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.

Team

I work with an amazing team of researchers, data scientists, and policy experts who help make our research and policy work possible. Meet the talented individuals who contribute to our projects and research.

Ignacio Lepe

Data Scientist, ConsiliumBots

Ignacio is interested in empirical market design, mechanism design theory, and labor economics, using data-driven approaches to analyze and improve market outcomes.

Tamara Munoz

Predoctoral Researcher, Yale University

Tamara focuses on the intersection of education and health policy, applying microeconomic analysis to understand how these sectors interact and affect human capital development.

PhD Students

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

Fernando Ochoa

6th 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.

Patrick Agte

Assistant Professor

Stockholm School of Economics

Karl Schulze

Research Economist

Post Doc, Yale University

Felipe Arteaga

Data Scientist

Amazon

Alvaro Carril

Data Scientist

Revelio Labs

Carolina Concha-Arriagada

Assistant Professor

Columbia Teachers College

Fernanda (Pumi) Ramirez-Espinoza

Assistant Professor

Universidad Catolica de Chile

Tomas Larroucau

Assistant Professor

Arizona State University, Economics Department

Claudia Allende

Assistant Professor

Stanford University (GSB)

Andres Barrios

Assistant Professor, Universidad de los Andes

Universidad de los Andes

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: