“Today there is a great need to accomplish sustainable economic development through an integral approach. This requires the identification of effective channels of relations that render effective and sustainable economic outcomes” (Aguirre, 2011)
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, 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, 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, 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, “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, “Reducing economic poverty through proactive participatory interventions (PPIs) The case of Nqatoqi[”, 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, Impact Evaluation of Flexible Educational Models: CENCAs, Guatemala, IEDP Report #18, Department of Economics, The Catholic University of America, 2019.
Aguirre, Maria Sophia, “Inequality and Growth: Exploring a Relational Dimension”, in Poverty, Inequality, and Injustice, Daniela Ortiz and Martin Schlag (eds.), Springer, 2018.
Aguirre, Sophia Maria and Martha Cruz Zuniga, “Improving Reproductive Health through Participatory Incentives: Evidence from a Randomized Field Staged Experiment in Alta Verapaz, Guatemala”, The Natural Family, 31:3, 2018.
Aguirre, Maria Sophia, Allyssa Aclan, Ashwaq Alsuhail, and Nouf Altuwaijri, “Impact Evaluation of Maternal Health Services of Holy Family Hospital and Palestine Red Crescent Society Specialized Hospital, Palestine”, IED Report #17, Department of Economics, The Catholic University of America, 2018.
Aguirre, Maria Sophia, Christian Domaas, Hassane Zehar, and Betel Wagnew Ayalneh, “Impact Evaluation Improving Management of Land and Water Resources in Agriculture to Ensure Food Security in Palestinian Territories, First Three Years Evidence”, IED Report #16, Department of Economics, The Catholic University of America, 2018.
Aguirre, Maria Sophia and Estefania Cohn, "Introducing Intel Learning Solution in Primary and Secondary Schools in Rwanda: A Policy Design", IED Report #15, Department of Economics, The Catholic University of America, 2017.
Aguirre, Sophia Maria, "Virtue Ethics and Global Development", in Handbook on Virtue Ethics and Globalization, Martin Schlag (ed), Springer, 2017.
Aguirre, Sophia Maria, Andrea Vazquez and Sissy Helguero, "Impact Evaluation of the Introduction of Intel Learning Solutions /KUAA in Fifth and Sixth High School Grades in Bolivia ", IED Report #14, School of Business and Economics, The Catholic University of America, 2017.
Aguirre, Maria Sophia, "Value for Money and International Development: A Constructive Contribution", eValuation Matters Magazine, 4th quarter, Independent Development Evaluation (IDEV) at the African Development Bank, 2016.
Aguirre, Maria Sophia, “The Work of the Home as a Field of Research in Sociology”, Home Renaissance Foundation Working Papers, #40, 2016.
Aguirre, Sophia Maria, Jonathan Harris, Andrea Vazquez and Lylian Peraza, " Impact Evaluation of the Introduction of Intel Learning Solutions /KUAAin 5th and 6th High School Grades in Bolivia: Preliminary Results", IED Report #11, School of Business and Economics, The Catholic University of America, 2016.
Aguirre, Sophia Maria, Lauren Harper, and Samantha Hawkins, “Family Structure’s Effects on Social Capital and Human Capital in Guatemala”, in Family and Sustainable Development, Montserrat Gas and Aixendri Rita Cavalloti (ed), Thomson Reuters, 2015.
Aguirre, Sophia Maria, Estefania Cohn and Marc Rugani, "An Impact Evaluation of The Red Nacional de Grupos Gestores in Guatemala: An Integral Approach", IED Report #7, School of Business and Economics, The Catholic University of America, 2015.
Aguirre, Sophia Maria and Andrea Vazquez, "An Impact Evaluation of APIB Cooperatives in Guatemala: An Integral Approach", IED Report #6, School of Business and Economics, TheCatholic University of America, 2015.
Aguirre, Maria Sophia, Martha Cruz- Zuniga, Patricia Pintado, and Tien-Hao Lee, "An Impact Evaluation of Aprendamos Juntas in Guatemala: An Integral Approach", IED Report #5, School of Business and Economics, The Catholic University of America, 2014.
Maria Sophia Aguirre, " Socio-Economic Impact of the Work of the Home", in Care Professions and Globalization, Ana Marta González and Craig Iffland (eds), Pelgrave- MacMillan, 2014.
Aguirre, Maria Sophia and Martha Cruz-Zuniga, “Impact Evaluation of FUNSEPA’s Program,”, IEDP Report #3, School of Business and Economics, The Catholic University of America, 2014.
Aguirre, Maria Sophia, Cruz- Zuniga, Martha and Papakosta, Eleni, "An Impact Evaluation of Enlace Guatemala: An Integral Approach", IED Report #2, School of Business and Economics, The Catholic University of America, 2013.
