@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
The last hurdle? Unyielding motherhood effects in the context of declining gender inequality in Latin America
@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
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
@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 Florencia},journal={Labour Economics},year={2024},publisher={Elsevier},}
2023
Heterogeneous effects of forced migration on the female labor market: The Venezuelan exodus in Colombia
@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
Motherhood and the onset of intimate-partner violence
Cristina Bellés-Obrero, María Lombardi, Camila Navajas-Ahumada, and 1 more author
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={CEDLAS Working Paper. Submitted},year={2026},}
Privacy and measurement error in phone surveys: The case of women’s agency
Jorge M. Agüero, Julián Pedrazzi, Viviana M.E. Perego, and 1 more author
There is a growing literature focusing on measurement error in self-reported data. This paper studies the case of women’s agency, a key outcome in economic development, and introduces a simple and cost-effective corrective measure to enhance the reliability of data collection around sensitive topics. The study draws from a survey experiment in rural Guatemala where 1,183 women received the same questions about their agency as part of a phone survey, but the privacy of their responses was varied. Women in the control group answered verbally. The first treatment group used code words to conceal answers from potential bystanders. The second treatment arm used the phone keypad to conceal answers from bystanders and the enumerator alike. The paper finds that women answering under higher levels of privacy report lower levels of agency, by 0.19 standard deviations on an aggregate index. The effects of the two privacy treatments cannot be statistically distinguished. The effect is concentrated among women with higher social standing, and qualitative interviews indicate that agency is socially valued in this setting. Both patterns point to social desirability bias as the most likely explanation for why reported agency responds to privacy.
@unpublished{aguero2026privacy,title={Privacy and measurement error in phone surveys: The case of women's agency},author={Ag{\"u}ero, Jorge M. and Pedrazzi, Juli{\'a}n and Perego, Viviana M.E. and Romero, Javier},note={CEDLAS Working Paper. Submitted},year={2026},}
2024
Women, motherhood, and structural transformation: Insights from rural Latin America
Mariana Marchionni, Julián Pedrazzi, and María Florencia Pinto
@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 Florencia},note={CEDLAS Working Paper. Submitted},year={2024},}
Work in Progress
Women lead the way: A new era of poverty reduction in Latin America and the Caribbean
Sandra Aguilar-Gomez, Hugo Ñopo, Julián Pedrazzi, and 1 more author
Work in Progress
Digital information and market access for smallholder farmers: Experimental evidence from rural Guatemala
Angela R. Lopez, Viviana M.E. Perego, and Javier Romero
Work in Progress
The school break effect: Temporary caregiving constraints and female employment
Inés Berniell, Mariana Marchionni, and Julián Pedrazzi
Work in Progress
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
