I am an economics PhD candidate at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. I currently hold BS degrees in both economics and history, and a Master's degree in economics from Universidad de Los Andes (Bogotá, Colombia). My research focuses on labor, development, and urban economics. Scroll down for a selected description of my research. I will be in the job market in 2019-2020, and will be available for interviews at the 2019 EEA in Rotterdam and at the 2020 ASSA in San Diego