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Selected papers
PDF	Forthcoming. Can schools reduce the indigenous test score gap? Evidence from Chile . Journal of Development Studies.
PDF	Forthcoming. Evaluating multigrade school reform in Latin America. Comparative Education.
PDF	2008. School choice, stratification, and information on school performance: Lessons from Chile (with Miguel Urquiola and Emiliana Vegas). Economía.
PDF	2008. Quantitative research methods in education finance and policy. In H. F. Ladd & E. B. Fiske(eds.), Handbook of Research in Education Finance and Policy. New York: Routledge.
PDF	2008. The benefits of delayed primary school enrollment: Discontinuity estimates using exact birth dates (with Joseph Shapiro). Journal of Human Resources.
PDF	2007. The achievement of indigenous students in Guatemalan primary schools (with Marisol Trowbridge). International Journal of Educational Development.
PDF	2006. Roommate effects on grades: Evidence from first-year housing assignments (with Kristen Soderberg). Research in Higher Education.
PDF	2005. The central role of noise in evaluating interventions that use test scores to rank schools (with Ken Chay and Miguel Urquiola). American Economic Review.
PDF	2004. The indigenous test score gap in Bolivia and Chile. Economic Development and Cultural Change.
PDF	2004. The potential impact of vouchers. Peabody Journal of Education.
PDF	2004. How effective are private schools in Latin America? (with Marie-Andrée Somers and Doug Willms). Comparative Education Review.
PDF	2004. Why does academic achievement vary across countries?  Evidence from Cuba and Mexico (with Jeff Marshall). Education Economics.
PDF	2003. Peer effects on student achievement: Evidence from Chile. Economics of Education Review.
PDF	2002. Public subsidies for private schooling: A comparative analysis of Argentina and Chile. Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis.
PDF	2001. The effectiveness of public, Catholic, and non-religious private schools in Chile’s voucher system. Education Economics.
PDF/JSTOR	2000. The potential impact of large-scale voucher programs. Review of Educational Research.
PDF/JSTOR	2000. The effectiveness and efficiency of private schools in Chile’s voucher system (with Martin Carnoy). Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis.
PDF/JSTOR	2000. Constraints to implementing educational innovations: The case of multigrade schools (with Luis Benveniste). International Review of Education.
PDF	1999. Recruitment of rural teachers in developing countries: An economic analysis. Teaching and Teacher Education.
PDF	1998. The effectiveness of multigrade schools in Colombia. International Journal of Educational Development.