Curriculum Vitae

Last Update: May 21/2020

B. Piedad Urdinola

Associate Professor. Department of Statistics, Universidad Nacional de Colombia-Bogotá

E-mail: bpurdinolac@unal.edu.co

https://cal.berkeley.edu/purdinola

Office Phone: +57 3165000 x13231

Education

Ph.D. in Demography, University of California- Berkeley (2004)

M. A. in Demography, University of California- Berkeley (2001)

M. A. in Economics, Universidad de los Andes-Bogotá (1997)

B. A. in Economics, Universidad de los Andes-Bogotá (1996)

Academic Positions

Visiting Scholar, Center of Demography and Ecology-CDE and Latin American, Caribbean and Iberian Studies-LACIS, January 2020 to July 2020

Visiting Scholar, David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies-Harvard University, January 2015 to July 2015

Associate Professor, Statistics Department- Universidad Nacional de Colombia, January 2009 to present

Visiting Professor, Human Biology Department-CLAS- Stanford University, Spring Quarter 2011

Assistant Professor, Statistics Department- Universidad Nacional de Colombia, August 2005-December 2008

Researcher, Fedesarrollo, July 2004-July 2005

Fellowhips, Grants and Awards

2018 Interdisciplinary alliances for Research in UNAL-Bogota. Project: Mortality inequality per occupation in Colombia, with Marta Riaño (declined).

2014 Visiting Scholar Award from David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies (DRCLCAS), Harvard University – Spring 2015

2011 Universidad Nacional de Colombia-Research grant for development, innovation and artistic creation DIB (third round). Project: Latin American Mortality Database, with Bernardo Lanza Queiroz

2010 Edward Laroque Tinker Visiting Professor at Stanford University- Spring 2011

2010 Yearly Award from Project Juárez Lincoln Martí (JLM) as Ibero-American Educator of the Year-2010

2010 Who’s Who in Science and Engineering 2011-2012 (11th Edition).

2010 ECLAC-National Transfer Accounts. Grant for the project National Transfer Accounts for Colombia, with Jorge Tovar.

2009 Population American Association-2009 Grant for the project Study Group and Training Workshop in Latin America Mortality: Technical and Substantive Approaches, with Bernardo Lanza Queiroz.

2006 Internal Awards, Universidad Nacional de Colombia for the development of Academic Research on the topic of Political Violence and Infant Mortality.

2004 Abigail Reynolds Hodgen Publication Fund for Doctoral Dissertation

2003 U.C. Berkeley. Dean’s Normative Time Fellowship. Support for the fourth academic year. Ph.D. in Demography, U.C. Berkeley.

2003 U.C. Berkeley. Graduate Division Summer Grant.

2002 Dissertations Mini-grants IBER –Institute of Business and Economic Research–, U.C. Berkeley.

2000-2003 Hewlett Foundation Fellowship. Ph.D. in Demography

2001 Population Reference Bureau- PRB-Population Policy Communication Fellowship.

2000 International Monetary Fund- IMF. Seminar for Young Economists on Macroeconomic Management and Policies. (Declined)

1996-1997 Inter American Development Bank- IADB, Universidad de Los Andes-UNIANDES, Corporación Andina de Fomento-CAF. Scholarship for M.A. in Economics, Universidad de Los Andes.

Publications

  1. Urdinola, B. P. (2021). Demografía Colombiana. En preparación para la era del envejecimiento. En Descifrar el Futuro eds. Fedesarrollo (pp. 111-176). Penguin Random House.

  2. Rivera-Rodriguez, C., & Urdinola, B. P. (2020). Modelling strategies to predict hospital demand during the COVID-19 outbreak in Bogotá, Colombia. medRxi

  3. Urdinola, B. P., & Tovar, J. (2020). Perfiles de Cuentas Nacionales de Transferencia para Colombia 2014. Documento CEDE #2020-13.

  4. Urdinola, B. P. & Tovar, J. A. (2019). Time Use and Transfers in the Americas eds. B.P. Urdinola & J. A. Tovar (pp. 57-76). Springer, Cham.

  5. Donehower, G., Tovar, J. A., & Urdinola, B. P. (2019). Time Use Differences and Similarities between Developed and Emerging Economies in the Americas. En Time Use and Transfers in the Americas eds. B.P. Urdinola & J. A. Tovar (pp. 41-55). Springer, Cham.

  6. Tovar, J. A., & Urdinola, B. P. (2019). Home and Market Production Time Use Differentials in Colombia. En Time Use and Transfers in the Americas eds. B.P. Urdinola & J. A. Tovar (pp. 57-76). Springer, Cham.

