 Preside over the Council of Conasami, where decision-making of minimum wage policy for Mexico takes place. I lead and coordinate economic and technical studies related to minimum wages and labor policy in Mexico, as well as other administrative activities of the institution. One crucial activity is to advise the Ministry of Labor in the design of labor policies.  Design of the recent "Labor Reform" in Mexico, which stems from the law approved in May 2019. I also evaluate the impact of… Show more  Preside over the Council of Conasami, where decision-making of minimum wage policy for Mexico takes place. I lead and coordinate economic and technical studies related to minimum wages and labor policy in Mexico, as well as other administrative activities of the institution. One crucial activity is to advise the Ministry of Labor in the design of labor policies.  Design of the recent "Labor Reform" in Mexico, which stems from the law approved in May 2019. I also evaluate the impact of union democracy on the wages and benefits of unionized workers. Design and evaluation reforms related to vacation increases and the legal maximum working hours. Design and measure the economic impacts of the outsourcing reform. Economic advisor to the Ministry of Labor on mediation issues between unions and companies. Evaluation of the program "Jóvenes Construyendo el Futuro" program, which aims to create opportunities for young people who have not yet participated in the economic productive process. Evaluation and contribution to the development of a new pension system in Mexico. Show less

Studying a PhD in Economics.

Research Assistant David Neumark. Topics: Minimum Wage, Discrimination, Econometrics, Labor Policies Evaluation and Applied Machine Learning.

Analyze the distributional effects of government spending in infrastructure.

Analyze the impact of taxation and social spending on inequality and poverty by race/ethnicity in Latin American countries, and provide a roadmap for governments, multilateral institutions, and nongovernmental organizations in their efforts to build more equitable societies.

Commitment to Equity Project (CEQ). Analyze the impact of taxation and social spending on inequality and poverty in individual countries, and provide a roadmap for governments, multilateral institutions, and nongovernmental organizations in their efforts to build more equitable societies.

Analyze the effect of the minimum wage on productivity, employment, profits and prices in Mexico. Analyze the impact of taxation and social spending on inequality and poverty in Africa.

Developed econometric models for seasonal adjustment that correct for shocks related with the Mexican economy. Designed a methodology to calculate an export and import unit value index, this methodology is used internally to analyze the trend of the export and import prices. Wrote internal papers about the external and domestic factors that affect Mexican export industry productivity and employment.

Wrote a paper about the effect of the trade tariffs reduction on the employment, which was published as a chapter of a book. Worked with the Global Competitiveness Index of the World Economic Forum and make projections in order to calculate the effect of the changes in the trade policy of Mexico in its position in this index. This work was used by the Secretariat to forecast the effects of the implementation of a Single Window for imports.

Worked with a database aimed at identifying the effects of the concentration of the Mexican supermarkets in their prices, resulting in an internal publication with Dr. Alejandro Castañeda, this information was used in the case of the Commission against Walmart in Mexico.

Was In charge of verifying the soundness of the methodology for the evaluation of diverse social policies in agencies of Mexico. Conducted several meetings with the heads of department in charge of evaluation in their agencies in order to unify criteria and disseminate how an impact evaluation should be conducted, facilitating a better understanding between agencies, and coherent criteria for evaluation.