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Backlash against expert recommendations: Reactions to COVID-19 advice in Latin America (2024)
Journal Article
Albornoz, F., Bottan, N., Cruces, G., Hoffmann, B., & Lombardi, M. (2024). Backlash against expert recommendations: Reactions to COVID-19 advice in Latin America. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 228, Article 106752. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2024.106752

Public adherence with health recommendations is vital for effective crisis response. During the COVID-19 pandemic, governments faced considerable challenges in persuading the public to adopt new recommendations. Using large-scale survey experiments a... Read More about Backlash against expert recommendations: Reactions to COVID-19 advice in Latin America.

To cut or not to cut: Deforestation policy under the shadow of foreign influence (2024)
Journal Article
Aidt, T. S., Albornoz, F., & Hauk, E. (2024). To cut or not to cut: Deforestation policy under the shadow of foreign influence. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 227, Article 106712

This article explores the complex interplay between deforestation policies and foreign influence, using a game theoretical model to analyze geopolitical factors influencing forest conservation decisions in countries with significant rainforests. The... Read More about To cut or not to cut: Deforestation policy under the shadow of foreign influence.

Let's stay together: The effects of repeat student-teacher matches on academic achievement (2023)
Journal Article
Albornoz, F., Contreras, D., & Upward, R. (2023). Let's stay together: The effects of repeat student-teacher matches on academic achievement. Economics of Education Review, 94, Article 102375. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econedurev.2023.102375

We explore the effectiveness of repeating the student-teacher match on test scores, for the universe of 8th graders in Chile using information on all student-teacher matches across multiple subjects and years, and a national, anonymous measure of tes... Read More about Let's stay together: The effects of repeat student-teacher matches on academic achievement.

Foreign influence and domestic policy (2021)
Journal Article
Aidt, T. S., Albornoz, F., & Hauk, E. (2021). Foreign influence and domestic policy. Journal of Economic Literature, 59(2), 426-487. https://doi.org/10.1257/jel.20201481

In an interconnected world, economic and political interests inevitably reach beyond national borders. Since policy choices generate external economic and political costs, foreign state and non-state actors have an interest in influencing policy acti... Read More about Foreign influence and domestic policy.

Training to Teach Science: Experimental Evidence from Argentina (2019)
Journal Article
Albornoz, F., Anauati, V., Furman, M., Luzuriaga, M., Podesta, M. E., & Taylor, I. (2020). Training to Teach Science: Experimental Evidence from Argentina. World Bank Economic Review, 34(2), 393-417. https://doi.org/10.1093/wber/lhy010

We evaluate the learning impact of different teacher training methods using a random controlled trial implemented in 70 state schools in Buenos Aires, Argentina. A control group receiving standard teacher training was compared with two alternative tr... Read More about Training to Teach Science: Experimental Evidence from Argentina.

Occupational Choice with Endogenous Spillovers (2018)
Journal Article
Albornoz, F., Cabrales, A., & Hauk, E. (2019). Occupational Choice with Endogenous Spillovers. Economic Journal, 129(621), 1953-1970. https://doi.org/10.1111/ecoj.12634

© 2019 Royal Economic Society. Published by Oxford University Press. We study a model that integrates productive and socialising efforts with occupational choice, and endogenous spillovers. We show that more talented individuals work harder and contr... Read More about Occupational Choice with Endogenous Spillovers.

The golden hello and political transitions (2017)
Journal Article
Aidt, T. S., Albornoz, F., & Gassebner, M. (2018). The golden hello and political transitions. Journal of Comparative Economics, 46(1), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jce.2017.03.004

We analyze the influence of IMF and World Bank programs on political regime transitions. We develop an extended version of Acemoglu and Robinson’s [American Economic Review 91, 2001] model of political transitions to show how the anticipation of new... Read More about The golden hello and political transitions.

Immigration and the school system (2017)
Journal Article
Albornoz, F., Cabrales, A., & Hauk, E. (in press). Immigration and the school system. Economic Theory, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00199-017-1041-4

This paper presents a tractable model to study the effect of immigration on host countries’ school system and student outcomes. In our model, education quality and student outcomes are determined endogenously by the interaction of parents, schools an... Read More about Immigration and the school system.

Motivation, resources and the organization of the school system (2017)
Journal Article
Albornoz, F., Berlinski, S., & Cabrales, A. (2017). Motivation, resources and the organization of the school system. Journal of European Economic Association, 16(1), https://doi.org/10.1093/jeea/jvx001

This paper studies a model where student effort and talent interact with parental and teachers' investments, as well as with school system resources. The model is rich, yet sufficiently stylized to provide novel implications. It can show, for example... Read More about Motivation, resources and the organization of the school system.