I am an applied microeconomist completing my Ph.D.  at the Bordeaux School of Economics under the supervision of Olivier Bargain (Bordeaux School of Economics) and H. Xavier Jara (London School of Economics, International Inequalities Institute). 

In 2025 I am visiting  the London School of Economics, at the International Inequalitites Institute.  My research interests lie at the intersection of public economics, labor economics and development economics. I am also part of the management comitee of the network on Welfare and Policy in Latin-America and the Caribbean. 

 I have harmonized houselhold  surveys to elicit the behavioral response of individuals to fiscal pressure and tax-benefit reforms in Latin America, I also use tax-benefit microsimulation to produce counterfactuals enabling the inequality trends. I also study how redistributive preferences, perceived inequality and other key psychological determinants may be unexplored triggers of social unrest. 

I graduated from PSL University- Paris Dauphine. Before starting my Ph.D., I worked at the  OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development)  and the Instutite for Research and Development (IRD).

You can download my CV here.

I'd love to hear from you! Contact me at: david.rivera-gonzalez[at]u-bordeaux.fr/david.rivera-gonzalez[at]dauphine.eu