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CARLOS CHIAPA
El Colegio de México, Centro de Estudios Económicos
Camino al Ajusco 20, Pedregal de Santa Teresa, Mexico City 10740, Mexico
Tel.: +52 (55) 5449-3000 ext. 4077; Fax: +52 (55) 5645-0464; Email: cchiapa@colmex.mx
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
2012-2013
Spring 2011
2008-present
Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics, Oberlin College
Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics, Case Western Reserve University
Assistant Professor of Economics, Centro de Estudios Económicos, El Colegio
de México
OTHER POSITIONS
Spring 2005-2006
Research Assistant for Professor Dilip Mookherjee, Boston University
May 2000-August 2002 Research Assistant, United Nations, ECLAC, Mexico
EDUCATION
Ph.D. in Economics, Boston University, Boston, MA, 2007
M.A. in Political Economy, Boston University, Boston, MA, 2006
B.A. in Economics, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México, Mexico City, Mexico, 2001
Ph.D. Dissertation Title: “Insurance and Health Effects of PROGRESA in Rural Mexico”
Thesis Committee: Dilip Mookherjee, Kevin Lang, Iván Fernández-Val
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Applied Microeconomics, Development Economics, Program Evaluation and Public Economics
FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS
2013
Citi Foundation and Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA) Financial Capability
Research Fund grant ($150,000)
2012
Ford Foundation, IDRC, Proyecto Capital, IEP, Universidad de Chile and
Fundación Capital grant ($150,000)
2010
Premio Banamex de Economía, second place
2010
Premio Víctor L. Urquidi de Economía, second place
Fall 2002-Spring 2007 Merit Scholarship for Doctorate Studies, CONACYT, Mexico City, Mexico
2004
Department of Economics Summer Research Grant, Boston University
ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES
Member: American Economic Association, Econometric Society, Latin American and Caribbean
Economic Association
Referee for Economics Bulletin, El Trimestre Económico, Estudios Económicos, Foro Internacional,
Gestión y Política Pública, Perfiles Latinoamericanos, Revista Ciencia UANL, Revista Economía: Teoría
y Práctica; Departamento de Ciencias Socilaes y Polítcas, Universidad Iberoamericana; and Centro de
Estudios Económicos, El Colegio de México
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TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Spring 2013
Spring 2013
Fall 2012
Summer 2012
Fall 2008 - 2011
Spring 2011
Spring 2010
Fall 2009
Spring 2007
Fall 2004-2006
Summer 2006
Economic Development, Undergraduate program, Oberlin College
Principles of Economics, Undergraduate program, Oberlin College
Principles of Economics, Undergraduate program, Oberlin College
Introduction to Microeconomics, Pre-MA program, El Colegio de México
Micro-econometrics for the Evaluation of Policies and Programs, Graduate
Program, El Colegio de México
Introduction to Microeconomics, Undergraduate Program, Case Western Reserve
University
Quantitative Methods for Impact Evaluation I, El Colegio de México
Quantitative Methods for Impact Evaluation II, El Colegio de México
Economics of the Public Sector and Regulation, Undergraduate Program, El
Colegio de México
Principles of Macroeconomics, Undergraduate Program, Teaching Assistant to
Professor Jay Zagorsky, Boston University
Money Financial Markets, and Economic Activity, Undergraduate Program,
Teaching Assistant to Professor Mark Williams, Boston University
Introductory Microeconomic Analysis, Undergraduate Program, Instructor,
Boston University
INVITED SEMINARS
2007
2008
2011
2012
El Colegio de México; United Nations, ECLAC; CIDE; Universidad de Guanajuato
ITAM; Seminar “The Fight Against Poverty” organized by CIDE and Universidad
Iberoamericana; Banco de México
El Colegio de México, Oberlin College
Oberlin College
CONFERENCES
2008 Latin American Meeting of the Econometric Society
2009 Guanajuato Workshop for Young Economists
2010 NBER's Children’s and Education Spring Meetings; Annual World Bank Conference on
Development Economics (ABCDE), Fourth Meeting of the Impact Evaluation Network, 15th
Annual LACEA Meeting
2011 Pacific Conference for Development Economics; Conditional Cash Transfers and Financial
Inclusion; 3rd IZA Workshop: Child Labor in Developing Countries
2012 Ninth Midwest International Economic Development Conference; Conditional Cash Transfers and
Financial Inclusion; NEUDC at Dartmouth; Financial Inclusion of Recipients of Conditional Cash
Transfers
2013 Seventh Annual PopPov Conference on Population, Reproductive Health, and Economic
Development; Tenth Midwest International Economic Development Conference.