Aguirre, Maria Sophia, "An Impact Evaluation of the Educational Program On Civic Values in Nqatoqi’", IED Report #1, School of Business and Economics, The Catholic University of America, 2013.
Aguirre, Maria Sophia and Reza Saidi, Family Structure and Wealth in the Muslim World, Doha International Institute for Family Studies and Development, Dubai, 2013.
Aguirre, Maria Sophia, “La Familia: Motor del Desarrollo Económico”, in Hacia la Responsabilidad Familiar Corporativa, Guia de Buenas Practicas, Centro Standard Bank CONFYE del IAE Business School, 2013.
Aguirre, Maria Sophia, “An Integral Approach to an Economic Perspective: Consequences for Measuring Impact,” Journal of Market and Morality, 16:1, pp 53-67, 2013.
Aguirre, Maria Sophia and Molly Thompson, “The Understanding of Service and the Work of the Home: A Review of Sociology Literature”, Working Papers Series, Home Renaissance Foundation, 2012.
Aguirre, Maria Sophia, “Achieving Sustainable Development: An Integral Approach to an Economics Perspective”, in The Ethics of Sustainable Development, Luis G. Franceschi (ed), Strathmore University Press, 2011.
Aguirre, Maria Sophia and Cruz-Zuniga, Martha, "The Impact of Remittance on Economic Growth: Fixed and Human Capital." FADEP (Familia, Desarrollo, Población), June 2010.
Aguirre, Maria Sophia, “Requirements of the Family that Forms: Some Economic Considerations”, Familia et Vita, Vatican: Pontificio Consiglio per las Famiglia, 2009.
Aguirre, Maria Sophia, “The Feminine Vocation and the Economy”, Ave Maria Law Journal, 8:1, 2009.
Aguirre, Maria Sophia, Thomas Lee, and Themis Pantos, “Universal Versus Functional Banking Regimes: The Structure Performance Hypothesis Revisited”, Journal of Banking Regulations, 10:1, 2009.
Aguirre, Maria Sophia, “China’s Demographic Doom”, MercatorNet:, November 26th, 2008.
Aguirre, Maria Sophia, “Family and Economic Development”, La Familia Ante las Crisis del Mundo Contemporáneo, Proceedings of IV Congreso Internacional de la Familia, Bogota: Universidad de la Sabana Press, 2008.
Aguirre, Maria Sophia, “Family, Economics, and Sustainable Development”, The Family, Paradigm of Social Change, Proceedings of Conference Family and Society, Barcelona: International University of Cataluny Press, 2008.
Aguirre, Maria Sophia, Determinants of Economic Growth: The Case of Guatemala, Guatemala: FADEP, 2007.
Aguirre, Maria Sophia, “Family and Economics”, in Michael L. Coulter, Krason, Stephen, Richard S. Myers, and Joseph A. Varacalli (ed), Encyclopedia of Catholic Social Thought, Social Science, and Social Policy, Scarecrow Press, 2007.
Aguirre, Maria Sophia, “Comidas Familiares, Dietas, y Distribución de Alimentos: Plantando las Semillas del Crecimiento Económico”, Dirección en la Industria de la Hospitalidad, 11:1, 2007.
Aguirre, Maria Sophia, “Marriage and the Family in Economic Theory and Policy”, Ave Maria Law Journal, 4:2, 2006.
Aguirre, Maria Sophia, “Working Mothers’ Contributions to Family Income: Proportions and Effects”, Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics & Public Policy, 20:2, 2006.
Aguirre, Maria Sophia, “The Family and Economic Development: Socioeconomic Relevance and Policy Design”, in The Family in the New Millennium, ed. Scott Love and Thomas Holman, London: Praeger Perspectives, 2006.
Aguirre, Maria Sophia, “The Value of Water and Theories of Economic Growth”, in Water Crisis: Myth or Reality?, ed. Peter Rogers and Ramon Llamas, London: Taylor and Francis, 2006.
Aguirre, Maria Sophia and Cecilia Hadley, "Hindered Growth: The Ideology and Implications of Population Assistance", International Journal of Social Economics, 32:9, 2005
Aguirre, Maria Sophia, “Socioeconomic Implications of the Family”, Legatus Magazine, February 2005.
Aguirre, Maria Sophia, “The Relevance of the Family for Economic Development”, Women and Development, proceedings of Conference in Migration, Microfinancing, and Education: The Role of Women in the Arab World, September 2004.
Aguirre, Maria Sophia, “The Family and Economic Development”, Legatus Magazine, December, 2004.
