PUBLICATIONS
Refereed Journal Articles
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
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
2022. Using
Behavioral Insights in Early Childhood Interventions: the
Effects of Crianza Positiva E-messaging Program on
Parental Investment. Balsa, A., Bloomfield, J.; Cid, A. Review of the Economics of the Household
DOI 10.1007/s11150-021-09593-4
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.
2019. Saturation policing
and robberies: Quasi-experimental evidence about the effect of sudden and quick
operations. Alejandro Cid. Justice
Evaluation Journal, 2(2) 164-180.
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
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).
Hot Spots, Patrolling Intensity, and
Robberies: Lessons from a three-year program in Uruguay. (Cabrera,
José María; Cid, Alejandro; Veneri, Federico)
The effect of one-on-one assistance
on the compliance with labor regulation. A field experiment in extremely
vulnerable settings. (With José María Cabrera, Cecilia
Ramírez, Magdalena Blanco and Marianne Bernatzky)
RESEARCH IN PROGRESS
New policing practices for robbery
prevention. Lessons for improving strategies. (With Juan Dubra, Olivier Marie,
José María Cabrera and Federico Veneri).
Intimate Partner Violence, Crime and
Police Presence.
(With Juan Dubra, Olivier Marie, José María
Cabrera and Federico Veneri).
Gender Differences to Relative
Performance Feedback: A Field Experiment in Education (With José
María Cabrera).