Claudia Paz Martinez Alvear
Full Professor
Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile
Santiago, Chile
Development Economics; Public Finance; Labor Economics; Impact Evaluation Using Randomized Control Trials;
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Economics, University of Michigan. Estados Unidos, 2007
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Economics, University of Michigan. Chile, 2004
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Economics, UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE. Chile, 2000
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Ingeniero Comercial, UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE. Chile, 1999
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Assistant Professor Full Time
PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE
Facultad de Ciencias Economicas y Administrativas
Chile
2007 - 2014
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Associate Professor Full Time
UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE
Facultad de Economia y Negocios
Chile
2014 - 2020
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Assistant Professor Full Time
UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE
Facultad de Economia y Negocios
Chile
2007 - 2014
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Instructor Professor Full Time
UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE
Facultad de Economia y Negocios
Chile
1999 - 1999
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Associate Professor Full Time
PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE
Facultad de Ciencias Economicas y Administrativas
Santiago, Chile
2014 - A la fecha
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Directora Magister en Economía Aplicada Other
PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE
Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Administrativas
Chile
2019 - 2022
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Full Professor Full Time
PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE
Facultad de Ciencias Económicas
Chile
2020 - A la fecha
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Research Affiliate Other
Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-Pal)
Estados Unidos
2009 - A la fecha
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Research Assistant Part Time
University of Michigan
Chile
2004 - 2005
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Coordination of Economic Policies Full Time
Ministry of Finance
Chile
2000 - 2002
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Research Fellow Full Time
Interamerican Development Bank
Estados Unidos
2005 - 2006
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".
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
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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.
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Best Undergraduate Teacher
Deparment of Economics, University of Chile
Chile, 2013
Best Undergraduate Teacher, Department of Economics, University of Chile. Spring 2013.
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Best Undergraduate Teacher
Deparment of Economics, University of Chile
Chile, 2008
Best Undergraduate Teacher. Department of Economics, University of Chile. Spring, 2008.
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Best Teacher MPP
University of Chile
Chile, 2011
Best Teacher Master in Public Policy, 2011.
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Rackham One-Term Dissertation Fellowship
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
Estados Unidos, 2007
Dissertation Fellowship
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Fellowship
Summer School Bureau for Research and Economic Analysis of Development
Estados Unidos, 2005
Fellowship for Summer School in Canada
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Summer Research Fellowship
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
Estados Unidos, 2004
Summer Research Fellowship
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Summer Research Fellowship
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
Estados Unidos, 2003
Summer Research Fellowship
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Fulbright Fellowship
Fulbright
Chile, 2002
2 year scholarship
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International Center Fellowship
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
Estados Unidos, 2002
2 year fees and stipend
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Best Graduate ME
UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE
Chile, 2000
Best Graduate, ME in Economics
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Best Graduate (Undergrad)
UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE
Chile, 2000
Best Graduate Ingeniería Comercial.
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Department of Economics Fellowship
UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE
Chile, 1999
Fellowship for Master in Economics
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Fondecyt
FONDECYT
Chile, 2017
Fondecyt, 2017-2019 “The effects of longer school days and childcare on student and mother outcomes” (with Marcerla Perticará)
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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)
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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.
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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
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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?
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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".
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
Remittances and Poverty in Migrant’s Home Areas: Evidence from the Philippines |
The Effect of an IRS Enforcement Letter on Diesel Tax Credits Claimed |
Tax Exemptions in Chile’s Income Tax |
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 |