Aguirre, Maria Sophia and Reza Saidi, “Japanese Banks Liability Management Before and During The Banking Crises and Macroeconomic Fundamentals”, Journal of Asian Economics, 15:2, 2004.
Aguirre, Maria Sophia and Ann Wolfgram, “Population, Resources, and Environment: A Survey of the Debate”, in Population Bomb- Myth or Reality?, ed. Laura Huggins and Hanna Skandera, Hoover Institute, 2004.
Aguirre, Maria Sophia, “Malthus and Becker: Who Was Right?”, Population Research Institute Review, 12:6, 2002.
Aguirre, Maria Sophia, "Sustainable Development: Why the Focus on Population", International Journal of Social Economics, 29:12, 2002.
Aguirre, Maria Sophia and Ann Wolfgram, "United Nations Policy and the Family: Redefining the Ties that Bind", Journal of Public Law, Winter Issue, 20:2, 2002.
Aguirre, Maria Sophia and Ann Wolfgram, "Human Rights and the Family within United Nation’s Policy", Veritas, 34:1, 2001.
Aguirre, Maria Sophia and Ann Wolfgram, "United Nations's Policy and the Family in the Context of Population Control", Veritas, 34:1, 2001.
Aguirre, Maria Sophia and Cecilia Hadley, "Population Assistance and the Need for True Development", The Family in America, 15:2, 2001.
Aguirre, Maria Sophia and Cecilia Hadley, "The Ideology of Population Assistance", The Family in America, 15:2, 2001.
Aguirre, Maria Sophia, "Family, Economics, and the Information Society. How are They Affecting each Other?", International Journal of Social Economics, 28:3, 2001.
Aguirre, Maria Sophia, "Implementation of the European Monetary Union and its Sustainability During 1999-2002: Recommendations from a Dynamic Game", Journal of Economic Integration, 15:1, 2000.
Aguirre, Maria Sophia and Reza Saidi, "Volatility Behavior of Exchange Rate Future Contracts", Atlantic Economic Journal, 28:4, 2000.
Aguirre, Maria Sophia and Reza Saidi, "Asymmetries in the Conditional Mean and Variance in the Exchange Rate: Evidence from Within and Across Blocks", Applied Financial Economics, 25:1, 2000.
Aguirre, Maria Sophia, “Family: The Family Strikes Back”, News Weekly, Issue 26, 26 February, 2000.
Aguirre, Maria Sophia and Reza Saidi, "Feedback Trading in Exchange Rate Markets: Evidence from within and Across Blocks", Journal of Economics and Finance, 23:1, 1999.
Aguirre, Maria Sophia, Book Review, Cravero, Jose, "El Tomismo en la Filosofia Contemporanea de la Economia", The Review of Metaphysics, 52:3, 1999.
Aguirre, Maria Sophia, "Forward Discount Dynamics in Integrated Markets", International Review of Economic and Finance, 8:1, 1999.
Aguirre, Maria Sophia and Reza Saidi, "Evidence of Forward Discounts Determinants and Volatility Behavior", Journal of Economic Studies, 25:6, 1998.
Aguirre, Maria Sophia, "Working Mothers and the Supervision of Their Children: A Value Chain Approach to Schooling", Logistics Information Management, 11:1, 1998.
Aguirre, Maria Sophia, "Multiculturalism in a Labor Market with Integrated Economies", Management Decision, 35:7, 1997.
Aguirre, Maria Sophia and Paul Kroopkin, "Exchange Rate Dynamics in Integrated Market", International Advances in Economic Research, 3:3, 1997.
Aguirre, Maria Sophia, "Multiculturalism in a World Moving Towards Economic Integration", in Enrique Banus (ed), Razon Practica y Multiculturalismo, Centro de Estudios Europeos, Universidad de Navarra, 1997.
Aguirre, Maria Sophia, "Balance of Payments: Keynesian and Monetarist Approaches", Encyclopedia of Keynesian Economics, Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd., 1996.
Aguirre, Maria Sophia, "EU, Pacific and North American Integration: Lessons from Their Degree of Financial Integration", in Dev Gupta, Globalization and Development, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1996.
Aguirre, Maria Sophia, "Comments on the World Conference of Women Programme of Action: An Economic Perspective", National Institute of Womanhood Studies, August 1995.
Aguirre, Maria Sophia and Alberto Martinez Piedra, "Social Summit 1995 Draft Declaration and Program of Action: An Economic Perspective", National Institute of Womanhood Studies, February 1995.
Aguirre, Maria Sophia, Kelly Kaczka, "The Influence of School Schedules on Working Women with Children", Annual Review, Instituto per la Coperacione Universitaria, May 1995.
Aguirre, Maria Sophia, "Cairo from an Economic Perspective", National Institute of Womanhood Studies, September, 1994.