Mariel Siravegna

Mariel Siravegna

Ph.D. in Economics

Georgetown University

Welcome to my website! My name is Mariel, and I am an Economist with a Ph.D. from the Department of Economics at Georgetown University.

My research interests are broad, and I have worked on diverse set of topics such as earning inequality, intergenerational mobility, and sample selection. I have published several articles in peer-reviewed journals and policy reports and presented my work at multiple international conferences. Additionally, I have processed and analyzed several complex longitudinal surveys, macroeconomic data from several countries, and big administrative data sets throughout my work.

I use Stata extensively, and as part of it, I have programmed a command that implements a copula-based method to correct sample selection in quantile regressions that was published in its peer-reviewed journal. At Georgetown University, I was a Stata tutor for the Department of Economics and part of the Women Coders club. I have been an instructor and teaching assistant for multiple econometric courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels for many years.

I did my B.A. in Economics at National University of Cordoba (ranked 2/331). During the last years of my undergraduate studies, I had my first experience doing economic research at the Institute of Economics and Finance at the National University of Cordoba. Then I moved to Chile to pursue a Master in Economics at ILADES/Georgetown University (ranked 2/14). After finishing the MAE program, I started working as an economic researcher and instructor at Santo Tomas University, Chile. Then, I was offered a research position as an economist at the Central Bank of Chile and worked there for almost five years.

Interests

  • Labor Economics
  • Applied Microeconomics
  • Development Economics

Education

  • Ph.D. in Economics, 2021

    Georgetown University, Washington DC.

  • M.A. in Economics, 2016

    Georgetown University, Washington DC.

  • M.A. in Economics, 2009

    Ilades/Georgetown University, Chile.

  • B.A. in Economics, 2006

    National University of Cordoba, Argentina.

Experience

 
 
 
 
 

Short Term Consultant

World Bank Group

Jun 2022 – Jun 2023 Washington DC
● Preparing CN on MX Core Poverty & Equity Programmatic and MX Poverty Assessment ● Lead implementation of the Mexico Fiscal Microsimulation Model (MEXSIM) and undertake microsimulations of alternative reform measures proposed by the Ministry of Finance ● Prepared MOP and PEB for Fall 2022 using MEXSIMLite Model ● Management and analysis of data sources (such as datalibweb, WB-SEDLAC) for Mexico ● Regular monitoring of poverty in Mexico.
 
 
 
 
 

Short Term Consultant

World Bank Group

Feb 2022 – Jun 2022 Washington DC
MX Promoting Gender Equality and Women’s Labor Force Participation ● Co-lead research on gender and labor issues for policy briefs to promote gender equality in Mexico. ● Co-author of research paper to inform how teleworking has impacted women’s labor force participation. ● Review literature, clean data source, design research methodology, prepare a technical paper with the research’s resulting analysis and dissemination/presentation, and write a blog.
 
 
 
 
 

Short Term Consultant

World Bank Group

Dec 2020 – Jun 2021 Washington DC
● Supported the Government of the Dominican Republic to advance its development goal of inclusion by (i) uncovering and prioritizing existing gender gaps that prevent advancing that goal and (ii) understanding the drivers of those gaps to bolster the effectiveness of policies designed to tackle them. ● Measured the gap in earnings using the Encuesta Nacional Continua de Fuerza de Trabajo (ENCFT) and decomposed the gender wage gap into structural and composition effects to identify what drives the existing difference in payment between male and female workers in the Dominican Republic.
 
 
 
 
 

Research Assistant

National Science Foundation funded project

Jun 2017 – Jun 2018 Washington DC
Immigration Policies Affecting the High Skilled: Effects on Innovation and Productivity in US Firms.● Provided research and technical assistance to quantify the effects of highly skilled foreign workers on the economic activity of firms and the labor-market outcome of U.S. workers. ● Merged and cleaned different sources of data: Labor Certification Application (H-1B visas), Compustat, and lobbying expenditure data from the Center for Responsive Politics.
 
 
 
 
 

Short Term Consultant

World Bank Group

May 2017 – Jun 2017 Washington DC
Systematic Country Diagnostic for Zambia ● Identified the main gender gaps the country faces across different domains (climate change, agriculture, telecommunication, water, gender, land, jobs, mining, transport, energy, etc.), contributing to a better-informed policy design. ● Developed the diagnostic’s statistical methodology, performed the prioritization exercise to define Zambia’s most urgent policy areas, and supported the report’s preparation.● Advise indicators to capture diverse focal points.
 
