
Tomas Rau Binder
Full professor
PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE
Santiago, Chile
Labor Economics, Development Economics, and econometrics
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Economics, University of California, Berkeley. Estados Unidos, 2007
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STATISTICS, University of California, Berkeley. Estados Unidos, 2005
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Economics, Universidad de Chile. Chile, 1999
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Comercial Engineer, Universidad de Chile. Chile, 1999
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Economics, UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE. Chile, 1999
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Assistant professor Full Time
UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE
Facultad de Economía y Negocios
Santiago, Chile
2007 - 2010
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Assistant professor Full Time
PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE
Facultad de Economía y Administración
Santiago, Chile
2010 - 2015
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Visiting Professor Part Time
University of California Berkeley
Berkeley, Estados Unidos
2013 - 2013
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Associate Professor Full Time
PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE
Facultad de Economía y Administración
Santiago, Chile
2015 - 2022
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Full professor Full Time
PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE
Facultad de Economía y Administración
Santiago, Chile
2022 - A la fecha
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Member of the Board Other
Sociedad de Economía de Chile
Santiago, Chile
2014 - 2016
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Assistant professor Full Time
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Santiago, Chile
2010 - 2015
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Integrante Comisión Asesora Salarial del Mercado del Trabajo Part Time
Ministerior del Trabajo
Santiago, Chile
2014 - 2015
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Integrante Comisión de Reforma al Sistema de Capacitación Part Time
Ministerio del Trabajo
Santiago, Chile
2011 - 2011
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Director of Instituto de Economía Full Time
Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile
Santiago, Chile
2020 - 2025
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
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)
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Fulbright Scholarship
COMISION FULBRIGHT-CHILE
Chile, 2001
Scholarship for doctoral studies
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Beca Presidente de la República
MINISTERIO DE PLANIFICACION Y COOPERACION
Chile, 2001
Scholarship for doctoral studies
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Best final Degree in Economics
UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE
Chile, 1999
Award to the best final degree in economics
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
Pobreza y desigualdad en Chile: Un análisis con la Encuesta Casen |
Relative income and job satisfaction in chile |
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. |

Esteban Puentes
Visiting Scholar at the Population Studies Center
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Estados Unidos

Osvaldo Larrañaga
Program Officer
Inequality and Poverty Reduction
United Nations Development Program
Santiago, Chile

Andrés García
Coordinador de Ingeniería Civil Industrial
Facultad de Ingeniería y Ciencias Aplicadas
Universidad de Los Andes
Santiago, Chile