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.
Working papers
- Signal Extraction in Hiring: Evidence from Teacher Recruiting (with Tim Ederer, Gianmarco Léon-Ciliotta, Chris Neilson, and Marco Nieddu). Draft coming out soon.
Published and forthcoming papers
Teacher Compensation and Structural Inequality (with Tim Ederer, Gianmarco Léon-Ciliotta, Chris Neilson, and Marco Nieddu). Journal of Political Economy, accepted for publication.
Perceived Ability and School Choices (with Veronica Frisancho and Marco Pariguana). Journal of Political Economy Microeconomics, accepted for publication.
Enhancing Human Capital in Children: A Case Study on Scaling (with Francesco Agostinelli and Ciro Avitabile). Journal of Political Economy, 2025.
Self-Perceptions about Academic Achievement (with Veronica Frisancho). Journal of Econometrics, 2022.
Labor Market Search, Informality, and Schooling Investments (with Luca Flabbi and Santiago Levy). International Economic Review, 2022.
Labor Market Search, Informality, and On-The-Job Human Capital Accumulation (with Luca Flabbi, Santiago Levy, and Mauricio Tejada). Journal of Econometrics, 2021.
Neighborhood Effects in Integrated Social Policies (with Jérémie Gignoux). World Bank Economic Review, 2019.
Liquidity, Risk and Occupational Choices (with Milo Bianchi). Review of Economic Studies, 2013.
Weak Instruments and Weak Identification in Estimating the Effects of Education on Democracy (with Decio Coviello). Economics Letters, 2007.
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