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Economist · Research Associate
PhD Candidate in Economics at Lancaster University. I study how education, health, and public policy shape inequality and opportunity in Latin America.
01 — About
I am a PhD candidate in Economics and Research Associate at Lancaster University, supervised by Prof. Catherine Porter and Dr. Saurabh Singhal. My research focuses on public policy, education, and development economics, with a particular interest in how early-life and school-level factors shape long-run inequality in Latin America.
Before joining Lancaster, I completed my M.Sc. and B.A. in Economics at Universidad del Pacífico (Lima, Peru), and worked as a Research Assistant at the World Bank and as a junior researcher at REDES. I have also held consultancy roles at Peru's Ministries of Education, Environment, and Housing. My work has been published in the Journal of Air Transport Management.
Alongside research in applied microeconomics, I have taught a range of economics courses at Universidad del Pacífico and Lancaster University, and have advised undergraduate students on their research projects at Universidad del Pacífico.
02 — Research
PhD Research
Lancaster University · 2024–present
Who Stays the Course? Early Classroom Rank and Educational Trajectories
Chapter 1 (with Saurabh Singhal) · Lancaster University
Where you rank in Grade 2 shapes whether you finish school a decade later — but not neccesarily because of what you learn. High rank builds aspirations and parental investment; low rank erodes them. Yet when top-ranked students from poor families reach the university gate, socioeconomic barriers stop merit from becoming access.
Draft coming soonEarly ordinal rank effect on educational trajectories (based on math scores)
Previous Work
Pre-PhD research & policy work
More seats, more tourists? Evidence from Peru
Journal of Air Transport Management, 127, 102796 (with Enzo Defilippi)
Peru's tourism boom wasn't just about Machu Picchu — it was about planes. Adding seats on direct flights to the US raised tourist arrivals by 0.36% per 1% increase. And expanding routes to Spain pulled in more tourists from Italy, Switzerland, and Germany too.
Read the paper →Estimated elasticity of tourist arrivals to seat availability, by market
¿Focalizar para mejorar? Análisis de políticas e incentivos de atracción docente en el Perú
CIES / MEF — Policy Report (with Antonio Campos)
Nearly half of Peru's public schools are systematically avoided by teachers in hiring contests. Using machine learning on 59,000 schools, we show that the hardest-to-staff schools sit 3 days away from their regional capital — and that one policy cannot fix five very different problems.
Read the report →26,980 low-attractiveness schools — 3 different problems
Group 1 · n=624 — Extremely remote
66 hrs
average travel time to regional capital
98% in Loreto's Amazon rainforest. Monetary incentives alone won't work here.
Groups 2–4 · n=21,885 — Poverty & poor infrastructure
42%
of surrounding households have water access
Andes & Amazon. Less than half of nearby homes have basic services.
Group 5 · n=4,381 — Urban insecurity
198
organised crime reports (avg. per district)
87% in Lima. Good infrastructure — but high crime deters teachers.
Work in Progress
03 — Teaching
Tutor — Undergraduate
Maths & Statistics Hub
One-to-one mentoring in Mathematics and Statistics for undergraduate students across departments.
Tutor — Undergraduate
Economic Principles and Applications
Core economic principles for first-year students, covering micro and macroeconomic foundations.
Instructor — Undergraduate
Applied Statistics (Stata & R)
Hands-on programming course in Stata and R for economic data analysis. Taught three editions.
Teaching Assistant — Graduate
Advanced Microeconomics II
Strategic interaction and information economics. Topics include game theory, Bayesian and repeated games, adverse selection, and moral hazard.
Teaching Assistant — Graduate
Advanced Macroeconomics II
Modern macroeconomic modelling. Topics include RBC and DSGE models, sticky prices, optimal fiscal policy, financial frictions, credit cycles, small open economy models, and sudden stops with macroprudential policy.
Teaching Assistant — Undergraduate
Econometrics II
Dynamic econometric models for macro and micro panel applications. Topics include time series analysis, ARIMA models, and panel data methods (fixed and random effects).
Teaching Assistant — Undergraduate
Econometrics I
Core methods for causal inference and estimation. Topics include OLS, instrumental variables, and maximum likelihood estimation.
Teaching Assistant — Undergraduate
General Economics I & II
Introduction to micro and macroeconomics for non-economics students. Covers supply and demand, market equilibrium, national income accounting, and basic monetary and fiscal policy.
Teaching Assistant — Undergraduate
Microeconomics I
Foundations of microeconomic theory. Topics include consumer theory, producer theory, and market structures from perfect competition to monopoly.
Teaching Assistant — Undergraduate
Macroeconomics III
Long-run growth theory and dynamic macroeconomics. Topics include Solow, R&D, and AK growth models, alongside Real Business Cycle theory.
04 — CV
Education
2024 – 2028
PhD in Economics
Lancaster University, UK
2022
M.Sc. in Economics
Universidad del Pacífico, Lima, Peru
2017
B.A. in Economics
Universidad del Pacífico, Lima, Peru
Fellowships & Grants
2024 – 2028
Lancaster University Scholar
LUMS PhD Scholarship
2019
CIES / IDRC Research Grant (US$ 17,000)
With Antonio Campos
2012 – 2017
Regional Government of Callao Scholar
Full tuition + living expenses, Universidad del Pacífico
Research Experience
2026 – Present
Research Associate
Lancaster University (with Prof. Heather Brown)
2021 – 2023
Research Assistant
The World Bank, Lima
2020 – 2021
Junior Researcher
Red de Estudios para el Desarrollo (REDE)
2018 – 2021
Research Assistant
Pacífico Business School
Government Experience
2024
Specialist
Ministry of Housing, Construction and Sanitation, Peru
2022 – 2023
Analyst
Autoridad Nacional del Servicio Civil, Peru
2017 – 2019
Economics Consultant
Ministry of Education, Peru
05 — Contact
I welcome inquiries from students, potential collaborators, and researchers. Feel free to reach out about research, seminar invitations, or anything related to my work.