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My research centers on connecting microdata with theoretical models to study how knowledge diffusion and human capital formation affect growth and welfare. In recent work we study firms' willingness to train apprentices, using a large-scale policy change in Colombia. In other ongoing projects, we use rich inventor-patent data to study the role of interactions and team collaboration on innovation and growth.

Research Interests

• Economic Growth and Development

Research Publications

• "Unwilling to Train? Firm Responses to the Colombian Apprenticeship Regulation". with Miguel Espinosa and Arthur Seibold.
• "Learning, Career Paths and the Distribution of Wages", with Robert E. Lucas Jr. and Esteban Rossi-Hansberg. AEJ: Macroeconomics (2019)
• "Note on Idea Diffusion Models with Cohort Structures". Economica (2019)

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