Overview
My research agenda revolves around issues on the spatial distribution of human capital and the functioning of labor markets in low and middle income countries, with a regional focus on Latin America. I am also interested in methodological aspects of policy evaluation, and in particular in combining structural models and causal inference approaches.
Papers under review
Teacher Compensation and Structural Inequality: Evidence from Centralized Teacher School Choice in Peru (with Tim Ederer, Gianmarco Léon-Ciliotta, Chris Neilson, and Marco Nieddu). Revision resubmitted (second round), Journal of Political Economy.
Perceived Ability and School Choices: Experimental Evidence and Scale-up Effects (with Veronica Frisancho and Marco Pariguana). Revision resubmitted (third round), Journal of Political Economy Microeconomics.
Published papers
Enhancing Human Capital in Children: A Case Study on Scaling (with Francesco Agostinelli and Ciro Avitabile). Journal of Political Economy, 2025, 133(2): 455-491.
Self-Perceptions about Academic Achievement: Evidence from Mexico City (with Veronica Frisancho). Journal of Econometrics, 2022, 231(1): 58-73.
Labor Market Search, Informality, and Schooling Investments (with Luca Flabbi and Santiago Levy). International Economic Review, 2022, 63: 211-259.
Labor Market Search, Informality, and On-The-Job Human Capital Accumulation (with Luca Flabbi, Santiago Levy, and Mauricio Tejada). Journal of Econometrics, 2021, 223(2): 433-453.
Neighborhood Effects in Integrated Social Policies (with Jérémie Gignoux). World Bank Economic Review, 2019, 33(1): 116-139.
Liquidity, Risk and Occupational Choices (with Milo Bianchi). Review of Economic Studies, 2013, 80(2): 491-511.
Weak Instruments and Weak Identification in Estimating the Effects of Education on Democracy (with Decio Coviello). Economics Letters, 2007, 96: 301-306.
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