Published Papers
- Integrating Learning Platforms within Regular School Time: Experimental Evidence from Chilean Primary Schools (with Roberto Araya, Elena Arias Ortiz and Julian Cristia) - Economics of Education Review, June 2025, Vol. 106, 102647. [Ungated]
- Betting on the House: Subjective Expectations and Home Sales (with Ricardo Perez-Truglia) - American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, January 2025, Vol. 17, No. 1, pages 459-500. [Ungated]
- Backlash Against Expert Recommendations: Reactions to COVID-19 Advice in Latin America (with Facundo Albornoz, Guillermo Cruces, Bridget Hoffman and Maria Lombardi) - Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, December 2024, Vol. 228, 106752. [open access]
- Does Education Prevent Job Loss During Downturns? Evidence from Exogenous School Assignments and Covid-19 in Barbados (with Diether Beuermann, Bridget Hoffmann, Kirabo Jackson, and Diego Vera-Cossio) - European Economic Review, February 2024, Vol. 162, 104675. [Ungated]
- Resource rents, coercion, and local development: Evidence from post-apartheid South Africa (with Paulo Bastos) - World Development, September 2023, Vol. 169, 106289. [Ungated]
- Choosing Your Pond: Location Choices and Relative Income (with Ricardo Perez-Truglia) - Review of Economics and Statistics, September 2022, Vol. 104 (5), pages 1010-1027. [replication files] [Ungated]
- Stepping Up During a Crisis: The Unintended Effects of a Noncontributory Pension Program during the COVID-19 Pandemic (with Bridget Hoffman and Diego Vera) - Journal of Development Economics, May 2021, Vol. 150, 102635. [Ungated]
- The Unequal Burden of the Coronavirus Pandemic: Evidence from Latin America and the Caribbean (with Bridget Hoffman and Diego Vera) - PLoS ONE, 2020, 15(10): e0239797 [replication files]
Media: Newswise; Scientific News Agency Spain - Spanish; SciDev - Spanish; - Information Policies and Higher Education Choices: Experimental evidence from Colombia (with Leonardo Bonilla and Andres Ham) - Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, December 2019, Vol. 83. [Ungated]
- Access to Preprimary Education and Progression in Primary School: Evidence from Rural Guatemala (with Paulo Bastos and Julian Cristia) - Economic Development and Cultural Change, April 2017, Vol. 65, no. 3, pages 521-547. [Ungated]
- Losing my Religion: The Effects of Religious Scandals on Religious Participation and Charitable Giving (with Ricardo Perez-Truglia) - Journal of Public Economics, September 2015, Vol. 129, pages 106-119. [Ungated]
Supplemental Material: Animated map of US
Media: Pacific Standard; Harvard Business Review; Clarin – Spanish; - Deconstructing the hedonic treadmill: Is happiness autoregressive? (with Ricardo Perez-Truglia) - The Journal of Socio-Economics, May 2011, 40(4)224-236. [Ungated]
Working Papers
- Learning Through Living Room Screens: Experimental Evidence from Kenya (with Jasmin Baier, Laura Barasa, Anushka Ghosh and Mark Millrine) - conditionally accepted via pre-results review: Journal of Development Economics under the title "Bridging Educational Gaps Watching TV at Home: The Impact of an Educational TV Show on Kenyan Children"
- Small Fish in a Big Pool: The Discouraging Effect of Relative Assessment (with Dan Bernhardt)
- Can’t Stop the One-Armed Bandits: The Effects of Access to Gambling on Crime (with Ignacio Sarmiento and Andres Ham)
- Inflation, Exchange Rates, and Consumption: The Impact of Macroeconomic Expectations in a Small Open Economy. (with Diether Beuermann, Bridget Hoffmann, Jeetendra Khadan and Diego Vera-Cossio)
- Feeling Rich or Looking Rich? Quantifying Self-Image and Social-Image Motives (with Katsunori Yamada, Ricardo Perez-Truglia and Hitoshi Shigeoka)
Work in Progress
- From Static to Adaptive: Comparing the Efficacy of Messaging Strategies in Student Online Engagement (with Raphaelle Aulagnon, Julian Cristia and Mauricio Romero)