  7. Rentería-Ramos, R.; Hurtado-Heredia, R.; Urdinola, B. 2019.Morbi-Mortality of the Victims of Internal Conflict and Poor Population in the Risaralda Province, Colombia Morbi-Mortality of the Victims of Internal Conflict and Poor Population in the Risaralda Province, Colombia. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health, 16(9), 1644; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16091644. http://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/16/9/1644

  8. Castro, A.F. & Urdinola, B. Piedad. 2019. "Armed Conflict and Fertility in Colombia, 2000–2010". Population Research and Policy Review, Volume 38, Issue 2, pp 173–213

  9. Urdinola, B. Piedad. 2018. "War is not healthy. Political violence and infant health outcomes in Colombia". Rev. salud pública vol.20 no.3

  10. Urdinola, B. Piedad & Lara, Miguel A. 2018.“Proyección de población total y por departamentos de Colombia usando Tablas de Vida Multiestado”, in Book: ¿Convergencia demográfica? Análisis comparativo de las tendencias demográficas subnacionales en América Latina y el Caribe, ed. L.M. González y L. Simpson (Editorial ALAP, Brasil) ISBN 978-85-62016-24-0

  11. Tovar, Jorge A. & Urdinola, B. Piedad. 2018. “National Transfer Accountsfor Colombia”. Documento CEDE #2018-16

  12. Urdinola, B. Piedad & Tovar, Jorge A. 2017. "Time Use and Gender in Colombia". Working Paper National Transfer Accounts #17-06

  13. Urdinola, B. Piedad, Francisco Torres Avilés, y Jairo Alexander Velasco. 2017. “The Homicide Atlasin Colombia: Contagion and Under-Registration for Small Areas.” Cuadernos de Geografía: Revista Colombiana de Geografía 26 (1): 101-118. doi: 10.15446/rcdg.v26n1.55429.

  14. Urdinola, B.P. & Ospino, C. 2015. “Long-Term Consequences of Adolescent Fertility. The Colombian Case”. Demographic Research, 32, pp. 1487-1518.

  15. Lee, R., Mason, A., Amporfu, E., An, C. B., Bixby, L. R., Bravo, J., ... Urdinola, B.P. & Vaittinen, R. 2014.“Is low fertility really a problem? Population aging, dependency, and consumption”. Science, 346 (6206), pp 229-234. DOI:10.1126/science.1250542

  16. Urdinola, B.P. “Caracterización demográfica de la población rural migrante colombiana y la identificación de las necesidades de información sobre migración interna” Technical report included in Rural Mision. Available at “Informes Técnicos”

  17. Urdinola, B.P. & Herrera, R. 2015. “Caracterizaciónde la Mortalidad Materna en Colombia y su Estimación Indirecta”, in Book Aplicaciones en Demografía, editor: B. P. Urdinola. (Editorial UN, Bogotá-Colombia) ISBN: 978-958-775-641-8

  18. Tovar, J. & Urdinola, B.P. 2014.“Inequality in National Inter-Generational Transfers:Evidence from Colombia”. International Advances in Economic Research, vol.20, #2, pp-167-187.DOI:10.1007/s11294-013-9455-7

  19. Urdinola, B.P. & Trujillo, L. 2012. “Caracterización de la Población con Limitaciones Permanentes en Colombia, 2005”. Estudios Poscensales#13 del Censo de Población y Vivienda de Colombia-2005.(DANE-Bogotá)

  20. Cepeda-Cuervo, E., Urdinola, B. P., & Rodríguez, D. 2012. “Double Generalized Spatial Econometric Models”. Communication in Statistics-Simulation and Computation, vol. 41, #5, pp. 671-685

  21. Urdinola, B. P.2011.“Determinantes Socioeconómicos de la Mortalidad Infantil en Colombia, 1993”. Revista Colombiana de Estadística, vol.34, #1, June, pp.39-72

  22. Miller, G. & Urdinola, B.P. 2010. “Cyclicality, Mortality,and the Value of Time: The Case of Coffee Price Fluctuations and Child Survival in Colombia” Journal of Political Economy, vol.118, #1, February, pp. 113-155

  23. Urdinola, B.P. & Herrera, R.“Caracterización de la Población con Limitaciones Permanentes en Colombia, 2005”. IB. Revista de la Información Básica, Vol.4, #2

  24. Urdinola, B.P. 2006. “Colombian Social Security System”. The William Davidson Institute's Policy Briefing in Colombia, #23. University of Michigan

  25. Urdinola, B.P. 2005. “Dinámicas de población en los últimos 35 años: el tesoro escondido de Colombia”. Coyuntura Económica. Vol.35, #2

