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Claudia Paz Martinez Alvear

Full Professor

Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile

Santiago, Chile

Líneas de Investigación


Development Economics; Public Finance; Labor Economics; Impact Evaluation Using Randomized Control Trials;

Educación

  •  Economics, University of Michigan. Estados Unidos, 2007
  •  Economics, University of Michigan. Chile, 2004
  •  Economics, UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE. Chile, 2000
  •  Ingeniero Comercial, UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE. Chile, 1999

Experiencia Académica

  •   Assistant Professor Full Time

    PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE

    Facultad de Ciencias Economicas y Administrativas

    Chile

    2007 - 2014

  •   Associate Professor Full Time

    UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE

    Facultad de Economia y Negocios

    Chile

    2014 - 2020

  •   Assistant Professor Full Time

    UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE

    Facultad de Economia y Negocios

    Chile

    2007 - 2014

  •   Instructor Professor Full Time

    UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE

    Facultad de Economia y Negocios

    Chile

    1999 - 1999

  •   Associate Professor Full Time

    PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE

    Facultad de Ciencias Economicas y Administrativas

    Santiago, Chile

    2014 - At present

  •   Directora Magister en Economía Aplicada Other

    PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE

    Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Administrativas

    Chile

    2019 - 2022

  •   Full Professor Full Time

    PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE

    Facultad de Ciencias Económicas

    Chile

    2020 - At present

Experiencia Profesional

  •   Research Affiliate Other

    Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-Pal)

    Estados Unidos

    2009 - At present

  •   Research Assistant Part Time

    University of Michigan

    Chile

    2004 - 2005

  •   Coordination of Economic Policies Full Time

    Ministry of Finance

    Chile

    2000 - 2002

  •   Research Fellow Full Time

    Interamerican Development Bank

    Estados Unidos

    2005 - 2006

Formación de Capital Humano


COURSES TAUGHT

1. Economics of Public Policies, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, graduate, 2015-19
2. Economics of Social Policies, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, undergraduate, 2015-16
3. Microeconomics I, BA, University of Chile, 1999-2000, 2012; Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, 2015-19
Economic Development, BA, University of Chile, 2007-2008, 2013-2014
4. Public Finance, BA, University of Chile, 2008, 2010, 2012-2014
5. Public Finance, Master in Economics, University of Chile, 2010-2014
6. Public Expenditure and Public Revenue (team), Master in Public Policies, University of Chile, 2007-2013
7. Evaluation of Social Policies, J-PAL Executive Education course (Spanish Version) 2009-2011
8. Impact Evaluation with Experiments (team), BA, University of Chile, 2011
9. Economic of Social Policies, Master in Economics, Universidad Alberto Hurtado, 2002
10. Introduction to Macroeconomics, BA, University of Chile, 2001
11. Economic of Social Policies (team), BA, University of Chile, 2000

THESIS

MASTER, UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA
2018. Laura Marshal, "Propuesta de creación de incentivos económicos en los exámenes de Papanicolaou y Mamografía para mujeres en situación de extrema pobreza". Tesis para Magister en Economía Aplicada.

2018. Keily Quiroga, "Bono al Trabajo de la Mujer”. Tesis para Magister en Economía Aplicada.

PHD, UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA

2018. Lelys Dinarte, "Education, Crime and Violence: Evidence of interventions in Developing Countries. Tesis para PhD en Economía.

UNDERGRADUATE, PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE (thesis comittee)

2015. Rafale Montes, "Midiendo el Efecto de la Maternidad Adolescente sobre la Educación: Evidencia para Chile"

2015. José Pedro Merino, "Aumento de la cobertura de salas cunas y jardines infantiles en Chile: Efecto sobre la participación laboral femenina incorporando posible presencia de externalidades"

2015. Matias Muñoz, "Impacto de shocks sobre decisiones de matrimonio y migración en mujeres jóvenes: Evidencia para México"

2015. Maria Ignacia Ossa, "El efecto de tener una familia monoparental en la deserción escolar: Evidencia para Chile"

2015. Josefina Lavin, "Efecto de la Educación en la Salud: Evidencia para Chile"

2015. Felipe Vial, "Toxic Disaster in Arica: Early Childhood Effects"

MASTER, UNIVERSITY OF CHILE

2014. Amanda Loyola Heufemann, “Efecto del Embarazo Adolescente en Chile”. Tesis para Magister en Economía.

2012. Angélica Calle Sarmiento, “Factores socioeconómicos determinantes para la obtención de financiamiento en educación superior: Evidencia para Chile”. Tesis para Magister en Economía.

2012. Ernesto Vargas Weil, “El sistema de franquicias tributarias a donaciones a universidades en Chile”. Tesis para Magister en Políticas Públicas.

2011. Roxana Muñoz Marchant, “Estándares de calidad para la educación parvularia”. Tesis para Magister en Políticas Públicas

2010. Matías Donoso Stagen, “Business Improvement Disctricts: Una solución privada para la provisió de bienes públicos”. Tesis para Magister en Políticas Públicas.

