
Education
Ph. D. Economics, Columbia University, USA, 2016-2022,
M.A. Economics, Universidad de los Audes, Colombia, 2011-2012,
B.A. Political Science, Universidad de los Audes, Colombia, 2007-2010,
B.A. Economics, Universidad de los Audes, Colombia, 2006-2010,
Employment
Post-Doctoral Associate, New York University - Abu Dhabi, 2022-2025
Publications
Social distancing and COVID-19 under violence: Evidence from Colombia, with Diego Martin (2024) Journal of Development Economics, Volume 170.
Short- and long-run labor market adjustment to import competition, with Juan Blyde, Matias Busso and Kyunglin Park (2023) Review of International Economics, pp.1- 18.
Selective Civilian Targeting: The Unintended Consequences of Partial Peace, with Mounu Prem, Andres Rivera and Juan Vargas (2022) Quarterly Journal of Political Science, vol. 7(3), pp.317- 354.
The Perils of High-Powered Incentives: Evidence from Colombia’s False Positives, with Daron Acemoglu, Leopoldo Fergusson, James Robinson and Juan Fernando Vargas (2020). American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, vol. 12(3), pp.1- 43.
Improving Access to Preventive Maternal Health Care Using Reminders: Experimental Evidence from Guatemala. With Matias Busso and Dario Salcedo (2017), Economic Letters, vol. 161, pp. 43-46.
Books or laptops? The effect of shifting from printed to digital delivery of educational content on learning. With Rosangela Bando, Francisco Gallego and Paul J. Gertler (2017). Economics of Education Review, vol. 61, pp. 162-173
The effects of financial aid and returns information in selective and less selective schools: Experimental evidence from Chile. With Matias Busso, Taryn Dinkelman and Claudia Martínez (2017). Labour Economics, Vol. 45, pp. 79-91.
Insecurity or Perception of Insecurity? Urban Crime and Dissatisfaction with Life: Evidence from the Case of Bogotá. (2014). Peace Economics, Peace Science and Public Policy, Vol. 20(1), pp. 169-208.