  26. Urdinola, B. P. (2004). “Could Political Violence Affect Infant Mortality? The Colombian Case”. Coyuntura Social, 35(2)

  27. Urdinola, B.P. 2001.“Forced Migration: The Case of Internally Displaced Population in Colombia”. Les Cahiers Alhim, #3. Paris-France

  28. Echeverry, J.C, Gracia, O. & Urdinola, B.P. 1999. “UPAC: Evolución y crisis de un modelo de desarrollo”. Archivos de Macroeconomia #128

  29. Gracia, O. & Urdinola, B.P.1999.“Coyuntura actual e historia reciente del mercado laboral Colombia”. DNP-Boletines de Información

  30. Gracia, Orlando & P. Urdinola. 2000. Una mirada al mercado laboral colombiano. Vol. 2. Unidad de Análisis Macroeconómico, Departamento Nacional de Planeación

  31. Urdinola, B.P. 1998.“El empleo doméstico femenino no remunerado”. 1998. En Macroeconomía, Género y Estado. Editado por el Departmento Nacional de Planeación-DNP-y el Proyecto Proequidad-GTZ. (TM Editores, Bogota)

  32. Urdinola, B.P. 1998. “Mujeres en sus casas: un recuento de la población femenina económicamente activa”. 1998. En Género, Equidad y Desarrollo. Edited by Departmento Nacional de Planeación-DNP-and Proyecto Proequidad-GTZ. (TM Editores, Bogota)

  33. Urdinola, B.P. 1998.“Trabajo doméstico no remunerado”. En Género, Equidad y Desarrollo. Editado por el Departmento Nacional de Planeación-DNP-y el Proyecto Proequidad-GTZ. (TM Editores, Bogota)

Teaching

Human Biology Program at Stanford University. Spring Quarter-2011

Undergraduate level: Demography and Measurement of the Effects of Armed Conflict

Department of Statistics, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogota. 2005-present

Undergraduate level: Applied Statistics to Demography, Biostatistics-II (Research Design), Econometrics, Research Seminar, Statistics Applied to Social Sciences, Fundamental Biostatistics, Fundamental Probability and Statistics (Class coordinator from 2018-II to 2019-II)

Graduate level: Mathematical Demography, Applied Demography, Regression Analysis

Department of Economics at Universidad de Los Andes-Bogotá. 1997-2000

Undergraduate level: Introduction to Colombian Economy, Macroeconomics I, Introduction to Economic Sciences

Affiliations and Other Activities

Co-Director Latin American Human Mortality Database (www.lamortalidad.org) with Bernardo Lanza Queiroz, 2012-present

Co-director for Observatorio Demográfico y Epidemiológico del Área Andina-ODEAN, with Ronald Herrera, 2017-present

Co-director for NTA Executive Council for Latin America and the Caribbean, with Paulo Saad, 2017-present

Co-organizer for: Censos y encuestas no presenciales en América Latina - Serie 1: Revisión de experiencias nacionales con e-censos, webpanel with OLAC and ALAP, May 18/2020. Health Inequalities in Latin America Mortality, with Philipp Hessel & Marcia Castro. Population Center-Harvard University Mar.27/2016

Director red PRODATOS-ALAP, 2016-2018

Organizer for Valoración del Uso del Tiempo en Colombia. Universidad Nacional de Colombia-Bogotá, Jun.1/2016

Editor Special Issue on Biostatistics for Revista Colombiana de Estadística. 2012

Organizer for Workshop in Latin America Mortality. Technical and Substantive Approaches. Bogotá-Nov.16/2011

Editor Revista Colombiana de Estadística. Nov.2007-Dec.2010

Member of the Evaluation Committee of the Colombian Census, 2005. Feb.2008-Nov. 2008

Member of the Organizing Committee of the XXXIII International Symposium of Statistics, Colombia-2013. Sept.2012-Aug.-2013 & XIX National Statistical Meeting. Colombia-2009. Dec.2008-July. 2009

Member of the Panel on Demography, Human Rights and Ethics at International Union for the Scientific Study of Population, IUSSP. May 2006-May 2009

Editor Coyuntura Social. July 2004-July 2005

Jury for the Academic Contest Concurso Otto de Greiff, versión X-Mejores Trabajos de Grado. Facultad de Ciencias-Universidad Nacional de Colombia-Bogotá. March 2006

Organizer and Editor to Debates de Coyuntura Social. July 2004-August 2005: “Está Colombia preparada para proteger a sus pobres? Sistemas de protección social en Colombia” – Feb. 2005. “Microfinanzas en Colombia”-June 2005 y “Población y Pobreza” Bogotá-August 2005.

