Ana I. Balsa
Ph.D. Boston University
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Working papers Balsa A.,
Costa Díaz, M., Holm, A., Thim, F., Vera-Hernández, M. 2025. Mental health
spillovers in primary schools. Working paper. Rockwool Foundation. Balsa, A.
2025. Schooling and the Production of Mental Health. Working Paper.
Universidad de Montevideo Bloomfield,
J., Balsa, A., Cid, A., Oreopolus P., Cristiá, A. 2025. Calling All Parents: Leveraging
Behavioral Insights to Boost Early Childhood Outcomes in the Developing World. NBER
Working paper w33338. Publications in Refereed Journal Articles Kumar,
A., Bloomfield, J., Balsa, A., Do, H., Cid, A., Lichand, G., & Wolf, S.
(2025). Sociodemographic Predictors of Depression Among Economically
Vulnerable Mothers in Urban Uruguay. Journal of Affective Disorders
Reports, 100978. Balsa,
A., Bloomfield, J. & Cid, A. The Conceptual Replication of Crianza
Positiva E-Messaging Program During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Too Much or
Too Little Information?
(2024). Journal of Family and Economics Issues. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10834-024-09975-7. Balsa, A., Noboa, C., &
Triunfo, P. (2024). Nudging healthy food choices through e‐messages
in a supermarket. Health Economics, 33(8), 1705-1725. Balsa, A. I., Gómez Muzzio, E., González, M.
L., Bloomfield, J., Cid, A., & Valdés, R. (2024). Crianza positiva:
combining group workshops and e-messages to strengthen parenting competences.
Child & Youth Care Forum (Vol. 53, No. 3, pp. 719-740). New
York: Springer US. Balsa, A., Bloomfield, J., Cid, A.,
Lorenzo, M., Patrone, P. 2023. Household’s
stressors and well-being during the global COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Family Issues. 45(7),
1714-1734. Balsa, A., Triunfo, P. 2022. The COVID-19
Pandemic and Birth Outcomes in 2020: the Role of Prenatal Care and other
Channels. Economics
and Human Biology. 47 101167. Balsa, A., Cid,
A., Zardo A. 2022. Providing academic opportunities
to vulnerable adolescents: a randomized evaluation of privately managed
tuition-free middle schools in Uruguay. Journal of
Development Effectiveness 14(4):
340-379. Bloomfield, J.,
A. Balsa, A. Cid. 2022. Using Behavioral Insights in Early
Childhood Interventions: the Effects of Crianza Positiva E-Messaging Program on Parental Investment. Review of Economics of the Household.
1-36. doi.org/10.1007/s11150-021-09593-4 Balsa, A., F.
López Boo, J. Bloomfield, A. Cristiá, A. Cid, R.
Valdés, M. González, M.P. Ferro. 2021. “The effect of Crianza Positiva e-messaging program on adult-child language
interactions.” Behavioral Public Policy, 1–37
doi:10.1017/bpp.2021.25 Balsa A.,
Triunfo, P. 2020. “The Effects of Expanded Social
Health Insurance Eligibility on Young Mothers: Lessons from a Pro-Choice
Reform in Uruguay”. Health
Economics, 30(3), 603-622. https://doi.org/10.1002/hec.4213 Balsa,
A, Gandelman, N., Roldán, F. 2018. Peer and parental influence in academic performance and alcohol use.
Labour Economics 55: 41-55. Balsa, A., Caffera, M., Bloomfield, J.
2016. Exposures to Particulate Matter
from the Eruptions of the Puyehue Volcano and Birth
Outcomes among Women in Montevideo, Uruguay. Environmental Health Perspectives, 124(11), 1816. Triunfo, P., Harris, J., Balsa, A.
2016. Evaluación de la campaña anti-tabaco de Uruguay: Balance de 10 Años y desafíos. Evaluation of
Uruguay's antismoking campaign: progress and challenges after ten
years. Pan American Journal of
Public Health 2016; 40(4): 256-62. Balsa, A., Cid, A. 2016. "Impact evaluation of a privately
managed (charter) school in a poor neighborhood in
Montevideo", Journal
of Applied Economics (Universidad del Cema): XIX (1): 65-94. Balsa, A., Triunfo, P. 2015. "The Effectiveness of Prenatal care
on Uruguay’s Low Income Population: A Panel Data
Approach", Latin
American Journal of Economics, 52(2), 149-183. Harris, J., Balsa, A., Triunfo, P. 2015. Tobacco control campaign in
Uruguay: Impact on smoking cessation during pregnancy and birth weight. Journal of Health Economics, 42:
186-196. Balsa, A., Cid, A. 2014. “Advancing Academic Opportunities
for Disadvantaged Youth: Third Year Impact Evaluation of a Privately-Managed
School in a Poor Neighborhood in Montevideo”. Páginas de Educación (Uruguay),
7(1): 15-35. Balsa, A., Gandelman, N., Gonzalez, N.
2014. “Peer effects in risk aversion”, Risk Analysis: an
International Journal, 35: 27–43. Balsa, A.I., French, M.T, Regan, T.
2014. “Relative Deprivation and Risky
Behaviors”, Journal of
Human Resources, 49(2): 446-471. Balsa, A.I., Gandelman, N., Lamé,
D. 2014. “Lessons from Participation in a
web-based Substance Use Preventive Program in Uruguay”. Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance
Abuse, 23: 91-100. Balsa, A.I, French, M.T. 2011. “The Impact of Parental Drinking on
Children’s Utilization of Health Care”, Substance Use and Misuse, 47( 4):
450–460. Balsa, A.I., Triunfo, P., Rossi, M. 2011. "Horizontal Inequity in Access to
Health Care in Four South American Cities". Revista de Economía del Rosario (Colombia), 14(1): 31-56. Balsa, A.I., French, M.T., Homer, J., Norton, E.
