Research
Articles Published in Academic Journals
“Extreme Measures: A National Descriptive Analysis of Closure and Restructuring of Traditional Public, Charter, and Private Schools” (with Douglas N. Harris). Education Finance and Policy, 19(1), p.32–60, 2024.
“Short and Long-Run Distributional Impacts of COVID-19 in Latin America” (with Nora Lustig, Guido Neidhöfer, and Mariano Tommasi). Economia LACEA Journal, 22(1), p.96–116, 2023.
“Are Budget Neutral Income Floors Fiscally Viable in Sub-Saharan Africa?” (with Nora Lustig and Jon Jellema). Journal of African Economies, 32(Supplement 2), ii202–ii227, 2023.
“The Impact of COVID-19 on Living Standards: Addressing the Challenges of Nowcasting Unprecedented Macroeconomic Shocks with Scant Data and Uncharted Economic Behavior” (with Nora Lustig, Federico Sanz, and Stephen D. Younger). International Journal of Microsimulation, 16(1), 1-27, 2023.
“Universal Basic Income, Taxes, and the Poor” (with Nora Lustig). LSE Public Policy Review, 2(4):4, pp. 1–10, 2022.
“The Impact of COVID-19 on Inequality and Poverty in Mexico” (with Nora Lustig). Estudios Económicos, 36 (1), 7-25, January-June 2021.
Book Chapters
“Fiscal Policy, Income Redistribution and Poverty Reduction in Argentina” (with Juan Cruz Lopez Del Valle, Caterina Brest Lopez, Joaquin Campabadal, Julieta Ladronis, Nora Lustig and Mariano Tommasi). In Commitment to Equity Handbook: Estimating the Impact of Fiscal Policy on Inequality and Poverty, N. Lustig (ed.), Second Edition, Brookings Institution Press, Washington, DC, 2022. (Link).
“Leaving No One Behind: Can Tax-funded Transfer Programs Provide Income Floors in Sub-Saharan Africa?” (with Nora Lustig and Jon Jellema). In “Leave No One Behind,” Homi Kharas and John McArthur (editors), Brookings Institution Press; Washington, DC, 2019. (Link).
Working Papers
“Fiscal Policy, Income Redistribution, and Poverty Reduction in Latin America” (with Nora Lustig and Carola Pessino). International Inequalities Institute Working Paper 115, LACIR Series, 2023.
“The Role of Fiscal Policy in Reducing Inequality and Poverty in Colombia: an Analysis of the Incidence of Social Spending and Taxes” (In Spanish) (with Marcela Meléndez and Nicolás Peña-Tenjo). CEQ Working Paper 107, CEQ Institute, Tulane University, 2021.
“The Impact of COVID-19 and Expanded Social Assistance on Inequality and Poverty in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and Mexico” (with Nora Lustig, Federico Sanz, and Stephen Younger). CEQ Working Paper 92, CEQ Institute, Tulane University, 2021.
Policy Briefs
“Extreme Measures: A National Descriptive Analysis of Closure and Restructuring of Traditional Public, Charter, and Private Schools” (with Douglas N. Harris). Policy Brief, National Center for Research on Education Access and Choice. May, 2022.
“Colombia en PISA 2015: Avances y tareas pendientes” (with Diana Hincapie). Nota PISA, Inter-American Development Bank. August, 2017.
Blog Posts and Opinions
“La pandemia del COVID-19 y la desigualdad de oportunidades en México” (with Luis Monroy-Gómez-Franco). México ¿cómo vamos? - Reimaginemos el panorama: Ingresos, gastos y desigualdades. October 25, 2023.
“COVID-19 and Inequality in Latin America: Short-run Impacts, Lasting Scars” (with Nora Lustig, Guido Neidhofer, and Mariano Tommasi). LSE Latin America and Caribbean Centre. April 20, 2023.
“School Closures Are Coming, What Not to Do” (with Douglas N. Harris). Education Week. November 28, 2022.
“El COVID-19 en México: Impacto en Pobreza y Desigualdad” (with Nora Lustig). Foco Economico. November 30, 2020.
“COVID-19’s New Poor in Latin America” (with Nora Lustig , Federico Sanz and Stephen D. Younger). Center for Global Development. October 21, 2020.
“5 Key Achievements in Education for Latin America and the Caribbean” (with Elena Arias Ortiz). Enfoque Educación. March 16, 2017.
Media Coverage
“America Has Too Many Schools” The Wall Street Journal. May 9, 2024.
“Do “For-Profit” Charter Schools Deserve Their Bad Reputation?.” The Education Gadfly Show. September 28, 2022.
“The Great Charter School Scam.” The Progressive Magazine. August 28, 2022.
“Race Is a Strong Predictor of Which Schools Will Close Permanently.” Education Week. May 26, 2022.
“Latin America’s New Poor.” The Economist. October 8, 2020.