Browsing Escuela de Gobierno by Author "Lombardi, María"

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    • Is the Remedy Worse Than the Disease? The Impact of Teacher Remediation on Teacher and Student Performance in Chile 

      Lombardi, María (Universidad Torcuato Di TellaEscuela de Gobierno, 2019-09)
      I study the impact of remedial training for low-performing teachers in Chile. Taking advantage of the fact that assignment to remediation is mainly based on teacher evaluation scores, I use a fuzzy regression discontinuity ...

    • Money and lies: proxy respondents and the mismeasurement of income in surveys 

      Estrada Ricardo; Goyheix, Daniela; Lombardi, María (Universidad Torcuato Di Tella. Escuela de Gobierno, 2024-07)
      When sampled individuals are not found at home, many surveys rely on a proxy respondent: another knowledgeable household member. We study the difference between self- and proxy-reported labor income in Mexico. We use the ...

    • Skills and Selection into Teaching: Evidence from Latin America 

      Lombardi, María; Estrada, Ricardo (Economía LACEA Journal (e-ISSN: 1533-6239), 2023-11-22)
      This paper documents a novel stylized fact: many teachers in Latin America have low levels of cognitive skills. This fact is the result of both low levels of skills among the population and—in the case of numeracy—a gap ...

    • Skills and Selection into Teaching: Evidence from Latin America 

      Estrada, Ricardo; Lombardi, María (Universidad Torcuato Di TellaEscuela de Gobierno, 2021-12)
      This paper documents a novel stylized fact: many teachers in Latin America have very low levels of cognitive skills. This skills deficit is the result of both low levels of competencies among the population and a gap between ...

    • Skills and Selection into Teaching:Evidence from Latin America 

      Estrada, Ricardo; Lombardi, María (Universidad Torcuato Di TellaEscuela de Gobierno, 2020-08)
      This paper documents a novel stylized fact: many teachers in Latin America have very low levels of cognitive skills. This skills deficit is the result of both low levels of competencies among the population and a gap between ...

    • Teacher Performance Pay and Student Learning: Evidence from a Nationwide Program in Peru 

      Bellés-Obrero, Cristina; Lombardi, María (Universidad Torcuato Di TellaEscuela de Gobierno, 2020-05)
      We study the impact of a nationwide teacher pay-for-performance program in Peru. Public secondary schools compete in a tournament based on eighth graders’ performance in a standardized test. The principal and teachers of ...

    • The effect of high dismissal protection on bureaucratic turnover and productivity 

      Lombardi, María; Estrada, Ricardo (Universidad Torcuato Di TellaCorporación Andina de Fomento (CAF), 2022-06)
      We study the impact of high dismissal protection on bureaucratic turnover and productivity in the context of public school teachers in Chile. We take advantage of a law that required education administrators to grant a ...

    • Will you marry me,later? Age-of-marriage laws and child marriage in Mexico 

      Bellés-Obrero, Cristina; Lombardi, María (Universidad Torcuato Di TellaEscuela de Gobierno, 2020-08)
      We provide empirical evidence on the impact of raising the minimum age of marriage to 18 years old on child marriage, early motherhood, and school enrollment in Mexico. Using a difference-in-differences model that takes ...