I am a principal researcher in the Nucleus LM2C2 (Labor Market Mismatch: Causes and Consequences) and an adjunct researcher of the MIPP (Millenium Institute on Market Imperfections and Public Policy)
I am also co-director of the SABE project (Sistema de AnĂ¡lisis de Bolsas de Empleo ), which gathers and harmonizes real-time data from job ads and applicants from multiple online job boards in Chile and classify demand and supply side into occupations using machine learning techniques.
The website www.trabajoeninternet.cl contains a lot of material for the scientific divulgation of our research on online job boards (in Spanish).
May 10, 2023: I participated in a round table to talk about the new regulation of hours worked in Chile organized by MIPP and LM2C2. You can find extract here or to watch the whole activity in Youtube.
May 4, 2023: I was also interviewed in Radio Inicia to mainly talk about the recient increase of the unemployment rate in Chile.
May 4, 2023: I was interviewed in Radio Agricultura on the current situation of the Chilean labor market, addressing the increasing unemployment rate and the recently approved reduction of legal hours worked.
May 1, 2023: My column on the just approved reduction and flexibilization of regular hours worked in Chile was published in El Mostrador. Just in time for the Labor Day!
Apr 26, 2023: The official website of the Nucleus LM2C2 Labor Market Mismatch: Causes and Consequences is up. I am delighted to be one of the principal researchers of this joint grant funded by ANID.
Apr 18, 2023: I presented the paper "Measuring occupation demand from job ads" at the Economics seminar of Universidad de Santiago (USACH, FAE)
Jan 16, 2023: Great news! I was granted a Fondecyt Regular project (Chilean NSF) for 2023-26. The project's title is "Understanding occupations and labor demand through online job boards". Overall results are here.
Jan 16, 2023: Featured on a note on the expected behavior of the Chilean labor market over 2023 in La Segunda
Dec 27, 2022: I present the paper "What he/she wants in a job" at the 4th PUC Alumni Workshop.
Dec 23, 2022: Our paper "Wage Cyclicality Revisited: The Role of Hiring Standards" got a R&R at the Review of Economic Studies.
Dec 19, 2022: We had the Workshop in Labor Market Power) at UNAB, co-organized with MIPP. Six great papers and fantastic discussion !!. Suresh Naidu (Columbia) was the keynote speaker.