Nicolás Fuertes-Segura

Nicolás Fuertes-Segura

Ph.D. Candidate in Economics

University of California, Santa Barbara

Biography

I am a Ph.D. Candidate in Economics at the University of California, Santa Barbara. My research focuses on health economics and economics of education using applied econometrics.

Prior to joining UCSB, I worked at the Office of the Manager of the Social Sector at the Inter-American Development Bank in Washington D.C. where I conducted research on labor markets and economics of education. I was also the Data Center Coordinator at the School of Economics of the Universidad de los Andes in Bogotá, Colombia.

Interests

  • Health Economics
  • Economics of Education
  • Development Economics

Education

  • Ph.D. in Economics, In Progress

    University of California, Santa Barbara

  • M.A. in Economics, 2021

    University of California, Santa Barbara

  • M.A. in Economics, 2017

    Universidad de los Andes

  • B.A. in Economics, 2015

    Universidad de los Andes

Publications

Working Papers

Teaching

Econ 101: Intermediate Macroeconomics (Undergraduate), UC Santa Barbara

TA: Winter 2022 - Spring 2023

Econ 140A: Introduction to Econometrics (Undergraduate), UC Santa Barbara

TA: Fall 2022

Econ 1: Principles of Microeconomics (Undergraduate), UC Santa Barbara

TA: Fall 2021 - Spring 2022

Econ 10A: Microeconomic Theory (Undergraduate), UC Santa Barbara

TA: Fall 2020 - Spring 2021

The Economics of Risky Health Behaviors (Graduate), Universidad de los Andes

TA: Summer 2017

Principles of Macroeconomics (Undergraduate), Universidad de los Andes

TA: Spring 2015, 2017

Applied ELCA Research Seminar (Undergraduate), Universidad de los Andes

TA: Fall 2015 - Fall 2016

Measurement and Accounting (Undergraduate), Universidad de los Andes

TA: Spring 2015 - Fall 2016

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