2011. “Alcohol Use and Popularity: Social
Payoffs from Conforming to Peers' Behavior”. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 21(3),
559 – 568. Fang, H., M. French, A. Balsa. 2011. “Longitudinal Analysis of Changes
in Illicit Drug Use and Health Services Utilization.” Health
Services Research, 46(3):877-899. Balsa, A.I., L. Giuliano, and M.T.
French. 2011. “The Effects of Alcohol Use on
Academic Achievement in High School.” Economics of Education Review, 30(1):
1-15. Balsa, A.I., and M.T. French. 2010. “Alcohol Use and the Labor Market
in Uruguay.” Health Economics. 19(7): 833-854. Balsa, A.I., Homer, J. and M.T.
French. 2009. “The Health Effects of Parental
Problem-Drinking on Adult Children”. The Journal of Mental Health Policy and
Economics, 12(2), 55-66. Balsa, A.I., Maclean, J.C., French,
M.T., Norton, E. 2009. “From Pubs to Scrubs: Alcohol
Misuse and Health Care Utilization”. Health Services Research, 44(5 part
1): 1480-1503. Balsa, A.I., Ferrés, D., Triunfo, P.,
Rossi, M. 2009. “Inequidades socioeconómicas en el uso de servicios
de salud del adulto
mayor montevideano” (Socioeconomic inequities in the use of health
care services by the elderly in Montevideo). Estudios
Económicos (El Colegio de Mexico), 24(1): 35-88. Balsa, A.I., Homer,
J.F., French, M.T., Weisner, C.M. 2009. “Substance Use, Education,
Employment, and Criminal Activity Outcomes of Adolescents in Outpatient
Chemical Dependency Program”, Journal of Behavioral Health Services and
Research, 36(1): 75-95. Balsa, A.I. 2008 "Parental
Problem- Drinking and Adult Children’s Labor Market Outcomes", Journal of Human Resources,
43 (2): 454 - 486. Balsa, A.I., Homer, J.F., Fleming, M.F., French, M.T. 2008. “Alcohol Consumption and Health
Among the Elderly”, The Gerontologist, 48(5): 622-636. Balsa, A.I., Cao, Z., T.G. McGuire. 2007. “Does Managed Health Care Reduce
Health Care Disparities Between Minorities and Whites?” Journal
of Health Economics, 26: 101-121. Balsa, A.I.,
McGuire, T.G. and L.S. Meredith. 2005. “Testing for Statistical
Discrimination in Health Care”, Health
Services Research, 40(1); 227-252. Balsa,
A.I., and McGuire, T.G.. 2003. “Prejudice, Clinical Uncertainty
and Stereotyping as Sources of Health Disparities”, Journal
of Health Economics 22(1);
89-116. Balsa,
A.I., N. Seiler, T.G. McGuire, and G. Bloche. 2003
“Clinical Uncertainty and Health
Care Disparities”; American Journal of Law and Medicine,
29(2/3): 203-220 Balsa A.I. and
McGuire, T.G. 2001.“Statistical Discrimination in
Health Care”; Journal of Health Economics 20(6);
881-907. Book Chapters Balsa, A., Gandelman, N., Porzecanski, R. 2020. The Impact of ICT on Adolescent’s
Perceptions and Consumption of Substances: evidence from a randomized trial
in Uruguay. In “Information Technologies and Economic Development in Latin
America”, Alberto Chong and Mónica Yáñez-Pagans
editors. Anthem Press, London (UK) and New York (USA). ISBN- 10: 1- 78527-
199- 7 Balsa,
A., Gandelman, N. 2020. The Impact of ICT on Health
Promotion: a randomized experiment with diabetic patients. In
“Information Technologies and Economic Development in Latin America”, Alberto
Chong and Mónica Yáñez-Pagans editors. Anthem
Press, London (UK) and New York (USA). ISBN- 10: 1- 78527- 199- 7 Balsa, A.,
& Díaz, C. 2019. Social interactions in health
behaviors and conditions. In Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Economics
and Finance. Oxford University
Press. Balsa, A., 2018. Políticas Sociales y de la Salud en Primera Infancia:
Uruguay y la región. En Infancia, adolescencia y juventud:
oportunidades claves para el Desarrollo. Fondo de las Naciones Unidas
para el desarrollo. Fondo de las Naciones Unidas para la Infancia, UNICEF
Uruguay. |
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Other Publications Balsa A., José
María Cabrera, Eugenia Rodriguez, Virginia Verderese, Gabriel Alvarez,
Marcelo Pérez Alfaro. 2019. Evolución del perfil docente de CETP-UTU
en el marco de una oferta en expansión. Nota técnica IADB-TN-1784.
División de Educación. Sector Social. Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo. Balsa,
A.I. 2010 "Alcohol
Use and Popularity among Uruguayan Adolescents",
Revista de Ciencias Empresariales y
Economía, Universidad de Montevideo, 9: 19-28. Balsa, A.I., J. Dubra. 2007. The Healthcare Market: Failures
and Institutional Arrangements. Biomedicina, Universidad de
Montevideo 3(1): 54-62. |
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