Published Papers

Esta sección reúne las investigaciones del The Millennium Nucleus LM²C², publicadas en revistas académicas y boletines especializados de prestigio. Nuestros estudios, organizados por línea de investigación, giran en torno a mercado laboral, capital humano, desigualdad, movilidad social, informalidad y productividad.

Through rigorous methodologies and empirical evidence, LM²C² seeks to contribute to developing evidence-based public policies and deepen the understanding of labor dynamics in Latin America and beyond. 

Inequality and Labor Market Mobility

Marrying across Borders in Latin America: Visualizing Intermarriage Flows

Authors:  Mauricio Bucca and Alejandra Abufhele

Publication: Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World (2024)

Summary: This study examines intermarriage flows in Latin America and their impact on social mobility.

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Are within-racial group inequalities by skin color really greater than inequalities between racial groups in the United States?

Author: Mauricio Bucca
Publication: Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World (2024)

Summary: This study examines inequalities within racial groups in the United States in comparison to disparities between different racial groups.

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Intergenerational Social Mobility Among the Children of Immigrants in Western Europe: Between Socioeconomic Assimilation and Disadvantage

Author: Mauricio Bucca and Lucas Drouhot.
Publication: Sociological Science (Forthcoming, 2024)

Summary: This study examines the social mobility of the children of immigrants in Western Europe, analyzing their socioeconomic assimilation and the factors influencing their integration into the labor market and education systems.

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Colorism revisited: the effects of skin color on educational and labor market outcomes in the United States

Author: Mauricio Bucca.
Publication: Sociological Science (2024)
Summary: This study explores how skin color influences educational and labor market outcomes in the United States, highlighting the persistence of color-based discrimination even within the same racial groups.

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Labor Market Mismatches

Hiring Discrimination Under Pressures to Diversify: Gender, Race, and Diversity Commodification across Job Transitions in Software Engineering.

Author: Tania Hutt
Publication: American Sociological Association (2024)

Summary: This study examines hiring discrimination in the tech sector, investigating how diversity policies impact job transitions based on gender and race.

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Unpacking the persistence of informality

Author: Benjamín Villena-Roldán
Publication: Journal of Labor Research (Aceptado, 2024)

Summary: This paper examines the factors explaining the persistence of labor informality, analyzing structural dynamics and public policies affecting its evolution.

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Returns under Educational Expansion in the Americas: Is the Value of Educational Credentials Changing?

Authors: Francisco Cerón and Andrea Canales
Publication: Inequality Matters – LIS Newsletter (2025)

Summary: This study analyzes whether the economic value of educational credentials has changed over time, particularly in the context of educational expansion in the Americas, and its impact on labor income.

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Informality

Are informal self-employment and informal employment as employee behaviorally distinct labor force states?

Author: Luca Flabbi and Mauricio M. Tejada
Publication: Economics Letters (2023)
Summary: This study distinguishes between informal self-employment and informal wage employment, examining how these two forms of labor market participation impact income and job stability.

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Productivity / Job Design and Description

Socioeconomic disparities in the reopening of schools during the pandemic in Chile

Author: Andrea Canales
Publication: International Journal of Educational
Development (2023)

Summary: This study examines how socioeconomic disparities influenced the reopening of schools in Chile during the pandemic, analyzing the impact on educational equity.

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The how’s and how often’s of school harassment: How do they influence the academic achievement of adolescents over time?

Author: Andrea Canales
Publication: Studies in Educational Evaluation (2024)
Summary: Examina cómo la frecuencia y tipo de acoso escolar afectan el rendimiento académico de los estudiantes a lo largo del tiempo, identificando patrones de impacto en su desarrollo educativo.

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Do teachers compensate for or compound disparities in academic achievement?

Author: Andrea Canales
Publication: International Journal of Educational Development (2023)
Summary: This study analyzes whether teachers help reduce or, conversely, amplify learning gaps among students, depending on their pedagogical approach and educational context.

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Capital Humano

Reinforcing the STEM pipeline in vocational-technical high schools: The effect of female teachers

Author: María Paola Sevilla, Paola Bordón and Fernanda Ramirez-Espinoza.
Publication: Economics of Education Review (2023)
Summary: This study examines the influence of female teachers on the motivation and performance of students pursuing STEM fields in technical education, highlighting their role in promoting gender equity in these disciplines.

