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Félix Antonio Modrego Benito

Profesor Asistente

Universidad de O'Higgins

Rancagua, Chile

Líneas de Investigación


Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Spatial Economics, Regional Development

Educación

  •  Agricultural Economics, PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE. Chile, 2005
  •  Spatial Sciences, UNIVERSITEIT GRONINGEN. Holanda, 2016

Experiencia Académica

  •   Postdoctoral Research Fellow Full Time

    LABORATORIO NAZIONALE DEL GRAN SASSO

    Social Sciences

    L´Aquila, Italia

    2017 - 2019

  •   Assistant Professor Full Time

    UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DEL NORTE

    Economics and Business Administration

    Antofagasta, Chile

    2015 - 2016

  •   Profesor Asistente Full Time

    UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DEL NORTE

    Ciencias Económicas y Administrativas

    Antofagasta, Chile

    2019 - 2020

  •   Profesor Asistente Full Time

    Universidad de O'Higgins

    Ciencias Sociales

    Rancagua, Chile

    2020 - At present

Experiencia Profesional

  •   Researcher Full Time

    Latin American Center for Rural Development

    Santiago, Chile

    2006 - 2013

  •   Research Assistant Part Time

    Department of Agricultural Economics - Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

    Santiago, Chile

    2004 - 2006

  •   Associate Researcher Part Time

    Institute of Regional Applied Economics - IDEAR

    Antofagasta, Chile

    2013 - 2014

  •   Assistant Professor Full Time

    Universidad Católica del Norte

    Antofagasta, Chile

    2015 - 2016

  •   Postdoctoral Research Fellow Full Time

    Gran Sasso Science Institute - GSSI

    LAquila, Italia

    2017 - 2019

  •   Assistant Professor Full Time

    Universidad Católica del Norte

    Antofagasta, Chile

    2019 - 2020

  •   Profesor Asistente Full Time

    Universidad de O'Higgins

    Rancagua, Chile

    2020 - At present

Formación de Capital Humano


• Referee for the journal Economics of Innovation and New Technology. 2020.

• Referee for the Journal of Regional Science. 2020.

• Referee for the journal Papers in Regional Science. 2018, 2017, 2015, 2011.

• Referee for the journal Spatial Economic Analysis. 2018

• Referee for the Journal of Geographical Systems. 2018.

• Evaluator of proposals for the 2016 and 2015 Regular Fondecyt Contest of the National Commission of Scientific and Technological Research (CONICYT).

• Evaluator of proposals for the 2015 Initiation Fondecyt Contest of the National Commission of Scientific and Technological Research (CONICYT).

• Lecturer in the Diploma in Territorial Development of the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (FLACSO) - Rimisp. 2015.

• Publications reviewer for the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (FLACSO-Ecuador). 2014.

• Consultant for the impact evaluation of the programs of the National Institute for Agricultural Development (INDAP) conducted by Agraria Consultores and commissioned by the Chilean Ministry of Finance. 2013.

• Referee for the journal Ingeniare, Revista Chilena de Ingeniería. 2013.

• Consultant for the construction of forest productivity indexes as part of the Household Reallocation Plan of HidroAysen hydro electrical project. Conducted by Geografía UC-Proyectos and commissioned by HidroAysén. 2013.

• English-Spanish translation of Briefing Notes and Policy Instrument Notes of the project “Pro-Poor Growth”. Commissioned by the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) of the U.K. 2011.

• Consultant in methodologies for the analysis of household surveys for the NGO Comunidad Mujer. 2011

• Consultant for the study “Economic incentives to milk production in Chile.” Commissioned by the Chilean Technological Consortium of the Milk. 2010

• Referee for the journal African Journal of Business Management. 2008.

• Referee for the journal Agricultural Economics. 2007.

• Consultant in the elaboration of business plans for the business incubator INER – Los Lagos. 2007.

• English-Spanish translator of three chapters of the book “Políticas Públicas y Desarrollo Rural en América Latina y el Caribe. El Papel del Gasto Público”. Commissioned by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2006.

• Evaluator for the 2005 National Contest of Projects and Studies on Agricultural Innovation of the National Foundation for Agricultural Innovation.


Premios y Distinciones

  •   “Matrícula de Honor”

    PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE

    Chile, 1997

    Best performance of the generation in Forest Engineering


 

Article (17)

Innovative Rural Entrepreneurship in Chile
Labor productivity response of the micro-and-small-firm sector to business entries and exits
One country, two populist parties: Voting patterns of the 2018 Italian elections and their determinants
Stronger together? Assessing the causal effect of inter-municipal cooperation on the efficiency of small Italian municipalities
Employment effects of COVID-19 across Chilean regions: An application of the translog cost function
The spatially asymmetric evolution of mining services suppliers during the expansion and contraction phases of the copper super-cycle in Chile
Place of origin and internal migration decisions in Mexico
Individual and place-based drivers of self-employment in Chile
LOCATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP: INSIGHTS FROM A SPATIALLY-EXPLICIT OCCUPATIONAL CHOICE MODEL WITH AN APPLICATION TO CHILE
A Large-Scale Mapping of Territorial Development Dynamics in Latin America
Cities, Territories, and Inclusive Growth: Unraveling Urban-Rural Linkages in Chile, Colombia, and Mexico
Regional entrepreneurship and innovation in Chile: a knowledge matching approach
Places for Place-Based Policy
Regional Market Potential and the Number and Size of Firms: Observations and Evidence from Chile
Ciudades Rurales en Chile
Dinámica de transmisión de precios y cambio estructural en el sector lácteo chileno
Los bosques de Araucaria en Chile=> Manejo sostenible, el costo de la sostenibilidad y las restricciones técnicas a su manejo

BookSection (2)

Beyond entrepreneurial culture in the entrepreneurial ecosystems framework: Contributions from economic anthropology
Human capital and regional development

BookWhole (2)

Los dilemas territoriales del desarrollo en América Latina
De Yucatán a Chiloé: dinámicas territoriales en América Latina

Proyecto (6)

Location and Sorting of Growth-Oriented Entrepreneurship
Estudio de Línea de Base de los Usuarios de la Acción de Fomento de INDAP.
Transforming Territories
GEOGRAFIA DEL EMPRENDIMIENTO EN CHILE
Territorial Cohesion for Development
Rural Territorial Dynamics
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Félix Modrego

Profesor Asistente

Ciencias Sociales

Universidad de O'Higgins

Rancagua, Chile

1
Miguel Atienza

Académico

Economía

UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL NORTE

Antofagasta, Chile

1
Dusan Paredes

Profesor Titular

Economia

AVENIDA ANGAMOS 0610

Antofagasta, Chile

1
julio Berdegue

Territorial Cohesion Program Coordinator

Centro Latinoamericano para el desarrollo rural

Santiago, Chile

1
Andrea Canales

Profesora Asistente

Instituto Ciencias Sociales

Universidad de O'Higgins

Rancagia, Chile