About

I am an applied microeconomist, and my research focuses on the study of education markets and policies that promote equitable opportunities for human capital accumulation. I work closely with governments to help them leverage their data, existing evidence, and technology, to design, evaluate, and implement new education policies. These collaborations include the governments of Chile, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Brazil, and the Dominican Republic.

I am a Professor of Economics and Global Affairs at Yale University. I have a appointments at the Department of Economics and the Yale Jackson School of Global Affairs. I am a member of the Center for Algorithms, Data, and Market Design and the Yale Economic Growth Center. I am also a member of National Bureau of Economic Research Industrial Organization and Education Economics programs. I am also an affiliate of the J-PAL network.

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PhD Students

I am currently advising and coauthoring with several PhD students. Get to know the interesting work these students are doing below.

Patrick Agte

Post Doc, Yale University

Health and Education Economics in developing countries

Fernando Ochoa

5th year, New York University PhD

Empirical Market Design and Urban Economics

Past PhD Students

At some point I was lucky enought to collaborage with these young researchers. As usual I learned about as much from them as the other way around. Check out the interesting work they are doing.

Karl Schulze

Bureau of Labor Statistics

Felipe Arteaga

Amazon

Alvaro Carril

Revelo Labs

Carolina Concha-Arriagada

Columbia Teachers College

Fernanda (Pumi) Ramirez-Espinoza

Universidad Catolica de Chile

Tomas Larroucau

Arizona State University, Economics Department

Claudia Allende

Post Doc, University of Chicago Becker-Friedman Institute

Andres Barrios

Senior Researcher at VATT in Helsinki, Finland

Mentors

I have had a lot of help on my journey in economics. First at the University of Chile, the Central Bank of Chile and then at Yale University for my PhD, I have been extremely lucky to have had great mentors that taught me and provided support and motivation. Check out what they are up to today and learn from them if you can:

Joseph Altonji

Yale University

Steve Berry

Yale University

Phil Haile

Yale University

Justine Hastings

Brown University

Costas Meghir

Yale University

Eduardo Engel

Universidad de Chile

Judy Chevalier

Yale Univeristy

Fiona Scott-Morton

Yale Univeristy

Dante Contreras

Universidad de Chile

Jose De Gregorio

Universidad de Chile

Oscar Landerretche

Universidad de Chile

Joseph Ramos

Universidad de Chile

Oliver

Since you made it this far, you should know that Oliver is the Goodest Boy. See for yourself!

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