RESEARCH

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Development Economics and Applied Econometrics

PUBLICATIONS

“Women in office: The impact of female politicians on gender-based violence reporting”, with Evi Pappa, Camila Ramirez, and Chiara Santantonio, European Journal of Political Economy, 2025.

“Increased LGBTQ+ Diversity is Linked to Increased School Victimization and Poorer Associated Academic and Mental Health Outcomes“, with Eduardo Nakasone, Journal of Economics, Race, and Policy, 2024.

“Can a Mobile-App-Based Behavioral Intervention Teach Financial Skills to Youth? Experimental Evidence from a Financial Diaries Study“, with Alejandro Herrera and Silvia Prina, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Vol. 214: 595-614, 2023.

“Spillover Effects of Financial Education: The Impact of School-Based Programs on Parents“, Journal of Financial Literacy and Wellbeing, Vol. 1(1): 138-153, 2023.

“Is School-Based Financial Education Effective? Immediate and Long-Lasting Impacts on Students and Teachers“, The Economic Journal, Vol. 133(651): 1147–1180, 2023. [Teaching slides] 

“Self-Perceptions about Academic Achievement: Evidence from Mexico City“, with Matteo Bobba, Journal of Econometrics, Vol. 231(1): 58-73, 2022.

“Measuring Violence Against Women with Experimental Methods“, with Jorge Agüero, Economic Development and Cultural Change, Vol. 70(4), 2022.

“Good Peers Have Asymmetric Gendered Effects on Female Educational Outcomes: Experimental Evidence from Mexico“, with Matias Busso, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Vol. 189: 727-747, 2021.

“Is Community-Based Targeting Effective in Identifying Intimate Partner Violence?“, with Jorge Agüero, Ursula Aldana, Erica Field, and Javier Romero, AEA Papers and Proceedings, Vol. 110(115): 605-609, 2020.

“The Impact of Financial Education for Youth”,  Economics of Education Review, 2019.

“Retaking in High Stakes Exams: Is Less More?”, with Kala Krishna and Sergey Lychagin, International Economic Review, Vol. 59(2): 449-477, 2018.

“Better Luck Next Time: Learning through Retaking” with Kala Krishna, Sergey Lychagin, and Cemile Yavas, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Vol. 125: 120-135, 2016.

“Action in Higher Education in India: Targeting, Catch Up, and Mismatch” with Kala Krishna, Higher Education, Vol. 71(5): 611-649, 2016.

“State-Level Labor Reform and Firm-Level Productivity in India” with Sean Dougherty and Kala Krishna, India Policy Forum (2013-2014), Vol. 10.

“Signaling Creditworthiness in Peruvian Microfinance Markets: The Role of Information Sharing“, The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, Vol. 12(1) (Advances), Article 44, 2012.

“Migration and the Education of Children: Evidence from Lima, Peru” with R. S. Oropesa,
Population Research and Policy Review, Vol. 30(4): 591-618, 2011.

BOOKS

“Expanding Opportunities Policies for Gender Equality and Inclusion” (editor, with M. Caridad Araujo, Samuel Berlinski, and Mariano Bosch), 2024.

“Closing Gender Gaps in the Southern Cone: An Untapped Potential for Growth” (editor, with Virginia Queijo), 2022. 

“Trust and the Effectiveness of Public Policy”. In: Trust, Citizenship and Growth in Latin America and the Caribbean, Carlos Scartascini and Philip Keefer, 2022.

“More than Money: Gaps in Gender, Race, and Ethnicity”. In: The Inequality Crisis: Latin America and the Caribbean at the Crossroads, Matias Busso and Julian Messina, 2020.

“When Financial Inclusion Proves Noninclusive”. In: The Inequality Crisis: Latin America and the Caribbean at the Crossroads, Matias Busso and Julian Messina, 2020.

“Adolescence: Difficult Challenges at a Difficult Age”. In: Learning Better: Public Policy for Skills Development , Matias Busso, Julian Cristia, Diana Hincapie, Julian Messina, and Laura Ripani (ed), New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.

“The State of Saving in Latin America and the Caribbean.” In Saving for Development: How Latin America and the Caribbean Can Save More and Better, Eduardo Cavallo and Tomas Serebrinski (ed), New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.

“Saving Begins at Home”. In Saving for Development: How Latin America and the Caribbean Can Save More and Better, Eduardo Cavallo and Tomas Serebrinski (ed), New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.

WORKING PAPERS

“Perceived Ability and School Choices”, with Matteo Bobba and Marco Pariguana (R&R at the Journal of Political Economy Micro).

“Ability Grouping and Student Performance: Experimental Evidence from Middle Schools in Mexico”, with Matias Busso (R&R at the American Economic Review).

“Lasting Lessons: The Long-Term Impacts of School-Based Financial Education“, with Antonella García, Edgar Ventura, and Juan Carlos Chong (R&R at the Economic Journal).

“Savings Groups in Rural Settings: Impacts on Household Well-Being, Female Empowerment, and Access to Formal Credit“, with Martin Valdivia.

“Did Pandemic Emergency Cash Transfers Help or Hurt? Evidence from Poor Households in Peru”, with Matthew Bird and Pablo Lavado.

“One More Chance: Lasting Effects of Retaking University Admission Exams”, with Sebastian Gallegos and Constanza González. 

“Measurement Error in Self-Reported Data: Experimental Evidence for Intimate Partner Violence”, with Jorge Agüero, Ursula Aldana, Erica Field, and Javier Romero.

“International Remittances to Latin America and the Caribbean Proved Resilient Amid the COVID-19 Crisis“, with Eric Parrado.

“Misreporting in Sensitive Health Behaviors and its Impact on Treatment Effects: An Application to Intimate Partner Violence”, with Jorge Agüero, IDB Working paper 853.

“Reducing Violence Against Women in Microfinance”, with Jorge Agüero, IDB Technical note 1387.

“Business Training for Microfinance Clients: How it Matters and for Whom?” with Dean Karlan and Martin Valdivia, Poverty and Economic Policy Research Network Working Paper No. PMMA-2008-11.

WORK IN PROGRESS

“How does peer-to-peer learning happen? Experimental evidence from Mexico”, with Matias Busso and Shirley Redroban.

“Fostering Learning and School Retention Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Role of Information, Aspirations, and Perception”, with Jorge Agüero and Juan Ferrer.

“Soft Skills and Occupational Choices Among Female Microentrepreneurs”, with Suzanne Duryea and Martin Valdivia.