Gonzalo A. Castex Hernández Curriculum Vitae
Email: [email protected] Central Bank of Chile, Agustinas 1180, Santiago, Chile, (+56) 2 2670 2687
https://sites.google.com/site/gonzalocastex/
Professional Experience
2009 - present Senior Economist, Economic Research Department, Central Bank of Chile 2002 – 2005 Financial Analyst, International Reserves Department, Central Bank of Chile
Education Ph.D., Economics, University of Rochester, NY (2010) M.A., Economics, University of Rochester, NY (2007) M.Sc., Financial Economics (Honor), Universidad de Santiago, Chile (2001) B.Eng., Civil Industrial Engineer, Universidad de Santiago, Chile (1999)
Research Interests Macroeconomics, Labor Economics, Economics of Education, Economics of Crime.
Publications
“A Model of Labor Supply, Fixed Costs, and Work Schedules” (with Evgenia Dechter, UNSW). Accepted with minor revisions at Journal of Monetary Economics.
“College Risk and Return”. Review of Economic Dynamics, 2017, October, Vol 26.
“The Changing Roles of Education and Ability in Wage Determination”, (with Evgenia Dechter, UNSW) - Journal of Labor Economics, 2014, October, vol. 32, no. 4
“The Effect of Minimum Wage Increase on Labor Market Outcomes in Chile”. Chilean Economic Journal Vol. 15 Nº 2 August 2012. (In spanish. Media coverage: El Mercurio, LACEA Vox and Investigación al Día-BCCh)
Working papers
“Cyclicality of Wage Structure and Vintage-Capital-Skill Complementarity” (with Evgenia Dechter, UNSW).
“Entrepreneurship, Labor Market Dynamics and Unemployment over the Business Cycle”, (with Miguel Ricaurte, ITAU).
“Accounting for Changes in College Attendance Profile”
“Wealth Distribution in Developed and Developing Economies” (with Sofia Bauducco, BCCh and Andrew Davis, Acadia University)
“Performance in unincentivized tests: personality traits or state of mind on a given day? ” (with Evgenia Dechter, UNSW).
Policy Reports and Papers “Labor Market Flows in Chile” (in Spanish, with Roberto Gillmore, BCCh)
“Chilean Labor Market in 1980-2012” (in Spanish, with Fabián Sepúlveda, BCCh)
Work in Progress “Match quality, transferability of human capital and job transitions”, (with Evgenia Dechter, UNSW and Hugo Hopenhayn, UCLA)
“Capital Skill Complementarity”, (with Stanley Cho, UNSW and Evgenia Dechter, USW).
“The Changing Impact of Obesity on Wages”, (with Evgenia Dechter, UNSW and Tess Stafford, UNSW)
“Teaching Quality and Academic Achievement”, (with Evgenia Dechter, UNSW and Jose Silva, University of Girona)
“Juvenile Crime”, (with Philippe Belley, Kansas State University and Evgenia Dechter, UNSW)
“Income Disparities in Criminal Sentencing”, (with Evgenia Dechter, UNSW and Nicolas Rivera, UWO)
“Business Cycle and Careers of Young Workers in Chile”, (with Roberto Gillmore and Isabel Poblete)
“Did Teacher Quality Decline Over Time?”, (with Rachana Bhatt, GSU and Evgenia Dechter, UNSW) Other Professional Activities Editor of Chilean Economic Journal, 2015-present Editor of Chilean Economic Journal (Notes in Economic Research), 2012-2014 Invited Editor of the Chilean Economic Journal, 2012 External visitors and seminar organizer, Central Bank of Chile, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017 Workshop organizer: Macroeconomic Fluctuations and Labor markets, 2010 (http://www.bcentral.cl/conferencias-seminarios/otras-conferencias/Workshop19112010.htm); Heterogeneity in Macroeconomic Models, 2013 (http://www.bcentral.cl/conferencias- seminarios/otras-conferencias/Workshop30082013.htm); Wages and Labor Market Dynamics over the Business cycle, 2015 (http://www.bcentral.cl/conferencias-seminarios/otras- conferencias/Workshop28052015.htm). Head of recruiting committee for Economic Research, Central Bank of Chile, 2014.
Teaching Experience Lecturer: Principles of Macroeconomics (University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, S2 2014) Principles of Macroeconomics (Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile, 2011) Economic optimization (Universidad de Santiago, Santiago, Chile, 2010) Econometrics (University of Rochester, Rochester NY, USA, 2008-2009) Econometrics (Universidad de Santiago, Santiago, Chile, 2004) Derivative strategies (Universidad de Santiago, Santiago, Chile, 2003)
Teaching Assistant: Macroeconomics (Honors) (University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA, 2007) Corporate Finance Policy and Control (University of Rochester, Simon School of Business, Rochester, NY, USA, 2007) Econometrics (University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA, 2008) Macroeconomics (University of Rochester, Simon School of Business, Rochester, NY, USA, 2008) Microeconomics (Universidad of Santiago, Santiago, Chile, 1997-1999)
Seminars and Conferences 2017: Asian Econometric Society Meeting, Honk Kong; Chinese Econometric Society, Wuhan, China; 13th Western Economics Association International conference, Santiago, Chile; University of Chile, Center of Applied Economic Seminar, Santiago, Chile; University Alberto Hurtado, Santiago , Chile (scheduled); NBER Summer institute, Boston, MA, USA.
2016: Royal Economic Conference, Brighton, UK; University of Ghent, Belgium, KU Leuven, Belgium; Econometric Society Australasian meeting, Sydney, Australia; Workshop of the Australian Macroeconomic Society, Brisbane, Australia.
2015: Catholic University of Chile, Santiago; Computational Economics Conference, Taipei; City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong; LACEA 2015, Santa Cruz; Mid-West Macroeconomic Conference, Rochester.
2014: Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta; Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia; Central Bank of Chile; University of Santiago; University of Wollongong; University of Technology Sydney; University of Sydney; Macquarie University; Society of Chilean Economists Conference, Reñaca.
2013: Econometric Society, Summer Meeting USC; CEF, Computational Economics Conference, Vancouver; University Diego Portales; University of Chile (Economics), Santiago; University of Chile (Center of Applied Economics), Santiago; Central Bank of Chile; University Alberto Hurtado, Santiago.
2012: AEA Meeting, Chicago; CEF, Computational Economics Conference, Prague Czech Republic; Central Bank of Chile; European Association of Labour Economists Conference, Bonn Germany.
2011: AEA Meeting, Denver CO; Center of Applied Economics, University of Chile; Catholic University of Chile; University of New South Wales, Australia; University of Santiago; Society of Chilean Economists Conference, Reñaca; Central Bank of Chile; European Association of Labour Economists Conference, Cyprus; Bank of Israel; Lacea Conference, Santiago; LAMES Conference, Santiago.
2010: European Association of Labour Economists and Society of Labor Economists joint Conference, London; Bank of Israel, Jerusalem; Central Bank of Chile; Center of Applied Economics, University of Chile; Society of Chilean Economists Conference, Talca; Seminar University of Santiago; Stockman Conference, Rochester NY.
2009: Wegmans Conference, Rochester NY; Central Bank of Chile; Macroeconomics and Finance Seminar, Central Bank of Chile; Brown Bag Seminar Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond; University of Rochester.
Gonzalo Castex, August 2017