Nathalie Gonzalez-Prieto
Phone: (202) 500-5372
Email: ngonzalezprieto(at)worldbank.org
Website: https://sites.google.com/view/nathalie-gonzalez-prieto
EDUCATION
Ph.D. Economics, University of Maryland at College Park, expected May 2023
M.A. Economics, Universidad de los Andes, Colombia, 2014
B.A. Political Science, Universidad de los Andes, Colombia, 2013
B.A. Economics, Universidad de los Andes, Colombia, 2012
WORK EXPERIENCE
Economist, Office of the Chief Economist, Latin America and the Caribbean, The World Bank, February 2023- Present
Research Assistant, Prof. Katharine Abraham and John Haltiwanger, University of Maryland, College Park Spring 2020-February 2023
Intern, International Monetary Fund, Washington DC, June 2022-August 2022
Consultant, InterAmerican Development Bank, Washington DC September 2020-November 2020
Research Officer, Research Department International Monetary Fund, Washington DC Jun 2015 – July 2017
Consultant, Chief Economist Office for Latin America and the Caribbean World Bank Group, Washington DC
Private Sector Development Specialist, Innovation, Technology, and Entrepreneurship Global Practice, World Bank Group, telework from Bogotá, Colombia February 2014 - June 2014
Research Assistant, Prof. Eric Verhoogen Columbia University, telework from Bogotá, Colombia June 2013 - December 2014
Research Assistant, Prof. Marc Hostetter, and Prof. Marcela Eslava, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia January 2011 - December 2014
FIELDS OF SPECIALIZATION
Primary: Labor Economics, Macroeconomics
Secondary: Econometrics
RESEARCH
"Career effects of Working at a Startup" JMP with Gonzalo García-Trujillo & Álvaro Silva
"Lingering Effects of Local Recessions: Age Differentiated Migration" working paper with John Coglianese
"Hysteresis in the U.S. Employment Rate Revised", working paper
“Effectiveness of Employment Protection Policies During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Evidence from Chile" working paper with Macarena Kutscher, Mariano Bosch, and Veronica Alaimo
“Local Migration Effects of COVID-19 in the US:” work in progress with John Coglianese
“Changes in the travel to work patterns induced by COVID-19 in the US: county-level analysis using LBS” work in progress with Katharine Abraham, Aref Darzi, Ali Kabiri, John Haltiwanger & Erkut Ozbay
“What Lies Beneath? Okun’s Law in U.S. States” (with Saurabh Mishra & Prakash Loungani), Open Economies Review September 2018, Volume 29, Issue 4, pp 835–852.
“Growth and Jobs in Developing Economies: Trends and Cycles” (with Zidong An, Tayeb Ghazi & Aomar Ibourk) Open Economies Review, September 2019, Volume 30 pp 875–893.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Instructor, Applied Economic Statistics, University of Maryland, Fall 2019, Winter 2020 & Summer 2020 (Undergraduate)
Teaching Assistant, Principles of Macroeconomics, University of Maryland, Fall 2019 (Undergraduate)
Teaching Assistant, Principles of Microeconomics, University of Maryland, Spring 2019 & Fall 2018 (Undergraduate)
Teaching Assistant, Advanced Macroeconomics in the Short Run, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia, Fall 2012 & Fall 2013 (Graduate)
Teaching Assistant, Macroeconomics 3, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia, Spring 2013 (Undergraduate)
Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Microeconomics and Consumer Theory, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia Fall 2012 (Undergraduate)
CONFERENCE AND SEMINAR PRESENTATIONS
Latin America and the Caribbean Economics Association, Annual Meetings. Lima, 2022
Western Hemisphere Department Seminar, IMF, Washington DC, 2022
Latin America and the Caribbean Economics Association, Annual Meetings. Medellín, 2016
Midwest Macro Conference. Kansas City, 2016
Global Labor Markets Conference. Paris, 2016
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Referee for Economia and SN Business & Economics
LANGUAGES
Spanish (native), English (fluent), French (basic)
COMPUTATIONAL SKILLS
Stata, R, Matlab