ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Department of Economics

    Assistant Professor

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EDUCATION
University of Wisconsin - Madison

    Ph.D. Candidate in Economics 

    M.S. Economics
Barcelona Graduate School of Economics

    M.S. Specialized Economic Analysis
University of Costa Rica

    Licenciatura in Economics, with Honors and Distinctions
    B.S. Economics

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FIELDS OF INTEREST

  Public Economics, Development Economics, Health Economics, Labor Economics

 

PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS

• “Climate change’s impact on real estate prices in Chile,” with Carlos Madeira and Roberto Luna. PLOS Sustainability and Transformation, 2022, 1(11): e0000035. 

• “The impact of climate change on economic output across industries in Chile,” with Carlos Madeira. PLOS One, 2022.

• “Association Between Assistance With Medicaid Enrollment and Use of Health Care After Incarceration Among Adults With a History of Substance Use,” with Marguerite Burns, Steve Cook, et al. JAMA Network Open, 2022, vol. 5.

• “Impact evaluation of the conditional cash transfer program for secondary school in Costa Rica (Avancemos),” with Catherine Mata. Revista de Ciencias Económicas, 2015 vol. 33, no. 1.

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WORKING PAPERS

• “The Challenges to Modernize G2P Payments: Reaching the Last-Mile in Financial Inclusion” with Bridget Hoffmann, Camilo Pecha and Diego Vera-Cossío (Revise and Resubmit Journal of Development Economics)

• “The Price of Formality: The Role of Social Insurance in Labor Market Choices” 

• “Firm Responses to Payroll Tax Increases: Evidence from Costa Rica” 

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SELECTED WORK IN PROGRESS​

• “The Effect of Maternity Leave Policies on Local Labor Market Outcomes” with Elizabeth Jaramillo

• Does Managed Care Affect Breast Cancer Outcomes? (with Natalia Serna and Mario Velazquez)

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OTHER PUBLICATIONS

• “The Cost-Effectiveness of Air Pollution Information Provision Programs,” with Bridget Hoffmann, Cristóbal Ruiz-Tagle and Alejandra Schueftan. Inter-American Development Bank, Technical Note No. IDB-TN-2236, 2021.

• “Evidencias del Impacto de la Factura Electrónica de Impuestos en América Latina,” with Juan Robalino. In Electronic Invoicing in Latin America, edited by Alberto Barreix and Raul Zambrano. Inter-American Development Bank, 2017.

• “How does Avancemos work? Best practices on the implementation of Conditional Cash Transfer Programs in Latin America and the Caribbean.” Inter-American Development Bank, 2016.

 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Pontificia Universidad Javeriana

Microeconomía 1

      Undergraduate (Fall 2025-)

Evaluación de Impacto

     Graduate (Spring 2026)

Técnicas de Investigación

     Master in Health Economics (Spring 2026)

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University of Wisconsin-Madison   

Analytical Public Finance

      TA for Prof. Rebecca Glawtschew (Fall 2023, Spring 2024)

  Introduction to Microeconomics

      Head TA for Prof. Steve Trost:  (Fall 2022, Spring 2023)

  Intermediate Microeconomics

      TA for Prof. Rebecca Glawtschew (Spring 2022)

  Introduction to Microeconomics

      TA for Prof. Rebecca Glawtschew (Fall 2019, Spring 2020)

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RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
  Institute for Research on Poverty - UW-Madison, Research Assistant 2020-21
  Inter-American Development Bank - Research Department, Research Fellow 2017-19  
  Inter-American Development Bank - Fiscal Sector, Research Assistant 2016-17  
  Innovations for Poverty Action, Research Associate 2015-16  
  Economics Research Institute - University of Costa Rica, Research Assistant 2012-13  
  Center of Economic and Environmental Studies, Research Assistant 2011-12  

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AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS

  Richard A. Meese Dissertation Fellowship, UW-Madison Economics  2024
  Juli Plant Grainger Outstanding TA Award, UW-Madison Economics 2023, 2024 
  Juli Plant Grainger Summer Fellowship, UW-Madison Economics  2022 
  Summer Fellowship, Central Bank of Chile  2021 
  Excellence Scholarship, University of Costa Rica  2012-14 

  Workshops
      Behavioral Public Economics Bootcamp, NBER  2023 
      Health Economics Mentoring Workshop  2021 

  Travel Awards
      Institute for Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin - Madison  2024
      Department of Economics, University of Wisconsin - Madison  2022, 2024 
      SRGC Conference Presentation Award, University of Wisconsin - Madison  2023 

 

CONFERENCES

  2026 Lacea-LAMES - Lima, Perú, 2026 (Scheduled)

  BREAD-ITAM-CAF Conference - México City, 2026 (Scheduled)

  XXI RIDGE Forum - Bridgetown, Barbados, 2026

  2do Workshop en Economía de la Salud (EAFIT) - Medellín, Colombia, 2026

  Congreso Anual de la Red Investigadores de Economía 2025 - Colombia, 2025

  Banco de México, 2025

  Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, 2026 

  SEA 94th Annual Meeting - Washington, DC, 2024 
  XIX RIDGE Forum - Chile, 2024 
  Society of Labor Economics (SOLE) - Portland, OR, 2024 
  Midwest Economics Association (MEA) Annual Meeting - Chicago, IL, 2024 
  Inter-American Development Bank, Research Department - Washington, DC, 2023 
  Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM) - Atlanta, GA, 2023 
  IPA-GPRL Annual Research Gathering (Northwestern) - Evanston, IL, 2022 
  Midwest Economics Association (MEA) Annual Meeting - Minneapolis, MN, 2022 

 

SERVICE

  Leadership team, Wisconsinites for Inclusion & Diversity in Economics (WIDE), 2022-23 
  Faculty Liaison, Wisconsin Economics Graduate Organization (WEGO), 2021-23 

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AFFILIATIONS
  Graduate Research Fellow - Institute for Research on Poverty (2020-2025)