Publications

2023

Escobar, J., Epstein, R., Correa, J., Gidi, P., Markovits, J., Epstein, N.,Turkieltaub, A. (2023). “The 5G spectrum auction in Chile”. Telecommunications Policy, 47(7), Article 102580, August 2023.

Escobar, J. F. and Carniglia, G. L. “A spatial theory of urban segregation”. Journal of Public Economic Theory, 25(4), 653-678, April 2023.

Jervis, P., Coore-Hall, J., Pitchik, H. O., Arnold, C. D., Grantham-McGregor, S., Rubio-Codina, M., Walker, S. P. “The Reach Up Parenting Program, Child Development, and Maternal Depression: A Meta-analysis”. Pediatrics, 151, 2023. Article e2023060221D.

Jervis, P., Meghir, C., Attanasio, O., Day, M., Makkar, P., Behrman, J., Grantham-McGregor, S. “Early Stimulation and Enhanced Preschool: A Randomized Trial”. Pediatrics, 151, 2023. Article e2023060221H.

Mizala, A., Cummings, P. M. M., & Schneider, B. “Chile’s Inclusion Law: the arduous drive to regulate an unequal education system”. Educational Review 2006-19, 2023.

Undurraga, R., Ajzenman, N. and Dominguez, P. “Immigration, Crime, and Crime (Mis) Perceptionst”. American Economic Journal-Applied Economics, 15(4), 142-176, 2023.

2022

Corvalan A., Cayul P., Jaimovich D., Pazzona M. “Introducing MACEDA: New micro-data on an indigenous self-determination conflict”. Journal of Peace Research 59 (6), April 2022

Corvalan A, Pazzona, M. “Inequality, crime and private protection”. Economics Letters 210, January 2022.

Escobar J., Correa J., Epstein N., Epstein R., Rios I., Aramayo N., Bahamondes B., Bonet C., Castillo M., Cristi A., Epstein B., Subiabre F. “School Choice in Chile”. Operations Research 70 (2):1066-1087. Dec 2022.

Fischer R., Engel E. and Galetovic A. “Private Finance of Public Infrastructure”. Annual Review of Financial Economics 14:319-335, 2022.

Jervis P., Lopez V, Ramirez L, Lopez-Concha R, Ascorra P, Alvarez JP, Carrasco-Aguilar C, Squicciarini AM, Simonsohn A, Contreras T, Opazo H. “Wellbeing of School Communities in the Context of COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Study in Chilean Low-SES Schools”. Frontiers in Psychology 13, 2022.

Jervis P., Blimpo MP, Carneiro P, Pugatch T. “Improving Access and Quality in Early Childhood Development Programs: Experimental Evidence from the Gambia”. Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2022.

Jervis P., Lerner RM, Bornstein MH. “The Development of Positive Attributes of Character: On the Embodiment of Specificity, Holism, and Self-System Processes”. Human Development 66 (1):34-47, 2022.

Mizala A., Canals C., Maroulis S., Canessa E., Chaigneau S. “Mechanisms Underlying Choice-Set Formation: The Case of School Choice in Chile”. Social Science Computer Review. 2022.

Collier BL, Schwartz D, Kunreuther HC, Michel-Kerjan EO «Insuring large stakes: A normative and descriptive analysis of households’ flood insurance coverage». Journal of Risk and Insurance 89 (2):273-310, 2022.

Arriagada J, Mena C, Munizaga M, Schwartz D «The effect of economic incentives and cooperation messages on user participation in crowdsourced public transport technologies». Transportation 50(401), 2022.

Araya S, Elberg A, Noton C, Schwartz D «Identifying Food Labeling Effects on Consumer Behavior». Marketing Science 41(5):982-1003, 2022.

Mondschein S, Olivares M, Ordonez F, Schwartz D, Weintraub A, Torres-Ulloa I, Aguayo C, Canessa G «Service Design to Balance Waiting Time and Infection Risk: An Application for Elections During the COVID-19 Pandemic». Service Science 14 (2):90-109, 2022.

Gramsch B, Guevara CA, Munizaga M, Schwartz D, Tirachini A  «The effect of dynamic lockdowns on public transport demand in times of COVID-19: Evidence from smartcard data». Transport Policy 126:136-150, 2022.

Undurraga R. and Celhay P. “Location Preferences and Slums Formation: Evidence from a Panel of Residence Histories”. Regional Science and Urban Economics 97, 2022.

2021

Escobar J.F. and Zhang QX. “Delegating learning”. Theoretical Economics 16 (2):571-603, May 2021.

Fischer R. and Huerta D. “Wealth inequality and the political economy of financial and labour regulations”. Journal of Public Economics, 204, December 2021.

Fischer R. D., Campos N., Engel E. and Galetovic A. “The Ways of Corruption in Infrastructure: Lessons from the Odebrecht Case”. Journal of Economic Perspectives, 35 (2), 171-190, 2021.

Jervis P., Santelices MP, Irarrazaval M, Brotfeld C, Cisterna C, Gallardo AM. “Does Maternal Mental Health and Maternal Stress Affect Preschoolers’ Behavioral Symptoms?”. Children-Basel, 8 (9), 2021.

