Sebastian Gallegos

PhD Student

Sebastian Gallegos is a PhD student at the Harris School of Public Policy Studies. Here, he has also worked as Research Assistant and Teaching Assistant (for courses at the college, masters, and PhD level). His areas of focus include poverty and inequality policy, microeconometrics, and labor economics. He holds degrees in Economics from the Universidad de Chile and Northwestern University and has previuosly worked as a Research Fellow/Lecturer, Analyst, and Consultant in both educational and governmental capacities.

Some of his pre-doctoral peer-reviewed publications are:

The 1999-2007 Public-Private Wage Gap in LAC: A Matching Approach (Labour Economics, Dec. 2011. With A. Mizala and P. Romaguera).

Decomposing Wage Inequality in Latin America: A Decade of Changes (Cepal Review, April 2011. With D. Contreras)

University Performance Determinants: Does The Relative Ability Matter? (Quality of Education, Jul. 2009. With D. Contreras and F. Meneses)