Research
Randomized evaluations and working papers across Latin America — financial inclusion, education, and development.
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Field Projects
Poverty Stoplight Tool — Multidimensional Poverty
Evaluating a household-level self-assessment tool designed to help families identify and address multiple dimensions of poverty simultaneously.
IPA Project →Behavioral Nudges for Credit Card Repayment
Testing whether behaviorally-informed reminders and framing effects improve on-time credit card repayment among low-income cardholders.
IPA Project →Pix Digital Payment Adoption — Small Firms
Studying barriers to adoption of Brazil's instant payment platform Pix among small and micro-enterprises, and testing interventions to increase uptake.
IPA Project →Climate Insurance & Early Warning Systems
Examining how climate insurance products and early warning systems affect agricultural households' ability to adapt to climate shocks.
IPA Project →Research
Transit Infrastructure and Educational Outcomes in Peru
This paper studies the causal effect of public transit expansion on educational outcomes in Peru, exploiting quasi-experimental variation in the rollout of metropolitan transit systems. We examine impacts on school attendance, dropout, and test scores.
Draft available soonLas aspiraciones y las decisiones de inversión en capital humano en hogares peruanos 2009–2016
Bachelor's thesis examining the relationship between household aspirations and human capital investment decisions in Peru, using panel data from 2009–2016.
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