Current Research and Publications
Recent Publications
Aguirre, Maria Sophia and Samuel Mathews, "Impact Evaluation of an Agricultural Intervention in the West Bank", IED Report #24, Department of Economics, The Catholic University of America, 2021.
Aguirre, Maria Sophia, Kathleen Brown, Ruth Sullins, and Marucs Leong, “Impact Evaluation of the Given, Part II”, IED Report #23, Department of Economics, The Catholic University of America, 2021.
Aguirre Maria Sophia and Steve Davis, “Automation, the Home, and Work”, in The Home in a Digital Age, Antonio Argadoña (ed), London: Routledge Publishers, 2021.
Aguirre, Maria Sophia, “Shedding Light on the Application of Pharmacogenomics to the United States Opioid Crises: A Relational Approach”, in Personalized Medicine in the Making, Marta Bertolaso and Chiara Beneduce (eds), Springer Publication, 2021.
Aguirre, Maria Sophia, Christopher Lundt, and Samuel Matthews, “Impact Evaluation of Mejores Familias, A Relational Nutrition and Health Perspective”, IED Report #22, Department of Economics, The Catholic University of America, 2020.
Aguirre, Sophia Maria and Martha Cruz Zuniga, “Increasing Efficiency of Outcomes through Cooperation and Initiative: An Integral Approach to Randomized Field Experiments”, Dignity and Development, Paolo Carozza (ed.), University of Notre Dame Press, 2020.
Aguirre, Maria Sophia, Kathleen Brown, Ruth Sullins, “Impact Evaluation of the Given, Part I”, IED Report #21, Department of Economics, The Catholic University of America, 2020.
Aguirre, Maria Sophia, Hirut Gedamu, James Warburton, “Impact Evaluation of the Fufulso-Sawla Road Project in Ghana”, IED Report #20, Department of Economics, The Catholic University of America, 2020.
Aguirre, Maria Sophia, "Economic Poverty: Exploring a Relational Perspective", The Hidden Faces of Poverty: An Integrated Look at Vulnerability, V International Congress on Poverty, Institute of Family Science, Universidad Austral, 2019.
Aguirre, Maria Sophia, "Diminishing Economic Poverty: Evidence from an RTC Integral Economic Development Intervention in Mixco, Guatemala", The Hidden Faces of Poverty: An Integrated Look at Vulnerability, V International Congress on Poverty, Institute of Family Science, Universidad Austral, 2019.
Aguirre, Maria Sophia and Martha Cruz Zuniga, “Increasing Efficiency of Outcomes through Cooperation and Initiative: An Integral Approach to Randomized Field Experiments”, in Dignity and Development, Paolo Carozza (ed.), University of Notre Dame Press, 2019.
Aguirre, Maria Sophia, Impact Evaluation of Flexible Educational Models: CENCAs, Guatemala, IEDP Report #19, Department of Economics, The Catholic University of America, 2019.
Research in Progress
Papers
Sophia Aguirre and Beth Pacious, "Multidimensional Infrastructure Interventions: Amplifying the
Impact of Roads’ Improvements."
Maria Sophia Aguirre and Jordan Farrell, "Improving Maternal Health Outcomes at No Cost: the Potential
of Empowering Presence."
Maria Sophia Aguirre, Celeste Torio, and Christopher Lunt, "The Contributions of Social Determinants of Health to the SARS-COV2 Transmission and Prevention, Including COVID-19 vaccination."
Aguirre, Maria Sophia and Andrea Vazquez, "Generating Incentives through Participatory Engagement: Evidence from a Randomized Field Staged Experiment in APIB Cooperatives."
Maria Sophia Aguirre and Virginia Birkofer, "Improving Savings through Companionship: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment with Integral Approach in Alta Verapaz, Guatemala."
Impact Evaluations
Evaluation of Mejores Familias on COVID-19 Management in Guatemala.
Design and Impact Evaluation of Guatemaltecos por la Nutrición en Guatemala.
Impact Evaluation of BRILLA Schools in New York City.