• Bureaucratic Turnover across Levels of Government.
  with Ricardo Estrada and Gustavo Fajardo.
  Economía LACEA Journal, accepted. 

CAF Working paper #2021/10 (November 2021)

• Going subnational: wage differentials across levels of government in Brazil, Mexico and Uruguay.  [Link to article]
  with Josefina Baez, Ricardo Estrada and Gustavo Fajardo.
  World Development, Vol. 160, December 2022. 

CAF Working paper #2021/21, 2021. 

• Self-Selection into Corruption: Evidence from the Lab.  [Link to article]
  with Ricardo Estrada, Gustavo Fajardo and Juan Vargas.
  Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Vol. 192, December 2021.

CAF Working paper #2020/02 (April 2020)
NeG Blog Post (in Spanish)

• My (running) mate, the mayor: Political ties and access to public sector jobs in Ecuador. [Link to article]
  with Ricardo Estrada and Gustavo Fajardo.
  Journal of Public Economics, Vol. 191, November 2020.

Latest WP version (August, 2020).
CAF Working paper #2020/01 (January 2020)

• Domestic Violence and Divorce Law: When Divorce Threats Become Credible. [Link to article]
  Journal of Labor Economics, Vol. 34, Number 2,  Part 1. April 2016

CAF Working paper # 2014/04 (October 2014)

• El empleo público en América Latina. Evidencia de las encuestas de hogares. [Paper] [Link to article]
  with Leonardo Gasparini, Malena Arcidiácono, Laura Carella, Jorge Puig, and Pablo Gluzmann.
  El Trimestre Económico, Vol. 82, Núm. 328, 2015.

• "Family Rules: Nepotism in the Mexican Judiciary System" (with Ricardo Estrada, Gustavo Fajardo, and Julián Martinez-Correa).  CAF Working paper #2021/09, 2021

• "The Effect of Property Division Law on Divorce and Labor Supply: Evidence From Spain", CAF Working paper #2013/02, 2013. 

• "The Impact of Training Policies in Argentina: An Evaluation of Proyecto Joven” (with Maria Laura Alzua). IADB Working Paper OVE/WP 15/06, 2006. 

• "The Public Sector Wage Premium and Selection into Public Employment in Ecuador" (with Ricardo Estrada and Gustavo Fajardo).

• "Compensation schemes and the quality of public workers: evidence from Latin America" (with Fernando Alvarez Parra)

• "Work histories and social security contributions. New evidence from four Latin American Countries" (with Guillermo Alves and Julián Martinez-Correa)

• "Sex Ratio in College and Family Formation" (with Libertad Gonzalez). 

Books Edited

• Global challenges, regional solutions: Latin America and the Caribbean in the face of the climate and biodiversity crisis. Co-edited with Ricardo Estrada. CAF–development bank of Latin America and the Caribbean, 2023.  [Spanish version] [Portuguese version]

•  A More Effective State. Capacities for designing, implementing and evaluating public policies. Co-edited with Pablo Sanguinetti. CAF–development bank of Latin America and the Caribbean, 2015. [Spanish version]

• Perspectivas sobre el desarrollo. Emprendimientos para la transformación productiva. Vol. 11, CAF, 2013.

Book Chapters

• "Climate change and biodiversity: From the physical basis to the economic perspective" (with Sebastián Vicuña). In Global challenges, regional solutions: Latin America and the Caribbean in the face of the climate and biodiversity crisis. CAF–development bank of Latin America and the Caribbean, 2023.    [Spanish version] [Portuguese version]

• "Climate change response and the development agenda in Latin America and the Caribbean" (with Ricardo Estrada and Ernesto Schargordsky).  In Global challenges, regional solutions: Latin America and the Caribbean in the face of the climate and biodiversity crisis. CAF–development bank of Latin America and the Caribbean, 2023.   [Spanish version] [Portuguese version]

• "Informal employment and technological change: old and new challenges for social protection" (with Manuel Toledo). In Pension and healthcare systems in Latin America. Challenges posed by aging, technological change, and informality. CAF, 2020.  [Spanish version]

• "Choosing the best" (with Ricardo Estrada). In Integrity in public policy. Keys to prevent corruption. CAF, 2019. [Spanish version]

• "Housing markets and urban informality" (with Gustavo Fajardo). In Urban growth and access to opportunities: A challenge for Latin America. CAF, 2017. [Spanish version]

• "It’s Never Too Late: Learning at Work" (with Fernando Álvarez). In More Skills for Work and Life: The contributions of Families, Schools, Jobs, and the Social Environment. CAF, 2016. [Spanish version]

• "What do we understand by State capacity?" (with Pablo Sanguinetti). In A More Effective State. Capacities for designing, implementing and evaluating public policies. CAF, 2015. [Spanish version] 

• "The bureaucracy in Latin America: competence, motivation and incentives" (with Fernando Álvarez). In A More Effective State. Capacities for designing, implementing and evaluating public policies. CAF, 2015. [Spanish version] 

• "The Criminal Justice System". In Towards a safer Latin America. A new perspective to prevent and control crime. CAF, 2014. [Spanish version] 

• "¿Quiénes son los emprendedores en América Latina?" (with Adriana Arreaza). In Emprendimientos en América Latina. Desde la subsistencia hacia la transformación productiva. CAF, 2013.