About
Sebastián is an Assistant Professor of Economics at Columbia University, an NBER Faculty Research Fellow, and an IZA Research Affiliate. He is an applied microeconomist whose work studies industrial organization and structural questions in education markets, with a focus on Latin America. He completed his BA and MA at PUC-Chile (2012, 2013), worked as a J-PAL LAC Research Associate, then earned his PhD at Stanford in 2022 under Pascaline Dupas, Liran Einav, Matthew Gentzkow, and Paulo Somaini, with a postdoctoral year at UC Berkeley before joining Columbia. He and Christopher are coauthors on the equilibrium effects of public-school provision in New Haven and on the work-in-progress on demand shocks and firm dynamics from Dominican government procurement lotteries.
Background
- Industrial Organization
- Economics of Education
- Labor Economics
- Development Economics
Education
- PhD, Economics · Stanford University (2022) · advisors: Pascaline Dupas, Liran Einav, Matthew Gentzkow, Paulo Somaini
- MA, Economics · Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (2013)
- BA, Economics · Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (2012)
Career
- Assistant Professor of Economics, Columbia University (2023–present)
- Postdoctoral Researcher, UC Berkeley (2022–2023)
- Research Associate, J-PAL LAC (2013–2015)
Career data last refreshed 2026-05-03 from the PhD-placements project.
Joint work with Christopher
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Perceived Own Ability, Information Provision and Formation in Dominican Republic
2015
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High-School Dropouts: Cutting losses or just missing out?
2018
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The Competitive Effects of Improved Public Provision: Evidence from a Large School Expansion Program
2019
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Research Information and the Last-Mile: Evidence from a Scale-Up Experiment
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The STEM Major Gender Gap: Evidence from Coordinated College Application Platforms Across Five Continents
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