Kenneth Castillo-Hidalgo

Welcome! I am a PhD in Applied Economics from Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (Spain). Currently, I work as a Postdoctoral fellow in Department ABC, at Politecnico di Milano (Italy).

My research focuses on regional economics, particularly agglomeration effects and knowledge spillovers involving the mining sector and other primary sector activities.

Additionally, I have worked as a Financial Advisory Consultant for mining workers unions, contributing to collective negotiation processes with organizations such as Sindicato Nº1 de Trabajadores de Minera Escondida (2016, 2018), Sindicato de Trabajadores Minera Zaldívar (2017), and Sindicato de Trabajadores Minera Centinela (2017).

Work in progress

The impact of KIBS agglomeration on Chilean mining sector productivity

Mines, fields, or classrooms: Effects of primary activities agglomeration on local human capital accumulation

How many doctors do you know? Spatial social capital, occupational prestige, and primary sector activities

Regional market concentration and income redistribution (With R. Capello and G. Perucca)

European Market Concentration: Regional Dynamics and Implications on Productivity (With C. Foglia)

Where I am from: Antofagasta, Chile

I was born in Antofagasta, in Northern Chile. This city grows between the Pacific Ocean and the Coastal Range, in the Atacama Desert.

The mining resources and the sea have always been important elements in our territory.

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