Research


Publications

Family Ties, Social Control, and Authoritarian Distribution to Elites (with Horacio Larreguy and Jorge Mangonnet) Accepted at the American Political Science Review. Replication Data.

Misinformation among Migrants” (with Daniel Rojas) Accepted at the Journal of Experimental Political Science. PAP

When Fortune Favors Women: Do Marginal Increases in Female Representation Persist?” (with Armando Araico Cordero, Esteban González Luna, and Jaakko Meriläinen) Forthcoming in Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization.

The Unintended Consequences of Deportations: Evidence from Firm Behavior in El Salvador” (with Lelys Dinarte, Carlos Schmidt-Padilla, Sandra Rozo, Micaela Sviatschi, and Hernan Winkler) Economic Development and Cultural Change. 2023

Deliberate Displacement During Conflict: Evidence from Colombia.” World Development. 146:105547. 2021


Under Review & Revision Requested

Rebel Governance and Development: The Persistent Effects of Distrust in El Salvador” (with Lelys Dinarte, Juan Miguel Jiménez, Micaela Sviatschi, and Sandra Rozo) (Revise and Resubmit Review of Economic Studies)

Immigrant Narratives Promote Inclusionary Attitudes Toward Immigration in the Global South” (with Mateo Vásquez-Cortés, Stephanie Zonszein, and Abraham Aldama) (Revise and Resubmit British Journal of Political Science)


Selected Work in Progress

“Removing Barriers to Integration: Experimental Evidence on Cash and Information Support for Asylum Seekers” (with Farah Hani, Horacio Larreguy, Valeria Lentini, Mateo Vasquez-Cortes)

“Economic Outcomes and Location Choices for Asylum Seekers and Refugees in Mexico” (with Thomas Ginn and Fernanda Sobrino) (Status: Funding secured)

“The Effect of Rents on Selection and Behavior: Evidence from Illegal Gold Mining in Peru”


Book, Review Chapters, Policy

“Evaluating Efforts to Counter Misinformation in the Global South,” with Horacio Larreguy and John Marshall. Under contract at the Cambridge Element Series.

“Public Good Provision and Local Elite Centrality: Evidence from Paraguay's Democratic Transition,” with Horacio Larreguy, Jorge Mangonnet, and José Luis Pérez-Castellanos. 2025. Forthcoming in the Roots of Underdevelopment: A New Economic and Political History of Latin America and the Caribbean. FelipeValencia Caicedo (editor). Palgrave, Macmillan

“Profiling Venezuelan Refugees and Migrants in the Dominican Republic,” with Loschmann, C., Luzes, M., Rivera Rivera, A., & van der Werf, C. 2023. https://doi.org/10.18235/0004893