Hi, and welcome to my website!

I am a public servant at the Budget Office of Chile. 

Previously I was a Senior Research Officer at the Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of Essex, working on applied research in education and family economics. I was also a Teaching Associate at the School of Economics, University of Nottingham.  

I hold a Ph.D. in Economics from the The University of Nottingham, under the supervision of Facundo Albornoz and Richard Upward.    

My fields of research are Applied Microeconometrics, Development Economics and Economics of Education

My Google Scholar profile is here. 

A recent CV is here. 

You can contact me at david.e.contreras.g@gmail.com