Publications 

The heterogeneous effects of COVID-19 lockdowns on crime across the world

Crime Science 13, No. 22 (2024)

(with N. Trajtenberg, S. Fossati, [...] and M.P. Eisner) [Replication Files] [GitHub] 

Parents, neighbors and youth crime

Review of Economics of the Household 21 (2023): 673-692

(with E. Patacchini)  [SSRN WP] [IZA DP]

Stay at home if you can: COVID-19 stay-at-home guidelines and local crime

Journal of Empirical Legal Studies 19, No. 4 (2022): 1067-1113

(with S. Fossati and N. Trajtenberg) [SSRN WP]

Can OLPC reduce digital inequalities? ICT household access patterns under Plan Ceibal

Telecommunications Policy 46, No. 4 (2022): 102406 

(with M. Dodel and P. Menese) [SSRN WP]

Leaders in juvenile crime

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 192 (2021): 638-667

(with E. Patacchini, T. Verdier and Y. Zenou) [CEPR DP] [IZA DP] [VoxEU] [Brookings Blog] 

A global analysis of the impact of COVID-19 stay-at-home restrictions on crime

Nature Human Behaviour 5, No. 7 (2021): 868-877 

(with A.E. Nivette, R. Zahnow, [...] and M.P. Eisner)  [Open Access] [Project] [Replication Dataset] [Media] 

Social interactions in health behaviors and conditions

Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Economics and Finance (2019)

(with A. Balsa) [Oxford Encyclopedia of Health Economics] [RedUM] 

Self-control and peer groups: An empirical analysis 

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 134 (2017): 240-254

(with M. Battaglini and E. Patacchini) [CEPR DP] [VoxEU]

Working Papers

Randomization inference for before-and-after studies with multiple units: An application to a criminal procedure reform in Uruguay  - Under Review

(with M. Cattaneo and R. Titiunik) [arXiv]  [GitHub]

Unveiling hardships beyond the poverty line: A matching methods approach - Under Review

(with F. Betancor) [SSRN WP]

Uncovering the latent dependency structure of crime through matrix-autoregressive models and network analysis - New Version Coming Soon!

(with D. Durante, E. Patacchini and G. Zens)

Ongoing Projects

Partners or partisans: Unraveling the nexus of political alignment and police engagement in the FBI's UCR program

(with D. Buil-Gil, P. Ezquerra, S. Fossati and N. Trajtenberg) 

Public spending efficiency: A DEA approach

(with F. Crespo)

People on the street, use of violence, and property crime

(with J. Heresi and C. Ponce)

Crime in America

(with S. Fossati and N. Trajtenberg)

The economic cost of the armed conflict in Colombia

(with J. Orozco)

Retail and crime in Montevideo

(with S. Fossati and N. Trajtenberg) 

Unintended consequences of police custody: Lessons from an IPV program 

(with A. Cid, J. Cabrera, J. Dubra, S. Fossati, O. Marie, N. Trajtenberg and F. Veneri)

Fellowships, Grants and Scholarships

Núcleo Milenio on Criminal Complexity - ANID (Chile): 2024-2027

Principal Investigator

National Resarch System - ANII (Uruguay): 2024-2027

Associate Researcher (Level I, without Funding)

Fondo Sectorial on Citizen Security - ANII (Uruguay): 2022-2024

Principal Investigator

National Resarch System - ANII (Uruguay): 2018-2023

Active Researcher (Initiation Level, with Funding)

Graduate Student Scholarship - Syracuse University (USA): 2012-2017

Graduate Student

Maxwell Dean’s Summer Assistantship - Syracuse University (USA): 2013

Graduate Student

Graduate Student Scholarship - Washington University in St. Louis (USA): 2010-2012

Graduate Student

Grant for Graduate Studies in the USA - Fulbright Program (USA): 2009

Graduate Student (Declined)