CURRENT PROYECTS

  • "Childhood obesity and human capital accumulation", with Pablo Rodriguez.
  • "Spatial Econometrics", with Gianfranco Piras. 
PUBLISHED AND FORTHCOMING ARTICLES BY AREA
  • Discrete Choice Models
  • Spatial Econometrics
  • Software
  • SWB and Health
  • Others
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  • Instrumental variable estimation with observed and unobserved heterogeneity of the treatment and instrument effect: A latent class approach, Empirical Economics, 2024 (With Pablo Rodriguez). [Link]
  • Valuing urban drinking water supply attributes: A case study from Chile, Water Resources and Economics, 2022. (With Cristian González, Ricardo Daziano and Lisandro Roco). [Link]
  • ​A two recursive equation model to correct for endogeneity in latent class binary probit models, Journal of Choice Modelling, 2021. [Link]
  • ​Are preferences for city attributes heterogeneous? An assessment using a discrete choice experiment,  Papers in  Regional  Science, 2021 (with Diana Romero-Espinoza and Ricardo Daziano). [Link]
  • ​Individual-specific posterior distributions from Mixed Logit models: Properties, limitations and diagnostic checks,  Journal of Choice Modelling, 2020. [Link]
  • ​Individual-specific point and interval conditional estimates of latent class logit parameters, Journal of Choice Modelling, 2018 (with Ricardo Daziano). [Link]
  • Are consumers willing to pay to let cars drive for them? Analyzing response to autonomous vehicles,   Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 2017 (with Ricardo Daziano and Benjamin Leard). [Link]
  • One or two-step? Evaluating GMM efficiency for spatial binary probit models, Journal of Choice Modelling, 2023, (With Giafranco Piras). [Link]
  • Your air pollution makes me sick! Estimating the spatial spillover effects of PM2.5 emissions on emergency room visits due to respiratory diseases in Chile, Region, 2022 (With Anita Molina-Varas). [Link]​
  • Estimating heteroskedastic and instrumental variable models for binary outcome variables in R, The R Journal, 2023. [Link]
  • GMM estimators for binary spatial models in R, Journal of Statistical Software, 2023, (With Gianfranco Piras). [Link]
  • Heterogenous spatial models in R: Spatial regimes models, Journal of Spatial Econometrics, 2023, (With Gianfranco Piras). [Link]
  • ​Random parameters and spatial heterogeneity using Rchoice in R,  REGION, 2020. [Link]
  • ​Multinomial logit models with continuous and discrete individual heterogeneity in R: The gmnl Package, Journal of Statistical Software, 2017 (with Ricardo Daziano). [Link]
  • ​Discrete choice models with random parameters in R: The Rchoice Package, Journal of Statistical Software, 2016. [Link]
  • The impact of bodyweight on life satisfaction among school-aged children: Are the mechanisms gender-based?, Child Indicators Research, 2022, (With Victor Iturra). [Link]
  • ​Bodyweight and human capital development: Assessing the impact of obesity on socioemotional skills during childhood in Chile, Economics and Human Biology, 2022, (with Alejandra Blanco). [Link]
  • ​Estimating the non-pecuniary benefit of engaging in pro-environmental behaviors: Incorporating both heterogenous preferences and income endogeneity, Journal of Environmental Management, 2022. (With Cristian Ortiz). [Link]
  • ​The double burden for being women and obese: Evidence from Chilean labor market and potential explanations,  Feminist Economics, 2022. (with Victor Iturra).[Link}
  • ​How much should we pay for mental health deterioration? The subjective monetary value of mental health After the 27F Chilean Earthquake,  Journal of Happiness Studies, 2020 (with Benjamin Jara). [Link]
  • ​We do not have the same tastes! Evaluating individual heterogeneity in the preferences for amenities, Journal of Happiness Studies, 2020 (with Gustavo Ahumada and Victor Iturra). [Link]
  • ​The monetary subjective health evaluation for commuting long distances in Chile: A latent class analysis, Papers in Regional Science, 2019 (with Juan Palomino). [Link]
  • ​Do monetary subjective well-being evaluations vary across space? Comparing continuous and discrete spatial heterogeneity, Spatial Economic Analysis, 2019. [Link]
  • ​Heterogeneity in subjective wellbeing: An application to occupational allocation in Africa,  Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2015 (with Paolo Falco, William F. Maloney and Bob Rijkers). [Link]
  • Amenities and individual heterogeneity in the return to schooling, Letters in Spatial and Resource Sciences, 2023, (With Victor Iturra). [Link]
  • Effects of spatial competition on public educational efficiency: An analysis for the Chilean Metropolitan Region,  Journal of Education Policy, 2021 (with Camilo Quinteros and Yasna Cortés). [Link]​
  • Regional concentration and national economic growth in Brazil and Chile, Letters in Spatial and Resource Sciences, 2018 (with Patricio Aroca and Carlos Azzoni) [Link]
  • ​Convergence to the managerial frontier,  Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2017 (with William F. Maloney). [Link]


PUBLISHED AND FORTHCOMING ARTICLES: LIST IN ORDER
