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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 Unpublished manuscript, University of Chicago.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 Unpublished manuscript, Economic Department, University of Chicago.

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