Sergio Urzua

Research Fellow

University of Maryland

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Research Interests

Sergio Urzúa's research has focused on the role of cognitive and noncognitive abilities, and uncertainty as determinants of schooling decisions, labor market outcomes and social behavior. His research in econometrics is mainly concerned with the estimation of selection models with unobserved heterogeneity. Recently, he has analyzed the effects of early endowments on academic and labor market outcomes. His research agenda includes the evaluation of social programs in developing economies.

He joined IZA as a Research Fellow in September 2009.

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IZA Publications

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13305
Centralized Admission Systems and School Segregation: Evidence from a National Reform
Macarena Kutscher, Shanjukta Nath, Sergio Urzua
published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2023, 221, 104863
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12447
Training, Soft Skills and Productivity: Evidence from a Field Experiment
Maria Prada, Graciana Rucci, Sergio Urzua
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8027
Education, Health and Wages
James J. Heckman, John Eric Humphries, Gregory Veramendi, Sergio Urzua
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7454
Education, Birth Order, and Family Size
Jesper Bagger, Javier A. Birchenall, Hani Mansour, Sergio Urzua
published in Economic Journal, 2021, 131 (633), 33-69
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6356
The Labor Market Return to an Attractive Face: Evidence from a Field Experiment
Florencia López Bóo, Martín A. Rossi, Sergio Urzua
published in: Economic Letters, 2013, 118 (1), 170–172.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4525
Testing the Correlated Random Coefficient Model
James J. Heckman, Daniel Schmierer, Sergio Urzua
published in: Journal of Econometrics, 2010, 158 (2), 177-203
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3980
Comparing IV with Structural Models: What Simple IV Can and Cannot Identify
James J. Heckman, Sergio Urzua
published in: Journal of Econometrics, 2010, 156 (1), 27-37
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3565
Instrumental Variables in Models with Multiple Outcomes: The General Unordered Case
James J. Heckman, Sergio Urzua, Edward Vytlacil
published in: Annales d'Economie et de Statistique, 2008, 91-92, 9-74
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2320
Understanding Instrumental Variables in Models with Essential Heterogeneity
James J. Heckman, Sergio Urzua, Edward Vytlacil
published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2006, 88 (3), 389-432
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