Man

Tomas Rau Binder

Full professor

PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

Líneas de Investigación


Labor Economics, Development Economics, and econometrics

Educación

  •  Economics, University of California, Berkeley. Estados Unidos, 2007
  •  STATISTICS, University of California, Berkeley. Estados Unidos, 2005
  •  Economics, Universidad de Chile. Chile, 1999
  •  Comercial Engineer, Universidad de Chile. Chile, 1999
  •  Economics, UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE. Chile, 1999

Experiencia Académica

  •   Assistant professor Full Time

    UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE

    Facultad de Economía y Negocios

    Santiago, Chile

    2007 - 2010

  •   Assistant professor Full Time

    PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE

    Facultad de Economía y Administración

    Santiago, Chile

    2010 - 2015

  •   Visiting Professor Part Time

    University of California Berkeley

    Berkeley, Estados Unidos

    2013 - 2013

  •   Associate Professor Full Time

    PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE

    Facultad de Economía y Administración

    Santiago, Chile

    2015 - 2022

  •   Full professor Full Time

    PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE

    Facultad de Economía y Administración

    Santiago, Chile

    2022 - A la fecha

Experiencia Profesional

  •   Member of the Board Other

    Sociedad de Economía de Chile

    Santiago, Chile

    2014 - 2016

  •   Assistant professor Full Time

    Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

    Santiago, Chile

    2010 - 2015

  •   Integrante Comisión Asesora Salarial del Mercado del Trabajo Part Time

    Ministerior del Trabajo

    Santiago, Chile

    2014 - 2015

  •   Integrante Comisión de Reforma al Sistema de Capacitación Part Time

    Ministerio del Trabajo

    Santiago, Chile

    2011 - 2011

  •   Director of Instituto de Economía Full Time

    Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile

    Santiago, Chile

    2020 - 2025

Formación de Capital Humano


Teaching from 2010 at to present at PUC Chile:

Labor Economics (undergraduate)
Econometric Theory I and II (graduate)
Microeconometrics (graduate)

Other courses:
Machine Learning for Social Sciences, PUC Perú 2024
Labor Economics (undergrad), University of California-Berkeley, 2006.
Econometrics (graduate), PUC Perú, 2008-to present (one week course).
Impact Evaluation (graduate), Universidad de Concepción, summer 2013 (one week course).

Thesis tutoring

1. Valentina Andrade, "Beyond Means: A Distributional Analysis of Gender Pay Gaps". Master thesis, PUC, 2023
2. Florencia Daniel, "Behind the Screens: The effect of mobile internet exposure on children development". Master Thesis, PUC, 2023
3. María Jesús Montecinos, "El Efecto de los Profesores en la Matrícula de Educación Superior". Master thesis, PUC, 2022.
4. Claudia De Goyeneche, "Drought and Domestic Violence: Evidence from Rural Chile". Master thesis, PUC, 2020
5. Carolina Wiegand, "To Know or Not to Know: The Role of Salary Disclosure on the Gender Wage Gap". Master thesis, PUC 2019.
6. Josue Pérez, "Efectos de la variabilidad clima?tica sobre el desarrollo infantil de la zona rural de Guatemala". Master thesis, PUC 2019.
7. Andres Garcia, "Essays in Applied Microeconometrics". PhD thesis, PUC, 2019.
8. Sebastián Poblete, "School Value-Added and the Math Gender Gap in Chile". Master thesis, PUC, 2018
9. Bernardo Pereira de Moura, "The psychological toll of not making it: Import penetration and Mortality in the US". Master thesis, PUC 2018.
10. Felipe Vial. "Toxic Disaster in Arica: Early Childhood Effects". Master thesis, PUC 2015.
11. Pinjas Albagli, "The effects of extended maternity leave on children's cognitive and non-cognitive abilities." Master thesis, PUC. 2014.
12. Gabriel Cruz, "Analysis of the Gender Wage Gap in Chile." Master thesis, PUC. 2014.
13. Diego Vela, "Segregation induced by preferential vouchers for the disadvantage." Master thesis, PUC. 2014.
14. Manuel Galilea, "The effects of full-day schools in dropouts." Master thesis, PUC. 2014.
15. Felipe Rodriguez, "Career choice: the role of information." Master thesis, PUC. 2014.
16. Rodrigo Montero: "Three Applications on Impact Evaluation", PhD Thesis, Universidad de Chile, 2013
17. Victor Serey, "Indicadores de Colusión en el Mercado Farmacéutico Chileno", Master thesis, PUC, 2012
18. María Josefina Eluchans, "CAMBIO DE LA BRECHA SALARIAL ENTRE TRABAJADORES DE JORNADA PARCIAL Y TRABAJADORES DE JORNADA COMPLETA EN CHILE (2000-2003)", Master thesis, PUC, 2011
19. Eugenio Rojas, "Acceso a Crédito, Deserción de la Educación Superior y Mercado Laboral: El Caso Chileno", master thesis, Universidad de Chile, 2011
20. Loreto Reyes, "LEAD EXPOSURE AND ITS EFFECTS ON ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT: EVIDENCE FROM A NEGLIGENCE", master thesis, Universidad de Chile, 2010