Jervis P., Lerner RM, Bornstein MH. “Enhancing the International Study of Positive Youth Development: Process, Specificity, and The Sample Case of Character Virtues”. Journal of Youth Development 16 (2-3):402-422, 2021.

Mizala A., Duraiappah A., van Atteveldt N., Asah S, Borst G., Bugden S., Buil JM., Ergas O., Fraser S, Mercier J., Mesa JFR., Mochizuki Y., Okano K., Piech C., Pugh K., Ramaswamy R., Singh NC., Vickers E. “The International Science and Evidence-based Education Assessment”. Npj Science of Learning 6 (1), 2021.

Schwartz D, Keenan EA, Imas A, Gneezy A «Opting-in to prosocial incentives». Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes 163:132-141, 2021.

Cordova A, Imas A, Schwartz D  «Are non-contingent incentives more effective in motivating new behavior? Evidence from the field». Games and Economic Behavior 130:602-615, 2021.

Undurraga R., Galiani S. and Gertler PJ. “Aspiration adaptation in resource-constrained environments”. Journal of Urban Economics 123. 2021.

2020

Corvalan A., Querubin P., Vicente S. «The Political Class and Redistributive Policies«. Journal of the European Economic Association 18 (1):1-48, February 2020.

Jervis P., Grantham-McGregor S, Adya A, Attanasio O, Augsburg B, Behrman J, Caeyers B, Day M, Kochar R, Makkar P, Meghir C, Phimister A, Rubio-Codina M, Vats K. “Group Sessions or Home Visits for Early Childhood Development in India: A Cluster RCT”. Pediatrics 146 (6), 2020.

Mizala A, Schneider B. “Promoting quality education in Chile: the politics of reforming teacher careers”. Journal of Education Policy 35 (4):529-555, 2020.

Mizala A., Bordon P., Canals C. “The gender gap in college major choice in Chile”. Economics of Education Review 77, 2020.

Schwartz, D; Loewenstein, G; Aguero-Gaete, L(2020)»Encouraging pro-environmental behaviour through green identity labelling», NATURE SUSTAINABILITY 3, 746–752 (2020).

2019

Corvalan A. and Pazzona M. “Persistent commodity shocks and transitory crime effects”. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, vol. 158, Pages 110-127, February 2019.

Doraszelski U, Escobar JF (2019) «Protocol invariance and the timing of decisions in dynamic games«. Theoretical Economics, vol. 14, no. 2, pp. 597-646, May 2019.

Fischer R., Huerta D. and Valenzuela P. “The inequality-credit nexus”. Journal of International Money and Finance, 91, 105-125, March 2019.

Fischer R., Engel E., and Galetovic A. “Soft budgets and endogenous renegotiations in transport PPPs: An equilibrium analysis”. Economics of Transportation, 17:40-50, 2019.

Ilkilic R., Bimpikis K., Ehsani S. “Cournot Competition in Networked Markets”. Management Science 65 (6):2467-2481, 2019.

Ilkilic R. and Ikizler H. “Equilibrium refinements for the network formation game”. Review of Economic Design, 23 (1-2):13-25, 2019.

Jervis P., Weber AM., Rubio-Codina M., Walker SP., van Buuren S., Eekhout I., Grantham-McGregor SM., Araujo MC., Chang SM., Fernald LCH., Hamadani JD., Hanlon C., Karam SM., Lozoff B., Ratsifandrihamanana L., Richter L., Black MM., Attanasio O., Darmstadt GL., Doove BM., Galasso E., Medhin G., Menezes AMB., Pitchik H., Reynolds S., Schady N., Global Child Dev Grp c. “The D-score: a metric for interpreting the early development of infants and toddlers across global settings”. Bmj Global Health 4 (6), 2019.

2018

Corvalan A. and Torche. “Estimating Intergenerational Mobility With Grouped Data: A Critique of Clark’s the Son Also Rises”. Sociological Methods & Research, vol. 47, no. 4, pp. 787-811, Nov 2018.

Corvalan A. «How to rank rankings? Group performance in multiple-prize contests«. Social Choice and Welfare, vol. 51, no. 2, pp. 361-380, Aug 2018.

Corvalan A. and Cox P. «The Impact of Procedural Information Costs on Voting: Evidence from a Natural Experiment in Chile«. Political Behavior, vol. 40, no. 1, pp. 3-19, Mar 2018.

Corvalan A., Cox P., and Osorio R. «Indirect political budget cycles: Evidence from Chilean municipalities«. Journal of Development Economics, vol. 133, pp. 1-14, Jul 2018.

Escobar J.F. and Llanes G. “Cooperation dynamics in repeated games of adverse selection”. Journal of Economic Theory 176:408-443, July 2018.

Fischer R., Engel E. and Galetovic A. “The joy of flying: Efficient airport PPP contracts”. Transportation Research Part B-Methodological, 131-146, 114, August 2018.

Mizala A., Grau N., Hojman D. “School closure and educational attainment: Evidence from a market-based system”. Economics of Education Review 65:1-17, 2018.

Undurraga R., Galiani S., Gertler PJ. “The Half-Life of Happiness: Hedonic Adaptation in the Subjective Well-Being of Poor Slum Dwellers to the Satisfaction of Basic Housing Needs”. Journal of the European Economic Association 16 (4):1189-1233, 2018.