I am a Senior Research Fellow at the Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research of The University of Melbourne. I work in applied microeconomics. My main research interest is behavioural household economics—which is at the intersection of behavioural economics and economics of the household—and encompasses related fields such as economics of education and labor economics. My current focus is on the economics of parenting style, how disadvantage is transmitted across generations, and the joint role of teachers, peers, and parents in improving educational achievement.

I am a Research Affiliate at the Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), a Research Fellow at the Life Course Centre (LCC), and a Fellow at the Global Labor Organization (GLO). I am also an Associate Editor at the Journal of Population Economics. I studied Economics at the Universidad de Los Andes and received my PhD in Economics from Maastricht University in 2015.