BOOKS
(Co-Editor) Estudios del Ramo 33, El Colegio de México
BOOK CHAPTERS
“Introducción” en Estudios del Ramo 33, with César Velázquez
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“Evaluación del Ramo 33” en Estudios del Ramo 33, with César Velázquez
PUBLICATIONS
“The Effect of Social Programs and Exposure to Professionals on the Educational Aspirations of the
Poor,” with José Luis Garrido and Silvia Prina. 2012. Economics of Education Review, 31(5): 778-98.
“Análisis de trayectorias de los hogares beneficiarios del programa Oportunidades,” with Raymundo M.
Campos Vázquez and Alma S. Santillán. 2012. Estudios Económicos, 27(2): 295-346.
“Evolución de las condiciones socioeconómicas de los hogares en el Programa Oportunidades,” with
Raymundo M. Campos-Vázquez, Curtis Huffman y Alma S. Santillán. 2013. El Trimestre Económico,
LXXX(1): 77-111.
WORKING PAPERS
“Testing the Schooling Repayment Hypothesis of Private Transfers with the PROGREA Experiment,”
with Laura Juárez, submitted
“Migration, Sex Ratios and Violent Crime: Evidence from Mexico’s Municipalities,” with Jesús Viejo
“The Effects of Health-conditional and Health-unconditional PROGRESA Cash Transfers on Health”
“Risk and Insurance in Rural Mexico: The Effect of PROGRESA”
“Political Effects on the Implementation of PROGRESA”
“Diagnóstico sobre los beneficios de unir ahorro y transferencias monetarias condicionadas
“The Effect of Access to Financial Markets on Aspirations,” with Adam Parker and Silvia Prina
“Crisis y pobreza rural en América Latina: el caso de México”
“Evaluación Específica de Desempeño (EED) de los Programas Federales de Apoyo y Subsidio para el
Fortalecimiento de Infraestructuras Productivas 2008,” with Antonio Yúnez
“Diagnóstico de las Políticas Públicas de Microcrédito del Gobierno Federal,” with Silvia Prina
“Lessons from Ten Years of Program Evaluations in Mexico,” with Raymundo Campos-Vázquez
“Estudio sobre la Temporalidad en el Programa de Desarrollo Humano Oportunidades y Nuevos
Esquemas de Apoyo y Corresponsabilidad para las Familias” with Raymundo Campos-Vázquez
“Evaluación de Consistencia y Resultados del Programa de la Mujer en el Sector Agrario”
“Evaluación de Consistencia y Resultados del Programa del Subsidio a la Prima de Seguro Agropecuario”
CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS
“Child Development and Media Access: the Impact of TV on Health and Cognitive Skills,” with Sofya
Krutikova and Silvia Prina
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DEPARTMENT SERVICE
2008-2012
2009-present
2010
Member of the Board of Professors
Organizer of the Empirical Micro Lunch Seminar Series
Member of the Recruiting Committee
THESIS SUPERVISION
Allan Hollst, M.A. in Economics, 2009
José Luis Garrido, M.A. in Economics, 2009
Durfari Velandia, M.A. in Economics, 2010
Alma Sofía Santillán, M.A. in Economics, 2010
Javier Morales, M.A. in Economics, 2010
Luis Fernando Cervantes, M.A. in Economics, 2012 (Josué Sáenz award to the best M.A. thesis in
Economics)
Tomohito Hata, M.A. in Economics, 2012
Aydeé Mariell Suaréz, M.A. in Economics, 2013
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