About

I am an applied microeconometrician with over 10 years of professional experience leading causal research and large-scale data analysis with a focus on the structural drivers of gender and racial inequalities in the labour market. I apply a variety of tools to provide actionable insights for policy design and institutional change; these range from structural modelling to quasi-experimental methods and online experiments.

You can see my resume below or find the PDF here. My extended CV is here.

Education

Yale University

Ph.D., M.Phil., MA in Economics

Fields: Applied Econometrics, Labor Economics

New Haven, CT

August 2012 – May 2018

ITAM (Mexican Autonomous Institute of Technology)

M.A. in Economics

Fields: Econometrics, Applied microeconometrics

Mexico City, Mexico

January 2010 – June 2012

UNAM (National Autonomous University of Mexico)

B.Sc in Mathematics, Suma Cum Laude

Dissertation defended June 2009; awarded honours by examination committee.

Mexico City, Mexico

August 2004 – June 2008

Professional and Research Experience

St. Catharine's College, University of Cambridge

Fellow

Lead independent and collaborative research programmes.
Supervise and mentor Economics undergraduates, overseeing academic growth via small-group teaching and dissertation guidance.
Foster alumni relationships to enhance outreach and development efforts.

October 2021 – present

Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge

Assistant Professor

Designed and delivered undergraduate and graduate courses in Labour Economics, Applied Econometrics and Public Economics, including assessment design and dissertation guidance.
Led independent and collaborative research programmes.

September 2018 – April 2026

Department of Economics, Yale University

Ph.D. Candidate and Graduate researcher

Specialised in Labour Economics and Applied Econometrics, with a focus on the structural drivers of socioeconomic inequality.
Gained Special Sworn Status (SSS) from the U.S. Census Bureau, authorising access to highly restricted, large-scale administrative microdata for advanced policy analysis.

August 2014 – May 2018

Selected Peer Reviewed Articles and Working Papers

Amano-Patiño, Faraglia, Giannitsarou (2025). Economics Coauthorships in the Aftermath of MeToo. European Economic Review https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euroecorev.2025.105020.

Amano-Patiño, Contractor, Aramburu (2025). Is Affirmative Action in Employment Still Effective in the 21st Century? Revise & Resubmit AEJ: Applied Economics.

Amano-Patiño, Baron, Xiao (2025). Human Capital Accumulation, Equilibrium WageSetting, and Gender Pay Gap Dynamics. Reject & Resubmit Journal of Labor Economics.

Selected Presentations and Public Engagement

Leuven Summer Event (2026): Speaker, Labour Session, Leuven, Belgium

Society of Labour Economics (2025): Speaker, Racial Inequality Session, Toronto, Canada.

Keynes Fund Research Day (2025): Speaker and Discussant, University of Cambridge.

Newnham College's International Women's Day Event (2025): Keynote Speaker.

Barcelona School of Economics Summer Forum (2024): Speaker and Discussant, Public Economics Session, Barcelona, Spain.

Vox Talks Economics Podcast (2024): Interviewee – Collaboration Patterns Post-MeToo.

Warwick Women in Economics Society’s Women’s Day Event (2023): Keynote Speaker.

Gender Empowerment Symposium of the Mexican Society (2023): Keynote Speaker.

Selected Grants, Fellowships and Awards

Keynes Fund, Newton Trust, and Cambridge Humanities Research Grants Scheme, University of Cambridge – multiple awards as PI and co-PI

National Science Foundation, National Institute on Aging, and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation awards as PI from the US Census Bureau’s Longitudinal Employer Household Dynamics Program

Patterson Fellowship, Graduate Policy Fellows Program, and Economic Growth Center Fellowship to support my academic development at Yale University.

Selected Academic Service

Referee for peer-reviewed journals such as: AEJ: Macroeconomics, Journal of Public Economics, European Economic Review, Labour Economics, IZA Journal of Labor Economics, Economic Letters.

Conference Committee member of the Royal Economic Society Annual Conference (2022).

Invited talks: Middlebury College (Spring 2024), Warwick (Autumn 2019), Institute of Fiscal Studies (Summer 2019), Oxford (Summer 2019), UBC (Spring 2019), Jacobs Center – UZH (Fall 2018)

Faculty of Economics’ EDI Committee (2019–2024): led work to improve admissions data and analysed early cohorts to identify strategies to reduce the gender gap in the Faculty's MPhil programmes.

Chair of the Green Working Group (2023–2025): led the development of the St Catharine's College Roadmap to Net Zero Emissions, a detailed plan for St Catharine’s to reach net zero by 2040.

PhD Supervisor to James Morris (2020–present), Jumi Kim (2022–2025), Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge.

Technical Skills

Computer Programming: Stata, Python, Matlab, SAS, LaTeX.

Applied Econometrics: Regression Discontinuity, Dynamic Diff-in-Diff, Simulated Method of Moments, Bootstrap, (Censored) Demand Estimation, Multinomial Logit.

Languages: Spanish (native), English (fluent), Italian (intermediate), Japanese (basic).

Additional information

Indefinite Leave to Remain (no sponsorship required to work in the UK).

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