https://moyarzun.netlify.app/categories/article/ Recent content in article on Melanie Oyarzún Hugo -- gohugo.io en-US Wed, 01 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://moyarzun.netlify.app/published/autism-and-reciprocity/ Wed, 01 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://moyarzun.netlify.app/published/autism-and-reciprocity/ Soto-Icaza, P., Oyarzún, M., Yaikin, T., Arcos-Polanco, M., Candia, C., Rodríguez-Sickert, C., & Billeke, P. (2025). Autism shapes social integration and reciprocity in elementary classrooms. Scientific Reports, 15, 40473. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-24190-6 Key question What role do autism and other special educational needs play in children's social relationships in the classroom? TL;DR We used El juego de las estrellas — a behavioral game on networked tablets — to map peer social networks in 26 Chilean classrooms. https://moyarzun.netlify.app/published/reciprocity/ Thu, 01 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://moyarzun.netlify.app/published/reciprocity/ Candia, C., Oyarzún, M., Landaeta, V., Yaikin, T., Monge, C., Hidalgo, C., & Rodríguez-Sickert, C. (2022). Reciprocity heightens academic performance in elementary school students. Heliyon, 8, e11916. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e11916 Key question Do mutual peer relationships actually improve students' academic performance, or do high-performing students simply end up in better social networks? TL;DR We mapped peer social networks in 45 Chilean classrooms using a behavioral cooperation game on networked tablets. Students with more reciprocal relationships — where they cooperate with classmates who also cooperate back — showed higher grades the following semester. https://moyarzun.netlify.app/published/mothers-labor-force/ Sat, 01 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://moyarzun.netlify.app/published/mothers-labor-force/ Berthelon, M., Kruger, D., & Oyarzún, M. (2022). School schedules and mothers' employment: evidence from an education reform. Review of Economics of the Household. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11150-022-09599-6 Earlier version: IZA Discussion Paper No. 9212 (2015) · The effects of longer school days on mothers' labor force participation · ~65 citations ↗ Key question When schools keep children for longer during the day, does that make it easier for mothers to stay in the labor market?