{"id":151,"date":"2023-07-26T23:25:48","date_gmt":"2023-07-27T06:25:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/live-usc-dornsife.pantheonsite.io\/jaime-meza-cordero\/?page_id=151"},"modified":"2025-05-07T01:01:10","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T08:01:10","slug":"research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/jaime-meza-cordero\/research\/","title":{"rendered":"Research"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <h2>Primary fields:<\/h2>\n<p>Development Economics, International Macroeconomics, Program Evaluation, and Public Policy.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Peer-Reviewed Publications and Reports:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Meza-Cordero, J. &amp; Silva, S. (2025) \u201cCross-Country Analysis of Children that Work: Commonalities and Differences Across Costa Rica, Ecuador, Malawi, Rwanda, India, Nepal, and the Philippines\u201d. <em>Child Indicators Research. DOI: <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s12187-025-10241-x\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s12187-025-10241-x<\/a><\/em><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Gulemetova, M. &amp; Meza-Cordero, J. (2023). \u201cRe-Evaluating the Behavioral Change from Conditional Cash Transfers: Evidence from the \u201cAvancemos\u201d National Program in Costa Rica\u201d. DOI: 10.1002\/pop4.359.\u00a0<i>Poverty &amp; Public Policy.\u00a0<\/i>DOI: <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/pop4.359\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-seleniumid=\"article-doi-link\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/pop4.359<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Meza-Cordero, J. (2022). \u201cConditional Cash Transfers Tools to Combat Child Labor: Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial in Costa Rica\u201d.\u00a0<i>Review of Development Economics<\/i>. DOI: <a class=\"epub-doi\" href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1111\/rode.12949\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1111\/rode.12949<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Meza-Cordero, J. (2022). \u201cDigital Literacy and Long-Term Labor Outcomes: Impacts from the One Laptop per Child Program in Costa Rica\u201d.\u00a0<i>Journal of Community Informatics<\/i>, Volume 19, Issue 2, pages 27-47. DOI:10.15353\/joci.v18i2.4828. Available from:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/openjournals.uwaterloo.ca\/index.php\/JoCI\/article\/view\/4828\">https:\/\/openjournals.uwaterloo.ca\/index.php\/JoCI\/article\/view\/4828<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Meza-Cordero, J. (2020). \u201cAbout the Origins of Health in Adulthood: Evidence from Costa Rica.\u201d\u00a0<i>Spotlight on Public Health Research<\/i>. DOI: 10.35831\/sor.pubh\/070920jmc. Available from:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spotlightonresearch.com\/public-health-research\/about-the-origins-of-health-in-adulthood-evidence-from-costa-rica\">https:\/\/www.spotlightonresearch.com\/public-health-research\/about-the-origins-of-health-in-adulthood-evidence-from-costa-rica<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Kracker-Selzer A., Michaelides, M., Li, J., Magill, K., Meza-Cordero, J., Mian, P. (2019). OCFT Livelihoods Services Evaluation. United States Department of Labor. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy, Chief Evaluation Office Reports. Available from:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dol.gov\/sites\/dolgov\/files\/OASP\/evaluation\/pdf\/Livelihoods-Services-Evaluation.pdf\">https:\/\/www.dol.gov\/sites\/dolgov\/files\/OASP\/evaluation\/pdf\/Livelihoods-Services-Evaluation.pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Meza-Cordero, J. (2017). \u201cPlay to Learn and Learn to Play: Evaluation of the One Laptop per Child Program in Costa Rica.\u201d\u00a0<i>Journal of International Development<\/i>, Volume 29, Issue 1, pages 3-31. DOI: 10.1002\/jid3267. Available from:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/epdf\/10.1002\/jid.3267\">https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/epdf\/10.1002\/jid.3267<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Meza-Cordero, J., Kugler, M., Gulemetova, M., Salas-Ocampo, D., Rodr\u00edguez-Barrantes, C., Campos-Barrantes, V. (2015). \u201cInforme Final de Evaluaci\u00f3n del Programa de Transferencia Monetaria Condicionada Avancemos.\u201d United Nations Evaluation Group. Database of Evaluation Reports. Available from:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.air.org\/sites\/default\/files\/2022-08\/Evaluation-of-Conditional-Cash-Transfer-Program-Avancemos-Final-Report-2015.pdf\"> https:\/\/www.air.org\/sites\/default\/files\/2022-08\/Evaluation-of-Conditional-Cash-Transfer-Program-Avancemos-Final-Report-2015.pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Zhang, Y., Lochocki, L., Meza-Cordero, J. (2015). \u201cFinal Evaluation Report of the Child Labor Eliminations Actions for Real Change (CLEAR) program Malawi.\u201d ECLT Foundation. 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