Introduction
I am an Assistant Professor of Economics at Universidad de los Andes and a Visiting Scholar at the Center for Global Transformation for UC San Diego. I was an Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (AERE) Scholar for the academic year 2021-2022. I work mainly on environmental and development economics. My interests lie primarily in understanding the consequences of environmental change and the challenges governments face in implementing policies in contexts with underlying structural inequalities or weak institutions. I am currently working on the economics of air pollution control and on the impacts of temperature on financial outcomes and hospital management. On the development economics side, I am currently studying gender disparities in labor markets both in Mexico and the United States, as well as women’s health in Tanzania and Mexico. I graduated with a Ph.D. in Sustainable Development from Columbia University in 2021.
Expert
On the topic of gender equality: I have several papers on women's health and labor force participation. I teach an innovative Gender Economics class since 2018. I have provided guidance on gender equality to local governments in Mexico, and have presented in several invited conferences and guest lectures on this topic.
On environmental economics: I hold a Ph.D. in Sustainable Development from Columbia University. I am member of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists and its Latin American counterpart, LAERE. I teach environmental economics since 2017. I specialize in the health impacts of pollution, pollution control policies, environmental justice, and economic consequences of extreme temperatures. I have also been a consultant for the World Bank and the International Labor Organization on several projects related to sustainable development and green transitions.
Health and inequality are topics that intersect with the two areas of specialization mentioned above. Please see my google scholar page for some examples of such intersections. https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=XjpOkmUAAAAJ&hl=en
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=XjpOkmUAAAAJ&hl=en
Fields of expertise: Environmental policy / climate change, Gender equality, Health and wellbeing, Reduction of inequalities / equity / poverty eradication