I am fifth-year PhD student in Economics at the University of Toronto. My research areas are Development Economics, Political Economy and Applied Microeconomics.
Starting in the Fall, I will be joining the Collegio Carlo Alberto as Assistant Professor of Economics. My new site is here.
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| Education | ||
| 2012-2017 (expected) | University of Toronto, Ph.D. Economics (in progress) | |
| 2008-2009 | University of Toronto, M.A. Economics (doctoral stream) | |
| 2004-2008 | University of Waterloo, B. Computer Science (honours) | |
| Citizenship | Canadian, Colombian | |
| Research Interests | Development Economics, Political Economy, Applied Microeconomics | |
| Teaching Interests | Quantitative Methods, Development Economics, Political Economy | |
| Working Papers | ||
| Legislating During War: Conflict and Politics in Colombia Job Market Paper | ||
| The Impact of Internal Displacement on Receiving Communities: Evidence from the Colombian Conflict Revise and resubmit, Journal of Development Economics | ||
| Conditional Cash Transfers for Women and Spousal Violence: Evidence of the Long-Term Relationship from the Oportunidades Program in Rural Mexico (with Gustavo J. Bobonis and Roberto Castro) Revise and resubmit, Journal of Human Resources | ||
| Professional Experience | ||
| Research Assistant: | ||
| 2015 | Arthur Blouin, Department of Economics, University of Toronto | |
| 2009, 2012-2014 | Gustavo J. Bobonis, Department of Economics, University of Toronto | |
| 2008 | Anindya Sen, Department of Economics, University of Waterloo | |
| Teaching Assistant: | ||
| 2014, 2017 | ECO403: Topics in Development Economics and Policy | |
| 2008-2009, 2013-2016 | ECO220: Quantitative Methods in Economics | |
| 2015-2016 | ECO368: Economics of Conflict | |
| 2015-2016 | ECO334: Political Economy | |
| 2013, 2015-2016 | ECO306: American Economic History | |
| 2012-2013 | ECO324: Economic Development | |
| Other: | ||
| 2011-2013 | Data Analyst, Program on Globalization and Regional Innovation Systems, Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto | |
| 2010-2011 | Research Analyst, Toronto Region Research Alliance (Toronto, ON, Canada) | |
| 2009-2010 | Software Analyst, ComputerTalk Technology (Richmond Hill, ON, Canada) | |
| Awards | ||
| 2016-2017 | University of Toronto, Doctoral Completion Award | |
| 2016-2017 | University of Toronto, Lawrence and Tracey Smith Bursary in Economics | |
| 2008-2009, 2012-2016 | University of Toronto, Graduate Fellowship | |
| 2015-2016 | University of Toronto, Tom Easterbrook Graduate Scholarship in Communications and the Mass Media | |
| 2014 | Inter-American Development Bank, Research Grant (with G.J. Bobonis and R. Castro) | |
| 2008 | University of Waterloo, Graduation with Distinction | |
| Presentations | ||
| 2017 | Brock University, York University, University of Melbourne, Collegio Carlo Alberto, PacDev 2017 (UC-Riverside), 2nd Annual IPS conference (UMass-Amherst), MWIEDC 2017 (UW-Madison), ESOC Annual Meeting (USIP, Washington, D.C.), RIDGE/LACEA-PEG Workshop on Political Economy (PUC-Rio) | |
| 2016 | University of Toronto CEPA, CDESG-CEA Annual Conference (University of Ottawa), 41 SAEe (University of the Basque Country, Bilbao) | |
| 2015 | CEA Annual Conference (Ryerson University, Toronto), HiCN 11th Annual Workshop (University of Toronto), LACEA Labor Network conference: Are labor markets in Latin America prepared for the new challenges? (PUC, Santiago) | |
| 2014 | University of Toronto CEPA Brown Bag | |
| Other | ||
| 2016 | Barcelona GSE, Summer School in Political Economy | |
| Languages | Spanish (native), English (fluent), Italian (basic), French (basic) | |
| Computer Skills | STATA, Python, MATLAB, Java, C/C++, VBA, SQL | |
| Refereeing | Economic Development and Cultural Change | |
| References | ||
| Gustavo J. Bobonis Associate Professor Department of Economics University of Toronto gustavo.bobonis@utoronto.ca |
Marco Gonzalez-Navarro Assistant Professor CIRHR, Economics, and UTSC Management University of Toronto marco.gonzalez.navarro@utoronto.ca | |
| Michel Serafinelli Assistant Professor Department of Economics University of Toronto michel.serafinelli@utoronto.ca |
Albert Berry Professor Emeritus Munk School of Global Affairs and Department of Economics University of Toronto berry2@chass.utoronto.ca | |
| Jennifer Murdock (teaching) Associate Professor, Teaching Stream Department of Economics University of Toronto jennifer.murdock@utoronto.ca | ||
Juan S. Morales