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I am an Associate Professor at the Department of Industrial Engineering, College of Engineering, Universidad de Concepción, Chile. I received a Ph.D. and a M.Sc. in Economics from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. I am also an elected board member of the Chilean Economic Association (SECHI).
Contact Information:
E-mail Address: marcelaparada@udec.cl (institutional) | mparadacontzen@gmail.com (alternative).
Phone number: 56-41-2204151
Mailing Address:
Depto. Ingeniería Industrial, Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad de Concepción
Edmundo Larenas 219, Concepción, Chile 4070409
Research interests:
My research interests are in Applied Microeconomics, in the areas of Pension Economics, Economics of Risk and Uncertainty, and Labor Economics. I work with large datasets of individual behavior to study life-cycle decision in the context of wealth accumulation. I focus most of my research in Chile to contribute to the design of public policies based on scientific evidence.
My definitely favorite research topic is Pension Economics. I like to analyze individual behavior within systems, to study and help to design policies for improving pension outcomes, to perform ex-ante simulation of policy impacts, among others.
In the last year, I have been exploring new research lines such as gender economics and empirical election polarization. I am also (very) recently exploring lines in migration and labor markets.
Other interests:
I enjoy reading books during the rainy Fall-Winter-Spring weekends of Concepción. Well, I also enjoy reading in the Summer. My favorite genders are: Non-fiction, Memoir, Contemporary.
I play Chopin, Beethoven, and Bach in piano.
I run for fun.
I play tennis for fun.
I am learning to play the violin.
I try to do acrylic painting.
I have taken two golf lessons (updated: May 2025)
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