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