Publications in Journals
``Identifying Preferences for Equal College Access, Income, and Income Equality,'' joint with Kenneth A. Shores, Education Finance and Policy, 15(2), 270–291, 2020.
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``Increased Learning or GPA Inflation? Evidence from GPA-Based University Admission in Chile,'' joint with Eduardo Fajnzylber and Tomás León, Economics of Education Review, 72,147-165, 2019.
``Tools for Re-randomization,'' Bulletin of Economic Research, 71, 517-532, 2019.
Lara, B. and Toro, S. ``Tactical Distribution in Local Funding: The Value of an Aligned Mayor,'' European Journal of Political Economy, 56, 74-89, 2019.
Valdés, G., P. Meller, and B. Lara. ``Life-cycle Valuation of Different University Majors, Case Study of Chile," Interciencia, 42.06: 380-387, 2017.
Henríquez, F., B. Lara, A. Mizala and A. Repetto, ``Effective Schools do Exist: Low Income Children's Academic Performance in Chile,'' Applied Economics Letters, 19 (5), 2012.
Lara, B., A. Mizala and A. Repetto, ``The Effectiveness of Private Voucher Education: Evidence from Structural School Switches,'' Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 33:119-37, 2011.
Valdés, G., P. Meller, and B. Lara. ``Female discrimination at the professional level in Chile," Interciencia, 36.11: 823-830, 2011.
Book chapters and others
Scott, W. Richard, B. Lara, M. Biag, E. Ris and J.C. Liang, ``The Regional Economy of the San Francisco Bay Area" in W. Richard Scott and Michael Kirst (editors) Higher Education and Silicon Valley: Connected but Conflicted, John Hopkins University Press, 2017.
Scott, W. Richard, M. Biag, B. Lara and J.C. Liang, ``Broader Forces Shaping the Field of Higher Education and the Regional Economy" in W. Richard Scott and Michael Kirst (editors) Higher Education and Silicon Valley: Connected but Conflicted, John Hopkins University Press, 2017.
Scott, W. Richard, E. Ris, M. Biag and B. Lara, ``Diverse Colleges in Varied Sub-regions" in W. Richard Scott and Michael Kirst (editors) Higher Education and Silicon Valley: Connected but Conflicted, John Hopkins University Press, 2017.
Mizala, A. and B. Lara, ``Asistir a la educación superior, ¿tiene algún efecto sobre la empleabilidad e ingresos de los graduados?", in M.E. Irigoin, R. del Valle and M. C. Ayala (editors) Acceso y permanencia en la educación superior: Sin apoyo no hay oportunidad (pp. 97-113), AEQUALIS, Foro de Educación Superior, 2013.
Valdés, G., P. Meller, and B. Lara, ``Análisis de los Diferenciales de Remuneraciones entre los/as Profesionales Chilenos/as," in P. Meller (editor) Carreras Universitarias: Rentabilidad, Selectividad y Discriminación, Uqbar Editores, 2010.
Meller, P. and B. Lara, ``¿Es Rentable estudiar en una Universidad de Baja Selectividad?", in P. Meller (editor) Carreras Universitarias: Rentabilidad, Selectividad y Discriminación, Uqbar Editores, 2010.
B. Lara, P. Meller and G. Valdés, ``Valor Presente Neto y Tasa Interna de Retorno para Diferentes Carreras Universitarias'', in P. Meller (editor) Carreras Universitarias: Rentabilidad, Selectividad y Discriminación, Uqbar Editores, 2010.
Rappoport, D., B. Lara, and P. Meller, ``Variabilidad de las Remuneraciones de los Profesionales'', in P. Meller (editor) Carreras Universitarias: Rentabilidad, Selectividad y Discriminación, Uqbar Editores, 2010.
Lara, B., A. Mizala and A. Repetto, ``Una Mirada a la Efectividad de los Profesores en Chile''. Estudios Públicos, 120 (Spring), 2010.
``Informe Encuesta de Trabajo y Equidad'', 2008, Consejo Asesor Presidencial de Trabajo y Equidad. Technical Staff.
Lara, B. and P. Meller, ``Gasto Social en América Latina: Nivel, Progresividad y Componentes'', in F.H. Cardoso and A. Foxley (editors) A Medio Camino. Nuevos Desafíos de la Democracia y del Desarrollo en América Latina. CIEPLAN. Uqbar Editores, 2009.
Lara, B., (2008), ``Instituciones de Diálogo Social'', working paper for Consejo Asesor Presidencial de Trabajo y Equidad.