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I am a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Economics at the University
of Chicago.
My main fields of research are Micro-econometrics, Labor Economics and
Development and also I am interested in Health Economics.
My current research is focused on the role of unobserved heterogeneity
and uncertainty in the schooling and labor market decision of
individuals.
CURRENT RESEARCH
"Understanding Racial Labor Market Gaps: The Role of
Abilities and Schooling Choices" (2007).
"Use of instrumental variables in the presence of heterogeneity and
self-selection: An application in breast cancer patients" (2006) (with
A. Basu, J. Heckman and S. Navarro). Unpublished manuscript, University
of Chicago.
"Instrumental Variables in Models with Multiple Outcomes: The General
Unordered Case" (2006) (With J. Heckman and E. Vytlacil). Submitted.
"Understanding instrumental Variables in Models with Essential
Heterogeneity" (2006) (With J. Heckman and E. Vytlacil). Review of
Economics and Statistics, in press. (LINK)
"The effect of cognitive and Non-cognitive factors in behavioral and
labor outcomes" (2006) (With J. Heckman and J. Stixrud). Journal of
Labor Economics, Volume 24, Number 3, July 2006. (LINK)
"The Impact of Financial Intermediation under Heterogeneous Agents" (2006) (With
R. Townsend). Unpublished manuscript, Economic Department, University of
Chicago.
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