• Professional Career

2021 – Professor, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies

2016 – 2021 Associate Professor, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies

2014 – 2016 Post-doctoral Researcher, IAE-CSIC

2008 – 2014 Assistant Professor, Universitat Pompeu Fabra

2008 – 2016 Affiliated Professor, Barcelona Graduate School of Economics

• Selected publications

“Are Rules-based Government Programs Shielded from Special-Interest Politics? Evidence from Revenue-Sharing Transfers in Brazil,” Journal of Public Economics, 2012, 96: 1047-1060.

“The Impact of Intergovernmental Transfers on Education Outcomes and Poverty Reduction,” with Kevin M. Morrison, American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2013, 5(4): 206-240.

“Saving Lives: Evidence from a Conditional Food Supplementation Program,” with Marian Meller, Journal of Human Resources, 2014, 49(4): 1017-1055.

“Adapting the Supply of Education to the Needs of Girls: Evidence from a Policy Experiment in Rural India,” with Marian Meller, Journal of Human Resources, 2016, 51(3): 760-802.

• Other notable activities and achievements

2014 – Associate Editor, The Journal of Human Resources