Research

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PUBLICATIONS

  • Behrens, M. I., M. Bennett, R. Castillo, D. Ponce, N. Rogers, & R. Vergara (2022). “Cancer History is Associated with Slower Speed of Cognitive Decline in Patients with Amnestic Cognitive Impairment”. Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease. Forthcoming.

  • Bennett, M. (2021). “All Things Equal? Heterogeneity in Policy Effectiveness against COVID-19 Spread in Chile”. World Development. Volume 137. 105208.

  • Bennett, M. & Bergman, P. (2021). “Better Together? Social Networks in Truancy and the Targeting of Treatment”. Journal of Labor Economics. Volume 39 (1).

  • Bennett, M., J. Vielma, & J. Zubizarreta (2020). “Building Representative Matched Samples with Multi-valued Treatments in Large Observational Studies”. Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics. Vol 29 (4).

  • Hilliger, I., C. Gelmi, L. Cifuentes, M. Bennett, & J. de la Llera (2018). “Design and Implementation of an Alternative Admission Program to Engineering: Talent and Inclusion”. Studies of Higher Education (CSHE). 43(8) p.1454-1467.

  • Claro, F., R. Paredes, F. Wilson y M. Bennett (2013). “Incentivos a Estudiar Pedagogía: El Caso de la Beca Vocación de Profesor” (“Incentives for studying teaching: The case of the vocational scholarship”), Estudios Publicos N°131, Centro de Estudios Públicos.

ON-GOING PROJECTS AND WORKING PAPERS

  • M. Bennett (2023). “Changes in School Attendance Zones over Time: The Effect of Segregation on Zoned-in and Zoned-out Areas”.

  • M. Bennett (2023). “Differences-in-Differences using a Mixed-Integer Programming Matching Approach”. Working Paper. (Draft available soon)

  • Allende, C. & M. Bennett (2023). “Biased Beliefs and the Dynamic Role of Information in College Choice”. (Abstract)

  • Bennett, M., C. Neilson, & N. Rojas (2023). “Beyond Exclusion: The Role of the Causal Effect of Testing on Attendance on the Day of the Test”. Working Paper. (Draft available soon)

  • Bennett, M. (2022). “How Far is Too Far? Estimation of an Interval for Generalization of a Regression Discontinuity Design Away from the Cutoff”. Job Market Paper, Columbia University.

PREVIOUS RESEARCH

  • Bennett, M. (2014). “Socioeconomic Diversity within Schools: The Impact of a Preferential Voucher Scheme in Chile”, Master Dissertation, London School of Economics.

  • Naslund-Hadley, E., E. Vezza, P. Giovagnoli, M. Bennett (2012). “Rethinking Sequencing of Pregnancy, School Dropout and Marriage: An Analysis of DHS Data on Early Childbearing and Educational Trajectories in Six Latin American Countries”, Report, Inter-American Development Bank.

  • Bennett, M. & R. Paredes (2012). “Cognitive Abilities and Preschool Education in Chile”, Working Paper, Department of Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Engineering PUC.