Research

I combine administrative and survey data with quasi-experimental methods to study human capital, the economics of education, and labor markets — with much of my work set in developing countries such as Peru and Ecuador.

Publications

Differences in SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence in the population of Cusco, Peru

with C. Huamaní, F. Concha-Velasco, et al. · Global Epidemiology, 7 (2024), 100131

Journal article

Working Papers & Work in Progress

Evidence on Returns to Publications in Economics

with Chris Karbownik and Alexis Toda

PresentedEmory Economics Lunch & Learn Seminar (Spring 2026).

What’s in a Master’s Degree? Signaling versus Human Capital in Returns to Master’s Degrees in Ecuador

with Chris Karbownik and Cristhian Rosales-Castillo

Effects of School Infrastructure in a Developing Country: Evidence from the Millennium Schools in Ecuador

with Chris Karbownik and Cristhian Rosales-Castillo

Human Capital Formation and Migration

with Chris Karbownik and Anthony Wray

Pre-Doctoral Work

Minimum Wages and the Labor Market in Peru

with Diego Winkelried · 2021

Presented2021 Labor Economics Summer School, Barcelona School of Economics (BSE); and the 2021 Virtual Seminar Series on Minimum Wages and Low-Wage Policies (IAB & LASER, FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg).

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Explaining the Educational Achievement Gap Between Public and Private School Students in Peru

with Lucía Gómez · 2018 · in Spanish