Publications

• 2026
  Mapping mobility and opportunity: how place, gender, and ethnicity shape economic outcomes in Ecuador

  Brunori, P., del Pozo, D., Jara, H. X., & Moreno, L. WIDER Working Paper Series, wp-2026-30.
• 2025
  Two decades of tax-benefit reforms in Ecuador: How much have they contributed to poverty and inequality reduction?

  Jara, H. X., Montesdeoca, L., Colmenarez, M. G., & Moreno, L. World Development, 190, 106976.
• 2024
  Intergenerational Mobility in Ecuador: A First Approach

  Del Pozo, D., & Moreno, L. Working Paper No. 19, National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (INEC).
• 2024
  El efecto de los impuestos directos y las transferencias monetarias sobre la pobreza y la desigualdad en Ecuador

  Jara, H. X., Montesdeoca Espín, L., Moreno, L., & Colmenarez, M. G. In H. X. Jara, A. Mideros Mora, & M. G. Palacio (Eds.), Política social, pobreza y desigualdad en el Ecuador: 1980-2021.
• 2020
  Integrating water-quality analysis in national household surveys: water and sanitation sector learnings of Ecuador

  Moreno, L., Pozo, M., Vancraeynest, K., Bain, R., Palacios, J., & Jácome, F. npj Clean Water (Nature). DOI: 10.1038/s41545-020-0070-x.
• 2018
  Propuesta metodológica para la construcción de medidas de bienestar en el Ecuador

  García, N., Moreno, L., & Viteri, J. Working paper series, National Institute of Statistics and Census (INEC), Quito.
• 2018
  La Escala de Experiencia de Inseguridad Alimentaria FIES en Ecuador: discusión metodológica

  Moreno, L., Serrano, J., Serrano, M., Villacreses, D., & Viteri, J. Journal of Statistics and Methodologies, Vol. 4, National Institute of Statistics and Census (INEC), Quito.
• 2017
  Assessing the effect of conditional cash transfers in children chronic stunting: the Human Development Bonus in Ecuador

  Moreno, L. Analitika, Vol. 13, pp. 83-131, Quito.
• 2017
  Diagnóstico de los indicadores ODS de Agua, Saneamiento e Higiene en Ecuador

  Moreno, L., Pozo, M., & Serrano, J. Chapter in Indicadores ODS de Agua, Saneamiento e Higiene en Ecuador, National Institute of Statistics and Census (INEC) and World Bank, Quito.
• 2015
  Mapa de Pobreza y Desigualdad por Consumo. Ecuador 2014

  Molina, A., Cabrera, E., Moreno, L., Sharman, M. A., & Cuevas, F. National Institute of Statistics and Census (INEC) and World Bank, Quito.
• 2015
  Análisis geográfico de la pobreza por consumo en Ecuador. Más allá de las provincias

  Molina, A., Cabrera, E., Moreno, L., Sharman, M. A., & Cuevas, F. In Reporte de Pobreza y Desigualdad por Consumo, Ecuador 2006-2014, National Institute of Statistics and Census (INEC) and World Bank, Quito.

Ongoing work

• Unsafe Waters: The Hidden Costs of Seasonal Drinking Water Contamination in Ecuador

  This paper examines how seasonal drinking water contamination affects health and economic outcomes in Ecuador, with attention to impacts on household water management and childcare responsibilities.

• Data and indicators for SDG 6: Clean Water and Sanitation

  Book chapter in The Elgar Companion to Data and Indicators for the Sustainable Development Goals.

• Early Life in Lockdown: Pandemic-Driven Caregiver Practices and Child Stunting

  Presented at the Economics of Childhood Nutrition Workshop, UCL, London (June 2024). Preliminary draft.