Carolina García Domench
Junior Researcher
Carolina García Domench is Junior Researcher of the Center for Distributive, Labor and Social Studies (CEDLAS) at Universidad Nacional de La Plata (UNLP) in Argentina. She got a Bachelor Degree in Economics from the UNLP and a Master Degree in Economics from the UNLP (thesis in progress). Her major fields of research are Poverty and Income distribution, Labor Economics, and Economics of Education.
- Inequality and Poverty
- Labor Markets
- Economics of education
- Master in Economics, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina, Thesis in process.
- BA in Economics, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina, 2006.
- Junior Researcher, CEDLAS, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina, since 2005.
- Fellowship, Agencia Nacional de Promoción Científica y Tecnológica (FONCyT), 2011-2014.
- Editorial Assistant, Revista Económica, Instituto de Investigaciones Económicas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, 2007-2008.
Journal Articles
- “Could an Increase in Education Raise Income Inequality? Evidence for Latin America”, with Diego Battistón and Leonardo Gasparini. In Latin American Journal of Economics, Vol. 51 No. 1 (May, 2014), pp. 1-39.
Books and chapters
Chapters in books
- “Inequality in Education. Evidence for Latin America”, with Guillermo Cruces and Leonardo Gasparini. In G. A. Cornia (ed.), Falling Inequality in Latin America: Policy Changes and Lessons, pp. 318-339, Oxford University Press, 2014.
Others
- “Visibilidad estadística. Datos sobre población afrodescendiente en censos y encuestas de hogares de América Latina”, with Guillermo Cruces and Florencia Pinto. In “Población afrodescendiente de América Latina II”, UNDP, 2012.
- Fellowship, Agencia Nacional de Promoción Científica y Tecnológica (FONCyT), 2011-2014.
- “Joaquín V. González Distinction”, award to the top ten GPA in the School of Economic Sciences class of 2006, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, 2006.
- “Manuel Belgrano Award”, given to the top five GPA in the Bachelor in Economy class of 2006, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, 2006.
Teaching Assistant, Labor Economics, Facultad de Ciencias Económicas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, 2005.