I am a senior economist at the Center of Economic and Social Research, University of Southern California, and a Research Fellow at IZA, specializing in labor economics and development economics. My work focuses on two primary areas:

1. Early Childhood Development (ECD): I investigate the impact of ECD parenting interventions and parental investments on children's development. Through Randomized Control Trials, I've assessed the effectiveness, cost-effectiveness and sustainability of impacts over time of group-based parenting interventions in Chile and rural Kenya. Currently, I lead two multi-year NIH-funded studies aimed at designing more scalable ECD interventions in low-income, rural settings. In previous work, I have also studied the importance of the timing of parental income for children's long-term human capital and intergenerational mobility. 

2. Health Investments and Labor Supply: In this line of research, I develop measures of work capacity among US workers and examine their implications for labor market inequalities as well as labor supply transitions later in life. My work also involves real-time data collection to understand how job demands and leisure activities affect labor supply and health outcomes among older adults. Using life-cycle models, I have also examined how retirement affects cognitive decline among older Americans, and the incentives for human capital accumulation and labor supply from the pension systems in Chile and South Korea.

For a more comprehensive overview of my research and academic background, you can explore my full CV here.