Hi! 

I am a postdoc in applied economics at Mercatorum University. I am also affiliated with CRENoS.

My research focuses on political economy, labour and health with a gender and regional perspective. 

My job market paper, "Fuel Prices, Gang Violence, and Its Effects on Children’s Health: Evidence from Mexico", explores the health consequences of the ongoing security crisis in Mexico, specifically examining how fuel theft (huachicol) impacts prenatal health.  I leverage two sources of quasi-exogenous variation – a) the oil pipeline network’s geographic distribution across Mexico as a source of increased incidence of conflict (and thus stress), and b) a temporal dimension created by a substantial and exogenous hike in the price of oil in Mexico.  I found a 29-34% increase in homicides with no deterioration in prenatal health indicators—such as birth weight or gestational age—nor increases in miscarriages or stillbirths. Moreover, infant and child mortality among boys declined by 5–6%. These results suggest behavioral adaptation to persistent violence and potential income effects linked to participation in illicit markets which I tested with stress-related hospital discharges and nighlight satellite data.