Difusión y Transferencia


ACADEMIC PRESENTATIONS

2024 XVI Labour Economics Meetings (U. Barcelona), PUCP (Lima), Chilean Economic Association (Concepción), LACEA/LAMES (Montevideo), ECINEQ (Mexico City), Departamento de Economía (FEN UChile)

2023 EALE (Prague), Chilean Economic Association (Santiago), LACEA/LAMES (Bogotá)

2022 Chilean Economic Association (Valdivia, keynote speaker), LACEA/LAMES (Lima)

2020 University of New South Wales, University Technology Sydney, IZA/World Bank /NJD/UNU-WIDER Jobs and Development Conference (online)

2019 3rd IZA Workshop on Gender and Family Economics (Viña del Mar), 2nd IZA/World Bank/NJD Conference on Jobs and Development (Washington DC), Latin American Meeting of the Econometric Society (Puebla)

2018: SOLE conference (Toronto), 1st IZA/World Bank/NJD Conference on Jobs and Development (Bogota), IZA World Congress (Berlin)

2017: SOLE conference (Raleigh, NC), U. de los Andes (Chile), Encuentro de la Sociedad de Economía de Chile (Santa Cruz), USACH, Central Bank of Chile, Latin American Meeting of the Econometric Society (Buenos Aires)

2016: Jobs and Development Conference (Washington, DC), NEUDC (Boston), Latin American Workshop in Econometrics of Econometrics Society (Montevideo), 4th Annual Meeting of Lacea Labor Network (Cartagena). North American Summer Meeting of the Econometric Society (Philadelphia), Universidad de Chile (CEA), and Encuentro de la Sociedad de Economía de Chile (Viña del Mar).

2015: University of California-Berkeley (Haas), PUC-Chile (Workshop of Causal Inference, Sociology), PUC-Rio (Econ), The 11th World Congress of the Econometric Society, Montreal, Universidad Diego Portales.

2014: Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Escola de Economia de Sao Paulo (EESP FGV), Latin American Meeting of the Econometric Society (Sao Paulo), and Encuentro de la Sociedad de Economía de Chile (Viña del Mar)

2013: University of California-Berkeley (Econ), University of Maryland, Georgetown University, NBER, Summer Institute, Labor Studies (Boston), North American Summer Meeting of the Econometric Society (Los Angeles), University of California-Irvine, Universidad Alberto Hurtado, Universidad de Concepción, Centro de Microdatos.

NON-ACADEMIC PRESENTATIONS

2024: Regulación del mercado laboral: opciones, costos y futuro (Libertad y Desarrollo); 26 Reunión Latinoamericana de Logística APLA (Santiago); XXVIII Congreso Sociedad de Geriatría y Gerontología de Chile 2024; Conversatorio Estancamiento laboral en Chile: el desafío de la recuperación (FACEA UC); ¿Quién definió tu sueldo? El papel de las empresas en la determinación de los salarios (Con David Card, Salón de Honor UC).

2023: Diseño de la reforma de pensiones: ¿Qué piensan las personas de los dilemas claves? (Casa Central UC); Conversatorio: Radiografía al mercado laboral chileno post Covid19: ¿Resiliencia perdida? (FACEA UC); Análisis de trayectorias y transiciones entre empleos formales e informales (Centro de Extensión UC); Los próximos 50: Privados y Estado en el estado social y democrático de derecho (SOFOFA); Estrategias globales para impulsar la movilidad social en Chile (Conferencia MOVI); Pensiones, un necesario rediagnóstico (Asociación de AFP de Chile); ¿Cómo revertir el deterioro educacional? (Webinar Clapes UC)

2022: Perspectivas Económicas Globales (Webinar, Clapes UC);

2020: La pandemia y sus efectos en el mercado laboral femenino (Webinar FACEA UC)

2019: Inmigración en Chile: una mirada multidimensional (Postgrado FACEA UC)

2018: Mujeres y Mercado Laboral: El desafío de la Igualdad (Fundación de Ingenieros Comerciales UC)

2017: Ley de Tolerancia Cero (Vive un día en Ingeniería Comercial UC)

2013: Economía, políticas públicas y su impacto en las personas (Chile Seminars: University of California-Berkeley)


Premios y Distinciones

  •   Fulbright Scholarship

    COMISION FULBRIGHT-CHILE

    Chile, 2001

    Scholarship for doctoral studies

  •   Beca Presidente de la República

    MINISTERIO DE PLANIFICACION Y COOPERACION

    Chile, 2001

    Scholarship for doctoral studies

  •   Best final Degree in Economics

    UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE

    Chile, 1999

    Award to the best final degree in economics

  •   Ralph C. d' Arge and Allen V. Kneese Award

    Association of Environmental and Resource Economics

    Estados Unidos, 2015

    This award is given to recognize an outstanding research paper published in the Journal of Association of Environmental and Resource Economists each calendar year. The award is given annually at the AERE Summer Conference.

