PUBLICATIONS
Refereed Journal Articles
2024. The Conceptual Replication of
Crianza Positiva E-messaging Program during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Too Much or
Too Little Information? (Ana Balsa, Juanita Bloomfield, Alejandro Cid). Journal
of Family and Economic Issues. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10834-024-09975-7
2023. Crianza Positiva: Combining
Group Workshops and E-Messages to Strengthen Parenting Competences. Ana
Balsa, Juanita Bloomfield, Alejandro Cid, Esteban Gómez, María
del Luján González, Rosario Valdés. Child & Youth Care
Forum. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10566-023-09768-3
2023. The use of innovative
incentives in the classroom to explore the impact of peer monitoring on
academic achievements. Alejandro Cid and José María Cabrera. Journal
of Behavioral Education. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10864-023-09524-6
2023. Household’s stressors
and well-being during the global COVID-19 pandemic. Ana Balsa, Juanita Bloomfield,
Alejandro Cid, Martina Lorenzo and Paula Patrone. Journal of Family Issues. https://doi.org/10.1177/0192513X231194289
2023. Using
behavioral insights in early childhood interventions: the effects of Crianza
Positiva e-messaging program on parental investment. Bloomfield, J., Balsa, A.,
& Cid, A. Review of the Economics of the Household 21, 95–130.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11150-021-09593-4
2022. Marriage as a protective
factor against intimate partner violence suffered by women. Exploring
mechanisms. Cid, A., and Leguisamo, M. Hispanic
Health Care International. https://doi.org/10.1177/15404153221137343
2022. Providing academic
opportunities to vulnerable adolescents: a randomized evaluation of privately
managed tuition-free middle schools in Uruguay. Balsa, A., Cid, A., and Ana
Laura Zardo. Journal of Development
Effectiveness. Vol. 14, Issue 4, pp. 340-379
2021. Mandatory
Helmet Use and the Severity of Motorcycle Accidents: No Brainer? Blanco, M., Cabrera, J. M, Carozzi, F., and
Cid, A. Economia, Journal of the Latin
American and Caribbean Economic Association. Vol. 21, number 2, Spring 2021
2021. Religious
and Spiritual Practices: Association with Dispositional Optimism in an
Underprivileged Population in Lascano, Uruguay. Cid, A., Stokes, C.E., Arrieta,
G. and Ponce de León, M. M. Journal
of Religion and Health.
2021. Effect of
Crianza Positiva e-messaging program on adult–child language
interactions. Balsa, A.,
López Boo, F., Bloomfield, J., Cristia, A., Cid, A., de la Paz Ferro,
M., Valdés, R. & del Luján González, M. Behavioural Public Policy, 1-37.
2021. Demanding
proper payment in extremely vulnerable labor markets: gender differences in the
prevalence of violence. Cid, Alejandro;
Cabrera, José María; Blanco, Magdalena. SN Social Sciences, 2021, vol. 1, n. 7, p. 1-20.
2021. Modest and
incomplete incentives may work: Pricing plastic bags in Uruguay. Cabrera,
José María; Caffera, Marcelo; Cid, Alejandro. Journal of Environmental Economics and
Management, 2021, p. 102525.
2021. Gender
equality does not prevent sexual abuse of women–awareness of a global
public health problem. Cid, Alejandro; Leguisamo, Mariana. Health care for women international, 2021, p. 1-13.
2020. Tablets for deeply disadvantaged older adults: Challenges in
long-term care facilities. (Alejandro Cid, Rafael Sotelo, Mariana
Leguisamo, and María Ramírez-Michelena). International Journal of
Human - Computer Studies, 144, 102504
2020. ‘For older folks like me, these things are over
us…’: The challenge of embedding tablet computers in everyday life
within a geriatric hospital in Uruguay. (Alejandro Cid, Alexander Castleton and
Derek Silva). Educational Gerontology, 46:4,
167-181.
2020. Combining face-to-face sessions with ICTs for health promotion:
Evidence from a field experiment with undergraduate students. Alejandro Cid. Children and Youth Services Review, 111, 104871.
2018. Frequency of testing. Lessons from a field experiment in higher
education. (Alejandro Cid, Marianne Bernatzky & José María
Cabrera). Journal of Economics and
Economic Education Research. 19(1),
1-11
2017. Parents’ aspirations and commitment with education. Lessons
from a randomized control trial in a shantytown. (Alejandro Cid, Marianne
Bernatzky). Studies in Educational
Evaluation. Vol.56, 85-93.
