I am a Senior Research Associate in the Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics at the University of Chicago and part of the directors’ teams at JILAEE and LACEA-BRAIN. Before joining UChicago I was an Assistant Professor of Economics at Universidad del Rosario where I ran the Rosario Experimental and Behavioral Economics Lab (REBEL). I earned my Ph.D. in Economics from the Nova School of Business and Economics in June 2019 and completed my postdoctoral training at the University of Chicago and UCEMA. 

My research interests are at the intersection of experimental economics, development economics and behavioral economics. In particular, I am interested in the behavioral biases of micro-entrepreneurs, the economics of migration, and how social networks affect decision-making.

I am an External Member of NOVAFRICA, and an Invited Researcher of the Weiss Fund for Development Economics, and J-PAL.

Research

Publications

Critical Thinking and Misinformation Vulnerability: Experimental Evidence from Colombia (with John A. List, Lina Ramirez, Jaime Unda, and Beatriz Vallejo)
PNAS NEXUS, Volume 3, October 2024. [NBER WP, VoxDev]

Who should be first in line for the COVID-19 vaccine? Surveys in 13 countries of the public’s preferences for prioritisation (with Raymond Duch et al.) 
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 118 (38), September 2021.

Do Migrant Social Networks Shape Political Attitudes and Behavior at Home? (with Catia Batista and Pedro C. Vicente) 
World Development, Volume 117: pp. 328-343, May 2019. [CReAM Discussion Paper CPD 13/18; IZA Discussion Paper No. 11777]

Working Papers

The Hidden Costs of Visible Support: A Field Experiment on Coaching and Women’s Economic Empowerment (with Maria Sofia Casabianca, and Megan Lang) – Submitted (2026).

From Destination to Origin: Experimental Evidence on the International Spillovers of Migrant Integration (with Catia Batista, Lara Bohnet, and Jules Gazeaud) – Submitted (2026).

Keeping Up with the Joneses: Economic Impacts of Overconfidence in Micro-Entrepreneurs – Working Paper (2022).

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