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Pamela Jervis Ortiz

Assistant Professor of Economics

Universidad de Chile

Santiago, Chile

Líneas de Investigación


My primary fields are Household behaviour in developed and developing countries, Human capital accumulation and Policy evaluation. My secondary fields are Labor economics and Applied microeconomics.

Educación

  •  Economis, UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON. Reino Unido, 2018
  •  Economics, UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON. Reino Unido, 2012
  •  Economics, UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE. Chile, 2006
  •  Economics, UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE. Chile, 2004
  •  PostDoc Fellow, Institute for Fiscal Studies. Reino Unido, 2019

Experiencia Académica

  •   Assistant Professor Full Time

    UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE

    Faculty of Physics and Mathematics

    Santiago, Chile

    2019 - At present

  •   Instructor Part Time

    UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE

    Faculty of Economy and Business

    Santiago, Chile

    2008 - 2010

  •   Teaching Assistant Full Time

    UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON

    Economics

    London, Reino Unido

    2011 - 2016

Experiencia Profesional

  •   PostDoc Fellow. Part Time

    Institute for Fiscal Policies

    Reino Unido

    2016 - 2019

  •   Co-Investigator, Researcher, Programmer and Data Analyst. Other

    The World Bank

    Reino Unido

    2013 - 2017

  •   Researcher. Other

    Institute for Fiscal Policies

    Reino Unido

    2013 - 2015

  •   Consultant. Other

    The World Bank,

    Reino Unido

    2015 - 2015

  •   Analyst Other

    Oxford Policy Management

    Reino Unido

    2016 - 2015

  •   Consultant Other

    Inter-American Development Bank

    Reino Unido

    2013 - 2014

  •   Analista Full Time

    Centro de Microdatos

    Santiago, Chile

    2008 - 2010

  •   Analista económica y financiera Full Time

    Banco Central de Chile

    Santiago, Chile

    2006 - 2008

  •   Asistente de investigación Other

    Centro de Microdatos

    Santiago, Chile

    2004 - 2006

  •   Asistente de investigación Other

    Centro de Microdatos

    Santiago, Chile

    2003 - 2005

  •   International Research Fellow Other

    Institute for Fiscal Studies

    Chile

    2019 - At present

Premios y Distinciones

  •   Excellence in Teaching Award

    UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON

    Reino Unido, 2014

    Excellence in Teaching Award, UCL

  •   Young Scholar

    Jacobs Foundation

    Suiza, 2019

    Every year, senior scholars nominate approximately a dozen young scholars to participate in the Jacobs Foundation’s annual conference at Marbach Castle. Invitations are extended to outstanding postdoctoral researchers whose work is directly related to the focus of the conference.


 

Article (11)

Improving Access and Quality in Early Childhood Development Programs: Experimental Evidence from the Gambia

Blimpo, Moussa P.; Carneiro, Pedro; Jervis, Pamela; Pugatch, Todd

Article ISI
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND CULTURAL CHANGE  (2022)

The Development of Positive Attributes of Character: On the Embodiment of Specificity, Holism, and Self-System Processes

Lerner, Richard M.; Bornstein, Marc H.; Jervis, Pamela

Article ISI
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT  (2022)

Wellbeing of School Communities in the Context of COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Study in Chilean Low-SES Schools

Lopez, Veronica; Ramirez, Lorena; Lopez-Concha, Romina; Ascorra, Paula; Alvarez, Juan Pablo; Carrasco-Aguilar, Claudia; Jervis, Pamela; Squicciarini, Ana Maria; Simonsohn, Ariela; Contreras, Tabata; Opazo, Hector

Article ISI
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY  (2022)

Does Maternal Mental Health and Maternal Stress Affect Preschoolers' Behavioral Symptoms?

Pia Santelices, Maria; Irarrazaval, Matias; Jervis, Pamela; Brotfeld, Cristian; Cisterna, Carla; Maria Gallardo, Ana

Article ISI
CHILDREN-BASEL  (2021)

Group Sessions or Home Visits for Early Childhood Development in India: A Cluster RCT

Grantham-McGregor, Sally; Adya, Akanksha; Attanasio, Orazio; Augsburg, Britta; Behrman, Jere; Caeyers, Bet; Day, Monimalika; Jervis, Pamela; Kochar, Reema; Makkar, Prerna; Meghir, Costas; Phimister, Angus; Rubio-Codina, Marta; Vats, Karishma

Article ISI
PEDIATRICS  (2020)

MOTHERS’ SOCIAL NETWORKS AND SOCIOECONOMIC GRADIENTS OF ISOLATION

Jervis, Pamela; Attanasio, Orazio P.; Andrew, Alison; Meghir, Costas; Behrman, JR; Augsburg, Britta; Day, Monimalika; Phimister, Angus

Article
NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES  (2020)

Om foreldres investeringer i barns utvikling

I. Almås; O. Attanasio; B. Caeyers; Jervis, P; C. Ringdal; V. Somville

Article
Magma  (2019)

Subjective Parental Beliefs. Their Measurement and Role

Jervis, Pamela; Attanasio, Orazio P.; Cunha, Flavio

Article
NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES  (2019)

Measuring early childhood development at a global scale: Evidence from the Caregiver-Reported Early Development Instruments

McCoy, Dana Charles; Waldman, Marcus; Fink, Guenther; CREDI Field Team

Article ISI
EARLY CHILDHOOD RESEARCH QUARTERLY  (2018)

Research notes

Alarcón F; Calvo D.; Jervis, P

Article ISI
ECONOMIA CHILENA  (2008)

Inflation Compensation and Its Components in Chile

Pamela Jervis

Article ECONOMIA CHILENA (0717-3830)
Economía Chilena  (2007)

Proyecto (6)

Family and Childhood Development: A nationally representative longitudinal cohort study in a developing country setting

Almas, Ingvild; Attanasio, Orazio P.

Proyecto
 (2021)

Development of a Research & Evaluation Learning Agenda for Parenting Interventions in Côte d’Ivoire

Macours, K; Behrman J.R.

Proyecto
 (2020)

Understanding character virtue formation in early childhood and the role of parental character virtues and cognitions in promoting children’s character virtues in the high-risk, low-income setting of Tanzania

Respichius D. Mitti; Bornstein, MH

Proyecto
 (2020)

What is the Role of beliefs and Aspirations on Parental Behavior and their impact on Childhood Interventions?

Pamela Jervis; Wolf, Sharon

Proyecto
 (2019)

Cluster Randomised Trial of the Effect of Timing and Duration of Early Childhood Interventions in Odisha, India

Jervis, Pamela; Meghir, Costas

Proyecto
 (2018)

Early Childhood Development and Pre-school Programmes in Odisha

Meghir, Costas

Proyecto
 (2018)

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Pamela Jervis

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Universidad de Chile

Santiago, Chile

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Psicología

Universidad de Las Américas

viña del mar, Chile

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CLAUDIA CARRASCO

Titular Professor

Facultad de Ciencias Sociales

Universidad de Playa Ancha de Ciencias de la Educación

Valparaíso, Chile