Selected Publications
Human capital consequences of expanding the supply of higher education institutions in a developing country (with N. Katzkowicz, V. Lavy & T. Rosá).
Journal of Public Economics, 2026
Changing Gender Norms Around Parenthood: Experimental Evidence from a Messaging Intervention in Uruguay (with C. Olivieri, A. Tomio, JL. Castaneda, & AM. Muñoz B.).
Population Research and Policy Review, 2026
High-speed internet and socioemotional wellbeing in adolescence and youth (with K. Colombo & E. Failache).
Journal of Population Economics, 2025
Feminist Economics, 2024
Gender Gaps and Family Leaves in Latin America (with E. Galván, C. Parada & S. Salvador).
Review of Economics of the Household, 2024
The Effect of Childbirth on Women's Formal Labour Market Trajectories: Evidence from Uruguayan Administrative Data (with M. Bucheli).
Journal of Development Studies, 2023
Who claims the rights to livestock? Gendered patterns of asset holdings in smallholder households in Uganda (with M. Hillesland, C. Doss, & V. Slavchevska).
International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability, 2023
Low-Skilled Workers and the Effects of Minimum Wage: New Evidence Based on a Density-Discontinuity Approach (with S. Katzkowicz, G. Pedetti, & M. Bérgolo).
World Development, 2021
Working Papers
The motherhood trap: how the first child shapes couples' labour trajectories, WIDER Working Paper 102/2026, UNU-WIDER, 2026.
Deciding Not to Decide: When Is There Power in Not Deciding? (with A. A. Donald, C. Clingain, C. R. Doss, M. Hillesland, S. Masino, & G. Seymour) Policy Research Working Paper, World Bank, 2025.
Schooling and Intergenerational Mobility: Consequences of Expanding Higher Education Institutions (with N. Katzkowicz, T. Rosá, & V. Lavy). NBER working paper, 2024 - R&R
Sharing Parental Leave between Mothers and Fathers Experimental Evidence from a Messaging Intervention in Uruguay (with C. Olivieri, A. Tomio, JL. Castaneda, & AM. Muñoz B.). World Bank working paper, 2023
Chapters in Edited Books
Transmisión intergeneracional de normas de género y participación de la mujer en el mercado de trabajo (with M. Fondo & C. Parada) in Investigaciones basadas en la Encuesta de Generaciones y Género, Uruguay 2022. Udelar-IADB, 2024.
Female employment, youth and care policies. Evidence for Uruguay (with E. Failache & S. Katzkowicz) in A Young Look at Youth: Contributions to Uruguay's Public Policies / V. Queijo, R. Sorio y M. Pérez (eds.). IADB, 2018.
Work in Progress
The motherhood trap: How the first child shapes couples’ labor trajectories
Labor gender gaps and the role of firms in the motherhood effect (with R. Ceni, E. Galván, C. Parada, & E. Repetto)
Flexible work arrangements and gender equality: Experimental evidence from Uruguay (with E. Failache & A. Morrison)
Starting equal, ending unequal: Gender wage gaps among university graduates in Uruguay (with V. Amarante, P. Carrasco, & N. Katzkowicz)
Gender norms: Formation, measurement and impacts (with K. Colombo, E. Failache, & C. Parada)
Intrahousehold dynamics, women’s empowerment, and agency (with C. Doss & M. Hillesland)
Determinants of field-of-study choices: The role of family background and comparative advantage (with E. Failache, N. Katzkowicz, & T. Rosá)
Does expanding higher education reduce inequality? Evidence from local labor markets (with N. Katzkowicz, T. Rosá, & V. Lavy)