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I am an empirical economist working on two agendas broadly related to economic development, mainly from a behavioral and cultural perspective. One agenda focuses on firms and entrepreneurs—especially in digital markets—where I study barriers to firm growth and strategic decisions related to AI adoption, storytelling, operations planning, and family involvement.
The other agenda asks how culture—understood as identity, values, and beliefs—shapes social integration and economic opportunity. Here I study institutions and shared experiences that transmit and reshape culture, such as compulsory military service and football rivalries. My work on entrepreneurial narratives connects the two agendas.
Methodologically, I combine field and online experiments with surveys and large administrative datasets, frequently partnering with governments and online platforms to implement the interventions I study. I have a regional focus on Latin America.
I hold affiliations with the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) as invited researcher, the Innovation Growth Lab (IGL), and the Human Development Lab at Universidad de los Andes.
I obtained my Ph.D. in Economics at Brown University in 2023.
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