Curriculum Vitae

Download full CV (PDF) updated September 2026

Research Interests

Labor economics, personnel economics, organizational economics, economic development, and political economy.

Ph.D., Political Economy and Government (Economics track), Harvard University — 2021–2027 (expected)
Master in Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School — 2021. Fulbright–García Robles Scholar
B.A. in Economics, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM) — 2018. Highest Honors

Consultant, Macroeconomics and Growth Team (Development Research Group), World Bank — 2020–2021
Consultant, Fiscal and Municipal Management Division, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) — 2018–2019

Training Within Firms
with B. Diaz, J. Ramirez, R. Sadun, and J. Tamayo · NBER WP 33670
Back Office Matters: Managerial Quality in Retail
with A. Adhvaryu, P. Howell, A. Nyshadham, and J. Tamayo
VAT Holidays as Short-Term Economic Stimuli: Colombia’s “Días sin IVA”
with J. Martinez-Carrasco, D. Muñoz-Sanchez, A. Rasteletti, and D. Zamora · IDB WP

Discipline at Work: Wage Premia, Managers, and Shirking in a Large Mexican Retailer (solo-authored)
Managing Shrinkage with J. Tamayo

Harvard University

Teaching Fellow, Survey Research Methods — SSCI E-493 (2022–2025)
Teaching Fellow, Advanced Research Methods for the Social Sciences — SSCI E-495 (2022–2025)
Teaching Fellow, Economics of Discontinuous Change — Econ 1818 (2024–2025)

Harvard Kennedy School

Teaching Fellow, Advanced Quantitative Methods: Causal Inference — API-210 (2026)
Tutor, Quantitative Analysis and Empirical Methods (2025)
Teaching Fellow, The Politics of Development — DPI-410 (2021)
Teaching Fellow, Public Finance in the International Perspective — DEV-215 (2020)
Teaching Assistant, Advanced Markets and Market Failure — API-101Z (2019)
Course Coach, Environmental Politics — IGA-455 (2021)

Research Grants

Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Dissertation Writing Grant, Harvard (2026–2027)
Dissertation research; Graduate Student Affiliate of the Center
Kenneth C. Griffin Economics Research Fund, Harvard (2024)
Dissertation research
Colombia–Santo Domingo Research Fund, Department of Economics, Harvard (2023)
Research projects in Colombia
DRCLAS Summer Research Travel Grant, David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, Harvard (2023, 2026)
Fieldwork in Mexico
Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation, Research Grant, Harvard (2020)
Policy analysis fieldwork in Colombia
Harvard Kennedy School Summer Research Fellowship (2020)

Fellowships and Scholarships

Dissertation Completion Fellowship (Mildred Rendl PhD 1954 Graduate Student Fellowship), Harvard (2026–2027)
Fulbright–García Robles Scholarship (2019–2021)
Comecyt Talent and Excellence Scholarship (2019)
Conacyt–FUNED Scholarship (2019)
Dionisio Medina Harvard Scholarship (2019)