Education
The University of Texas at Austin
Public Policy (Ph.D.), Expected 2022/2023
Economics (M.Sc.), 2019
Harvard University
Data Science (Professional Certificate), Expected 2022
Tecnológico de Monterrey (ITESM)
Economy and Public Policy (M.A.), 2014
Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León (UANL)
Economics (B.A.), 2012
Teaching Experience
Lecturer
Texas A&M University, Bush School of Government & Public Service
January 2020 -
Graduate level
Fundamentals of the Global Economy
Professor of Practice
Tecnológico de Monterrey (ITESM), EGADE Business School
April 2021 -
Graduate level
Statistics (for Analytical Foundations of Business)
Assistant Professor
Universidad del Valle de México (UVM), Department of Business
March 2016 - June 2017
Graduate level
Econometric Models
Money and Capital Markets
Quantitative Methods for Business
Economics for Business
Undergraduate level
Microeconomics
Macroeconomics
International Economics
Research Experience
Research Associate
Texas Census Institute
June 2022 -
Research Assistant
McCombs School of Business, The University of Texas at Austin
September 2017 -
LBJ School of Public Affairs, The University of Texas at Austin
January 2022 - August 2022
Executive Coordinator of Economic Research
Institute of Studies on Government and Public Finance
June 2016 -
Projects Specialist
Institute for Regional Development (IDR-ITESM)
April 2015 - May 2016
Research Assistant
Tecnológico de Monterrey (ITESM)
January 2013 - December 2014
Research Assistant
Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León (UANL)
July 2012 - December 2012
Presentations and Service at Conferences
Spatial income inequality in the United States
Accepted to be presented at:
The 69th North American Meeting of the Regional Science Association International, Montreal,Canada. November 2022
The 92nd Annual Meetings of the Southern Economic Association, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA. November 2022
The 61st Annual Meetings of the Southern Regional Science Association, Austin, Texas, USA. April 2022
The 59th Annual Meetings of the Public Choice Society, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. March 2022
Discrimination and Inequality in the Labor Market
Policy Matters: How Policy Changes Affect Students
Public Programs Designed to Increase Labor Supply of the More Vulnerable Workforce
Invited as Panel DIscussant at:
The 43rd Annual Meetings of the Association for Public Policy Analysis & Management, Austin, Texas, USA. March 2022
Coping with Housing Unaffordability through Individual Tradeoffs, Regulatory Protections,and Public Program
Invited as Panel Chair at:
The 43rd Annual Meetings of the Association for Public Policy Analysis & Management, Austin, Texas, USA. March 2022
Europe’s income convergence and the latest global financial crisis
in collaboration with René Cabral
Accepted and presented at:
The 94th Annual Conference of the Western Economic Association International, San Francisco, California, USA. June 2019
The ECB Forum on Central Banking - Young economists' competition (Poster session), Sintra, Portugal. June 2019
Regional specialization transitions and technological intensity in Mexico’s manufacturing industry
in collaboration with Amado Villarreal, and Miguel Flores
Accepted and presented at:
The 47th Annual Conference of the Mid-Continent Regional Science Association, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA. June 2016
Democracy and economic growth: Analysis by regions, country groups and income levels
Accepted and presented at:
The 52nd Annual Meetings of the Public Choice Society, San Antonio, Texas, USA. March 2015
On the effects of policy responsiveness on economic growth: Evidence from democratic nations
in collaboration with Marco Pérez
Accepted and presented at:
The 89th Annual Conference of the Western Economic Association International, Denver, Colorado, USA. June 2014
Conditional political budget cycle: Evidence from democratic nations
in collaboration with Marco Pérez
Accepted and presented at:
The 51st Annual Meetings of the Public Choice Society, Charleston, South Carolina, USA. March 2014
Evaluability of the 'Microenterprises’ Impulse' program
in collaboration with Araceli Ortega
Accepted and presented at:
The 2nd International Seminar: Analysis and Impact of Public Policies, Mexico City, D.F., Mexico. September 2013
Certified Online Courses
Statistics and R (HarvardX)
Evaluating Social Programs (MITx)
Moral Foundations of Politics (Yale)
Python for Data Science and AI (IBM)
Macroeconometric Forecasting (IMFx)
Urban Development and Housing (IDBx)
R Programming (Johns Hopkins University)
Academic and Business Writing (BerkeleyX)
Academic Research (Laureate Network Office)
Introduction to Managing for Development Results (IDBx)
Designing a Multidimensional Poverty Index (OPHI/UNDP)
Statistical Thinking for Data Science and Analytics (ColumbiaX)
Public Policy Challenges of the 21st Century (University of Virginia)
Social and Economic Networks: Models and Analysis (Stanford Online)
From Poverty to Prosperity: Understanding Economic Development (OxfordX)
Professional affiliations
American Economic Association
Association for Public Policy Analysis & Management
Public Choice Society
Southern Economic Association
Southern Regional Science Association
Western Economic Association International
Reviewer for
Investigación Económica
Statistics, Politics and Policy
Energy Research & Social Science
Review of Development Economics
Asia-Pacific Journal of Regional Science
Skills
Econometric Analysis and Data Science
(R, Python, Stata, Matlab)