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Teacher's social desirability bias and Migrant students: A study on explicit and implicit prejudices with a list experiment

Author: Andrea Canales
Publication: Social Science Research (2024)

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Working papers

"Market and Non-Market Exchange and Market-Supporting"

By Felipe Balmaceda

This study examines how access to both market and non-market exchanges enhances overall welfare despite potential crowding out. It argues that improvements in the quality of market-supporting institutions can increase both types of exchange, mitigating crowding out and improving overall welfare. It concludes that an efficient economy with a combination of both types of exchange is crucial for achieving higher well-being.

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"Investments, Competition, and Endogenous Cash Constraints"

By Felipe Balmaceda

This paper investigates the impact of external financing on firms' investments in an oligopoly context. It finds that firms may strategically choose to be cash-constrained during the investment stage to avoid negative strategic commitment effects of debt. In such cases, policies that ease access to external funds do not necessarily increase investments.

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"Wage Cyclicality Revisited: The Role of Hiring Standards"

By Felipe Balmaceda

Using representative data from the Chilean economy, this study shows that online posted wages are procyclical and that not accounting for job requirements can lead to underestimating wage cyclicality. It demonstrates that ignoring countercyclical experience and education requirements can dampen wage cyclicality estimates.

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(Frisch-Waugh-Lovell)': On the Estimation of Regression Models by Row

Damian Clarke, Nicolás Paris, Benjamín Villena-Roldán

This paper presents a method for estimating regression models by working independently row-wise, allowing for the implementation of a wide range of econometric estimators without storing more than a single line of data at a time.
This approach is useful for estimation and inference with large datasets and can reduce computation time even with moderately sized datasets.
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Working and Saving Informally: The Link between Labor Market Informality and Financial Exclusion.

Mauricio Tejada and fellow researcher Luca Flabbi are analyzing the impact of financial exclusion on informal workers.

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The Leaky Pipeline: How academic preparation and financial aspects shape gender differences in STEM Major dropouts?

Andrea Canales and Paola Bordón are studying gender differences in graduation/dropout from STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) university courses. 

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What He/She Wants in the Labor Market

Benjamín Villena, with fellow researcher Sekyu Choi of the University of Bristol, are studying gender differences in preferences over jobs.

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Baseline Research Papers

Sources of gender wage gaps for skilled workers in Latin American countries

Marcela Perticará and Mauricio Tejada. Journal of Economic Inequality.

July, 2021

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Long Work Hours, Part-Time Work, and Trends in the Gender Gap in Pay, the Motherhood Wage Penalty, and the Fatherhood Wage Premium

Mauricio Bucca, Kim A. Weeden, Youngjoo Cha

The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences, Volume 2, Number 4, August 2016, pp. 71-102 (Article)

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It’s not just how the game is played, it’s whether you win or lose

Mario D. Molina, Mauricio Bucca, Michael W. Macy

American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2375-2548

July 17, 2019

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Does public sector employment buffer the minimum wage effects?

Lucas Navarro, Mauricio M. Tejada; Review of Economic Dynamics Volume 43

January 2022, Pages 168-196

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A failure of the market for college education and on-the-job human capital

Felipe Balmaceda; Economics of Education Review
Volume 84, October 2021, 102165

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Gender Gaps in Latin American Labor Markets: Implications from an Estimated Search Model

Mauricio Tejada, Claudia Piras, Luca Flabbi, Monserrat Bustelo
February 5, 2021

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Private vs. public communication: Difference of opinion and reputational concerns

Felipe Balmaceda; Journal of Economic Theory
Volume 196, September 2021, 105314

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The gender gap in college major choice in Chile

Paola Bordón, Catalina Canals, Alejandra Mizala; Economics of Education Review 77
(2020) 102011.

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Contracting with moral hazard, adverse selection and risk neutrality: when does one size fit all?

Felipe Balmaceda; International Journal of Game Theory volume 49, pages 601–637 (2020)

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