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FERNANDO BORRAZ ESCAMES
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Address: Diagonal Fabini 777
CP: 11100. Montevideo
URUGUAY
Date of Birth: 2nd September, 1971
Phone: (598) 99-209-434
Email: fborraz@bcu.gub.uy
fborraz@gmail.com
Citizenship: Uruguay
EDUCATION
PhD. in Economics, Georgetown University. July 2004
Specialization: Econometrics and International Finance
Thesis title: Essays on Inequality and Education. Advisor: Philip Cross
MSc. in Economics, ILADES/Georgetown University, July 2000
B.Sc. in Economics, Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y de Administración,
Universidad de la República, Nov. 1996
RESEARCH INTEREST
Development Economics, Policy Evaluation, Applied Microeconomics
RESEARCH
Publications
(Forthcoming) Distances and Political Boundaries: Estimating Border Effect with Inequality
Constraints (with Alberto Cavallo, Roberto Rigobon and Leandro Zipitría). International Journal of
Finance and Economics.
(2015) Information and Communication Technologies and Climate Change Adaptation in Latin
America and the Caribbean. A Framework for Action (with Hallie Eakin, Pedro M. Wightman,
David Hsu, Vladimir . Gil, Eduardo Fuentes-Contreras, Megan P. Cox, Tracy-Ann N. Hyman,
Carlos Pacas, Claudia González-Brambila, Diego Ponce de León Barido and Daniel M. Kammen)
Climate and Development. Vol. 7(3), pp. 208-222.
(2014) Supermarket Entry and the Survival of Small Stores (with Dubra, J., Ferrés, D. and Zipitría,
L.). Review of Industrial Organization. Vol. 44(1), pp. 73-93.
(2013) Water Nationalization and Services Quality (with Nicolás González Pampillón and Marcelo
Olarreaga). World Bank Economic Review. Vol. 27 (3), pp. 389-412.
(2013) Assessment of the Distributive Impact of National Trade Reforms in Brazil (with Daniel
Ferrés and Máximo Rossi). Journal of Economic Inequality. Vol. 11 (2), pp. 215-235.
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(2013) Preschool attendance and school-age profiles: A revision (with Alejandro Cid). Children and
Youth Service Review. Vol. 35 (5), pp. 816-825.
(2013) Polarization and the Middle Class in Uruguay (with Nicolás González Pampillón and
Máximo Rossi). Latin American Journal of Economics. Vol. 50 (2), pp. 289-326.
(2012) Distributive Effects of Regional Trade Agreements on the “Small Trading Partners”
Mercosur and the case of Uruguay and Paraguay (with Daniel Ferrés and Máximo Rossi). The
Journal of Development Studies. Vol. 48 (12), pp. 1828-1843.
(2012) Information and Communications Technologies and Climate Change in Developing
Countries. Ensayos de Economía. Universidad Nacional de Colombia-Medellín. Number 41, pp.
35-64.
(2012) Retail Price Setting in Uruguay (with Leandro Zipitría). Economía. Journal of the Latin
American and Caribbean Economic Association. Vol. 12 (2), pp. 77-102.
(2011) Un análisis de comportamiento a nivel de agente de la encuesta de expectativas de inflación
del BCU (with Diego Gianelli). Revista de Ciencias Empresariales, Universidad de Montevideo.
Vol. 10, pp. 49-65.
(2011) Análisis de las calificaciones de riesgo soberano: el caso uruguayo (with Alejandro Fried
and Diego Gianelli). Revista de Economía del Banco Central del Uruguay. Vol. 18 (2), pp. 71-100.
(2010) And what about the family back home? International migration and happiness in Cuenca,
Ecuador (with Susan Pozo and Máximo Rossi), Journal of Business Strategies. Vol. 27(1), pp. 7-28.
(2010) Brecha Salarial en Uruguay (with Cecilia Robano). Revista de Análisis Económico. Vol. 25
(1), pp. 49-77.
(2010) Socioeconomic Determinants of Crime across Uruguayan Regions: A Dynamic Panel Data
Analysis. (with Nicolás González). Well-Being and Social Policy. Vol. 6 (2), pp. 45-73.
(2009) Impact of the Uruguayan Conditional Cash Transfer Program (with Nicolás González).
Cuadernos de Economía, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Vol. 46 (134), pp 243-271.
(2009) PANES: Focalización e Impacto (with Nicolás González). Well-Being and Social Policy.
Vol. 5 (2), pp. 41-83.
(2007) Remittances in Uruguay. (with Susan Pozo). Revista de la Facultad de Ciencias
Empresariales y Economía, Universidad de Montevideo. Vol. 6, pp. 19-43.
(2007) “Has Globalization Deepened Income Inequality in Mexico? (with Jose Ernesto López
Córdova). Global Economy Journal. http://www.bepress.com/gej/vol7/iss1/6.
