Curriculum Vitae

CarvajalOsorio_CV_2024-07-20.pdf

Education

Ph.D. in Economics - Vanderbilt University - Nashville, TN, USA 

May 2024

M.A. in Economics - Vanderbilt University - Nashville, TN, USA

August 2020

M.Sc. in Economics - Universidad EAFIT - Medellín, Colombia 

Jul 2017

M.Sc. in Economics - Universidad EAFIT - Medellín, Colombia 

Jul 2016

Working Papers

"Safe Drinking Water at Schools and Student Outcomes" (Job Market Paper)

"The Effects of Local Economic Conditions on High School Choice: Evidence from Mexico City"

"Gendered Beliefs among Peers"  with Andrew Dustan and Kristine Koutout

"Public-Private Partnerships in Education: Experimental Evidence from Colombia"  with Felipe Barrera-Osorio and Andrew Dustan

Publications

"Two Stories of Wage Dynamics in Latin America: Different Policies, Different Outcomes" with Gustavo Canavire-Bacarreza (2020)

Journal of Labor Research 41 (1) pp. 128-168

Presentations

2024 (incl. scheduled) : Association for Education Finance and Policy Annual Conference

2023: Development Economics in the South Workshop, Samford University, Latin American and the Caribbean Association Annual Meeting, Southern Economic Association Annual Meeting

2022:  ICFES' International Research Seminar on the Quality of Education, Latin American and the Caribbean Association Annual Meeting, Southern Economic Association Annual Meeting


Research Experience

Vanderbilt University

Research Assistant for Professors Andrew Dustan and Felipe Barrera-Osorio

August 2022 - present

Universidad EAFIT

Research Assistant for Professor Gustavo Canavire-Bacarreza

July 2016 - June 2018

Teaching Experience

Vanderbilt University

Instructor 

Microeconomics (BA)

Summer 2021

Teaching Assistant

Latin American Economic Development (BA)

Spring 2024, Spring 2022, Fall 2019

Development Economics (BA)

Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020

Principles of Macroeconomics (BA)

Spring 2021

Seminar in Research on Economic Development (MA)

Fall 2020

Field Experience in Economic Development (MA)

Spring 2020

Project Evaluation (MA)

Spring 2020

Universidad EAFIT

Instructor 

General Microeconomics (BSc)

Spring 2018

Teaching Assistant

Labor Economics

Fall 2017

Grants and Awards

Vanderbilt University

Kirk Terry Dornbush Dissertation Fellowship

2023

Summer Fellowship - Mathematica

2023

Tinker Field Research Grant - Center for Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies

2022

Council for Economics Graduate Students Research Grant

2022

Rendigs Feld Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching

2022

Household International Best Research Paper Award

2021

College of Arts and Science Graduate Fellowship

2018 - present

Universidad EAFIT

Distinction for Outstanding Master's Thesis

2017

Full Scholarship - Master's

2016-2017

Full Scholarship - Olimpiadas del Conocimiento Medellín

2012-2016