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Currently, I am an Assistant professor of economics, Director of the Master of Public Policy and Head of research of the Facultad de Administración y Economía at Universidad Diego Portales. Also, I am Research Fellow at IZA Institute of Labor Economics. Previously, I´ve been Senior Economist at Centro de Estudios Públicos in Santiago, Chile. Between 2018-2020 I was the Head of Labor Markets at the Ministry of Finance. Formerly, between 2014-2018 I was an Assistant Professor of Economics at Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez in Santiago, Chile. My research interest is focused on Labor and Health Economics as well as Economics of Education and Applied Microeconometrics.

In 2010-2014 I was the Coordinator of Microeconomic Policies at the Budget Office, Chilean Ministry of Finance. My work focused mainly on public policy design, policy evaluation and Budget expenditure allocation.

I graduated in Business and Economics from the Catholic University of Chile in 2002 and gained my MA in Economics at the Catholic University of Chile in 2004 and my PhD from the University of Warwick in 2013.

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