Curriculum Vitae
Download CV as pdfAcademic Positions
2021 – Professor, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies2016 – 2021 Associate Professor, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies
2014 – 2016 Post-doctoral Researcher, IAE-CSIC
2008 – 2014 Assistant Professor, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
2008 – 2016 Affiliated Professor, Barcelona GSE
Education
2008 Ph.D. Economics, Columbia University2002 M.A. International Economics, Graduate Institute of International Studies
2000 License in International Relations, GIIS, Switzerland
Teaching and Research Fields
Development, Health, Education and Political Economics, MicroeconometricsProfessional Affiliations
2014 – 2023 Associate Editor, The Journal of Human ResourcesRefereeing
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American Economic Review; American Economic Review: Insights; American Economic Journal: Applied Economics; American Journal of Political Science; American Political Science Review; Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy; Asia Pacific Education Review; BioMed Central Pregnancy and Childbirth; Canadian Journal of Economics; Econometrica; Economica; Economics Bulletin; Economic Development and Cultural Change; Economic Inquiry; Economic Journal; Economics Letters; Economic Modeling; Economics of Governance; Education Economics; European Economic Review; Fiscal Studies; International Initiative for Impact Evaluation; International Tax and Public Finance; Journal of African Economies; Journal of Comparative Economics; Journal of Development Economics; Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization; Journal of Economic Growth; Journal of Economic Issues; Journal of Environmental Economics and Management; Journal of the European Economic Association; Journal of Health Economics; Journal of Human Resources; Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization; Journal of Politics; Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory; Journal of Public Economics; Journal of Population Economics; Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics; Public Management Review; Quarterly Journal of Economics; Review of Economics and Statistics; Review of Economic Studies; Scandinavian Journal of Economics; World Development
Conference Presentations and Discussions
2021 Hayami Conference at GRIPS2018 Hayami Conference at GRIPS
2017 Hayami Conference at GRIPS
2016 Political Economy of Development and Conflict Workshop Barcelona
2015 RIDGE/LACEA-PEG Montevideo, IPEA Workshop on Public Procurement Rio de Janeiro,
Political Economy of Development and Conflict Workshop Barcelona, IEB Workshop on
Political Economy and Public Finance Barcelona, NSEA University of Fribourg
2014 ASSA Philadelphia, NEUDC Boston University, LACEA Sao Paulo, RES Conference Manchester,
COSME–Fedea IV Workhop on Gender Economics, Political Economy of Development and
Conflict Workshop Barcelona, Research and Innovation in Governance Conference Nairobi,
EEA Toulouse, ASWEDE Stockholm, NSEA Swiss National Bank
2013 ASSA San Diego, NEUDC Harvard University, QURE Workshop Reus, V Fiscal Federalism
Workshop at IEB, Political Economy Workshop Bristol, Institutional Challenges SITE
2012 NEUDC Dartmouth University, EEA Málaga, SAEe Vigo, NSEA University of Lucerne
2011 NEUDC Yale University, IV Fiscal Federalism Workshop at IEB, Rotterdam Political Economy
Workshop, Petralia Workshop
2010 NEUDC MIT, CEPR Development Economics Barcelona, NSEA Studycenter Gerzensee
2009 NEUDC Tufts University, NSEA University of Basel
2008 NEUDC Boston University, NSEA University of Zürich
2007 NEUDC Harvard University, NSEA University of St.Gallen, IGERT Columbia University
2006 NEUDC Cornell University, NSEA University of Lausanne, IGERT Columbia University
Invited Seminars
2020 Melbourne Institute2019 University of Tokyo, Hitotsubashi University, Keio University
2018 Osaka University
2017 University of Tokyo, Institute of Developing Economics Tokyo, Kyoto University
2016 GRIPS Tokyo, Hitotsubashi University, University of Tokyo
2015 FGV-EESP São Paulo, Università della Svizzera Italiana, GRIPS Tokyo, University of Heidelberg,
Universitat de Barcelona
2014 University of Michigan, University of Gothenburg, Tinbergen Institute Amsterdam
2013 Stockholm University
2012 Paris School of Economics, Toulouse School of Economics, University of Namur, Universitat
Autònoma de Barcelona
2011 BeNA Leibnitz Seminar Berlin, Universitat de Alicante
2010 Bocconi University, Trinity College Dublin, Institut d'Economia de Barcelona
2009 LSE (CEP), University of Bristol
2008 University of Chicago (The Harris School), UC Merced, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, FGV Rio de
Janeiro, Center for Global Development, University of Toronto, University of Montreal
Teaching Experience
2016 – Applied Econometrics, GRIPS MA programs2024 – Advanced Econometrics II, GRIPS PhD programs
2018 – 2023 Advanced Econometrics I, GRIPS PhD programs
2011 – 2021 Policy Evaluation Barcelona GSE Summer School
2016 – 2021 Quantitative Methods for Policy Evaluation, Università della Svizzera Italiana
2015 – 2016 Graduate Econometrics, IDEA PhD program, UAB
2012 – 2016 Quantitative Methods for Public Policy Evaluation, BGSE MA degrees
2009 – 2016 Graduate Microeconometrics, GPFEM PhD program, UPF
2009 – 2014 Undergraduate Econometrics
Seminar and Conference Organization
2016 – Co-Organizer, GRIPS Applied Micro and Graduate Seminars2013 – 2016 Co-Organizer, BGSE Summer Forum Workshop Political Institutions
2014 – 2016 Co-Organizer, BGSE Summer Forum Workshop Advances in Micro Development
2011 – 2013 Co-Organizer, UPF Labor/Public/Development External Seminar
2012 Co-Organizer, Barcelona Development Economics Workshop
2010 – 2011 Co-Organizer, UPF Labor/Public/Development Internal Seminar
Grants
2015 Co-PI, research grant, J-PAL Governance Initiative2014 Co-PI, research grant, Contraloría General de la República de Chile
2014 Co-PI, research grant, J-PAL Governance Initiative
2014 Co-PI, research grant, Corporación Andina de Fomento
2013 Co-Investigator, research grant, Swiss National Science Foundation
2012 Co-Investigator, research grant, Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation
2010 Co-Investigator, research grant, Swiss National Science Foundation
2010 Co-Investigator, research grant, Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation
PhD Supervision (Placement)
- Main advisor: Marian Meller (Particip GmbH), Maria Lombardi (Torcuato di Tella University), Aamer Shahid (National Accountability Bureau of Pakistan), Abinash Dash (Ministry of Finance of India), Shahida Pervin (Waseda University), Piyakul Somsiriwong (Asian Development Bank Institute), Ayana Abebe Ambachew (Policy Studies Institute), Chien Le Quang (Keio University), Socheath Eng, Katharina Ditte, Ika Anindya Putri
- Dissertation referee: Shikeb Farooqui, Marta Curto Grau, Adu Boahen, Raphael Edem Ayibor, Antony Mwangangi Mbithi, Claire Lwasa Nakawesi, Cherry Wyle Garcia Layaoen, Hiroyuki Egami, Solomon Haddis Teklehaymanot, Usman Asghar, Yoko Oishi, Tomoe Naito, Masaru Nagashima, Jariya Jiriyasin, Mukhamed Ibragimov