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JOSÉ MARÍA CABRERA BEROBIDE
December 2016
Education
Currently
Erasmus School of Economics at Erasmus University Rotterdam
PhD-Candidate (external)
Advisor: Prof. Dinand Webbink
August 2011
Universidad de Montevideo
Facultad de Ciencias Económicas
Master in Economics
Thesis: Fertility and Income in Uruguay (in spanish).
Oral Dissertation Defense Committee:
Juan Dubra, Verónica Amarante and Ana Inés Balsa (advisor).
August 2007
Universidad de la República
Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Administración
Licenciado en Economía – (BA in Economics, 5 years+thesis).
Thesis: Exchange Rate Depreciation, Dollarization and Investment. An empirical study at the firm
level with panel data techniques (in spanish). With Juan Carlos Munyo.
Oral Dissertation Defense Committee:
Dr. Gerardo Licandro, Cr. Ricardo Pascale and Dr. Néstor Gandelman (advisor).
Academic Experience
Universidad de Montevideo
Facultad de Ciencias Empresariales y Economía - July 2008 to date
 Assistant Professor
 Member of the Center for Applied Research: Poverty, Family, and Education (sep 2011 - )
 Academic Advising Coordinator (2008-2009, 2011-2014).
 University´s Scholarships Committee (2013-2015)
Comisión Permanente de la Universidad. Adviser. (Highest governing body of the University. Integrated
by the Rector/President, Academic Secretary and Administrator).
National Agency for Research and Innovation (ANII)
Candidato a Investigador July 2012 to date
1st evaluation: 07/2012 to 06/2014 and 2nd evaluation: 06/2014 to 05/2017.
Uruguayan Central Bank - Banking Department
Visiting Researcher - February 2009 to March 2011
Professional Experience
March 2004 – December 2008
Uruguayan Central Bank - Banking Department
Consultant
I have been hired and renewed on a competitive basis through an open call for economists.
My work has been in the Division of Research and Regulation.
Some of my tasks were:
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Member of the Joint Working Group between the Central Bank and the Ministry of
Finance that wrote the Project of Law on Interest Rates (Law number 18.212). Available
from:
http://www.presidencia.gub.uy/_Web/proyectos/2005/09/E%20210_19%2009%202005_00001.PDF
spanish).
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Preparation of the Regulatory Project on “Private Banking activities”. Available from:
http://www.bcu.gub.uy/autoriza/siernp/183_3.htm (in spanish).
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Preparation of the Regulatory Project on “Information Transparency in the Banking
Sector”. Available from:
http://www.bcu.gub.uy/autoriza/siernp/consumidores.htm(in spanish).
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Reports on: Financial Education, Regulation of Electronic Money Devices, Code of
Ethics for the Financial Services, Credit Card interest rates, among others.
September 2002 to December 2014.
Residencia Universitaria Montefaro
Managing Director (2006 – 2014)
Sub-director
(2004 – 2005)
Administrator
(2002 – 2003)
Residence Hall for university students. Tasks: management of the daily operations,
administration, organization of academic and social activities, among others.
Publications
Articles in Journals
2012
2011
2011
2008
“Reactive and Proactive Aggression in Uruguayan Children and Adolescents” (in Spanish). With
Natalia Fares, J. Martín Ramírez, Fernanda Lozano and Fernando Salas. Psicopatología Clínica, Legal y
Forense, Vol. 12, pp.47-68.
“Fertility and Income in Uruguay.” (in Spanish). Revista de Ciencias Empresariales y Economía, Año 10, pp
87-111
“Justification of Physical and Verbal Aggression in Uruguayan Children and Adolescents.” With
Natalia Fares (UCM, Spain), J. Martín Ramírez (UCM and Stanford), Fernanda Lozano (UdelaR,
Uruguay) and Fernando Salas (UM, Uruguay). Open Psychology Journal, 2011, 4, (Suppl 1-M5) 45-54.
“Exchange Rate Depreciation, Dollarization and Investment. An empirical study at the firm level with
panel data techniques” (in Spanish, with Juan Carlos Munyo).
Revista de Economía, Vol 15 (2), November, Banco Central del Uruguay.
Other Publications
2011
2010
2010
“Youth & Violence in Deprived Urban Regions in Montevideo” (in spanish). With F. Lozano, A.
Giménez, A. Fernández, E. Lewy, A. Cid, F. Salas, V. Olivera and C. Hackembruch. In Biomedicina, Vol.
VI, nº 1.
“Poverty, Education and Wages in Latin America” (in spanish). With Fernando Borráz, Daniel Ferrés,
Alejandro Cid (U. Montevideo), and Daniel Miles (U. Vigo, Spain). Serie Avances de Investigación nº 43.
Madrid (Spain), august.
