Hernán Guzmán

Biographic Data

ID4158717
NAMEHernán Guzmán
GIVEN NAMESHernán
FAMILY NAMEGuzmán
SIGNATUREGUZMÁN H
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Sucre
ORCID0000-0001-9397-1639
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS9
TOTAL CITATIONS0
AUTHOR COUNT9
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX0

  • Educational Infrastructure Efficiency in China: A Dual-Method Provincial Analysis With Cross-National Benchmarking, 2020–2025

    Open AccessMario Alberto De La Puente Pacheco, MARIO ALBERTO DE LA PUENTE et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of Chinese…2026

    This study evaluates the efficiency of educational infrastructure investment in China and Colombia between 2020 and 2025. The research aims to measure technical efficiency, identify institutional and contextual determinants, and assess whether infrastructure investment causally improves educational outcomes. Using a dual-method approach—Data Envelopment Analysis and Stochastic Frontier Analysis—combined with panel Granger causality tests, the stu…

  • MarketSim’s impact on data-driven decision-making: A cross-cultural study of business education in Latin American universities

    Open AccessMario Alberto De La Puente Pacheco, MARIO ALBERTO DE LA PUENTE et al.ARTICLEResearch in Comparative and…2026

    This study evaluated the effectiveness of MarketSim, an online business simulator, in developing data-driven decision-making skills among undergraduate business students across three Latin American universities. The research followed 215 students from Colombia, Venezuela, and Ecuador over two academic years, implementing a mixed-methods approach with experimental and control groups. Statistical analyses included McDonald’s Omega coefficients for …

  • AI-Supported Academic Systems and Dropout Reduction in Latin American Public Universities Between 2019 and 2024

    Open AccessMario Alberto De La Puente Pacheco, Jose Torres et al.ARTICLEInnovative Higher Education2026

  • Institutional Quality as a Moderator of Education Investment Effectiveness in Latin American Democracies

    Open AccessMario Alberto De La Puente Pacheco, Heidy Rico et al.ARTICLELatin American Policy2026

    This study tested whether institutional quality moderated the relationship between public education investment and educational outcomes in five Latin American democracies from 2013 to 2022. Using panel data analysis with interaction modeling, the investigation found that countries with stronger governance structures achieved substantially greater returns on education spending, with high‐quality institutions producing nearly three times the educat…

  • Rhythmic Training as Applied Social Intervention in Low-Income Preschool Settings

    Open AccessMario Alberto De La Puente Pacheco, Hernán Guzmán et al.ARTICLEJournal of Applied Social Science2026

    This study examines a culturally grounded rhythmic intervention as an applied social science strategy to strengthen sustained attention in preschool children from low-income communities in Barranquilla, Colombia. Guided by neural entrainment theory and principles of scholar activism, a 10-week percussion program using Caribbean instruments was implemented in partnership with a public preschool serving marginalized families. A quasi-experimental d…

  • Assessing Democratic Resilience in Latin America's AI Era: A Diagnostic Framework for Electoral Integrity Preparedness

    Heidy Rico Fontalvo, Mario Alberto De La Puente Pacheco et al.ARTICLERepresentation2026References: 14

    This study develops the first systematic diagnostic framework for assessing electoral integrity resilience against AI-enabled manipulation in Latin America. Drawing on institutional theory and comparative democratisation literature, the analysis examines six countries to assess how institutional capacity and AI regulatory preparedness shape electoral integrity maintenance. Using data from the Electoral Integrity Project, Freedom House, V-Dem, and…

  • Origin-Country Credential Recognition Policies and Employment Outcomes: A Comparative Study of Migrants in the Colombian Caribbean

    Mario Alberto De La Puente Pacheco, MARIO ALBERTO DE LA PUENTE et al.ARTICLEJournal of Immigrant & Refugee…2026References: 8

    This study examined educational credential recognition effects on labor market outcomes for migrants in Colombia’s Caribbean region. Analyzing data from 782 migrants across three cities using multinomial regression, Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition, and spatial econometrics, findings showed credential recognition increased formal employment probability by 28.4 percentage points while decreasing informal employment by 31.9 percentage points. Women fac…

  • Digital tourism platforms and employment precarization in Colombian Caribbean Cities

    Mario Alberto De La Puente Pacheco, Jose Torres et al.ARTICLECurrent Issues in Tourism2025

    This study investigates how the expansion of digital accommodation platforms affects labour formalisation in Cartagena, Santa Marta, and San Andrés between 2019 and 2024. Using nationally representative microdata and a difference-in-differences approach, the analysis identifies consistent declines in social security affiliation in high-platform-density areas. Mediation models indicate indirect effects through transitions to informal employment, w…

  • Differential Effects of Skilled and Unskilled Migration on Formal Sector Wage Structures in Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan During Economic Transition

    Open AccessHeidy Rico Fontalvo, Florentino Rico et al.ARTICLEJournal of Eurasian Studies2025

    This study examined how skilled and unskilled migration differentially affected formal sector wage structures in Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan from 2019 to 2024. Using difference-in-differences analysis with instrumental variables on region-sector-quarter panel data, the research found skilled migration generated wage premiums 2.2 times larger than unskilled migration effects. Instrumental variable estimates revealed skilled migration increased wages…