Browsing by Author "Estrada, Ricardo"
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Rules vs. Discretion in Public Service: Teacher Hiring in Mexico
(CAF; Buenos Aires, 2017-08-18)In this paper, I use a unique empirical setting that allows me to compare the performance of teachers hired in a discretionary process led by the teachers’ union in Mexico with the performance of those hired on the basis ... -
Rule–based civil service: evidence from a nationwide teacher reform in Mexico
(CAF; Caracas, 2023-07)This paper studies the effect of a civil service reform on the skills profile of new teachers in Mexico. The reform mandated the use of rule-based recruitment over discretionary hiring. Our results show that the reform ... -
Self-Selection into Corruption: Evidence from the Lab
(CAF; Caracas, 2020-04-22)We study whether the existence of opportunities to extract rents in a job affects the type of individuals who are attracted to it. We design a laboratory experiment in which individuals choose between two contracts, each ... -
Skills and selection into teaching: Evidence from Latin America
(CAF; Caracas, 2020-08-12)This paper documents a novel stylized fact: many teachers in Latin America have very low levels of cognitive skills. This skills deficit is the result of both low levels of competencies among the population and a gap between ... -
The effect of high dismissal protection on bureaucratic turnover and productivity
(CAF; Caracas, 2022-06-22)This paper studies the impact of high dismissal protection on bureaucratic turnover and productivity in the context of public school teachers in Chile. We take advantage of a law that required education administrators ... -
The Effect of the Increasing Demand for Elite Schools on Stratification
(CAF; Buenos Aires, 2017-05-31)I use detailed applications data to document a case in which, contrary to prevailing concerns, increasing school stratification by ability co-existed with stable stratification by family income: Mexico City public high ... -
What a difference a full day makes: Evidence from new schools in Fortaleza
(CAF; Caracas, 2022-03-18)Although longer school days are in increasing supply, a lack of consensus about their effectiveness persists. Motivated by this gap, this paper studies the effect of enrolling in a new set of full-time secondary schools ...
