Papers & Research Designs

Latin America Regional Meeting

This meeting will have feedback sessions. Please read the working papers and materials below ahead of time and prepare to share your feedback during the session:

• Plenary 1:
  • Accents as capital: experimental evidence from Colombia, Leopoldo Fergusson.
• Plenary 2: Ethical and Security Concerns in Field Work, when Integrating Ethnography in Field Experiments, Raúl Pacheco.
• Feedback session 1:
  • Organized crime and illegal mining in the Peruvian jungle, Martín Valdivia
• Parallel feedback sessions 1:
  • Exploring Factors Influencing Informality in Microenterprises: A Proposed RCT Study in Chile, Pablo Egaña-del Sol.
  • Criminal Violence and Attitudes Toward Immigrants in Mexico, Omar García-Ponce.
• Parallel feedback sessions 2:
  • Popular support for parapolice groups: fear vs demand for order, Ana Paula Pellegrino.
  • Collateral Damage: The Unforeseen Effects of Colombia’s Tougher Stance on Sexual Offenses, César Herrera.
  • Do labor inspections make a difference? An analysis of establishments in Brazil, Isis Lira.
• Plenary 4:
  • A New Path to Police Reform? Effects of a New Police Squad in Ceará, Brazil, Michael Weintraub.