Research
Work in progress
Examining the Situation of Women in the Economics Profession in Argentina (with M. Edo, M. Marchionni, and M. Viollaz).
Do longer school days improve learning? The case of the Dominican Republic (with S. Garganta and J. Zentner).
Informality and labor inspections in Peru (with H. Winkler, and Y. Valdivia).
Publications
Maternity Leave and Children’s Long-Run Development in France (with Luc Behaghel).
Just accepted in The Scandinavian Journal of Economics.
Stay at home with Grandma, Mom is going to work: The Impact of Grandmothers' Retirement on Mothers' Labor Decisions
Economic Development and Cultural Change, October 2023 (vol. 72, no. 1).
Book chapters
Aportes Recientes a la Economía de la Educación en América Latina (with Mariana Marchionni, Leonardo Gasparini, Matías Ciaschi, Santiago Garganta and Emmanuel Vázquez). In G. C. Riquelme (ed.), La construcción del campo de la Economía de la Educación en Argentina (2023), chapter 4. Buenos Aires: Eudeba.
Motherhood and Female Labor Force Participation in Latin America (with I. Berniell, L. Berniell, D. de la Mata, M. Edo, and M. Marchionni).
In J. A. Molina (ed.), Mothers in the Labor Market (2022), chapter 9. Springer.
Econometric methods for Education (with L. Behaghel).
In B. McCall (ed.), The Rutledge Handbook of the Economics of Education (2021), chapter 1. London: Rutledge.
Working papers
Rental Market Discrimination Against Gays and Transgenders in Latin America (with I. Berniell, J. Coleff, M. Machelett, and M. Marchionni).
Extended School Day and Teenage Fertility in the Dominican Republic (with S. Garganta and J. Zentner).
Financial Incentives, Fertility, and Son Preference in Armenia (with Josefina Posadas and Gil Shapira)
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 9705, 2021.
Income inequality in Mexico: evidence from household surveys, tax registries and national accounts (with Facundo Alvaredo and Santiago Garriga)
Working paper available soon.
Pobreza y educación: desafíos y políticas nacionales de educación
CEDLAS Working Paper 265, 2020.
Gender Gaps across the Wage Distribution and the Legal and Social Environment (with Josefina Posadas and Pablo Suarez)
Three decades of racial wage gaps in Brazil: an analysis beyond the mean
CEDLAS Working Paper 169, 2017.
Determinants of the inequality in PISA Test Scores in Argentina (with Mariana Marchionni and Emmanuel Vázquez)
Annals of the Argentine Association of Political Economy (AAEP), XLVIII Annual Meeting, 2013.
Education inequality in Argentina: an analysis based on PISA 2009 data (with Mariana Marchionni and Emmanuel Vázquez)
Report for UNICEF Argentina, 2012.
Afrodescendant population in Latin America (with Guillermo Cruces and Carolina García-Domench).
Panama: United Nations Program for Development (UNDP), 2012.
Other publications
A Spatial Database for South Asia (with Yue Li, Martin Rama, and Virgilio Galdo)
Working Paper, World Bank, 2016.
Data and programs
Testing instrument validity for LATE identification (with Darío Tortarolo), 2012.
Participation in research projects
Gender Inequality in Latin America, in “The Latin America and Caribbean Inequality Review”. Authors: Inés Berniell, Raquel Fernández, and Sonya Krutikova.
Ellis, P., and M. Roberts (2016). Leveraging Urbanization in South Asia: Managing Spatial Transformation for Prosperity and Livability. Washington DC: The World Bank.
Li, Y., and M. Rama (2015). Households or Locations? Cities, catchment areas and prosperity in India. World Bank Policy Research Paper 7473.
Gasparini, L. and F. Alvaredo (2015). Recent trends in inequality and poverty in developing countries. In Atkinson and Bourguignon (eds.): Handbook of Income Distribution. Elsevier.
Rama, M., T. Béteille, Y. Li, and J.L. Newman (2014). Addressing Inequality in South Asia. Washington D.C: The World Bank.
Belay, T. and F. Secci (2014). Kabul Hospitals Service Capacity Report Survey. Washington DC: The World Bank
Inequality and Educational Results in Argentina and Latin America (2013), for the Program of Public Policies for Inclusion and Equity, UNICEF Argentina, with M. Marchionni and L. Gasparini.
Garriga, M., and W. Rosales (2013). Public Finance in Practice. La Plata: Dunken Press.
Cruces, G., R. Perez Truglia, and M. Tetaz (2013). Biased Perceptions of Income Distribution and Preferences for Redistribution: Evidence from a Survey Experiment. Journal of Public Economics, Vol. 98.
Gasparini, L., M. Cicowiez, and W. Sosa Escudero (2012). Poverty and Inequality in Latin America: Concepts, tools, and applications. Buenos Aires: Temas Press.
2012-2013 Socio-Economic Database for Latin America and the Caribbean (SEDLAC). CEDLAS and The World Bank.
2012-2013 Labor Database for Latin America and the Caribbean (LABLAC). CEDLAS and The World Bank.