UNDERGRADUATE, UNIVERSITY OF CHILE

2014. Pablo Easton. “Educación de Calidad para todos: Beneficios asociados a la atención de Necesidades Educativas Especiales bajo el Enfoque Inclusivo”.

2013. Raimundo Smith. “Efectos de shocks de trabajo y salud sobre educación financiera”.
2012. Daniela Alvarado. “Embarazo adolescente en Chile”.

2012. Cristian Jara. “Efectos de la composición y la asignación de recursos en el hogar sobre la decisión de ahorro”. Esta memoria estudia si la composición del grupo familiar afecta el ahorro de las familias en Chile.

2012. Diego Apara. “Diseño de evaluación de impacto experimental programa talleres de aprendizaje popular de Un Techo para Chile"..

2011. Daniela Jara. "El mercado de remesas en Chile: Particularidades de la inmigración peruana en el país y su relación con la industria de transferencias internacionales".

2008. Andrés Araya. “Transiciones en la ocupación laboral usando un panel entre 1980-2002: Encuesta de protección social".

2008. Esteban Pizarro. "Ahorro privado en Chile: un análisis microeconómico".


Difusión y Transferencia


Invited Presentations

2019: IZA Workshop, RIDGE-Public Policy, DIPRES
2018: IIC-IADB, PUC-Chile,FEN-UChile, USACH
2017: University of Chile, UDP, LACEA, SECHI
2016: IPA Research Gathering on Financial Inclusion (Yale), SECHI, UAH-Chile, IADB
2015: Universidad de Montevideo, NIP Uruguay; FGV- Sao Paulo, PUC-Rio, Universidad Nacional de La Plata
2014: PUC-Chile, NEUDC, Dartmouth College
2013: IPA Conference (Lima), Universidad Alberto Hurtado.
2012: USACH, CEA, NEUDC, Universidad Diego Portales, PUC-Chile
2011: 3ie Conference (Mexico), SECHI, LACEA, USACH, IADB
2010: Catholic University of Chile; University Alberto Hurtado; Universidad Adolfo Ibañez; Universidad Diego Portales; WPEG; SECHI; LACEA Impact Evaluation Network; University of Chile
2009: NEUDC; Centro de Microdatos; Department of Economics, University of Chile; Universidad Adolfo Ibañez; Jpal-Latam.
2008: Chilean Economic Society
2007: NTA Meeting, Columbus, Ohio; LACEA, Bogota; University of Chile, Catholic University of Chile and University Alberto Hurtado
2006: Public Finance Seminar, University of Michigan; Research Department, Inter-American Development Bank.
2005: LACEA, Paris
2000: Chilean Economic Society


Premios y Distinciones

  •   Best Scientific Publication 2013

    University of Chile, Facultad de Economia y Negicios

    Chile, 2014

    Best paper published in 2013 in School of Business and Economics, University of Chile.

  •   Best Undergraduate Teacher

    Deparment of Economics, University of Chile

    Chile, 2013

    Best Undergraduate Teacher, Department of Economics, University of Chile. Spring 2013.

  •   Best Undergraduate Teacher

    Deparment of Economics, University of Chile

    Chile, 2008

    Best Undergraduate Teacher. Department of Economics, University of Chile. Spring, 2008.

  •   Best Teacher MPP

    University of Chile

    Chile, 2011

    Best Teacher Master in Public Policy, 2011.

  •   Rackham One-Term Dissertation Fellowship

    UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

    Estados Unidos, 2007

    Dissertation Fellowship

  •   Fellowship

    Summer School Bureau for Research and Economic Analysis of Development

    Estados Unidos, 2005

    Fellowship for Summer School in Canada

  •   Summer Research Fellowship

    UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

    Estados Unidos, 2004

    Summer Research Fellowship

  •   Summer Research Fellowship

    UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

    Estados Unidos, 2003

    Summer Research Fellowship

  •   Fulbright Fellowship

    Fulbright

    Chile, 2002

    2 year scholarship

  •   International Center Fellowship

    UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

    Estados Unidos, 2002

    2 year fees and stipend

  •   Best Graduate ME

    UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE

    Chile, 2000

    Best Graduate, ME in Economics

  •   Best Graduate (Undergrad)

    UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE

    Chile, 2000

    Best Graduate Ingeniería Comercial.

  •   Department of Economics Fellowship

    UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE

    Chile, 1999

    Fellowship for Master in Economics

  •   Fondecyt

    FONDECYT

    Chile, 2017

    Fondecyt, 2017-2019 “The effects of longer school days and childcare on student and mother outcomes” (with Marcerla Perticará)

  •   Research Fund

    Spencer Foundation

    Estados Unidos, 2015

    Funding for project "Leveraging school-generating data to improve parent-school communication and schooling outcomes” (with Samuel Berlinski, Matias Busso and Taryn Dinkelman)

  •   Fondecty

    FONDECYT

    Chile, 2014

    Regular Fondecyt for project " Financial Inclusion: Experimental Evidence in Chile". Funding for experimental evaluation of initiatives aimed to increase financial inclusion.