28.- Instrumental variable estimation with observed and unobserved heterogeneity of the treatment and instrument effect: A latent class approach, Empirical Economics, 2024 (With Pablo Rodriguez). [Link] 
27.- Estimating heteroskedastic and instrumental variable models for binary outcome variables in R, The R Journal, 2023. [Link]
26- GMM estimators for binary spatial models in R, Journal of Statistical Software, 2023, (With Gianfranco Piras). [Link]
25.- Heterogenous spatial models in R: Spatial regimes models, Journal of Spatial Econometrics, 2023, (With Gianfranco Piras). [Link]
24.- One or two-step? Evaluating GMM efficiency for spatial binary probit models, Journal of Choice Modelling, 2023, (With Giafranco Piras). [Link]
23.- Amenities and individual heterogeneity in the return to schooling, Letters in Spatial and Resource Sciences, 2023, (With Victor Iturra). [Link]
22.- The impact of bodyweight on life satisfaction among school-aged children: Are the mechanisms gender-based?, Child Indicators Research, 2022, (With Victor Iturra). [Link]
21.- Bodyweight and human capital development: Assessing the impact of obesity on socioemotional skills during childhood in Chile, Economics and Human Biology, 2022, (with Alejandra Blanco). [Link]
20.- Your air pollution makes me sick! Estimating the spatial spillover effects of PM2.5 emissions on emergency room visits due to respiratory diseases in Chile, Region, 2022 (With Anita Molina-Varas). [Link]
19.- Valuing urban drinking water supply attributes: A case study from Chile, Water Resources and Economics, 2022. (With Cristian González, Ricardo Daziano and Lisandro Roco). [Link]
18.- Estimating the non-pecuniary benefit of engaging in pro-environmental behaviors: Incorporating both heterogenous preferences and income endogeneity, Journal of Environmental Management, 2022. (With Cristian Ortiz). [Link]
17.- The double burden for being women and obese: Evidence from Chilean labor market and potential explanations,  Feminist Economics, 2022. (with Victor Iturra).[Link}
16.- Effects of spatial competition on public educational efficiency: An analysis for the Chilean Metropolitan Region,  Journal of Education Policy, 2021 (with Camilo Quinteros and Yasna Cortés). [Link]
15.- A two recursive equation model to correct for endogeneity in latent class binary probit models, Journal of Choice Modelling, 2021. [Link]
14.- Are preferences for city attributes heterogeneous? An assessment using a discrete choice experiment,  Papers in  Regional  Science, 2021 (with Diana Romero-Espinoza and Ricardo Daziano). [Link]
13.- Individual-specific posterior distributions from Mixed Logit models: Properties, limitations and diagnostic checks,  Journal of Choice Modelling, 2020. [Link]
12.- Random parameters and spatial heterogeneity using Rchoice in R,  REGION, 2020. [Link]
11.- How much should we pay for mental health deterioration? The subjective monetary value of mental health After the 27F Chilean Earthquake,  Journal of Happiness Studies, 2020 (with Benjamin Jara). [Link]
10.- We do not have the same tastes! Evaluating individual heterogeneity in the preferences for amenities, Journal of Happiness Studies, 2020 (with Gustavo Ahumada and Victor Iturra). [Link]
9.- The monetary subjective health evaluation for commuting long distances in Chile: A latent class analysis, Papers in Regional Science, 2019 (with Juan Palomino). [Link]
8.- Regional concentration and national economic growth in Brazil and Chile, Letters in Spatial and Resource Sciences, 2018 (with Patricio Aroca and Carlos Azzoni) [Link]
7.- Do monetary subjective well-being evaluations vary across space? Comparing continuous and discrete spatial heterogeneity, Spatial Economic Analysis, 2019. [Link]
6.- Individual-specific point and interval conditional estimates of latent class logit parameters, Journal of Choice Modelling, 2018 (with Ricardo Daziano). [Link]
5.- Multinomial logit models with continuous and discrete individual heterogeneity in R: The gmnl Package, Journal of Statistical Software, 2017 (with Ricardo Daziano). [Link]
4.- Are consumers willing to pay to let cars drive for them? Analyzing response to autonomous vehicles,   Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 2017 (with Ricardo Daziano and Benjamin Leard). [Link]
  • Working Paper: Download. 
  • R's codes for replication. Download. (Data cannot be uploaded yet)
3.- Convergence to the managerial frontier,  Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2017 (with William F. Maloney). [Link]
  • Working Paper: Download. 
  • Stata codes and data for replication: Download.
2.- Discrete choice models with random parameters in R: The Rchoice Package, Journal of Statistical Software, 2016. [Link]
1.- Heterogeneity in subjective wellbeing: An application to occupational allocation in Africa,  Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2015 (with Paolo Falco, William F. Maloney and Bob Rijkers). [Link]
  • ​​​​​​​Working Paper: Download​​.
BOOKS AND CHAPTERS
  1. Atienza, M., Lufin, M. and Sarrias, M. (2010). Division Espacial del Trabajo en Chile. Ediciones Universitarias, Universidad Catolica  del Norte. Download.