Research

Papers & Work in Progress

    Published Articles

  • Lights, Camera, School: Information Provision through Television during COVID-19 Times With Francisco A. Gallego, Oswaldo Molina

    Journal of Development Economics (March 2025)

  • Report Cards: Parental Preferences, Information and School Choice in Haiti With Michael Borger, Gregory Elacqua, Isabel Jacas, Christopher Neilson, Anne Sofie Westh Olsen

    Education Economics Review (October 2024)

  • Aftermarket Frictions and the Cost of Off-Platform Options in Centralized Assignment Mechanisms With Adam Kapor and Mohit Karnani

    Journal of Political Economy (July 2024)

  • Smart Matching Platforms and Heterogeneous Beliefs in Centralized School Choice With Felipe Arteaga, Adam Kapor and Seth Zimmerman

    The Quarterly Journal of Economics (March 2022)

  • Centralized School Choice with Unequal Outside Options With Mohammad Akbarpour, Adam Kapor, Winnie van Dijk, Seth Zimmerman

    Journal of Public Economics (June 2022)

  • Small Firms and the Pandemic: Evidence From Latin America With Maria Elena Guerrero, John Eric Humphries, Naomi Shimberg, Gabriel Ulyssea

    Journal of Development Economics (March 2022)

  • O Brother, Where Start Thou? Sibling Spillovers on College and Major Choice in Four Countries With A. Altmejd, A. Barrios, M. Drlje, J. Goodman, M. Hurwitz, D. Kovac, C. Mulhern, J Smith

    Quarterly Journal of Economics (August 2021)

  • Heterogeneous Beliefs and School Choice Assignment Mechanisms With Adam Kapor, Seth Zimmerman

    American Economic Review, Vol. 110, No. 5, May 2020 (pp. 1274-1315)

  • Information Frictions and Access to the Paycheck Protection Program With John Eric Humphries, Gabriel Ulyssea

    Journal of Public Economics, Vol. 190, October 2020, (pp. 104244)

  • Health at Birth, Parental Investments and Academic Outcomes With Prashant Bharadwaj, Juan Pedro Eberhard

    Journal of Labor Economics, Vol. 36, No 2, April 2018, (pp. 349-394)

  • Grey Matters: Fetal Pollution Exposure and Human Capital Formation With Prashant Bharadwaj, Matthew Gibson, Joshua Graff Zivin

    Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, Vol. 4, No. 2, June 2017, (pp. 505-542)

  • (Un)informed College and Major Choice: Evidence from Linked Survey and Administrative Data With Justine Hastings, Anely Ramirez, Seth D. Zimmerman

    Economics of Education Review, Access to Higher Education, Vol. 51, April 2016, (pp. 136-151)

  • The Gender Gap in Mathematics: Evidence from Chile With Prashant Bharadwaj, Giacomo De Giorgi, David Hansen

    Economic Development and Cultural Change, Vol. 65, No. 1, October 2016, (pp. 141-166)

  • Connecting Student Loans to Labor Market Outcomes: Policy Lessons from Chile With Harald Beyer, Justine Hastings, Seth D. Zimmerman

    American Economic Review: Papers & Proceedings, Vol. 105, No. 5, May 2015 (pp. 508–513)

  • The Effect of School Construction on Test Scores, School Enrollment, and Home Prices With Seth D. Zimmerman

    Journal of Public Economics, Vol. 120, December 2014, (pp. 18-31)

  • Early Life Health Interventions and Academic Achievement With Prashant Bharadwaj, Katrine Vellesen Løken

    American Economic Review, Vol. 103, No. 5, August 2013, (pp. 1862-91)

  • Chile`s Fiscal Rule as Social Insurance With Eduardo Engel and Rodrigo Valdes

    in Cespedes, L., F. and J. Gali (eds.), Fiscal Policy and Macroeconomic Performance (2013)

  • Crecimiento Pro Pobre en Chile With Dante Contreras, Ryan Cooper

    El Trimestre Economico (2008)

  • Poverty Dynamics in Chile 1996-2001 With Dante Contreras, Ryan Cooper and Jorge Herman

    Journal of Latin American Studies (2008)

  • Solutions Manual for "Macroeconomia: Teoria y Politica" With Jose DeGregorio

    Pearson Education

  • Financial Diversification, Sudden Stops and Sudden Starts With Jose De Gregorio, Kevin Cowan, Alejandro Micco

    in Cowan, K., S. Edwards, and R. Valdes (eds.), Current Account and External Finance (2007)

  • Another Passthrough Bites the Dust? Inflation and Oil Prices With Jose De Gregorio and Oscar Landerretche

    Journal of LACEA (2007)

    Conditionally Accepted

  • Elite Universities and the Intergenerational Transmission of Human and Social Capital With Andrés Barrios Fernández, Seth D. Zimmerman

    American Economic Review (Conditionally Accepted)

  • Targeted Vouchers, Competition Among Schools and the Academic Achievement of Poor Students

    Econometrica (Conditionally Accepted)

    Working Papers

  • Parents’ Earnings and the Returns to Universal Pre-Kindergarten With John Eric Humphries, Christopher Neilson, Xiaoyang Ye, Seth D. Zimmerman

    Econometrica (R&R)

  • Search and Biased Beliefs in Education Markets With Adam Kapor, Claudia Allende, Nano Ochoa, and Patrick Agte