  •   Post-Primary Education Initiative

    J-PAL Post Primary Education Initiative

    Estados Unidos, 2013

    Funding for research project "Leveraging school-generating data to improve parent-school communication and schooling outcomes", with Taryn Dinkelman and Matias Busso

  •   Microsavings and Payments Innovation Initiative

    Innovations for Poverty Action

    Chile, 2012

    Research Project "Incentivizing Savings through Default Deposits and SMS Reminders", with Abhijit Banerjee and Esteban Puentes. Can automatic monthly transfers from a checking account into a dedicated savings account help bank clients meet their savings goals? Can monthly SMS reminders to save or short ‘rules of thumb’ based financial training do the same at a lower cost?

  •   Todas Cuentan

    INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH CENTRE

    Canada, 2011

    Funding for project "Multi-donor Research Platform on Social Protection, Financial Inclusion and Information and Communication Technologies".

  •   Micro Entrepreneurship Support Program in Chile: Impact Evaluation

    International Initiative for Impact Evaluation

    Reino Unido, 2010

    Funding for research project "Micro Entrepreneurship Support Program in Chile: Impact Evaluation" (with Esteban Puentes and Jaime Ruiz-Tagle)

  •   Investing in Secondary Education in Chile

    BANCO INTERAMERICANO DEL DESARROLLO

    Estados Unidos, 2009

    Funding for project "Investing in Secondary Education in Chile" (with Taryn Dinkelman and Claudia Peirano)

  •   Financial Innovations to Stimulate Remittances and Savings: Follow-up Survey

    BANCO INTERAMERICANO DEL DESARROLLO

    Chile, 2009

    Funding for follow-up survey of "Financial Innovations to Stimulate Remittances and Savings"with Nava Ashraf, Diego Aycinena, and Dean Yang)

  •   Financial Innovations to Stimulate Remittances and Savings

    JOHN D. AND CATHERINE T. MACARTHUR FOUNDATION

    Chile, 2007

    Funding for research project "Financial Innovations to Stimulate Remittances and Savings” (with Nava Ashraf, Diego Aycinena, and Dean Yang)


 

Article (15)

Home alone versus after-school programs: The effects of adult supervision on child academic outcomes
The Effects of Micro-entrepreneurship Programs on Labor Market Performance: Experimental Evidence from Chile
Childcare effects on maternal employment: Evidence from Chile
Micro-entrepreneurship Debt Level and Access to Credit: Short-Term Impacts of a Financial Literacy Program
The effects of financial aid and returns information in selective and less selective schools: Experimental evidence from Chile
SAVINGS IN TRANSNATIONAL HOUSEHOLDS: A FIELD EXPERIMENT AMONG MIGRANTS FROM EL SALVADOR
Investing in Schooling in Chile: The Role of Information about Financial Aid for Higher Education
Response of Tax Credit Claims to Tax Enforcement: Evidence from a Quasi-Experiment in Chile
Intrahousehold Allocation and Bargaining Power: Evidence from Chile
Intrahousehold Allocation and Bargaining Power=> Evidence from Chile
Voluntary savings, financial behavior, and pension finance literacy : evidence from Chile
Distributional effects of eliminating the differential tax treatment of business and personal income in Chile
Equidad Tributaria Horizontal en el Impuesto al Ingreso en Chile
Horizontal tax equity income tax wing in Chile [Equidad tributaria horizontal del impuesto a la renta en Chile]
Structural Change in Labor Demand

BookSection (1)

Remittances and Poverty in Migrant’s Home Areas: Evidence from the Philippines

ConferenceProceedingWhole (2)

The Effect of an IRS Enforcement Letter on Diesel Tax Credits Claimed
Tax Exemptions in Chile’s Income Tax

Proyecto (11)

Milennium Nucleus “Intergenerational Mobility”
The effects of longer school days and childcare on student and mother outcomes
Leveraging school-generating data to improve parent-school communication and schooling outcomes
"FINANCIAL INCLUSION=> EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE IN CHILE"
Leveraging school-generating data to improve parent-school communication and schooling outcomes
Incentivizing Savings through Default Deposits and SMS Reminders
DIESEL TAX CREDITS RESPONSE TO TAX ENFORCEMENT=> EVIDENCE FROM A QUASI-EXPERIMENT IN CHILE
Multi-donor Research Platform on Social Protection, Financial Inclusion and Information and Communication Technologies
Micro Entrepreneurship Support Program in Chile=> Impact Evaluation
Investing in Secondary Education in Chile
Financial Innovations to Stimulate Remittances and Savings
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Claudia Martinez

Full Professor

Economics

Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile

Santiago, Chile

2
Marcela Perticara

Assiate Professor and Department Head

Economics

Universidad Diego Portales

Santiago, Chile

1
Jaime Ruiz-Tagle

Profesor Asociado

Departamento de Economía

Universidad de Chile

Santiago, Chile

1
Esteban Puentes

Visiting Scholar at the Population Studies Center

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Estados Unidos

1
Claudio Agostini

Profesor Titular

Facultad de Ingenieria y Ciencias

Universidad Adolfo Ibánez

Santiago, Chile