(2006) “Border Effects Between US and Mexico” Journal of Economic Development. Vol. 31 (1),
pp. 53-62.
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(2006) “Diversificación de las fuentes de financiamiento de las instituciones universitarias”.
IESALC/UNESCO.
http://www.iesalc.unesco.org.ve/pruebaobservatorio/documentos%20pdf/seminario%20uruguay%2
05%20y%206%20de%20marzo/diversificacion%20de%20las%20fuentes%20financieras.pdf
(2005) Assessing the Impact of Remittances on Schooling: The Mexican Experience, Global
Economy Journal. http://www.bepress.com/gej/vol5/iss1/9.
Book:
(2009) “Essays on Education, Globalization and Inequality”. LAP Lambert Academic Publishing.
ISBN 978-3-8383-1196-8
Book Chapters:
(2013). Fijación de precios minoristas: el caso de Uruguay. Libro: Dinámica inflacionaria,
persistencia y formación de precios y salarios. CEMLA. ISBN 978-607-7734-46-8.
(2011). Services Ownership and Access to Safe Water: Water Nationalization in Uruguay (with
Marcelo Olarreaga). Libro: Services, Trade and Development. UNCTAD.
(2011). Assessment of the Distributive Impact of Trade Reforms in Uruguay. Book Title: Theory
and Evidence on Growth, Trade and Economic Development: with Special Reference to Latin.
Editor: Gerardo Angeles Castro. Editorial: Routledge. With Daniel Ferres and Máximo Rossi.
ISBN: 978-0415573740.
(2008). Title: La Enseñanza de la Economía en Uruguay. Book: El Proceso de Bologna y el
MERCOSUR de la Educación. La Enseñanza de la Economía. Editor: Luis Caramés. ISBN: 97884-612-4312-9.
(2007). Title: Assessing the Impact of Remittances on Schooling. Book: El Impacto Económico de
la Emigración en América Latina. Centro de Estudios Latinoamericanos. Universidad Autónoma de
Madrid. ISBN: 978-84-8344-074-2.
Working Papers
(2009) Programas de apoyo al emprendedor y propuesta de investigación sobre dinámica
empresarial en Uruguay. Consultancy, Inter-American Development Bank.
(2007) Impact of Remittances on the Uruguayan Household: Labor Supply Effects (with Susan
Pozo).
(2007) Impactos Sociales en Uruguay de la Liberalización del Comercio de Mundial de la Carne
(with Máximo Rossi).
HONORS AND SCHOLARSHIPS
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Referee for: World Development, Journal of Business Economics and Management, Review of
Development Economics, Children and Youth Services Review, Desarrollo y Sociedad, European
Journal of Health Economics, International Journal of Educational Development, Global Economy
Journal, Contemporary Economic Policy, Eastern Economic Journal, Nordic Journal of Latin America
and Caribbean Studies, Latin America Journal of Economics (LAJE), ACORN-REDECOM
conference, Latin American Research Review.
2014-Present
Researcher Level II. National Agency for Research and Innovation (ANII)
www.anii.org.uy
2009-2014
Researcher Level I. National Agency for Research and Innovation (ANII)
www.anii.org.uy
2012
Fulbright NEXUS Grant
2012
ANII Grant Proposal Number FMV_2_2011_1_6318. Principal Investigator
2012
Evaluator for ANII grants
2011:
First prize. Inter-American Award for Research in Social Security. Granted by
the
Inter-American
Conference
on
Social
Security
http://award.ciss.org.mx/index.php?id=home_en
2007:
Evaluator for Alβan Scholarships
2004-2009
Editor: Revista de Ciencias Empresariales y Economía. Universidad de
Montevideo.
2004:
First prize. National Prize in Economics. Granted by the Universidad de la
República to the best paper. www.decon.edu.uy
2004:
Travel Grant. Georgetown University
2000 – 2003:
Georgetown University graduate fellowship (tuition and maintenance).
1997
Inter American Development Bank Scholarship (air ticket, tuition and support for
2 years) in order to complete a Master of Arts in Economics at ILADESGeorgetown University, Santiago, Chile.
1996
OEA (Organization of American States) scholarship meant for a Diploma in
foreign trade and international finances in Latin America. Organized by
CIENES, and Chile University, Santiago, Chile.
PROFFESIONAL EXPERIENCE
2009-Present
Senior Researcher at the Banco Central del Uruguay and Departamento
de Economía de la Facultad de Ciencias Sociales – Universidad de la
República
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2006-2009
Director of the Economic Department, Universidad de Montevideo
2004-2009
Assistant Professor of Economics. Universidad de Montevideo
2004-2003
Consultant. Inter-American Development Bank. US.
2002- Summer
Consultant. Inter-American Development Bank. US.
2000-2003
Teaching Assistant. Georgetown University.
1999-2000
Consultant. Ministry of Industry. Uruguay.
1999-2000
Professor of Short Term Macroeconomic Analysis and
Analysis. Universidad de Montevideo.