  •   ESTIMATING A TWO HIGH-DIMENSIONAL FIXED EFFECT MODEL TO ASSESS THE ROLE OF BARGAINING POWER AND SORTING EFFECTS IN THE GENDER WAGE GAP IN CHILE

    FONDECYT

    Chile, 2017

    Fondecyt Regular # 1171128.

  •   ASSESSING THE MEDIUM TERM IMPACTS OF THE ZERO TOLERANCE LAW FOR DRIVING UNDER THE ALCOHOL INFLUENCE AND DRUNK DRIVING ON CAR ACCIDENTS, FATALITIES, INJURED, AND OTHER OUTCOMES

    FONDECYT

    Chile, 2014

    Fondecyt Regular # 1141093

  •   Millennium Nucleus on Intergenerational Mobility: From Modelling to Policy

    Millennium Science Initiative (ANID)

    Chile, 2022

    We are a Millennium Nucleus in Social Sciences funded by the Millennium Science Initiative (MSI) Program, awarded through public competition in 2021.

  •   TEACHER VALUE-ADDED AND STUDENT OUTCOMES

    FONDECYT

    Chile, 2020

    In this project we estimate the teacher value-added in standardized test scores and their contribution to the gender test score gaps.

  •   FIRMS AND EARNINGS INEQUALITY IN CHILE

    FONDECYT

    Chile, 2023

    In this project we estimate the firms contribution to earnings inequality in Chile. We do so estimating Unconditional Quantile Regressions and decompose firms' effect into within and between firm inequality.


 

Article (17)

Teacher value-added and the test score gender gap
Audit threats and year-end spending by government agencies: experimental evidence from Chile
Peer Effects in the Adoption of a Youth Employment Subsidy
The effects of equal pay laws on firm pay premiums: Evidence from Chile
The children of the missed pill
The Effects of Increasing Penalties in Drunk Driving Laws-Evidence from Chile
The Effects of a Maternity Leave Reform on Children's Abilities and Maternal Outcomes in Chile
The effects of drinking and driving laws on car crashes, injuries, and deaths: Evidence from Chile
A MATCHING ESTIMATOR BASED ON A BILEVEL OPTIMIZATION PROBLEM
Early Exposure to Hazardous Waste and Academic Achievement: Evidence from a Case of Environmental Negligence
Part-time Work, Job Satisfaction and Well-being: Evidence from a Developing OECD Country
Improving the Measurement of the Relationship between Opportunities and Income: Evidence from Longitudinal Data from Chile
Modeling structural equations with endogenous regressors and heterogeneity through derivative constraints
Chile: Evaluation of the opporunities for children, 1990-2006
The evolution of opportunities for children in Chile, 1990-2006
Tournament Incentives for Teachers: Evidence from a Scaled-Up Intervention in Chile
PART-TIME WORK IN CHILE

BookSection (1)

Pobreza y desigualdad en Chile: Un análisis con la Encuesta Casen

BookWhole (1)

Relative income and job satisfaction in chile

Proyecto (9)

FIRMS AND EARNINGS INEQUALITY IN CHILE
Millennium Nucleus on Intergenerational Mobility: From Modelling to Policy
ESTIMATING A TWO HIGH-DIMENSIONAL FIXED EFFECT MODEL TO ASSESS THE ROLE OF BARGAINING POWER AND SORTING EFFECTS IN THE GENDER WAGE GAP IN CHILE
TEACHER VALUE-ADDED AND STUDENT OUTCOMES
ASSESSING THE MEDIUM TERM IMPACTS OF THE ZERO TOLERANCE LAW FOR DRIVING UNDER THE ALCOHOL INFLUENCE AND DRUNK DRIVING ON CAR ACCIDENTS, FATALITIES, INJURED, AND OTHER OUTCOMES
Evaluación de Impacto de la Ley de Tolerancia Cero a la conducción bajo la influencia del alcohol
Formación de competencias comerciales y financieras en pequeños empresarios y su evaluación experimental
Iniciativa Científica Milenio=> Centro de Microdatos
Desarrollo de un método alternativo de matching basado en características.
4
Dante Contreras

Profesor

DEPARTAMENTO DE ECONOMÍA, UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

22
Tomas Rau

Full professor

Instituto de Economía

PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

1
Jorge Rivera

Profesor

DEPARTAMENTO DE ECONOMÍA, UNIV. DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

3
Esteban Puentes

Visiting Scholar at the Population Studies Center

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Estados Unidos

1
Osvaldo Larrañaga

Program Officer

Inequality and Poverty Reduction

United Nations Development Program

Santiago, Chile

1
Andrés García

Coordinador de Ingeniería Civil Industrial

Facultad de Ingeniería y Ciencias Aplicadas

Universidad de Los Andes

Santiago, Chile