Articles
Peer review journals
"Beyond formal coverage: The true reach of family policies in Latin America" (with C. Rossel & F. Scalese). Social Policy & Administration. Forthcoming. 2025
"The outsourcing of domestic work in Chile and Uruguay" (with C. Rossel & F. Scalese). Feminist Economics. Forthcoming. 2025
"Income inequality and complexity of the productive structure. New evidence at the world level" (with B. Lanzilotta & J. Torres). Economic Analysis and Policy. 2024.
"Children do Care: Novel findings from Colombia and Mexico" (with M. Rubio, G. Escaroz & C. Galian).
"Research collaboration in Development Economics. Understanding the patterns" (with J. Zurbrigg). Review of Development Economics, vol.28, issue 4. Special section: Money, methods and morals: 1900-1926. 2024
"El desafío de la desigualdad de ingresos en América Latina" (with N. Lustig & A. Vigorito). Revista de la CEPAL n° 141, Edición Especial 75 años: 159- 177. 2024. (by invitation)
"Hours of work and early childhood education and access to care and early education services in Latin America: Evidence from Colombia, Chile, Mexico and Uruguay" (with C. Rossel & F. Scalese). Journal of Family Issues, 45(8), 1867-1896. 2024
"Housework and earnings: Intrahousehold evidencia form Latin America" (with C. Rossel & F. Scalese). Journal of Family Studies, Vol. 30: 440-460. 2024.
"Gender differences in opinions about market solutions and government interventions: the case of Uruguayan economists" (with M. Bucheli & T. Pérez). Feminist Economics, Vol. 30: 211-243. 2024.
"Consensos, disensos e ideología: el caso de los economistas en Uruguay", (with M. Bucheli & C. Lara). Desarrollo y Sociedad (94), 69–107.
“Research Networks and Publications in Economics: Evidence from a Small Developing Country” (with M. Bucheli & M. Rodríguez). Journal of Knowledge Economy. Forthcoming, 2023.
"Inequality and informality revisited: the Latin American Case", (with R. Arim). International Labour Review, Vol. 163, No. 3. 2023
“The marginalization of southern researchers in Development” (with J. Zurbrigg). World Development Perspectives. Vol. 32, June 2022.
“Poverty and gender in Latin America: how far can income based measures go?” (with M. Colacce & F. Scalese). Journal of International Development, 2021.
"Multidimensional poverty among older people in five Latin American countries" (with Maira Colacce). Social Indicators Research, 2021.
"Underrepresentation of developing country researchers in development research" (with Burger, Chelwa, Cockburn, Kassouf, McKay, Zurbrigg). Applied Economics Letters. 2021
"Women in research in Economics in Uruguay" (with M. Bucheli, M.I Moraes and Tatiana Pérez). Cuadernos de Economía, 40 (84), 763-790. 2021
“Aging and productivity in Latin America ” (with Maira Colacce and Pilar Manzi). Latin American Research Review, 56(4), 844-863. 2021
“Gender inequality in Latin American neuroscience community” (with A. Silva, C. Tomassini, J. Zurbrigg, A. Palacios and C. Bouzat). IBRO Neuroscience Reports, Vol. 10: 104-108. 2021.
“Aging, education and intergenerational flows in Uruguay” (with Marisa Bucheli, Maira Colacce and Mathias Nathan).The Journal of the Economics of Ageing, Vol. 18, 2021.
“Poverty and inequality in Latin America’s research agenda: A bibliometric review” (with Martin Brum and Cecilia Rossel). Development Policy Review. Vol. 38, Issue 4: 465-482. 2020.
“National Care System in Uruguay. Who benefits and who pays?” (with Maira Colacce and Victoria Tenenmbaum). Population and Development Review 45 (S1): 97-122. 2019.
“Inequalities in the reduction of child stunting over time in Latin America: evidence from the DHS 2000-2010 “ (with Nincen Figueroa and Heidi Ullman). Oxford Development Studies, 46 (4): 519-535.
“Cash transfers in Latin America. Effects on poverty and redistribution “ (with Martin Brum). Economia. Journal of the Latin America and Caribbean Economic Association. Vol. 19, Number 1, Fall, 2018: 1-31. 2018.
“Caregiver pension credits for women: recent experience in Uruguay” (with Victoria Tenenmbaum), Social Policy and Administration, Vol.52, Issue 6: 1252-1274. 2018
“More unequal or less? A review of global, regional and national income inequality” (with Maira Colacce). ECLAC Review, No 124: 7-34.2018.
“The gender gap in pensions in Latin America” (with Maira Colacce and Pilar Manzi). International Social Security Review, Vol. 70, 2/2017, 57-85. 2017.
“Unfolding Patterns of Unpaid Household Work in Latin America” (with Cecilia Rossel). Feminist Economics. July 2017.
“Inequality and household size. A microsimulation for Uruguay “. Journal of Mircosimulation. Volume 10 (1), 73-105. Spring 2017.
“Decomposing inequality changes in Uruguay: the role of formalization in the labor market” (with Rodrigo Arim and Mijail Yapor), IZA Journal of Labor and Development. 5: 13. 2016
“Diferenciales de ingreso entre los trabajadores formales e informales en Uruguay, 2001-2014” (with Marcela Gómez). Revista de Economía del Banco Central del Uruguay, Vol. 23, Nro. 1, Mayo 2016.
“Income inequality in Latin America: a factor component analysis”. Review of Income and Wealth. Volume 62, Issue S1, August 2016 (pp.S4-S21). 2016. https://doi.org/10.1111/roiw.12236
“Do cash transfers improve birth outcomes? Evidence from matched vital statistics, program and social security data” (with Marco Manacorda, Edward Miguel and Andrea Vigorito). American Economic Journal. Economic Policy. Vol. 8, Nro. 2, May 2016 (pp. 1-46). 2016.
