Sergio Urzua

Sergio Urzua

University of Maryland

H-index: 35

North America-United States

About Sergio Urzua

Sergio Urzua, With an exceptional h-index of 35 and a recent h-index of 25 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at University of Maryland, specializes in the field of Applied Microeconomics, Labor Economics.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

Toward an Understanding of the Returns to Cognitive Skills Across Cohorts

What makes a program good? Evidence from short-cycle higher education programs in five developing countries

Teacher Quality and Learning Inequality

Voting for democracy: Chile’s Plebiscito and the electoral participation of a generation

Centralized admission systems and school segregation: Evidence from a national reform

Dynamic treatment effects of job training

Does an increasing minimum wage reduce formal sector employment? evidence from brazil

Labor Market Effects of Short-Cycle Higher Education Programs: Lessons from Colombia

Sergio Urzua Information

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Citations(all)

12259

Citations(since 2020)

5090

Cited By

9399

hIndex(all)

35

hIndex(since 2020)

25

i10Index(all)

82

i10Index(since 2020)

56

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Sergio Urzua Skills & Research Interests

Applied Microeconomics

Labor Economics

Top articles of Sergio Urzua

Title

Journal

Author(s)

Publication Date

Toward an Understanding of the Returns to Cognitive Skills Across Cohorts

Judith K Hellerstein

Sai Luo

Sergio S Urzúa

2024/3/11

What makes a program good? Evidence from short-cycle higher education programs in five developing countries

World Development

Lelys Dinarte-Diaz

Maria Marta Ferreyra

Sergio Urzua

Marina Bassi

2023/9/1

Teacher Quality and Learning Inequality

Catalina Morales

Cristina Riquelme

Sergio Urzˊua

2023/8/7

Voting for democracy: Chile’s Plebiscito and the electoral participation of a generation

American Economic Journal: Economic Policy

Ethan Kaplan

Fernando Saltiel

Sergio Urzua

2023/8/1

Centralized admission systems and school segregation: Evidence from a national reform

Journal of Public Economics

Macarena Kutscher

Shanjukta Nath

Sergio Urzúa

2023/5/1

Dynamic treatment effects of job training

Journal of Applied Econometrics

Jorge Rodríguez

Fernando Saltiel

Sergio Urzúa

2022/3

Does an increasing minimum wage reduce formal sector employment? evidence from brazil

Economic Development and Cultural Change

Fernando Saltiel

Sergio Urzúa

2022/7/1

Labor Market Effects of Short-Cycle Higher Education Programs: Lessons from Colombia

Maria Marta Ferreyra

Camila Galindo

Sergio S Urzúa

2022/6/27

Education, birth order and family size

The Economic Journal

Jesper Bagger

Javier A Birchenall

Hani Mansour

Sergio Urzua

2021/1

La vía rápida hacia nuevas competencias

Banco Mundial. Washington

María Marta Ferreyra

Lelys Dinarte Díaz

Sergio Urzúa

2021

Are Short-Cycle Programs Worthwhile?

The Fast Track to New Skills

Sergio Urzúa

2021/10/1

La huelga de hambre como dispositivo performático de una muerte autoimpuesta

Mutatis Mutandis: Revista Internacional de Filosofía

Sergio Urzúa Martínez

2021/6/30

The fast track to new skills: short-cycle higher education programs in Latin America and the Caribbean

María Marta Ferreyra

Lelys Dinarte Díaz

Sergio Urzúa

Marina Bassi

2021/10/15

What Makes a Program Good?

Lelys Dinarte Diaz

Maria Marta Ferreyra

Sergio Urzua

Marina Bassi

2021/6

¿ Son rentables los programas de ciclo corto?

La vía rápida hacia nuevas competencias: Programas cortos de educación superior en América Latina y el Caribe

Sergio Urzúa

2021/10/1

Supplement to “Bullying among adolescents: The role of skills”

Miguel Sarzosa

Sergio Urzúa

2021

La vía rápida hacia nuevas competencias: Programas cortos de educación superior en América Latina y el Caribe

Maria Marta Ferreyra

Lelys Dinarte Diaz

Sergio Urzúa

Marina Bassi

2021/10/1

The Fast Track to New Skills [La vía rápida hacia nuevas competencias]

World Bank Publications-Books

María Marta Ferreyra

Lelys Dinarte

Sergio Urzúa

Marina Bassi

2021

Policy to Realize the Promise of Short-Cycle Programs

María Marta Ferreyra

Lelys Dinarte Diaz

Sergio Urzúa

Marina Bassi

2021/10/1

Is Private Education Worth it? Evidence from School-to-Work Transitions

Dante Contreras

Jorge Rodrıguez

Sergio Urzúa

2020/6/15

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