Published Papers
This section showcases the research outputs of the LM²C² Millennium Nucleus, published in leading academic journals and specialized policy bulletins. Our studies are organized by research area and focus on key topics such as labor markets, human capital, inequality, social mobility, informality, and productivity.
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.
Publication: Sociological Science (2024)
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)
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 (Próxima publicación, 2024)
Colorism revisited: the effects of skin color on educational and labor market outcomes in the United States
Authors: Mauricio Bucca.
Publication: Sociological Science (2024)
Marrying across Borders in Latin America: Visualizing Intermarriage Flows
Authors: Mauricio Bucca.
Publication: Sociological Science (2024)
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)
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 (Próxima publicación, 2024)
Colorism revisited: the effects of skin color on educational and labor market outcomes in the United States
Authors: Mauricio Bucca.
Publication: Sociological Science (2024)
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)
Unpacking the persistence of informality
Author: Benjamín Villena-Roldán
Publication: Journal of Labor Research (Aceptado, 2024)
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)
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)
Unpacking the persistence of informality
Author: Benjamín Villena-Roldán
Publication: Journal of Labor Research (Aceptado, 2024)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
Do teachers compensate for or compound disparities in academic achievement?
Author: Andrea Canales
Publication: International Journal of Educational Development (2023)
Socioeconomic disparities in the reopening of schools during the pandemic in Chile
Author: Andrea Canales
Publication: International Journal of Educational Development (2023)
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)
Do teachers compensate for or compound disparities in academic achievement?
Author: Andrea Canales
Publication: International Journal of Educational Development (2023)
Human Capital Accumulation
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)
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)
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)
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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