    Econometrica (R&R)

  • College Application Mistakes and the Design of Information Policies at Scale With Anais Fabre, Tomás Larroucau, Christopher Neilson, Ignacio Rios

    Journal of Political Economy (R&R)

  • Approximating The Equilibrium Effects of Informed School Choice With Claudia Allende, Francisco Gallego

    The Review of Economic Studies (R&R)

  • Teacher Compensation and Structural Inequality: Evidence from Centralized Teacher School Choice in Peru With Matteo Bobba, Tim Ederer, Gianmarco Leon and Marco Nieddu

    Journal of Political Economy (R&R)

  • The Equilibrium Effects of Asymmetric Information: Evidence from Consumer Credit Markets With Andres Liberman, Luis Opazo, Seth Zimmerman

    Journal of Finance (R&R)

  • Getting Better Students to Become Teachers: The Effects of Targeted Tuition Subsidies With Macarena Alvarado, Fabian Duarte

    MINEDUC WP 2011

  • The Evolving Impacts of COVID-19 on Small Businesses Since the CARES ACT With John Eric Humphries, Gabriel Ulyssea

    Cowles Foundation Discussion Paper No. 2230

  • The Effects of Earnings Disclosure on College Enrollment Decisions With Justine Hastings, Seth D. Zimmerman

    NBER Working Paper No. 21300 (2015)

  • The Effect of School Choice on Intrinsic Motivation and Academic Outcomes With Justine Hastings, Seth D. Zimmerman

    NBER Working Paper No. 18342

  • Are some degrees worth more than others? Evidence from college admission cutoffs in Chile With Justine Hastings, Seth D. Zimmerman

    NBER Working Paper No. 19241

  • The Welfare Effects of including Household Preferences in School Assignment Systems: Evidence from Ecuador With Gregory Elacqua, Isabel Jacas, Thomas Krussig, Carolina Mendez

    IDB Working Paper Series (Number IDB-WP-01395)

  • Fifty Years of Admission Exams and Gaps in College Access in Chile With Andres Barrios-Fernández, Sebastian Gallegos, Christopher Neilson

    World Development Report 2024: The Middle-Income Trap

  • Firm Sorting, College Major, and the Gender Earnings Gap With Federico Huneeus, Conrad Miller and Seth Zimmerman

    Industrial Relations Section Working Paper Series (May 2021, No. 648)

  • The Rise of Coordinated Choice and Assignment Systems in Education Markets Around the World

    World Bank Development Report: Background Papers 2024

  • Can Information on School Attributes and Placement Probabilities Direct Search and Choice? Evidence from Choice Platforms in Ecuador and Peru With Felipe Arteaga, Gregory Elacqua, Thomas Krussig, Carolina Méndez, Christopher A. Neilson

    IDB Working Paper Series

  • The Equilibrium Effects of Public Provision in Education Markets: Evidence from a Public School Construction Policy With Michael Dinerstein, Sebastian Otero

    Industrial Relations Section Working Paper Series (November 2020, No. 645)

  • Quantifying the Benefits of Digitalizing and Centralizing Student Applications and Assignment to Schools With Antonia Aguilera, Gregory Elacqua, Josefina Lavin, Juan Margitic, Christopher A. Neilson

    IDB Technical Note (Number IDB-TN-02571)

  • Screening and Recruiting Talent At Teacher Colleges Using Pre-College Academic Achievement With Sebastian Gallegos, Franco Calle, Mohit Karnani

    Industrial Relations Section Working Paper Series (November 2019, No. 636)

  • The Potential of Smart Matching Platforms in Teacher Assignment: The Case of Ecuador With Gregory Elacqua, Leidy Gómez, Thomas Krussig, Luana Marotta, Carolina Mendez

    IDB Working Paper Series (Number IDB-WP-01395)

    • Work in Progress

  • Subjective Beliefs and Dynamic Human Capital Investment Decisions in Dominican Republic With James Berry, Lucas Coffman and Daniel Morales

  • Carrots and Sticks for Teacher Colleges: An Application for an Optimal Teacher Recruitment Policy With Adam Kapor and Cristian Sanchez

  • Dynamic Complementarities of Information Interventions and Human Capital in Peru With Francisco Gallego and Oswaldo Molina

  • Research Information and the Last-Mile: Evidence from a Scale-Up Experiment With Patrick Agte, Daniel Morales, Christopher Neilson, Sebastián Otero

  • Student Choices and the Return to College Major and Selectivity With Justine Hastings, Karl Schulze, Seth Zimmerman

  • High-School Dropouts: Cutting losses or just missing out? With Nano Barahona, Sebastian Otero, and Christina Kent

  • Alternative Pathways into Teaching and Student Learning in Chile With Soleca De Gregorio

  • Student Loans, Student Choices and the Market Structure of Higher Education

  • The STEM Major Gender Gap: Evidence from Coordinated College Application Platforms Across Five Continents With Isaac Ahimbisibwe, Adam Altjmed, Georgy Artemov, Andrés Barrios-Fernández, Aspasia Bizopoulou, Martti Kaila, Jin-Tan Liu, Rigissa Megalokonomou, José Montalbán, Christopher Neilson, Jintao Sun, Sebastián Otero, Xiaoyang Ye