Research

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Publications

• Bustelo, M., Martinez, S., Pérez, M., & Rodríguez, J. (2026). Better together? The effects of integrated social services for women. Journal of Development Effectiveness, 18(2), 228-252.

• Planas, M. E., et al. (2015). Effects of Ethnic Attributes on the Quality of Family Planning Services in Lima, Peru: A Randomized Crossover Trial.. PLoS ONE 10(2): e0115274.

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Working Papers and Ongoing Research

• Counselors and Discipline: The Effect on Exclusionary Practices in Secondary Education.

• From Elite Education to Public Leadership: Career Outcomes in State Administration.

• A Seven-College Experiment Using Algorithms to Track Students: Impacts and Implications for Equity and Fairness
  with P. Bergmand and B. Kopko
  NBER Working Paper
  Summary
  Press coverage: INSIDE HIGHER ED

• Can Low-cost Interventions Close Educational Inequalities? Experimental Evidence from Nepal and the Philippines. Abstract
  with N. Angrist, P. Bergman, and C. Cullen

• Evaluating Education Interventions at Scale: Quasi-Experimental and Experimental Results from India. Abstract
  with N. Angrist and P. Freitas

• Economic Returns to Early Education: Causal Estimates Over 20 Years. Abstract
  with N. Angrist

• Bertoni, E., Elacqua, G., Jaimovich, A., Rodríguez, J., Santos, H., (2018). Teacher Policies, Incentives, and Labor Markets in Chile, Colombia, and Peru: Implications for Equality (No. 9124). Inter-American Development Bank.

• Not All Dollars Are Equal: The Composition of School Spending and Student Outcomes. Abstract
  with G. Elacqua, I. Munevar, and M. F. Prada

• Mining and Energy Industries’ Pollution Effects on School Students’ and Teachers’ Outcomes: Evidence from Chile.

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