“Inequality in Latin America: a global measure” (with Marco Galván and Xavier Mancero). ECLAC Review No 118: 27-43. April 2016.
“Distribución del ingreso e imposición a las altas rentas en América Latina” (with Juan Pablo Jiménez). Revista Cuadernos de Economía, 35(67), 39-73, 2015.
“La brecha entre la fecundidad deseada y observada en Montevideo y su área metropolitana” (with Wanda Cabella). Revista Notas de Población, N° 100,11-33, Enero-Junio 2015.
“The earnings share of total income in Latin America 1990-2010” (with Martín Abeles and Daniel Vega). ECLAC Review. N° 114, 31-52, December 2014.
“Revisiting inequality and growth: evidence for developing countries”. Growth and Change, Vol. 45 No. 4, 571–589, December 2014.
“Income inequality in Latin America: data challenges and availability”. Social Indicators Research, Volume 119, Issue 3, 2014.
“Determinants of fertility at the macro level: new evidence for Latin America and the Caribbean”. Journal of Developing Areas, Vol. 48, N. 2, 125-135, 2014.
“The effects of being out of the labor market on subsequent wages: evidence for Uruguay” (with Rodrigo Arim and Andrés Dean). Journal of Labor Research, vol. 35(1), 39-62, 2014.
“Trabajo por cuenta propia y monotributo en Uruguay” (with Ivone Perazzo). Revista Internacional del Trabajo, vol. 132, N° 3-4, 623-641, 2013.
“Teenage School Attendance and Cash Transfers. An Impact Evaluation of PANES” (with Andrea Vigorito and Mery Ferrando). Economia. Journal of the Latin America and the Caribbean Economic Association. Fall 2013, Vol. 14, N° 1.
“Unemployment insurance design and its effects: evidence for Uruguay” (with Andrés Dean and Rodrigo Arim). Revista Desarrollo y Sociedad, Universidad de los Andes, Nro. 71, 7-42, Primer Semestre 2013.
“Dinámica del mercado laboral formal uruguayo” (with Andrés Dean). Revista de Economía, Banco Central del Uruguay. Vol.20, N° 1, Mayo 2013.
“Cantidad de niños en los hogares uruguayos. Un análisis de los determinantes económicos. 1996-2006” (with Ivone Perazzo). Estudios económicos, (El Colegio de México)vol. 26, num. 1, 3-34. 2011.
“La relevancia de la desigualdad en la medición del Desarrollo Humano. Uruguay 1991-2002” (with Rodrigo Arim and Andrea Vigorito). Revista Desarrollo y Sociedad, Universidad de los Andes, Nº 65, 2010.
“Multidimensional poverty among children in Uruguay” (with Rodrigo Arim and Andrea Vigorito). Research on Economic Inequality, vol. 18. 2010.
“Cash transfer programs, income inequality and regional disparities. The case of the Uruguayan Asignaciones Familiares” (with Rodrigo Arim and Andrea Vigorito). Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society. 2010
“Informalidad y desprotección social en Uruguay” (with Alma Espino). Problemas del Desarrollo. Revista Latinoamericana de Economía. Vol. 40, Nº 158, julio-setiembre 2009.
“Crecimiento económico y pobreza en Uruguay. 1991-2006” (with Ivone Perazzo). Revista Cuadernos de Economía, No 51 – II semestre de 2009, Universidad Nacional de Colombia.
“Efectos de la reforma laboral en Colombia” (with Rodrigo Arim and Mauricio Santamaría). Perfil de Coyuntura Económica Nº 6 (Colombia, 2005).
“La segregación ocupacional de género y las diferencias en las remuneraciones de los asalariados privados. Uruguay 1990-2000” (with Alma Espino). Desarrollo Económico. Revista de Ciencias Sociales (Argentina). Nº 173, Vol. 44, Abril-Junio 2004.
“La evolución de la segregación laboral por sexo en Uruguay (1986-1999)” (with Alma Espino). Revista de Economía, Banco Central del Uruguay. Vol. 9, N° 1, Segunda época, Mayo 2002.
Other journals
“La negociación salarial colectiva: las rondas 2005 y 2006” (with Marisa Bucheli). Revista Relaciones Laborales, Nº 19, abril junio 2009. Uruguay. 2009.
“Análisis del seguro desempleo en Uruguay y discusión de propuestas para su modificación” (with Marisa Bucheli). Cuadernos del CLAEH. Revista Uruguaya de Ciencias Sociales Nº 96-97. 2008/1-2. 2008.
“Salarios públicos y privados: los diferentes segmentos del mercado laboral. Uruguay 1991-2000.” Revista Nórdica de Estudios Latinoamericanos y del Caribe. Publicación del Institute of Latin American Studies, Stockholm University. Vol. XXXIII: 2, 2003.
“Los factores determinantes de la formación de asentamientos irregulares. Un análisis económico” (with Marcelo Caffera). Revista de la Facultad de Ciencias Empresariales y Economía. Universidad de Montevideo. Año II, 2003.
“Diferencias salariales entre trabajadores del sector público y privado”. Revista de Ciencias Sociales, Universidad de Zulia, Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Sociales, Venezuela. Junio 2002.
“Pobreza en el Uruguay”, Cuadernos del CLAEH 85. Revista Uruguaya de Ciencias Sociales, 2° serie, año 25, 2002/1.
“Distribución del Ingreso: ajuste a las estimaciones tradicionales y una propuesta alternativa” (with Alvaro Carella). Revista Quantum de la Facultad de Ciencias Económicas, vol. 5, nro. 11, Montevideo, primer semestre de 2000.