Adolfo Fuentes Werlinger

Background

Adolfo holds a B.A. and M.A. in Economics from Universidad de Chile and a M.Res.  in Economics from University College London. In addition, he worked for two years as PreDoctoral Fellow at the Centro de Estudios Publicos (Center for Public Studies), a Chilean think tank focused on public policy. There, he wrote academic articles and public policy briefs focusing mainly on Chile's macroeconomic and labor market issues.

He is currently a Ph.D. student at the University of Edinburgh, where his fields of specialization are labor economics and macroeconomics. He is also a research associate at the Laboratory of Surveys and Social Analysis (LEAS) hosted by Universidad Adolfo Ibañez.

CV

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Qualifications

M.Res. in Economics - University College London.

M.A. in Economics - Universidad de Chile.

B.A. in Economics - Universidad de Chile.

Responsibilities & affiliations

Research Associate - Laboratory of Surveys and Social Analysis, Universidad Adolfo Ibañez.

Undergraduate teaching

As teaching assistant

Topics in Macroeconomics (21/22, 22/23 and 23/24)

Economics 1  (21/22)

Postgraduate teaching

As instructor

MATLAB and R Workshop (23/24 and 24/25) (Co-organizer)

As teaching assistant

Research Methods in Macroeconomics (22/23, 23/24 and 24/25)

Macroeconomics 2 (22/23, 23/24 and 24/25)

Numerical Bootcamp (21/22, 22/23 and 23/24)

Research summary

Adolfo's primary research interest lies between labor economics and macroeconomics. Specifically on how frictions affect the labor market and how labor outcomes, such as wages, informality, and unemployment, can be affected by changes in the minimum wage, changes in the skill composition of workers, and increases in social security contributions. 

As a secondary interest, Adolfo is interested in how people's social capital influences different aspects of life, such as labor market outcomes, health, and voting behavior, and how some environmental aspects, such as inequality, can ameliorate these relationships.

Affiliated research centres

Participant

2024

Workshop Causes and Consequences of Labor Market Mismatch (LM2C2 - PUC Chile)*, European Association of Labour Economists,  Spanish Association of Labour Economists, Swiss Society of Economics and Statistics, Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis, Scottish Economic Society, Ruhr Graduate School of Economics

* Scheduled.

2023

Policy Evaluation Workshop (MIPP - Universidad de Chile),  Gender and Labor Market Mismatch Workshop (LM2C2 - P. Universidad Católica de Chile), Chilean Public Policy Society (x2), Royal Economic Society for PhD Students,  World Association for Public Opinion Research, European Survey Research Association, Mobile Apps and Sensors in Surveys Workshop (University of Manchester)

2022

Scottish Graduate Programme in Economics, Mobile Apps and Sensors in Surveys (Utrecht University)

2021

Digital Worker Inquiry Workshop (University of Edinburgh)

2020

COVID-19 Work in Progress Workshop (University of Southern California), Centro de Estudios Públicos,  World Association for Public Opinion Research,  Chilean Public Policy Society

2019

Chilean Public Policy Society

Peer-reviewed Articles

2024 - "Nonresponse in name generators across countries and survey modes" with Ricardo Gonzalez and Esteban Muñoz. Social Networks 79: 93-103.

2021 - “Personal income tax in Chile: Simulations with other countries’ structure” (only abstract in English) with Rodrigo Vergara. Estudios Públicos 161: 69-111.

2020 - “On social capital and health: The moderating role of income inequality in comparative perspective” with Ricardo Gonzalez and Esteban Muñoz, International Journal of Sociology 50(1): 68-85.

2019 - “The value of personal connections: Resource generator and labor market in Chile”, Estudios Públicos 156: 69-105.

2018 - “The public wage premium and its evolution in the period 1990-2017” (only abstract in English) with Rodrigo Vergara, Estudios Públicos 152: 7-45.

 

Book Chapters

2019 - “The immigrants in the labor market” (in Spanish) with Rodrigo Vergara, in Isabel Aninat and Rodrigo Vergara (Eds.) Immigration in Chile. A multidimensional view, pp. 65-99. Santiago de Chile: Fondo de Cultura Económica.

2019 - “Statistical characterization of immigration in Chile” (in Spanish) with Andrés Hernando, in Isabel Aninat and Rodrigo Vergara (Eds.) Immigration in Chile. A multidimensional view, pp. 379-407. Santiago de Chile: Fondo de Cultura Económica.

Economics Graduate Research Scholarship - University of Edinburgh (2024-2025)

Alexis de Tocqueville Award - Best paper on democracy presented at World Association of Public Opinion Research Conference (2023)

Ph.D. Scholarship - Chilean Government (2020-2024)

Ph.D. Scholarship - Fulbright Commission (2019-2020)

M.A. Scholarship - Chilean Government (2014-2015)

Academic Excellence Scholarship - M.A. in Economics, Universidad de Chile (2014-2015)

Academic Excellence Award (x4) - B.A. in Economics, Universidad de Chile (2009-2013)