Latin America & Caribbean

Associate Professor
Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro

Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley

Claudio Ferraz is an Assistant Professor of Economics at Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio). His areas of interest are development, political economy and public economics.

CV | evaluations | cferraz@econ.puc-rio.br | +55 21 3114 1078

Sebastian Galiani

Professor of Economics
Washington University in St. Louis

Ph.D., Oxford University

Sebastian Galiani is a Professor of Economics at Washington University in St. Louis and Visiting Professor at Universidad de San Andres, Argentina. He is a member of the executive committee of LACEA.

CV | evaluations | galiani@economics.wustl.edu | (314) 935-9278

Francisco Gallego

Associate Professor
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Ph.D., MIT

Francisco Gallego is Associate Professor in the Economics Institute of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (PUC). His areas of interest are development Economics, political economy, and the economics of education.

CV | evaluations | fgallego@uc.cl | +56 2 354 4321

Claudia Martínez

Assistant Professor
Universidad de Chile

Ph.D., University of Michigan

Claudia is Assistant Professor of Economics at Universidad de Chile. Her research focuses on distribution of power inside households, migration, education and public policies in developing countries.

CV | evaluations | cmartineza@econ.uchile.cl | +56 2 978 3794

Marcos Rangel

Assistant Professor
Harris School of Public Policy Studies, University of Chicago

Ph.D, University of California, Los Angeles

Marcos A. Rangel, an assistant professor in the Harris School, researches topics on development economics, population economics, and applied econometrics. His work focuses on the nature of decision making within families in developing and developed countries.

CV | evaluations | rangelm@usp.br | +55-11-3091-5853

Ernesto Schargrodsky

Dean of the Business School
Universidad Torcuato Di Tella

Ph.D., Harvard University

Ernesto Schargrodsky received his Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard University in 1998. He is the Dean of the Business School of the Universidad Torcuato Di Tella in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

CV | evaluations | eschargr@utdt.edu | +54 11 5169 7000

Enrique Seira

Assistant Professor of Economics
Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México

Ph.D., Stanford University

Enrique is an IO and Development Economist interested in financial development and the role of government in the economy. He combines policy making experience in Mexico with an interest in theory based empirical research.

CV | enrique.seira@itam.mx | +52 55 5628 4000 ext 2962

Rodrigo Soares

Associate Professor
Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro

Ph.D., University of Chicago

Rodrigo R. Soares is Associate Professor of Economics at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio). His research centers on development economics, ranging from health, human capital, and population, to corruption, institutions, and crime.

CV | soares@econ.puc-rio.br | +55 21 3527 1078

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