 
 
 
 

Economic and Financial Analyst in the Research Division

Central Bank of Chile

Jan 2010 – Aug 2014 Santiago, Chile
Research on international macroeconomics topics. ● Generated technical notes per request of the Board of Directors that were input for the Monetary Policy Report. ● Formulated and conducted original, high-quality policy-relevant research projects and disseminated results. ● Promoted cooperative research initiatives with other organizations and academic institutions. ● Engaged in internal and external policy dialogue with Government authorities to ensure that research contributes to broader development goals.
 
 
 
 
 

Instructor and Researcher

Santo Tomás University

Aug 2009 – Dec 2009 Santiago, Chile
Instructor for 1) Macroeconomics, 2) Introduction to Economics. While I was at Santo Tomas University (August to December 2009) I published my thesis as a working paper at Ilades/Georgetown University Working Papers. Also, I worked with two co-authors (G. Larrain and G. Yañez) in a paper about the integration of financial markets in Latin-American, which is published in Revue D Economie Financiere.
 
 
 
 
 

Research Assistant on Consulting Projects

Le Fort Economics and Finance

Mar 2009 – Jul 2009 Santiago, Chile
Research support for report for the Chilean Minister of Finance Andres Velasco “How the IMF can mitigate the extension of the crisis to emerging economies
 
 
 
 
 

Research Assistant

ILADES/Georgetown University

Aug 2007 – Jun 2009 Santiago, Chile
Research support for two working papers, “Growth and Social Progress in Chile” and “Incentives and Efficiency of Public Spending.
 
 
 
 
 

Junior Economist

Petrini Valores S.A. Stock Market

Sep 2006 – Mar 2007 Córdoba, Argentina
Responsible for the stock market report. My duties were to write technical reports about capital market economics issues.
 
 
 
 
 

Junior Economist

Institute of Economics and Finance, IEF National University of Cordoba

Mar 2005 – Jul 2007 Córdoba, Argentina
Research Assistant for projects related to natural resources

Research

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(2021). Implementing Quantile Selection Models in Stata. Stata Journal Volume 21 number 4 (December 2021).

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(2021). Gender Differences in Academic Performance during COVID-19. Draft available soon.

(2014). RER Appreciation After the Great Recession: Misalignment or Fundamental Correction?. Working Paper N°718. Central Bank of Chile.

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(2013). Do Commodity Prices Shocks Have an Impact on Latin American Stock Markets?. The Chilean Economy, 16(3) [In Spanish].

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(2012). Determinants and Impact of Reversion Episodes of Capital Flows: Are True Sudden Stops and Sudden Flight Different?. Working Paper N°665, Central Bank of Chile.[In Spanish].

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(2012). Combining Forecasts for the Price of Oil: Application and Evaluation of Methodologies. Working Paper N°660 Central Bank of Chile [In Spanish].

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(2011). The Resilience of the Emerging Economies in the face of Crisis Scenarios. Monetary Policy Report, Central Bank of Chile (Box V.1. pag 17).

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(2009). Aux Marchés Financiers Internationaux et lissage de la Consommation: Observations Récentes en Amérique Latine. Revue D`Économie Financière [In French].

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Teaching

 
 
 
 
 

Stata Tutor for the Department of Economics

Georgetown University

Aug 2018 – Dec 2018 Washington, DC
Stata
 
 
 
 
 

Teaching Assistant

Georgetown University

Jul 2016 – Dec 2020 Washington, DC
Political Economy of Trade Policy, Market Design, Senior Seminar in Economics/Inter. Economics (x2), Introduction to Microeconomics, Introduction to Econometrics (x3)
 
 
 
 
 

Instructor

Santo Tomás University

Jan 2010 – Dec 2012 Santiago, Chile
Econometrics
 
 
 
 
 

Instructor

Santo Tomás University

Jul 2009 – Dec 2009 Santiago, Chile
Macroeconomics (x2) and Introduction to Economics
 
 
 
 
 

Teaching Assistant

ILADES/Georgetown University

Jul 2007 – Jul 2009 Santiago, Chile
Econometric I (Graduate Program ILADES/Georgetown) and Microeconomics Theory and Economics of the Firm (Undergraduate)
 
 
 
 
 

Teaching Assistant

National University of Cordoba

Mar 2003 – Jul 2006 Córdoba, Argentina
Securities and Stock Exchange and Introduction to Economics