Working papers - Labor and Macroeconomics

1. “The value of a formal job” (Job Market Paper)
   • Presented at:
     • Conference - European Association of Labour Economists - Job Market Session (2024)
     • Macro Reading Group - University of Edinburgh (2023 & 2024)

2. “When education is not enough: Explaining labor informality inertia in Chile”

   • Presented at:
     • Workshop on Policy Evaluation - MIPP & U. Chile (2023)
     • Workshop on Gender and Labor Market Mismatch - LM2C2 & PUC Chile (2023)
     • Conference - Chilean Public Policy Society (2023)
     • Conference for PhD Students - Royal Economic Society (2023)
     • Conference - Scottish Graduate Programme in Economics (2022)
     • Macro Reading Group and Ph.D. Seminar - University of Edinburgh (2021 & 2022)

3. “How substitutable are high-skilled workers? The case of expansion of tertiary education in Chile” with Roberto Cases

   • Presented at:
     • Conference - Spanish Association of Labor Economists (2024)
     • Conference - Swiss Society of Economics and Statistics (2024)
     • Conference - Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis Conference (2024)
     • Conference - Scottish Economic Society (2024)
     • Conference - Rurh Graduate School of Economics Doctoral Conference (2024)
     • Conference - Chilean Public Policy Society (2023)
     • Ph.D. Seminar - University of Edinburgh

4. “Exploring the determinants of gig economy wages in a digitalized emerging market” with Ricardo González

   • R&R Socio-Economic Review.

5. “Transitions into and out of the gig economy” with Ricardo González

   • Submitted.

Working papers - Social Capital

1. “Breaking the populist spell: A comparative study of the association between interpersonal ties and populist preferences” with Ricardo González, Bernardo Mackenna and Esteban Muñoz.

   • Presented at:
     • Conference - World Association for Public Opinion Research (2023) [Alexis de Tocqueville Award]

Publications

Peer-Reviewed articles

1. (2024) “Nonresponse in name generators across countries and survey modes” with Ricardo Gonzalez and Esteban Muñoz. Social Networks 79: 93-103.

2. (2021) “Personal income tax in Chile: Simulations with other OECD countries’ structure” (only abstract in English) with Rodrigo Vergara. Estudios Públicos 161: 69-111.

3. (2020) “On social capital and health: The moderating role of income inequality in comparative perspective” with Ricardo Gonzalez and Esteban Muñoz. International Journal of Sociology 50(1): 68-85.

4. (2019) “The value of personal connections: Resource generator and labor market in Chile”, Estudios Públicos 156: 69-105.

5. (2018) “The public wage premium and its evolution in the period 1990-2017” (only abstract in English) with Rodrigo Vergara, Estudios Públicos 152: 7-45.

Book Chapters

1. (2019) “The immigrants in the labor market” (in Spanish) with Rodrigo Vergara, in Isabel Aninat and Rodrigo Vergara (Eds.) Immigration in Chile. A multidimensional view, pp. 65-99. Santiago de Chile: Fondo de Cultura Económica

2. (2019) “Statistical characterization of immigration in Chile” (in Spanish) with Andrés Hernando, in Isabel Aninat and Rodrigo Vergara (Eds.) Immigration in Chile. A multidimensional view, pp. 379-407. Santiago de Chile: Fondo de Cultura Económica.