Working Papers

Life out of the Shadows: The Impacts of Regularization Program on the Lives of Forced Migrants

co-authors: Ana María Ibáñez, Andrés Moya, María Ortega, María Urbina

Pre-analysis plan 

Policy note  [Spanish]  

Working Paper Versions: WB PRWP

Dissemination video [English] [Spanish]

Featured at: VoxDev, Foco Economico, World Bank Development Blog, WB Featured Story, World Economic Forum 


Empowering Migrant Women: Regularization Programs and Crime Reports 

co-authors: Ana María Ibáñez, Dany Bahar

Working Paper Versions: WB PRWP 


In Someone Else’s Shoes: Promoting Prosocial Behavior through Perspective Taking 

co-author: Marisol Rodríguez Chatruc

Pre-analysis plan [here]

Working Paper Versions: WB PRWP


Rebel Governance and Development: The Persistent Effects of Distrust in El Salvador 

co-authors: Antonella Bandiera, Lelys Dinarte, Juan Miguel Jimenez,  Micaela Sviatschi

Working Paper Versions: NBER WB PRWP


Electoral Consequences of Easing  the Integration of Forced Migrants: Evidence from a Southern Country

co-authors: Alejandra Quintana, María José Urbina

Working Paper Versions: WB PRWP


The Fine Line between Nudging and Nagging: Increasing Take-up Rates Through Social Media Platforms

co-authors: Andres Moya, María José Urbina

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More benefits, less kids: Impacts of Facilitating Integration in Migrant's Fertility Decisions

co-authors: Catalina Amuendo-Dorantes, Ana María Ibáñez, Salvador Traettino


Work In Progress


Housing Subsidies, Refugee's  Well-Being, and Social Cohesion

co-authors: Edward Miguel, Sam Leone, Bailey Palmer, Emma Smith, Sarah Stillman, Abdulrazzak Tamim

Pre-analysis plan [here]


Migration Reforms and Children's Welfare

co-authors: Andres Moya, Tatiana Hiller, Juanita Ruiz


Radicalism Exposure and Gender Norms 

co-authors: Laurent Bossavie, Daniel Garrote, Maria Urbina


Mass-migration and Inequality

co-author: Micaela Sviastchi


RHISN Impact Evaluation 

co-authors: Girum Abebe, Dennis Egger, Alfredo Manfredini, Christina Wieser


Violence and Social Capital

co-author: Micaela Sviastchi


Climate change and strategic behaviors

co-authors: Andrea Velasquez, Ana Maria Ibáñez


Technology and Female Empowerment

co-author: Cevat Aksoy