Oliver
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About
An applied microeconomist working on education markets and human capital
Yale faculty, Latin American collaborations, the team and PhD students, the coauthor network, and the initiatives that translate this research into policy.
I am an applied microeconomist, and my research focuses on the study of education markets and policies that promote equitable opportunities for human capital accumulation. I work closely with governments to help them leverage their data, existing evidence, and technology, to design, evaluate, and implement new education policies. These collaborations include the governments of Chile, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Brazil, and the Dominican Republic.
I am a Professor of Economics and Global Affairs at Yale University. I have appointments at the Department of Economics and the Yale Jackson School of Global Affairs. I am a member of the Center for Algorithms, Data, and Market Design and the Yale Economic Growth Center. I am also a member of National Bureau of Economic Research Industrial Organization and Education Economics programs. I am also an affiliate of the J-PAL network.
Initiatives
Building tools that translate research into usable, scalable guidance for students, families, and policymakers.
ConsiliumBots
I co-founded ConsiliumBots with Felipe Saint-Jean.
A non-profit that partners with governments to design, build, and evaluate digital guidance tools — chatbots, smart matching platforms, and personalized communication — across education, housing, and benefits. To date: 36 tools shipped, 6M+ people reached, in 7 countries.
TetherEducation
I founded TetherEducation.
TetherEducation (TetherEd) builds user-centered, policy-facing guidance products for assignment and choice environments — school choice, admissions, and centralized matching — with a focus on equity, transparency, and measurable impact.
LUCI
Latin American Urban Childcare Initiative.
A multi-country research and transparency initiative mapping access to early childhood education across Santiago, Bogotá, and Santo Domingo. Builds harmonized cross-city data and tools for families and policymakers, supported by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.
Team
I work with an amazing team of researchers, data scientists, and policy experts who help make our research and policy work possible. Meet the talented individuals who contribute to our projects and research.
PhD Students
I am currently advising and coauthoring with several PhD students. Get to know the interesting work these students are doing below.
Past PhD Students
At some point I was lucky enough to collaborate with these young researchers. As usual I learned about as much from them as the other way around. Check out the interesting work they are doing.
Mentors
I have had a lot of help on my journey in economics. First at the University of Chile, the Central Bank of Chile and then at Yale University for my PhD, I have been extremely lucky to have had great mentors that taught me and provided support and motivation. Check out what they are up to today and learn from them if you can:
Coauthors
This interactive network visualizes 241 scholars and 509 collaboration links discovered by the SerpAPI crawler (depth ≤ 2). The graph starts at Christopher and expands two layers out to highlight the strongest coauthor communities across Yale, Princeton, Universidad de los Andes, and partner governments. Use the filters to focus on a depth, search for a collaborator, and click nodes to see quick bios and citation details.
Tip: Drag nodes to reposition clusters, use the mouse wheel or pinch to zoom, and double-click any node to focus on its immediate neighborhood.
Selected collaborator
Select a node to see affiliations, citation counts, and quick links.
Network at a glance
- 241 scholars within 2 hops
- 509 collaboration links
- December 28, 2025 last refreshed