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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 - A la fecha

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 - A la fecha

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 (14)

Labor productivity response of the micro-and-small-firm sector to business entries and exits
Innovative Rural Entrepreneurship in Chile
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

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 (1)

Location and Sorting of Growth-Oriented Entrepreneurship
1
Miguel Atienza

Académico

Economía

UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL NORTE

Antofagasta, Chile

2
William Foster

Full Professor

Department of Agricultural Economics

FACULTAD DE AGRONOMÍA , PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

1
Dusan Paredes

Profesor Titular

Economia

AVENIDA ANGAMOS 0610

Antofagasta, Chile

19
Félix Modrego

Profesor Asistente

Ciencias Sociales

Universidad de O'Higgins

Rancagua, 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