2017. Asignación de Derechos de Usufructo en Mercados Informales:
Evidencia desde las Calles. (Alejandro Cid,
José María Cabrera). Economic
Analysis Review. 32(2), 39-64.
2017. Interventions
Using Regular Activities to Engage High-Risk School-Age Youth: A Review of
After-School Programs in Latin America and the Caribbean. Alejandro Cid. Prevention
Science. October 2017, 18(7), 879–886.
2016. A Randomized Impact
Evaluation of a Tuition-Free Private School Targeting Low Income Students in
Uruguay. (Alejandro
Cid, Ana Balsa). Journal of Applied Economics, 19(1),
65-94
2015. Brecha de
género en la educación secundaria. Necesidad de atender la
singularidad de la mujer y el varón en las estrategias educativas. (Alejandro Cid, Marianne Bernatzky). Páginas
de Educación, Revista de la Facultad de Ciencias Humanas (UCU, Uruguay). 8(1).
2014. Giving a Second Chance: An After-School Program in a Shanty Town
Interacted with Parent Type. Lessons from a Randomized Trial. Alejandro
Cid. Educational Research and
Evaluation. 20(5), 348-365.
2014. Advancing Academic Opportunities for Disadvantaged Youth: Third Year Impact Evaluation of a Privately-Managed School in a Poor Neighborhood in Montevideo (Alejandro Cid, Ana Balsa). Páginas de Educación, Revista de la Facultad de Ciencias Humanas (UCU, Uruguay), vol. 7, 2014.
2013. Preschool Attendance and
School-Age Profile: a Revision. (Alejandro Cid, Fernando Borráz). Children and Youth Service Review, 35(5),
816-825.
2013. Family Structure and
Children’s Education Outcome: Evidence from Uruguay. (Alejandro Cid,
Charles Stokes). Journal Family and
Economic Issues. June 2013, vol. 34, issue 2, pp. 185-199.
2012. Mechanisms behind Substance Abuse and
Rugby. Lessons from a Field Experiment with Incarcerated Offenders. (Alejandro Cid, Alexander Castleton). Revista Desarrollo y Sociedad (Universidad de Los Andes, Colombia),
69, 73-97.
2011. Caracterización de la población adolescente de
instituciones educativas de la región oeste de Montevideo Uruguay en
relación a la situación de violencia en que viven. (Alejandro
Cid, Fernanda Lozano, Andrea
Giménez, José María Cabrera, Alicia Fernández,
Esther Lewy, Fernando Salas, Cecilia Hackembruch, and Virginia Olivera). Biomedicina, Vol
VI, n. 1, march 2011.
2008. Testing Happiness Hypothesis
among the Elderly. (Alejandro Cid, Daniel Ferrés and
WORKING PAPERS
https://um.edu.uy/centro-de-investigacion-en-economia-aplicada
Full Description of An Automated
Pipeline for Providing Personalized Feedback Based on Audio Samples. (Loann
Peurey, William Havard1, Gwendal Virlet1, Xuan-Nga Cao1, Juanita Bloomfield,
Ana Balsa, Alejandro Cid, Martín Ottavianelli, Jose Luis Horta, Alejandrina
Cristia). https://doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/b2746
Gender Differences to Relative
Performance Feedback: A Field Experiment in Education (Alejandro Cid and
José María Cabrera). https://www2.um.edu.uy/jmcabrera/Research/Ranking_paper.pdf
Hot Spots, Patrolling Intensity, and Robberies: Lessons from a three-year program in Uruguay. (Cabrera, José María; Cid, Alejandro; Veneri, Federico) https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/113786/1/MPRA_paper_113786.pdf
The effect of one-on-one assistance on the compliance with labor regulation. A field experiment in extremely vulnerable settings. (José María Cabrera, Alejandro Cid, Cecilia Ramírez, Magdalena Blanco and Marianne Bernatzky) https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/84639/
RESEARCH IN PROGRESS
Using
technology and behavioral economics to promote development in the early years:
The effect of an over-the-phone program. (Juanita
Bloomfield, Ana Balsa, Alejandro Cid and Philip Oreopoulos).
Cash Transfer at Release and Its Impact on Criminal Recidivism: An Evaluation of the PIA Program. (Federico Veneri, José María Cabrera, Alejandro Cid y Edgardo García).
New policing practices for robbery prevention. Lessons for improving strategies. (Juan Dubra, Olivier Marie, José María Cabrera, Alejandro Cid and Federico Veneri).
Intimate Partner Violence, Crime and
Police Presence.
(Juan Dubra, Olivier Marie, José María Cabrera and Federico Veneri).