Research

Publications

2026

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   Women political leaders as agents of environmental change

   Inés Berniell, Mariana Marchionni, Julián Pedrazzi, and 1 more author

   Journal of Development Economics, 2026

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   @article{berniell2024political,
     title = {Women political leaders as agents of environmental change},
     author = {Berniell, In{\'e}s and Marchionni, Mariana and Pedrazzi, Juli{\'a}n and Viollaz, Mariana},
     journal = {Journal of Development Economics},
     year = {2026},
     publisher = {Elsevier},
   }

2025

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   The last hurdle? Unyielding motherhood effects in the context of declining gender inequality in Latin America

   Mariana Marchionni and Julián Pedrazzi

   World Development, 2025

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   @article{marchionni2025last,
     title = {The last hurdle? Unyielding motherhood effects in the context of declining gender inequality in Latin America},
     author = {Marchionni, Mariana and Pedrazzi, Juli{\'a}n},
     journal = {World Development},
     volume = {195},
     pages = {107104},
     year = {2025},
     publisher = {Elsevier},
   }

2024

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   Rental market discrimination against gays and transgenders in Latin America: A correspondence study in the rental housing market

   Nicolás Abbate, Inés Berniell, Joaquín Coleff, and 5 more authors

   Labour Economics, 2024

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   @article{abbate2024rental,
     title = {Rental market discrimination against gays and transgenders in Latin America: A correspondence study in the rental housing market},
     author = {Abbate, Nicol{\'a}s and Berniell, In{\'e}s and Coleff, Joaqu{\'i}n and Laguinge, Luis and Machelett, Margarita and Marchionni, Mariana and Pedrazzi, Juli{\'a}n and Pinto, Mar{\'i}a Francisca},
     journal = {Labour Economics},
     year = {2024},
     publisher = {Elsevier},
   }

2023

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   Heterogeneous effects of forced migration on the female labor market: The Venezuelan exodus in Colombia

   Julián Pedrazzi and Leonardo Peñaloza-Pacheco

   Journal of Development Studies, 2023

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   @article{pedrazzi2023heterogeneous,
     title = {Heterogeneous effects of forced migration on the female labor market: The Venezuelan exodus in Colombia},
     author = {Pedrazzi, Juli{\'a}n and Pe{\~n}aloza-Pacheco, Leonardo},
     journal = {Journal of Development Studies},
     year = {2023},
     publisher = {Taylor \& Francis},
   }

Working Papers

2026

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   Motherhood and the onset of intimate-partner violence

   Cristina Bellés-Obrero, María Lombardi, Camila Navajas-Ahumada, and 1 more author

   2026

   Working Paper. Submitted

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   This paper estimates the causal impact of first-time motherhood on the onset of physical or sexual intimate partner violence (IPV). We use retrospective data from Peru’s Demographic and Health Surveys (2004-2019), and conduct a stacked difference-in-differences estimation comparing first-time mothers to observationally similar women who conceive three years later, matching on pre-conception characteristics. Unlike previous studies based on administrative data, we address the key empirical challenge of constructing a credible counterfactual by exploiting detailed survey data on pre-conception relationship characteristics and incorporating these characteristics into the matching procedure. We find that motherhood increases the likelihood of IPV onset by 4.3 percentage points (a 29% increase) within two years after conception. Importantly, we find that failing to account for pre-conception relationship characteristics when constructing the comparison group leads to substantial upward bias, highlighting their importance for credibly identifying the causal effect of motherhood on IPV.

   @unpublished{belles2026motherhood,
     title = {Motherhood and the onset of intimate-partner violence},
     author = {Bell{\'e}s-Obrero, Cristina and Lombardi, Mar{\'i}a and Navajas-Ahumada, Camila and Pedrazzi, Juli{\'a}n},
     note = {Working Paper. Submitted},
     year = {2026},
   }

2024

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   Women, motherhood, and structural transformation: Insights from rural Latin America

   Mariana Marchionni, Julián Pedrazzi, and María Francisca Pinto

   2024

   CEDLAS Working Paper. Submitted

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   @unpublished{marchionni2024women,
     title = {Women, motherhood, and structural transformation: Insights from rural Latin America},
     author = {Marchionni, Mariana and Pedrazzi, Juli{\'a}n and Pinto, Mar{\'i}a Francisca},
     note = {CEDLAS Working Paper. Submitted},
     year = {2024},
   }

Work in Progress

1. Privacy and measurement error in phone surveys: The case of women’s agency

   Jorge M. Agüero, Julián Pedrazzi, Viviana M.E. Perego, and 2 more authors

   Work in Progress
2. The school break effect: Temporary caregiving constraints and female employment

   Inés Berniell, Mariana Marchionni, and Julián Pedrazzi

   Work in Progress
3. The impact of a social program on women’s bargaining power: The case of AUH in Argentina

   Matías Ciaschi, Pablo Gallo, Santiago Garganta, and 1 more author

   Work in Progress