1994-1997
Research Assistant, CINVE (Center of Research in Economics) .
Time
Series
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2009-Present
Professor of Econometrics I and III - Master of Art in Economics. Departamento
de Economía de la Facultad de Ciencias Sociales – Universidad de la República.
2015-Present
Professor ff Econometrics II (undergraduate). Universidad de Montevideo.
2014-Present
Professor of Econometrics I (undergraduate). Universidad de Montevideo.
2012-Present
Professor of Impact Evaluation Methodologies. Master of Art in Economics.
Departamento de Economía de la Facultad de Ciencias Sociales – Universidad de
la República.
2010- Present
Professor of Impact Evaluation Methodologies. Universidad de la Habana. Cuba.
2012
Professor of Panel Data. Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Medellín.
2011
Professor of Impact Evaluation Methodologies, Ministerio de Desarrollo Social,
Uruguay.
2004-2009
Professor of Econometrics I and II (undergraduate), Econometric II (Master of
Art in Economics) and Econometric of Financial Markets (Master in
Finance).Universidad de Montevideo, Uruguay.
2006- 2007
Professor of Panel Data Analysis. Universidad Nacional de Colombia.
2000-2003
Teaching Assistant. International Finance and Macroeconomics. Georgetown
University.
1999-2000
Professor of Short Term Macroeconomic Analysis and Time Series
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Analysis. Universidad de Montevideo, Uruguay.
INVITED PRESENTATIONS
2014 dECON Workshop 2015, 2015 Bolivian Development Economic Conference, , XIX Annual
Meeting of LACEA Brazil, Universidad de la Habana.
2013 XVIII Meeting of CEMLA Mexico, Bolivian Development Economic Conference, XXVIII
Jornadas de Economía BCU, XVIII Annual Meeting of LACEA Mexico, Columbia University,
Western Michigan University. Research Committee Development Economics, IFO and
University of Munich.
2012 Research Committee Development Economics, ZEF Bonn, Germany. XXVII Jornadas de
Economía BCU. XVII Meeting of CEMLA, Montevideo Meeting of Economics.
2011 XI LACEEP Biannual Workshop, Costa Rica. Research Committee Development Economics.
KIW Berlin, Germany, 10th Arnoldshain Seminar. Gottingen, Germany. ACORN conference
Lima, Perú. XXVI Jornadas de Economía BCU, Uruguay. XVI Annual Meeting of LACEA,
Chile.
2010 XV Annual Meeting of LACEA. XV Meeting of CEMLA. International Conference Crime and
Violence in Latin America and the Caribbean. XXV Jornadas de Economía, Banco Central del
Uruguay. CAF-UNDP, CISS, Mexico. X LACEEP Biannual Workshop, Ecuador. Health.
Happiness and Inequality Conference. Technische Universität Darmstadt. Darmstadt,
Germany.
2009 Americas Communication Research Network Conference, ciudad de Mexico. Haciendo
Operativas las Evaluaciones de Impacto de Programas Sociales CISS, Coneval, Universidad
Iberoamericana, PNUD, ciudad de Mexico. Research Committee Development Economics.
Universidad de Frankfurt, Germany Network on Inequality and Poverty, Montevideo. XIV
Annual Meeting of LACEA, Argentina.
2008 Annual Conference of Verein für Socialpolitik, Research Committee Development Economics.
University of Zurich, Switzerland. La cultura política de la democracia en Uruguay.
Montevideo. 2008
Workshop: Comercio, Pobreza y los Impactos de la Apertura Comercial.
Cámara Nacional de Comercio y Servicios. Montevideo. XI Meetings of the LACEA/ IADB/
WB/ UNDP Research Network on Inequality and Poverty (NIP) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2007 Inter-American Development Bank. Montevideo, Uruguay. Jornadas de Economía.
Banco Central del Uruguay. Latin American Meeting of the Econometric Society. Bogotá.
Colombia. XII Annual Meeting of the LACEA. Bogotá. Colombia.
2006 Economics Workshop. Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, Colombia. Concurso
2017. Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Colombia. 2006 Regional Integration Network.
Universidad de Costa Rica and IADB. San José, Costa Rica. Seminario: Caminos de la
educación superior, IESALC/UNESCO, Uruguay.
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2004 Annual Meeting of the Midwest Economic Association (MEA). Chicago. Research Department
Workshop, Inter American Development Bank (IADB), Washington DC. Latin American
Meeting of the Econometric Society. Santiago. Chile. IX Annual Meeting of the LACEA. San
Jose, Costa Rica. 2004 Regional Integration Network. CERES and IADB. Montevideo,
Uruguay.
2003 VIII Annual Meeting of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association
(LACEA). Cholula, Mexico.
2002 Microeconomic Workshop. Georgetown University. Washington DC.
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SKILLS
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Languages
Statistical and Mathematical Software
Spanish, English
STATA, GAUSS, Latex
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