María Lombardi
Assistant Professor, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, School of Government
I have a PhD in Economics from Universitat Pompeu Fabra. My main research interests are in the areas of Development Economics and Economics of Education
e-mail: mlombardi@utdt.edu
Publications
Telenovelas and attitudes toward the LGBTIQ+ community in Latin America, with Selim Gulesci and Alejandra Ramos
Labour Economics, 2024, Vol.87 [IDB Working Paper]
Replication files. Blog post about this article in VoxEU
Skills and selection into teaching: Evidence from Latin America, with Ricardo Estrada
Economía LACEA, 2023, Vol. 22(1), 219-239 [Working Paper]Blog post about this article in Visiones CAFWill you marry me, later? Age-of-marriage laws and child marriage in Mexico, with Cristina Bellés Obrero
Journal of Human Resources, 2023, Vol. 58(1), 221-259 [CEPE working paper]Online appendix and Replication files. Blog post about this article in VoxDev, Nada es Gratis and CSAETeacher performance pay and student learning: Evidence from a nationwide program in Peru, with Cristina Bellés Obrero
Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2022, Vol. 70(4), 1631-1669 [IZA Discussion Paper]Online appendix and Replication files. Blog post about this article in IZA NewsroomEconomics of Education Review, 2019, Vol. 73 [CEPE working paper]Online appendix and Replication files. Blog post about this article in ContrafactualWhich tail matters? Inequality and growth in Brazil, with Stephan Litschig
Journal of Economic Growth, 2019, Vol. 24(2), 155-187 [GRIPS discussion paper]Online appendix and Replication FilesCompulsory voting, turnout and government spending: Evidence from Austria, with Mitchell Hoffman and Gianmarco León
Journal of Public Economics, 2017, Vol. 145, 103-115 [NBER Working Paper]Online appendix and Replication files. Blog and press about this article in The Economist, Chicago Booth Review, VoxEU, and Marginal RevolutionWorking Papers
The effect of high dismissal protection on bureaucratic turnover and productivity, with Ricardo Estrada
Blog post about this article in Nada es GratisConditionally accepted, Journal of Human Resources
Backlash against expert recommendations: Reactions to Covid-19 advice in Latin America, with Facundo Albornoz, Nicolás Bottan, Guillermo Cruces, and Bridget Hoffmann
Revise and Resubmit, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization
Money and lies: proxy respondents and the mismeasurement of income in surveys, with Ricardo Estrada and Daniela Goyheix