CV
Micro-econometrician and applied labour economist, with research experience at the ILO, the OECD and the World Bank. Argentinian and Polish citizenship, based in Utrecht.
Positions
Utrecht University, Netherlands
Teaching the Data Science Lab for Economists and the Welfare State track of Integrating Insights (PPE). Supervising Bachelor's and Master's theses in applied economics and economic policy.
International Labour Organization
Informality in Costa Rica; a meta-database of 150 formalisation evaluations in Latin America; the Argentina informality dashboard; the ILO–ECLAC Argentine labour market bulletin; the WESO 2021 chapter on digital labour platforms.
OECD, Paris
Co-authored "Unleashing SMEs' Potential to Scale Up": econometric analysis, and an assessment of machine learning methods for predicting firm growth.
International Labour Organization, Geneva
Co-authored ILO Working Paper 34 on old-age work and income security in middle-income countries.
The World Bank, Buenos Aires
Statistical analysis for a working paper on Ecuador's income protection system for older people.
University of Buenos Aires
Distributive effects of the minimum wage, formalisation policy, and social protection for children; occupational skill indicators for studies of AI in Latin America.
Fundación Uniendo Caminos, Buenos Aires
Ran an education centre for 70 young people in Villa 21-24, leading a team of 30 volunteers.
Education
University of Nottingham
Three essays on skills, personality demand and formalisation policy, using text as data on 11.7 million job vacancies and a meta-analysis of Latin American evaluations.
University of Turin and ITC-ILO
110/110. Thesis on NEET labour market transitions.
University of Buenos Aires
9.07/10. Thesis on unemployment duration using survival models.
University of Buenos Aires
Cum laude. Thesis on microfinance default, third prize in the 2017 thesis competition of the Buenos Aires Council of Economic Sciences, later published in Problemas del Desarrollo.
Selected publications
Problemas del Desarrollo, 49(195), 127–151, with Marta Bekerman
Revista de Economía Política de Buenos Aires, 21
Asociación Argentina de Economía Política, annual meeting
Asociación Argentina de Economía Política, annual meeting, UNLP
Skills
Panel data, causal inference, difference-in-differences, survival analysis, impact evaluation, meta-analysis.
Natural language processing and text as data, machine learning, large survey microdata. Advanced Stata; working Python and R. DataCamp Associate Data Scientist (2024).
Writing for academic, policy and general audiences. Data visualisation and interactive tools.
Languages
Native
Advanced (TOEFL iBT 100, C1)
Intermediate (B2)
B1 in progress (A2 certified)
A2
Community
Volunteer English teacher at Refugee Roots, Nottingham, with adults seeking asylum. Postgraduate representative and Equality, Diversity and Inclusion officer at the University of Nottingham. Co-coordinator of an EU-funded training project on sustainable entrepreneurship for disadvantaged youth across Tanzania, Nepal, Argentina, Portugal, Slovenia and Italy.