Research

Publications

[1] “Money and Time in the Access to Public Services: How do Citizens Evaluate Different Forms of Bureaucratic Corruption?” (with Miguel Carreras and Sofia Vera). 2024. Comparative Politics [Paper]

[2] “Immigration Shocks and Unfounded Concerns about Crime: Evidence from Haitian Migration to Chile” (with Fernando Severino). 2024. Journal of Politics [Paper]

[3] “Gender Stereotypes and Petty Corruption among Street-level Bureaucrats: Evidence from a Conjoint Experiment” (with Miguel Carreras and Sofia Vera). 2024. Research & Politics [Paper] [Appendix]

[4] “The Effect of Different Extreme Weather Events on Attitudes Toward Climate Change” (with Kayla Young). 2024. PLOS ONE [Paper] [Appendix]

[5] “Anti-Elite Attitudes and Support for Independent Candidates” (with Pablo Argote). 2023. PLOS ONE [Paper] [Appendix]

[6] “Who Pays for Crime? Criminal Violence, Right-Wing Incumbents, and Electoral Accountability in Latin America” (with Miguel Carreras). 2022. Electoral Studies [Paper] [Appendix]

[7] “Can Political Alignment Reduce Crime? Evidence from Chile” (with Carla Alberti and Diego Díaz-Rioseco). 2022. Political Science Research and Methods [Paper] [Appendix]

[8] “After the Flood: Disasters, Ideological Voting and Electoral Choices in Chile.” 2022. Political Behavior [Paper] [Appendix]

[9] “Constructing Generalizable Geographic Natural Experiments” (with Owura Kuffuor and Kayla Young). 2022. Research & Politics [Paper] [Appendix]

[10] “The Trump Election and Attitudes toward the United States in Latin America” (with Igor Acácio and Miguel Carreras). 2021. Public Opinion Quarterly [Paper] [Appendix]

[11] “Who Does the Caring? Gender Disparities in COVID-19 Attitudes and Behaviors” (with Miguel Carreras and Sofia Vera). 2021. Politics & Gender [Paper] [Appendix]

[12] “Gendered Bureaucracies: Women Mayors and the Size and Composition of Local Governments” (with Carla Alberti and Diego Díaz-Rioseco). 2021. Governance [Paper] [Appendix]

[13] “Does Issue Framing Shape Support for Covid-19 Lockdown Measures? Evidence from a Survey Experiment in Peru” (with Miguel Carreras and Sofia Vera). 2021. Research & Politics [Paper] [Appendix]

[14] “Do Disasters Affect Policy Priorities? Evidence from the 2010 Chilean Earthquake.” 2021. Journal of Elections, Public Opinion, and Parties [Paper] [Appendix]

[15] “A Tale of Two Pandemics: Economic Inequality and Support for Containment Measures in Peru” (with Miguel Carreras and Sofia Vera). 2021. Journal of Politics In Latin America [Paper] [Appendix]

[16] “Re-evaluating the Role of Ideology in Chile.” 2021. Latin American Politics and Society [Paper] [Appendix]

[17] “Does Immigration Increase Concerns about the Provision of Public Services? Evidence from Colombia” (with Catalina Vega-Mendez). 2021. Revista Latinoamericana de Opinión Pública [Paper]

  María Braun award for the best paper published in RLOP in 2021.

[18] “Voting for the Lesser Evil: Evidence from a Conjoint Experiment in Romania” (with Isabela Mares). 2020. Political Science Research and Methods [Paper] [Appendix]

[19] “Policy Preferences after Crime Victimization: Panel and Survey Evidence from Latin America.” 2020. British Journal of Political Science [Paper] [Appendix]

[20] “Economic Perceptions and Electoral Choices: A Design-Based Approach.” 2019. Political Science Research and Methods [Paper] [Appendix]

[21] “Handling Limited Overlap in Observational Studies with Cardinality Matching” (with José R. Zubizarreta). 2018. Observational Studies [Paper]

  Cochran award for best paper published in Observational Studies between 2015 and 2019.

[22] “Electoral Reform Under Limited Party Competition: The Adoption of Proportional Representation in Latin America” (with Gabriel Negretto). 2018. Latin American Politics and Society [Paper]

[23] “Economic Performance and Incumbents’ Support in Latin America” (with M. Victoria Murillo). 2017. Electoral Studies [Paper] [Appendix]

[24] “Cross-Time Behavior of the Chilean Congress: Growth or Stagnation of its Influence?” 2011. Revista de Ciencia Política [In Spanish] [Paper]

Working papers

[25] “Immigration and Nationalistic Attitudes: Panel Evidence from Chile” (with Catalina Vega-Mendez) [Paper] [Appendix]

[26] “Causes and Consequences of Ideological Persistence: The Case of Chile” (with Pablo Argote) [Paper] [Appendix]

[27] “Representation Behind Closed Doors: The Effect of Electing Women Mayors on Domestic Violence” (with Maya Dalton) [Paper] [Appendix]

[28] “The Limitations of Using Forced Choice in Electoral Conjoint Experiments” (with Yang Yang) [Paper]

[29] “Exposure to Protests and Support for Violence: Evidence from the 2019 Social Outburst in Chile” (with Sebastian Rivera and Fernando Severino)

[30] “Democratic Elections and Anti-Immigration Attitudes” (with Miguel Carreras and Sofia Vera)

[31] “The Legacies of Civil Wars: Long-Term Effects of Armed Conflict on Voter Choices” (with Cecilia Cavero-Sánchez)

[32] “Immigration and Punitive Responses to Criminal Violence” (with Miguel Carreras and Sofia Vera)

[33] “Do Healthcare Professionals in Public Office Improve Public Health Outcomes? Evidence from Municipal Governments in Brazil” (with Isabel Laterzo-Tingley)

[34] “Gender, Crime, and Political Accountability: Evidence from Local Governments in Chile” (with Carla Alberti and Diego Díaz-Rioseco)

Book Project

[1] “Ideology without Parties: Voting Behavior in Chile” (with Pablo Argote)