2026, 2024
CASEN Survey
Project Director, Ministry of Social Development and Family. Chile's main household survey, used to measure poverty and to target social policy
National surveys
I have directed the fieldwork of several of Chile's main household and social surveys, which form the statistical basis for measuring poverty, early childhood, victimization and social cohesion.
2026
EBNA Survey
Project Director, Ministry of Social Development and Family
2023
ELPI Survey
Project Director, Ministry of Social Development and Family. Longitudinal survey of early childhood
2023
ENUSC Survey
Project Director, Undersecretary of Crime Prevention. National survey on victimization and perceived insecurity
2019–2023
Longitudinal Study on Conflict and Social Cohesion (COES)
Project Director, 4th and 5th rounds
2018–2019
Quarterly Survey of Employment and Unemployment, Greater Santiago
Project Director, Central Bank of Chile
Policy advisory
2024
Labor Informality and Pension Savings
Economist, Undersecretary of Social Security
2023
Working Hours Reduction Bill (40 Hours)
Technical advisory, Project Director, Ministry of Labor
2021
Universal Old-Age Basic Pension
Benefits, cost estimates and financing alternatives. Project Director, Undersecretary of Social Security
Research grants
2026–
Evaluating the Impact of Maternity Leave on Maternal Health
Co-Investigator, FONDECYT Regular 1261432. Principal Investigator: Valentina Paredes
2026
Registro de Información Social (RIS) research competition
Principal Investigator, Undersecretariat of Social Evaluation, Ministry of Social Development and Family. Competitive award granting access to Chile's social protection administrative records
2024
Competitive Research Fund
Principal Investigator, School of Economics and Business, Universidad de Chile. US$10,000
2018–2021
Millennium Nucleus on Social Development
Principal Investigator, Millennium Initiative, Ministry of Economy. US$300,000
2015–2018
Using Behavioral Economics to Encourage Mammograms
Principal Investigator, Fondecyt Iniciación. US$150,000
2013–2015
The Effect of Cost-Sharing on Health Care Utilization and Health Outcomes
Principal Investigator, National Institutes of Health. US$250,000
2013–2015
The Welfare Consequences of Oncology Drug Shortages
Co-Investigator, National Cancer Institute. US$250,000
Professional service
2027
Chair, Local Organizing Committee, 17th iHEA World Congress on Health Economics
Universidad de Chile, Santiago, 10–14 July 2027. The first iHEA congress held in Latin America
2026
Scientific Committee
Latin American Health Economics Network (LAHEN) workshop
2026–2027
Research Topic in Frontiers in Psychiatry and Frontiers in Public Health, with Á. Jiménez-Molina and G. Abarca-Brown. Open for submissions until 29 March 2027
Referee
Journal of Health Economics, Health Economics, American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, Value in Health, Economics of Education Review, Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, International Journal of Health Care Finance and Economics, The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, Estudios Públicos, FONDECYT Iniciación competitions.
Recent talks
Selected presentations over the last few years.
2025
Quasi-Experimental Evidence on Private Health Insurance Demand
Universidad de la República, Montevideo
2025
Health Insurance Cost-Sharing Effects on a Low-Income Population: Evidence from Chile
Health Economics and Mental Health Workshop, Universidad EAFIT, Medellín
2023
Keynote, opening ceremony of the academic year in Business Engineering
Universidad Católica del Maule, Talca