 1-37.

Exposures to particulate matter from the eruptions of the Puyehue volcano and birth outcomes in Montevideo, Uruguay. With Ana Balsa and Marcelo Caffera. Published in Environmental Health Perspectives, 2016, 124(11), 1816-1822.

Published: in books

Uso de herramientas de economía del comportamiento en intervenciones en primera infancia: Aplicación para el programa Crianza Positiva en Uruguay. Instituto Humanista Cristiano Juan Pablo Terra, Montevideo, 2019.

Working Papers

Calling All Parents: Leveraging Behavioral Insights to Boost Early Childhood Outcomes in the Developing World. Joint with Ana Balsa, Alejandro Cid, Philip Oreopoulos and Alejandrina Cristiá.

Using technology to achieve literacy: The effects of an adaptive and scalable early childhood intervention on school readiness. Joint with Ana Balsa and Alejandro Cid.

Cognitive Inference as the Main Predictor of AI Reliability in Automated Behavioral Coding of Parent-Child Interactions. Joint with José Amorocho, Ana Balsa, Juan José Giraldo-Huertas, Paula Patrone and Alejandro Cid.

An Automated Pipeline for Providing Personalized Feedback Based on Audio Samples. Joint with Loann Peurey, William Havard, Gwendal Virlet, Xuan-Nga Cao, Ana Balsa, Alejandro Cid, Martín Ottavianelli, José Luis Horta, and Alejandrina Cristia.