Research

Last updated

April 6, 2024

Medal in Research and Development: Social Protection

In 2013 I won the first prize in a global competition organized by the Global Development Network (GDN) which had more than 700 submissions. My research paper “The part-time premium enigma: an assessment of the Chilean case” won the Medal in Research and Development / Social Protection. The award was received in Manila, Philippines.

Responsible Business Conduct

Advisory Board Member for COMPASS (HORIZON 2020)

For the period 2015-2019 I have been part of the Advisory Board for COMPASS - Responsible Innovation for SMEs, a consortium funded by the European Union with the mission to fostering Responsible Research and Innovation in SMEs in selected sectors: nanotechnology, biomedicine and ICT.

I also conduct research on the business environment and on identifying what are the public policies that foster and help to thrive a dynamic and innovative entrepreneurial system.

Observing that the average entrepreneur is an educated male of about 40 years old, with access to capital, I investigate what are the policies that can help lift the barriers to financing for other groups, including women and the youth.

Innovation

  • In 2018-19 I analyzed the barriers and obstacles to the procurement of innovation, from the perspective of the public sector and also from the perspective of innovative entrepreneurs. We identified policy recommendations to lift such barriers and published a working paper, which is available for download at Universidad ORT Uruguay.

  • I presented the results of this research at the Conference on Public Sector Innovation, held online on Dec 2, 2020: YouTube link

Social Mobility

Social mobility is a topic I have contributed with several research papers from different perspectives (impact of household characteristics, opportunities and effort) and also for specific groups, like entrepreneurs.

In 2018, I also analyzed the Uruguayan public spending in early childhood care and education by the National Institute for Children and Teenagers of Uruguay (INAU). There is a public version of the document.

For the period 2017-19 I contributed to the report “Investing in Youth: Peru” (OECD/ELS) for the OECD, which was launched in April 2019 in Lima, Peru.