Education 

• PhD in Applied Economics (2015-2019); Department of Economics, University of Antwerp [Belgium]

  • 2015-2019: PhD Research Grant -  Faculty of Applied Economics, University of Antwerp (PhD promotors: Sunčica Vujić & Guido Erreygers)

  • Sep 2018-Dec 2018: Research visit at University Pompeu Fabra (UPF), mentored by Isaac Baley

  • Apr 2018-Sep 2018: Research visit at the Autonomous University of Barcelona, mentored by Xavi Ramos

• MSc in Economics and Business - cum laude (2011-2012); Erasmus School of Economics, Erasmus University of Rotterdam [Netherlands] 

• BA in Economics (2005-2011); Faculty of Economics and Business, Universidad de la República (UdelaR) [Uruguay]

Working experience

• Research Fellow/Economic Analyst (2019- current). Unit of Fiscal Policy Analysis (B2), JRC Seville, European Commission.

• UNDP Consultant (2012-2016). Short-term consultancies for the estimation of time-income measures of poverty based on LIMTIP methodology from the Levy Economics Institute of Bard College (New York). Elaboration of reports, participation in seminars and workshops with researchers and policy makers in different LATAM countries (Uruguay, Pery, Colombia). Author of one of the background papers for the Latin America Human Development Report 2016.

• Economic Analyst (2013-2014); Social Policy Advisory - Budget and Planning Office, Presidency of Uruguay.  Part of the team in charge of the design, update and use of the public policy simulator (tax-benefit) for the ex-ante evaluation of the impact of fiscal policy (direct and indirect taxes, benefits and changes in contributory health system) on the income distribution (software: R).

• PwC (PricewaterhouseCoopers) Junior Consultant (2009-2011); Economics Consulting Department. Research, elaboration of economic reports for clients and media; consultancy projects. 

Teaching

• Assistant Lecturer in "Graduate Economic Seminar¨ of the  Master in Economic Policy, University of Antwerp (2017 -2018 )

• Lecturer - ¨Economics I¨ (introductory course to history of economic thought), Bachelor in Economics, Faculty of Economics and Business, Universidad de la Republica (UdelaR)  (2010-2011)

• High-School Teacher in Economics, IAVA, National Secondary Education, Uruguay (2008-2011)

Presentations

• Euromod Annual Workshop 2023: carbon pricing and inequality (Green EUROMOD) - Sep 20, 2023  

• 5th  JRC Fiscal Policy Modelling Workshop: "Enforcing equal pay for equal work in the EU: what would it take?" - March 23, 2023

• ARC 2022 conference: green and fair? revision of the energy taxation directive (JRC - ECFIN, Seville) - Sep 20, 2022

• Tax Talk online seminar: "The redistributive impact of indirect taxation in the EU: Analysis of the pre-COVID decade” (TAXUD,  Dec 17, 2021)

• CREI Macroeconomics Lunch Seminar: "Economic cycle and vertical mismatches" (Pompeu Fabra/ Barcelona GSE)  Oct 3 2018 

• Webinar UNDP on time-income poverty, gender inequality and public policies in Latin America, May 4 2018 

• 14th Belgian Day for Labour Economists:  Safe ports for all?  on economic cycle and education (PhD paper)  (UCL Lovaina, Belgium) - May 5 2017 

• 3rd Workshop on Educations Economics: Safe ports for all?  (PhD paper)   KU LEUVEN (Leuven, Belgium) - Mar 30-31 2017

• 22nd Spring Meeting of Young Economists: : Safe ports for all?  (PhD paper), (Halle, Germany) - Mar 23-25 2017 

• 28th European Association of Labour Economists (EALE) Conference, Sep 15-17 2016, University of Ghent (Ghent, Belgium)

• Lunch Seminar, Department of Economics, Faculty of Applied Economics, University of Antwerp, Nov 2016 (Antwerp, Belgium)

• CSP Lunch Seminar, Centrum Voor Sociaal Beleid Herman Deleeck, Faculty of Social Sciences, Jul 2016, University of Antwerp (Antwerp, Beglium)

• Doctoral Day. University of Antwerp, Nov 2015 (Antwerp, Belgium)

• International Seminar Guest Speaker: Avanzando en la medición de la economía del cuidado: incorporación del tiempo en el análisis de la pobreza? Nov 2014 (Bogotá, Colombia)

• Guest speaker to discuss UNDP publication: "The interlocking of time and income deficits: revisiting poverty measurement, informing policy responses?" UNDP workshop Mar 2014 (Lima, Peru)

•  UNDP and Ministry of Social Development workshop: Taking into account time for poverty analysis and measuring? Mar 2013 (Montevideo, Uruguay)

Reviewer for:

• Spring Meeting of Young Economists  2018-19 (conference)

• Journal of Economic Modeling 

• International Journal of Microsimulation