Population American Association, PAA. 2000-present

International Union for the Scientific Study of Population, IUSSP. 2003-present

Asociación Latinoamericana de Población, ALAP. 2010-present

REFEREE TO: Journal of Peace Research, Sociedad y Desarrollo, Revista Colombiana de Estadística, Ensayos sobre Política Económica, Economic Development and Cultural Change, Journal of Political Economy, Journal of the Economics of Ageing, Demography, Demographic Research, Journal of Health Economics, Population Ecology, Notas de Población, Population Review, Social Science & Medicine, The European Journal of Development Research

Invited Seminars, Conferences and Lectures

Differential time use by education and gender in Colombia, Counting Women’s Work: Time Use, Policy, and Economic Growth. PRB-webcast, April 21/2020. Time Use and Gender in Colombia, NTA Africa-2019, Oct.28-31/2019. Quality and causes of death in Colombian cities, Drexel University Pre-symposium Levels and determinants of urban mortality: A focus on cities of Latin America, Sept.4/2019. Regional Convergence in Latin America Mortality. A Lee-Carter Modification, in Cognition, Mortality, and Mortality Determinants, U.C. Berkeley, Feb. 22/2019. Uso del Tiempo y las Mujeres en la Facultad de Ciencias, I Simposio Colombiano de Mujeres en la Ciencia, Bogotá, Dec.5/2018. The Invisible Consequences of Violence, ALAP-8, Oct.22-26/2018. CWW and NTA per gender in Colombia, 12th Global Meeting of the NTA-México D.F., Jul. 22-29/2018. Counting Women’s Work in Colombia, PRB session at PAA-2018, Denver, April 27/2018. Informalidad genera inequidad, Banco de la República-Medellín, Sept.1/2017. Riesgo de Longevidad: Desafíos y oportunidades para las aseguradoras y el Sistema de Seguridad Social Colombiano a la luz de la experiencia de Francia, Universidad del Rosario, May 11/2017. Asociación Latinoamericana de Población-ALAP VI, Foz de Iguazú, Oct. 17-22/2016. Intergenerational time use by gender under informatilty for developing countries The Colombian case, Salamanca-España, Junio 26/2016.Visibilizando el trabajo no remunerado de las Mujeres, San José de Costa Rica, April 8/2016. V Simposio Internacional de Actuaría, Bogotá Nov. 12-13/2015. Workshop on Latin American Mortality Databases, July 23-24/2015, U.C. Bekerley. Friday Luncheon Seminar, Population Center-Harvard University, Feb. 27/2015. VI ALAP, Agosto 12-15/2014, Lima-Perú. XXIV Simposio Internacional de Estadística, Jul.24-26/2014, Bogotá-Colombia. XXIII Simposio Internacional de Estadística, Jul.25-27/2013, Bogotá-Colombia. V ALAP, Noviembre 23-26/2012, Montevideo-Uruguay.V-Asofondos Congress, Cartagena/April 2012. 73 International Atlantic Economic Conference, March 28-31/2012, Istanbul. Congreso Español e Iberoamericano de Biometría, Sept. 7-11/2011, Barcelona. Lecture Series, CLAS-Stanford University, Mayo 31/2011. Workshop on Demography of Conflict, Population Center-Stanford University, June 3/2011. Brown Bag-Demography Department, U.C. Berkeley, April 13/2011. IV ALAP, November 15-19/2010, La Habana-Cuba. XX Simposio Nacional de Estadística, August/2010, Santa Martha. XXVI IUSSP International Population Conference, 27 September – 2 October 2009, Marrakech, Marruecos. 50 años del Programa en Estadística, June 2008, Cali. XIX Simposio Nacional de Estadística Medellín July 2009. XVIII Simposio Nacional de Estadística Cartagena August/2008. 50 años de la Carrera de Estadística, Bogotá June 2008. XVII Simposio Nacional de Estadística, Cali August 2007. Population American Association-PAA, New York-USA, April 2007. XI Encuentro Anual de la Asociación de Economía de América Latina y el Caribe-LACEA, Ciudad de México, November 2006. XV Simposio Nacional de Estadística, Paipa August 2005. IX LACEA, San José de Costa Rica, Nov.4- 6, 2004. Labor Lunch. Economics Department, U.C. Berkeley, May 4, 2004. PAA, Boston-USA, April 1, 2004. Seminar of the Demography of Violence and Conflict. IUSSP, Oslo, November 8-11, 2003. Brown Bag. Demography Department, U.C. Berkeley, February 12, 2003. PAA, Atlanta-USA, May 3, 2002. Population Reference Bureau, Pre-PAA Session, May 1, Atlanta-USA, 2002

Languages

Spanish: Mother tongue English: Fluent French: Intermediate level