“Justification of interpersonal aggression in Uruguayan children attending schools of different socioeconomic context, measured using CAMA and RPQ questionnaires.” With Natalia Fares (UCM Spain
and UdelaR Uruguay), Fernanda Lozano (UdelaR Uruguay) Fernando Salas (UM and UdelaR
Uruguay) and J. Martin Ramirez (UCM Spain). In Conflict and Aggression in a Society in Transition, Borisz
A. Szegál (editor), C.I.C.A. series of books #20.
Working Papers
2016.
“Do higher salaries yield better teachers and better student outcomes?” With Dinand Webbink.
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2010
“One-to-one Assistance for Social Inclusion. A field experiment in extremely vulnerable settings.” With
Alejandro Cid and Marianne Bernatzky.
“Beware: a woman is looking after your car.” With Alejandro Cid and Magdalena Blanco.
“Deporte y resiliencia en población juvenil de alta vulnerabilidad” With Alejandro Cid and Juan José
Irisarri.
“Regular Information and Health: Evidence from a Field Experiment with Undergraduate Students”
With Marianne Berantzky and Alejandro Cid
“Gender Peer Effects Around the World”
“Gender in a Context of Joint-Liability Incentives in the Classroom.” With Marianne Bernatzky and
Alejandro Cid.
“Allocation of Usufruct Rights in Informal Markets: Evidence from the Streets” With Alejandro Cid
“Joint Liability vs. Individual Incentives in the Classroom. Lessons from a Field Experiment with
Undergraduate Students”. With Alejandro Cid. Working Paper UM_CEE_2012-05.
“The Impact of Child Abuse on Aggressive Behavior.” With Natalia Fares (UCM, Spain) and J. Martín
Ramírez (UCM and Stanford).
“The coexistence of Degree-Premium and High-Dropout Rates in the Uruguayan Secondary Education:
an Incentives Problem?” With Alejandro Cid and Daniel Ferrés.
“Identifying risk factors for chronic non-communicable diseases in a population of university
students”. With A. Giménez, A. Fernández, F. Lozano, E. Lewy, F. Salas, A. Cid y C. Hackembruch.
“Probability of Default of Bank Loans in a Dollarized Economy”. With: Pablo Bazerque (Uruguayan
Central Bank).
“Social inclusion trough mathematics: Casavalle Mathematical Olympiad.” With Alejandra Pollio (U.
Montevideo) and Gustavo Bentancour (Centro Educativo Los Pinos). (financed by ANII)
“Readiness for Interpersonal Aggression in a Uruguayan children sample attending age, gender and
different socio-economic context.” With Natalia Fares (UCM Spain and UdelaR Uruguay - Psychology),
Fernanda Lozano (UdelaR Uruguay - Medicine), David Monge-López (UCM Spain), Fernando Salas
(UM and UdelaR Uruguay - Sociology) and J. Martin Ramirez (UCM Spain).
“Calificación crediticia y grado de previsiones específicas y estadísticas. 1999-2009”. With: Pablo
Bazerque (Uruguayan Central Bank).
Work in progress
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“Relative Performance Feedback, Gender and Satisfaction. A field experiment in education” With
Alejandro Cid.
“Distraction and performance: the impact of major sports events on students performance”
“The impact of family size on human capital accumulation. Evidence from developing and developed
countries between 1950 and 2010”
“Measuring overconfidence in children. Evidence from an experiment in the field”
Conference and Seminar presentations
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
Jornadas Anuales de Economía, Uruguayan Central Bank; Network of Inequality and Poverty (capítulo
Uruguay); Encuentro Anual de la Sociedad de Economistas del Uruguay (two papers), Seminar at
Universidad de Montevideo.
Encuentro anual de la Sociedad de Economistas del Uruguay, Seminar at Universidad de Montevideo
and Universidad ORT, XXX Jornadas Anuales de Economía – Uruguayan Central Bank. (2 papers),
Seminar at Instituto de Economía, UdelaR. 4th SOLE|EALE World Meetings (by coauthor), 29th
European Society for Population Economics (by coauthor), Erasmus School of Economics brown bag
seminar.
Encuentro anual de la Sociedad de Economistas del Uruguay, Seminar at Universidad de Montevideo,
XXIX Jornadas Anuales de Economía – Uruguayan Central Bank. (2 papers), Network of Inequality and
Poverty, Annual Meeting, Montevideo, Uruguay.
XXVIII Jornadas Anuales de Economía – Uruguayan Central Bank.
XXVII Jornadas Anuales de Economía – Uruguayan Central Bank, XXth International Society for
Research on Aggression (ISRA) World Meeting Luxembourg (Peer reviewed poster).
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2011
2010
2008
2007
I Symposium Internacional sobre Abuso Psicológico – Granada, España (poster), 5th Annual CICA –
STR International Conference at University of California-Irvine (by coauthor), Seminar at ORT
University (Uruguay), XXVI Jornadas Anuales de Economía – Uruguayan Central Bank.
XXV Jornadas Anuales de Economía – Uruguayan Central Bank, XXX Conference of C.I.C.A. in
Leányfalu (Hungary) (2 papers, by coauthor).
