Nicolas Ajzenman

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McGill University

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Nicolas Ajzenman is an Assistant Professor at McGill (Economics Department) and an affiliated professor at J-PAL. Previously, he was an Assistant Professor at the Sao Paulo School of Economics-FGV.

Ajzenman is an applied microeconomist, working at the intersection of development economics, behavioral economics, and political economy. His research has appeared or is forthcoming in top scientific journals such as the American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, Economic Journal, Journal of Development Economics, The Journal of Law and Economics, Economics of Education Review, and Health Economics.

He was a Visiting Scholar in the Behavioral Economics Group of the Inter-American Development Bank and he has also worked and consulted for multilateral development organizations, such as the World Bank and the EBRD.

He holds a Ph.D. in Economics (Sciences Po), a Master in Public Administration-International Development (Harvard University), a Master's degree in Economics (Universidad de San Andres), and a BA in Economics (Universidad de Buenos Aires).

Nicolas Ajzenman joined IZA as a Research Affiliate in November 2020.

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IZA Discussion Paper No. 16404
Humans versus Chatbots: Scaling-up Behavioral Interventions to Reduce Teacher Shortages
Nicolas Ajzenman, Gregory Elacqua, Analía Jaimovich, Graciela Pérez-Núñez
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15878
Discrimination in the Formation of Academic Networks: A Field Experiment on #EconTwitter
Nicolas Ajzenman, Bruno Ferman, Pedro C. Sant’Anna
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14921
Nudging Parents to Increase Preschool Attendance in Uruguay
Nicolas Ajzenman, Laura Becerra Luna, Juan Manuel Hernández-Agramonte, Florencia Lopez Boo, Alejandro Vásquez-Echeverría, Mercedes Mateo Diaz
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14691
(Successful) Democracies Breed Their Own Support
Daron Acemoglu, Nicolas Ajzenman, Cevat Giray Aksoy, Martin Fiszbein, Carlos Molina
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14690
Order Effects and Employment Decisions: Experimental Evidence from a Nationwide Program
Nicolas Ajzenman, Gregory Elacqua, Luana Marotta, Anne Sofie Olsen
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14229
More than Words: Leaders' Speech and Risky Behavior During a Pandemic
Nicolas Ajzenman, Tiago Cavalcanti, Daniel Da Mata
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14111
Altruism or Money? Reducing Teacher Sorting Using Behavioral Strategies in Peru
Nicolas Ajzenman, Eleonora Bertoni, Gregory Elacqua, Luana Marotta, Carolina Méndez Vargas
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14087
Immigration, Crime, and Crime (Mis)Perceptions
Nicolas Ajzenman, Patricio Dominguez-Rivera, Raimundo Undurraga
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13130
Exposure to Transit Migration, Public Attitudes and Entrepreneurship
Nicolas Ajzenman, Cevat Giray Aksoy, Sergei Guriev
revised version published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2022, 158, 102899
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12808
Lessons from Behavioral Economics to Improve Treatment Adherence in Parenting Programs: An Application to SMS
Nicolas Ajzenman, Florencia López Bóo
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