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    Estrada, Ricardo (16)
    Brassiolo, Pablo (5)Fajardo, Gustavo (5)Lombardi, María (3)de Hoyos, Rafael (2)Gignoux, Jérémie (2)Hatrick, Agustina (2)Baez, Maria Josefina (1)Bedoya, Juan (1)Berniell, Inés (1)...Ver más

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    Rules vs. Discretion in Public Service: Teacher Hiring in Mexico 

    Estrada, Ricardo (CAF, 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 ...
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    Poor Little Children: The Socioeconomic Gap in Parental Responses to School Disadvantage 

    Berniell, Inés; Estrada, Ricardo (CAF, 2017-11-08)
    In this paper, we study how parents react to a widely-used school policy that puts some children at a learning disadvantage. Specifically, we first document that, in line with findings in other countries, younger children ...
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    The Effect of the Increasing Demand for Elite Schools on Stratification 

    Estrada, Ricardo (CAF, 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 ...
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    Benefits to Elite Schools and the Expected Returns to Education: Evidence from Mexico City 

    Estrada, Ricardo; Gignoux, Jérémie (CAF, 2017-03-10)
    We exploit data on the future earnings students at high school completion expect to receive with and without a college education, together with information on learning achievement and college outcomes, to study the benefits ...
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    Predicting Individual Wellbeing Through Test Scores: Evidence from a National Assessment in Mexico 

    de Hoyos, Rafael; Estrada, Ricardo; Vargas, María José (CAF, 2018-05)
    We construct two longitudinal datasets that record students’ test scores in a national standardized exam in Mexico and track students from the end of primary (Grade 6) to the end of lower (Grade 9) and upper (Grade 12) ...
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    Skills and selection into teaching: Evidence from Latin America 

    Estrada, Ricardo; Lombardi, María (CAF, 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 ...
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    My (Running) Mate, the Mayor: Political Ties and Access to Public Jobs in Ecuador 

    Brassiolo, Pablo; Estrada, Ricardo; Fajardo, Gustavo (CAF, 2020-01-17)
    We show that local politicians’ probability of being employed by a municipality increases when they have a strong party connection to its mayor. Using a regression discontinuity design, we compare the employment outcomes ...
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    Going subnational: wage differentials across levels of government in Brazil, Mexico and Uruguay 

    Baez, Maria Josefina; Brassiolo, Pablo; Estrada, Ricardo; Fajardo, Gustavo (CAF, 2021-12-22)
    Workers at subnational governments play a prominent role in the delivery of public services in most countries. Yet, information about their remuneration is scarce. Using data for Brazil, Mexico and Uruguay, we document ...
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    Self-Selection into Corruption: Evidence from the Lab 

    Brassiolo, Pablo; Estrada, Ricardo; Fajardo, Gustavo; Vargas, Juan (CAF, 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 ...
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    Family Rules: Nepotism in the Mexican Judiciary 

    Brassiolo, Pablo; Estrada, Ricardo; Fajardo, Gustavo; Martínez-Correa, Julian (CAF, 2021-10-19)
    We show that bureaucrats can exploit discretion in hiring decisions to engage in forms of favoritism that hinder organizational performance. We do this in the context of the Mexican federal judiciary. The arrival of a judge ...
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