I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Business and Economics at Universidad Andrés Bello (Santiago, Chile), where I am also affiliated with the Institute for Economic Policies. I am an Invited Researcher at the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL). Before joining UNAB, I was an Assistant Professor at PUC-Rio in Brazil. I hold a PhD in Economics from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), and have worked as a consultant for the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).
My research interests lie within the fields of labor economics, crime, and development.