Publications

Barrera-Rodríguez, O., Macours, K., Premand, P., & Vakis, R. (2026). Texting Parents about Early Child Development: Behavioral Changes and Unintended Social Effects. Journal of Development Economics, 183, 103833. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304387826001161

@article{barrerarodriguez2026texting,
  author    = {Barrera-Rodríguez, Oscar and Macours, Karen and Premand, Patrick and Vakis, Renos},
  title     = {{Texting Parents about Early Child Development: Behavioral Changes and Unintended Social Effects}},
  journal   = {Journal of Development Economics},
  year      = {2026},
  volume    = {183},
  pages     = {103833},
  url       = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304387826001161}
}

Barrera-Rodríguez, O., & Chávez, E. (2025). Capital vs. labour: The effect of income sources on attitudes toward the top 1 percent. European Journal of Political Economy, 88, 102684. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2025.102684

@article{barrerarodriguez2025capital,
  author    = {Barrera-Rodríguez, Oscar and Chávez, Emmanuel},
  title     = {{Capital vs. labour: The effect of income sources on attitudes toward the top 1 percent}},
  journal   = {European Journal of Political Economy},
  year      = {2025},
  volume    = {88},
  pages     = {102684},
  doi       = {10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2025.102684}
}

Barrera-Rodríguez, O., Bensidoun, I., & Edo, A. (2025). Second-generation immigrants and native attitudes toward immigrants in Europe. Migration Studies, 13(2), mnae010. https://doi.org/10.1093/migration/mnae010

@article{barrerarodriguez2025secondgeneration,
  author    = {Barrera-Rodríguez, Oscar and Bensidoun, Isabelle and Edo, Anthony},
  title     = {{Second-generation immigrants and native attitudes toward immigrants in Europe}},
  journal   = {Migration Studies},
  year      = {2025},
  volume    = {13},
  number    = {2},
  pages     = {mnae010},
  doi       = {10.1093/migration/mnae010}
}

Barrera, O., Leiva, A., Martínez-Toledano, C., & Zúñiga-Cordero, Á. (2021). Social Inequalities, Identity, and the Structure of Political Cleavages in Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, Colombia, Mexico, and Peru, 1952–2019. In A. Gethin, C. Martínez-Toledano & T. Piketty (Eds.), Political Cleavages and Social Inequalities: A Study of Fifty Democracies, 1948–2020. Harvard University Press. https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674269910-016

@incollection{barrera2021social,
  author    = {Barrera, Oscar and Leiva, Ana and Martínez-Toledano, Clara and Zúñiga-Cordero, Álvaro},
  title     = {{Social Inequalities, Identity, and the Structure of Political Cleavages in Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, Colombia, Mexico, and Peru, 1952–2019}},
  booktitle = {{Political Cleavages and Social Inequalities: A Study of Fifty Democracies, 1948–2020}},
  editor    = {Gethin, Amory and Martínez-Toledano, Clara and Piketty, Thomas},
  publisher = {Harvard University Press},
  chapter   = {15},
  year      = {2021},
  doi       = {10.4159/9780674269910-016}
}

Barrera, O., Guriev, S., Henry, E., & Zhuravskaya, E. (2020). Facts, alternative facts, and fact checking in times of post-truth politics. Journal of Public Economics, 182, 104123. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpubeco.2019.104123

@article{barrera2020facts,
  author    = {Barrera, Oscar and Guriev, Sergei and Henry, Emeric and Zhuravskaya, Ekaterina},
  title     = {{Facts, alternative facts, and fact checking in times of post-truth politics}},
  journal   = {Journal of Public Economics},
  year      = {2020},
  volume    = {182},
  pages     = {104123},
  doi       = {10.1016/j.jpubeco.2019.104123}
}

Barrera Rodríguez, O., Pavlova, L., & Yang, L. (2026). Biased Information, Biased Preferences: How Fragmented Media Environments Undermine Support for Redistribution [Working paper]. https://odbarrerar.github.io/files/JMP_Barrera.pdf

@unpublished{barrerarodriguez2026biased,
  author    = {{Barrera Rodríguez}, Oscar and Pavlova, Lora and Yang, Li},
  title     = {{Biased Information, Biased Preferences: How Fragmented Media Environments Undermine Support for Redistribution}},
  note      = {Working paper},
  year      = {2026},
  url       = {https://odbarrerar.github.io/files/JMP_Barrera.pdf}
}

Barrera Rodríguez, O., Quintero Godínez, R., Regan, A., & Zechlin, L. (2025). Winner-Takes-All: Corporate Tax Avoidance, Market Power, and Wealth Concentration in Advanced Capitalist Democracies [Working paper]. https://linusze.github.io/winnertakesall/index.html

@unpublished{barrerarodriguez2025winnertakesall,
  author    = {{Barrera Rodríguez}, Oscar and {Quintero Godínez}, Rafael and Regan, Aidan and Zechlin, Linus},
  title     = {{Winner-Takes-All: Corporate Tax Avoidance, Market Power, and Wealth Concentration in Advanced Capitalist Democracies}},
  note      = {Working paper},
  year      = {2025},
  url       = {https://linusze.github.io/winnertakesall/index.html}
}

Barrera Rodríguez, O. (n.d.). Political influence on homicide reports under civil conflict [Working paper]. https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/e7vm37a9wfjuc3jxvmv4u/Conflict_Barrera_updatest.pdf?rlkey=2a0emdkoz57vw5u59jb7anb8a&dl=0

@unpublished{barrerarodriguezpolitical,
  author    = {{Barrera Rodríguez}, Oscar},
  title     = {{Political influence on homicide reports under civil conflict}},
  note      = {Submitted},
  url       = {https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/e7vm37a9wfjuc3jxvmv4u/Conflict_Barrera_updatest.pdf?rlkey=2a0emdkoz57vw5u59jb7anb8a&dl=0}
}