XXIII Jornadas Anuales de Economía – Uruguayan Central Bank.
Uruguayan Central Bank – Internal research seminar.
Discussions:
2016
RIDGE Forum. “Teacher Turnover and Financial Incentives in High-Poverty Schools:
Evidence from a Compensatory Policy in Brazil” by Camelo and Ponczek.
2015
IECON. “Social assistance and labor market intra-household decisions” by Bergolo and Galvan.
Grants and Awards
2014
2014
2013
2011
2011
2010
2010
2008
Inter-American Development Bank for the Project “Prevención de la Violencia Juvenil a Través del
Deporte” ATN/KP-13287-UR
Centro de Estudios Distributivos, Laborales y Sociales (CEDLAS, UNLP Argentina), joint with CIEDUR
(Uruguay) and IDRC (Canada) “Políticas para mejorar las oportunidades económicas de las mujeres en
América Latina”
National Agency of Research and Innovation (ANII). PhD Grant.
NOVA2011 Award for Innovation in Human and Local Development (postulator of the Centro
Educativo Los Pinos, and member of the project). It is a National Prize for innovation, awarded by the
National Agency of Research and Innovation (ANII) and 9 chambers and institutions (of commerce,
technology, ART Program of UNDP, etc.).
Honorable Mention in the Public Health Award of the National Academy of Medicine.
Public Health Award of the National Academy of Medicine.
National Agency of Research and Innovation (ANII). Project: “Social inclusion trough mathematics:
Casavalle Mathematical Olympiad”. With Alejandra Pollio (U. Montevideo) and Gustavo Bentancour
(Centro Educativo Los Pinos). PR_AIS_2010_1_3627
Fundación Carolina (Spain) – Centro de Estudios para América Latina y la Cooperación Internacional.
Project: “Pobreza, Educación y Salarios en América Latina” With Fernando Borráz, Daniel Ferrés,
Alejandro Cid (U. Montevideo), and Daniel Miles (U. Vigo, Spain). CeALCI 15/08
Teaching experience
2012/2015
2011/2014
2008
Principles of Economics
Macroeconomics I
Microeconomics I
Universidad de Montevideo (undergraduates)
Universidad de Montevideo (undergraduates)
Universidad de Montevideo (undergraduates)
Media Coverage of research
2016
2015
2014
2013
2011
2010
Diario El País (May 28 th)
Diario El País (Apr 5th). Fortune Magazine (June 18th)
Suplemento Que Pasa, diario El País (Feb 22nd), “Calidad de Vida” TV Show (Canal 12); diario El País
(03/08, page A16).
Semanario Búsqueda Nov 7th, El Observador Nov 7th (web), Canal 10 y Canal 4 (TV), La República
(Nov 8th), El País (front cover) Nov 10th.
“Adolescentes sufren violencia física, psicológica y sexual, según una investigación en centros
educativos de Montevideo”, May 19th, Semanario Búsqueda, weekly newspaper, front cover and page
37. In TV: Canal 10 (May 19th) and VTV (May 23rd).
El País, daily newspaper, front cover and page A14, August 5th. Radio: El Espectador, Oriental (Tiempo
Presente).
“La violencia presente en jóvenes de la zona Oeste de Montevideo” in “El Observador”, daily
newspaper, December 27th, page 6, Uruguay.
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Other
2016
2016
2015
Network of Inequality and Poverty, capítulo Uruguay, comité del premio “Mejor investigador joven”.
Latin American Workshop in Econometrics of the Econometric Society, Program Committee member.
University of Zurich: PhD Course: Natural Experiments for causality analysis in economics of
education. Prof. Dinand Webbink. May 04-08, Zurich.
2014
J-PAL Training Course on Impact Evaluation of Social Programs, March 19th - 21st, Montevideo.
2011
Training course by Prof. Joshua Angrist (MIT) on recent methodological developments in program
evaluation, 5th Annual Meeting of the Impact Evaluation Network, Buenos Aires, 22nd and 23rd Aug.
2010-2013 Director of the 4 editions of the Program: Management Approach. With the participation of
professors from IEEM Business School (Uruguay). 3 days course.
The National Institute of Health web-based training course “Protecting Human Research Participants”.
Fluency in english.
Research Assistant
October 2008 to November 2009
For Ana Balsa (U. Miami) and Marcelo Caffera (U. Montevideo).
Project: “Air pollution and infant health in Montevideo”.
March -April 2002
For Ec. Dr. Luis Viana
Project: Analysis of the Uruguayan Public Sector (unpublished work, in spanish).
October 1999
For Ing. Alejandro Végh Villegas.
Project: Fiscalidad, Moneda y Cambio.
Published in: Conferencias, Universidad de Montevideo, 1999; Revista de Ciencias Empresariales y
Economía, Universidad de Montevideo, 2002.
References
Upon request.
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