Public, development and urban econ. AP @WIeconomics. Previously @HarvardWCFIA @UCLA @IE_UC. Chilena 🇨🇱 y feminista.
Madison, WI
Joined March 2011
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Fernanda Rojas Ampuero retweeted
A @NobelPrize for a Badger 🏅
Congratulations to Francis Halzen, named the 2026 Nobel laureate in physics for his groundbreaking work with @uw_icecube to advance our understanding of neutrinos and the universe’s most energetic events.
news.wisc.edu/university-of-…
Se viene el 8vo Alumni Workshop del @IE_UC, envĂennos sus mejores trabajos!
📢El 21 de diciembre celebraremos el 8vo Alumni Workshop del Instituto de EconomĂa UC. Si eres egresado y quieres presentar algĂşn trabajo de investigaciĂłn, este es tu espacio (sesiones regulares y presentaciones flash).
¡Postula hasta el 2 de octubre! l1nk.dev/69fvvnc
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For rising job market candidates in the social sciences with an international or area studies focus, I highly recommend taking a look at the Harvard Academy Scholars Program!
Application deadline is September 18, 2026.
academy.wcfia.harvard.edu
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Day 1 of the 8th Workshop on #UrbanEconomics!
It kicks off with two parallel sessions on some of the key challenges in urban economics:
- Housing Taxation & Rental Markets, chaired by Albert Solé-Ollé
- Segregation & Displacement, addressing, chaired by Jordi @jofre_monseny
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Fernanda Rojas Ampuero starts presenting evidence on how forced relocations in Santiago de Chile during the last dictatorship caused higher mortality, lowering life expectancy by 2.4 years
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Today at noon at the @IEA_economics Conference we have @AgendaCAF session on the economics of housing in Latin America with Gabriel Ulyssea and Fernanda Rojas Ampuero
My first NBER WP :)
Slum clearance policies in Chile that housed families in peripheral neighborhoods versus central areas reduce children's adult earnings and schooling in the long-run, from @ferrojas90 and Felipe Carrera nber.org/papers/w35318
Fernanda Rojas Ampuero retweeted
Interesantes declaraciones de Andrea Repetto sobre la megarreforma de Kast: “Es cara, con costos claros y beneficios inciertos” elpais.com/chile/2026-06-03/… a través de @el_pais
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#CNNChileRadio | Josefa Aguirre, doctora en EconomĂa y EducaciĂłn de la Universidad de Columbia: "Este proyecto hace muy poco por la violencia cotidiana. Es muy poco probable que nosotros el clima escolar a partir de revisiĂłn de mochilas o esta lĂłgica tan punitiva".
📡 Sigue la señal aquĂ: live.cnnchile.com
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Submissions for the #UEA2026 meeting in Chicago are due in one week. You can submit individual papers or propose a complete session. Session proposals get flexibility on timing/format!
urbaneconomics.org/meetings/…
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The vast majority of people (about 83%) live in so-called "developing countries".
Living in a high-income country is the exception, but somehow treated as the norm.
It's strange that we consider the study of the majority as a (relatively small) specialized subfield.
2/n
Very excited to see my work featured @vox_dev. I study Chile’s 2011 reform that extended maternity leave. The extension does not harm women’s employment, but the opposite. Link to full paper sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
🆕 How Chile's maternity leave extension boosted women's employment
Today on VoxDev, @ferrojas90 (@WIeconomics) discusses how doubling of maternity leave increased mothers' formal employment in Chile: voxdev.org/topic/labour-mark…
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Breaking News: Smiljan Radic of Santiago, Chile, is the winner of this year’s Pritzker Prize, architecture’s highest honor. nyti.ms/40ZtJxQ
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Two studies of slum demolitions, opposite results. Chicago: displaced kids earned 16% more. Chile: displaced kids earned 10% less. Same intervention, opposite outcomes. Why?
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A wonderful two-day visit from Dr. Fernanda Rojas Ampuero (@WIeconomics)! She presented her research on displacement and mortality at a joint seminar with @WFU_LALS, visited our Latin American Economic Development class, and had great conversations with students and faculty.
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The Call for Papers for the 4th meeting of LACEA's Urban Economics Network is out!
FGV SĂŁo Paulo, Dec 5-6, 2025
Keynotes: Gilles Duranton (Wharton) & Ingrid Gould Ellen (NYU)
Deadline for submission: Jul 15th
Big thanks to our local organizers @DaMataDan & @cirobiderman!
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Pedro Lemebel’s work was mostly unavailable in English until last year, when a collection of his crónicas was released. Lemebel uses humor, vulgarity, acidic commentary, and tenderness to describe the lives of the marginalized people in his society. nyer.cm/eEXr5CV
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📢 Deadline for AMIE’s 4th Workshop in Applied Microecon submission is Feb 27 2025!
We're excited to feature keynote lectures by:
🔹 Sandra Black – April 28
🔹 Rema Hanna – April 29
📅April 28–29 2025
đź”—Call for Papers: bit.ly/4hwefYV
Registrations will open soon!
🔔 Reminder: The submission deadline for AMIE’s 4th Workshop in Applied Microeconomics is Feb 27, 2025.
PhD students—don’t miss this opportunity to present your research!
📅 Workshop dates: April 28–29, 2025 (virtual)
đź“„ Call for Papers: bit.ly/4hwefYV
#EconTwitter
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Research by local economists in developing countries is often overshadowed by studies in advanced economies, but it has real impact. Driving Change: Women-Led Development Economics from the Ground Up, is a collaborative podcast series with @iea_we imf.org/en/News/Podcasts/Pla…