Mariano Calderón
Economics and Public Policy
University of Zurich (UZH)
Mariano Calderón
Economics and Public Policy
University of Zurich (UZH)
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Economics and Public Policy
University of Zurich (UZH)
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I'm a Guatemalan economist with experience in applied research and policy advice. Since August 2026, I'm a PhD candidate in Economics and Management at the University of Zürich.
Previously, I worked as a pre-doctoral research fellow at the University of Göttingen with Cara Ebert, Leander Heldring and Sebastian Vollmer and as a research consultant with the International Labour Organization (ILO).
My interests lie in empirical microeconomics with applications to education, labour markets, and migration. With my work, I want to understand the causes of unequal opportunities, especially with regard to the formation of human capital.
Two teachers walking up to the primary school in El Quetzalito village in Quiché, Guatemala. (Foto: Martin Müller)
Over 60% of students in Guatemala do not meet the minimum literacy and numeracy expected at their age, far exceeding the regional averages; this figure reaches up to 80% among the poorest pupils (ERCE 2019). Understanding how families, teachers and schools can enable young people to develop stronger skills for their future is a key motivation of my work.
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