Curriculum Vitae (CV)
Personal Information
Nationality: Chilean
Languages: Spanish (native speaker), English (fluent).
Education
2013 Ph.D. Economics, University of Warwick, United Kingdom.
2007 M.Sc. Economics, University of Warwick, United Kingdom.
2004 M.A. Economics, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
2002 B.A. Business and Economics, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
Research Interests
Labor Economics, Health Economics, Economics of Education and Applied Econometrics.
Awards, Funding & Prizes
2016 Fondecyt de Iniciación N°11160346 for 3 years.
2012 “100 Young Leaders” Award, by El Mercurio.
2008 Warwick Economics Postgraduate Research Fellowship (Full Funding), Ph.D. in Economics, University of Warwick, UK.
2007 Honours Scholarship, MSc. in Economics, University of Warwick, UK.
December 2012
2004 Distinction, for M.A. in Economics, Pontificia Universidad Católica de
Chile.
2004 Distinction, for B.A. in Economics, Pontificia Universidad Católica de
Chile.
1997 Honours Scholarship, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
1997 National award for the highest national score at Chilean college entrance exam (Prueba de Aptitud Académica, PAA).
External Courses and Masterclasses
2015 Future of Learning, Graduate School of Education, Harvard University.
2009 New Developments in Econometrics, Prof. Jeffrey Wooldridge (Michigan State) and Prof. Guido Imbens (Harvard), Cemmap.
2009 Policy Evaluation Methods, Dr. Barbara Sianesi (IFS), Cemmap.
2009 Microsimulation, Prof. Alan Duncan (Nottingham), Cemmap.
2009 Economics and Econometrics of Policy Evaluation, Prof. Costas Meghir, University College of London (UCL).
Non Academic Experience
2020 - 2021 (Full Time) Senior Reasearcher, Centro de Estudios Públicos, Santiago, Chile.
2018 - 2020 (Full Time) Head of Labor Markets, Ministry of Finance, Santiago, Chile.
2010 - 2013 (Full Time) Advisor and Coordinator of Microeconomic Policies, Budget office, Ministry of Finance, Santiago, Chile.
2004 - 2006 (Full Time) Researcher at the Economic Program, Instituto Libertad y Desarrollo on issues related to public finance, labor market, public economics and public policy in general. (www.lyd.org).
Academic Experience
2021 - (Full time) Assistant Professor, Diego Portales University, School of Business and Economics.
2014 -2018 (Full Time) Assistant Professor, Adolfo Ibañez University, Business School.
2008-2010 Teacher Assistant, Econometrics 1, University of Warwick, United Kingdom.
2007-2008 Teacher Assistant, Economics for Business and Economics for Strategy, University of Warwick, United Kingdom.
2007-2008 Research Assistant, Warwick South Asia Group Workshops and Incentives and Governance in Global Finance Workshops. (Professor Sayantan Ghosal)
2005-2006 Part-Time Lecturer: Introduction to Economics at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Economía y Escasez at Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez and Introduction to Economics at Universidad del Desarrollo.
2006 Part-Time Lecturer, Economic of Strategy, MSc in Business (Master en Ciencias de la Administracion). Universidad del Desarrollo.
2005 Research Assistant, Professor Aristides Torche. Project for Low Income Peasant in Mexico. Food and Agriculture Organization (F.A.O.).
2004 Research Assistant, Labor Economics. Professor Claudio Sapelli. “A Cohort analysis of Income Distribution in Chile”.
2000-2004 Teacher Assistant of several modules (undergraduate (U) and Post graduate (P)) at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile: Health Economics (U), Labor Economics (P), Economics of Education (P), Social Project Evaluation (P), Economics and Poverty (U), Microeconomic Theory I (P), Mathematical Economics (P), Econometrics (U).
Affiliations
2020 - Research Fellow, IZA Institute of Labor Economics.
2020 - 2021 Member of the Board of the Sociedad Chilena de Políticas Públicas.
2019 - 2021 Member of the Board, Corporación de Desarrollo Social de Providencia.
2018 – 2021 Member of the Board of Consejo Superior Laboral.
2010 – 2012 Member of the Minimum Wage Commission (Comisión Asesora de Salario Mínimo).