I am a third year PhD student in Economics at University of Southern California, and a research consultant at the Inter-American Development Bank. You can view my CV here.

My research uses experimental methods to uncover frictions that cause public policies to backfire, focusing on labor markets, discrimination and crime. An overview:

Working Papers

Raising the Bar: The Backlash of Gender Quotas, with Alejandro Martínez-Marquina.

Safety First: Crime and the Demand for Public Transportation in Latin America, with Santiago De Martini & Santiago Perez-Vincent. IDB Working Paper 1662.

Reading Minds to Win: Cognitive and Affective Skills in Children’s Strategic Play, with Antonio Alfonso, Pablo Brañas, Isabelle Brocas, Juan Carrillo & María José Vázquez.

Research In Progress

All Cops Are Bayesian? Selection Neglect in Policing Decisions, with Santiago De Martini, Ervyn Norza & Santiago Perez-Vincent.

Publications

Juan B. González & Alfonso Sánchez (2022). Multilevel Predictors of Climate Change Beliefs in Africa. PLoS One. (This was my undergrad thesis)

About me

Born in Cádiz, Andalusia. In my free time, I like to do street photography, and I have also contributed a R package for data visualization.