Last months have been intense:Portland (Society of Labor Economists), Chicago (NBER education), Santiago (RIDGE), New Haven (coauthors & Cowles conf). Finished at Sao Paulo School of Economics – FGV Insper & Departamento de Economia PUC-Rio in Brazil. A little tired, but thankful for the great feedback & many new ideas!

Should lesson times be extended to improve student outcomes? Read this: 'Instruction time and educational outcomes: The quality of instruction and the activities it replaces determine the success of increased instruction time'. by Andrés Barrios Fernández UANDES. wol.iza.org/articles/instr…

Congrats Jorge Garcia Hombrados !!

🚨 Policy Panel: Competencia en Educación - 20 de agosto a las 10am en la UANDES. - Expositores: Miguel Urquiola, Harald Beyer, Alejandra Mizala, Christopher A. Neilson. Lanzaremos además el Human Dev Lab, un nuevo centro de la UAndes: Human Development Lab. Regístrate 👇 forms.gle/EbT66kW3564Z2t…

Looking forward to this discussion on competition in education markets alongside policymakers and deans! I'll be speaking about the recent rise in the use of digital platforms in the education sector and how they can be a way to increase transparency, implement regulation and

No se pierdan este panel, excelentes invitados y un tema muy contingente!

📅¡Cuenta regresiva! Faltan 3 semanas para el lanzamiento del Human Development Lab (20 de agosto, 10am en la UANDES). Regístrate al policy panel del lanzamiento aquí: forms.gle/kChFBJW7dCCe7J…. En estas semanas, les iremos presentando a nuestros investigadores. Hoy Jorge Rodríguez

Awesome economics of education conference @ Valle Nevado Chile. Organized by Andres Barrios Andrés Barrios Fernández. Featured a policy panel launching the Human Development Lab Human Development Lab UANDES. Great papers, awesome skiing. Come next year! Christopher A. Neilson Benjamin Hansen Josefa Aguirre

Fantastic ski & papers at the 2nd #vallenevadoworkshop on econ of ed Human Development Lab UANDES Miguel Urquiola Christopher A. Neilson Umut Ӧzek Chris Campos Jason Baron Assaf Kott Josefa Aguirre Veronica Frisancho Benjamin Hansen Aram Grigoryan Ricardo Estrada Paul Christian Keep your 👀 open for the 3rd!!

Check out this new paper recently accepted at the AER - with the great Andrés Barrios Fernández and Seth Zimmerman (below) Turns out elite colleges help make the top echelons of society accessible— but it might take more than one generation to gain the sufficient combinaton of social

Thanks CEPR for sharing our paper on the role of elite universities on intergenerational mobility! Although I have good friends at Uniandes, I work at UANDES Human Development Lab 😂

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¡Éxito en la segunda edición de nuestro workshop!👏 En estos 2 años hemos convocado a expertos de las mejores universidades del mundo. A continuación una thread de los trabajos que se han presentado en estas ediciones. 🔜Próximamente: inscripciones para la tercera edición 2025