Juan Escobar was chosen as an economic theory fellow due to his scientific excellence, originality, and leadership; high ethical standards; and academic and creative achievements.

A postdoctoral position is available at the Millenium Institute for Research in Market Imperfections and Public Policy (MIPP) starting in July 2024 (Other start dates may also be considered). The selected candidates will devote fully to the research in economics, on topics related to the lines of research of the Institute.

The chosen projects belong to the academics Alejandro Corvalán and Juan Escobar. Its topics cover legislative apportionment and the design of mechanisms with budgetary restrictions.

The purpose of the Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory (SAET) is to promote knowledge in theoretical economics and facilitate communication between researchers in economics, mathematics, game theory, or any other field potentially useful for economic theory.

On December 14 and 15, 2023, several researchers, including Flavio Cunha, professor of economics at Rice University, shared their studies, perspectives, experiences, and knowledge on the impact of public policies, especially on the labor market.

At the Casa Central of the Universidad de Chile, the U.S. scholar detailed market design and matching markets, analyzing some school admission systems worldwide, including Chile’s. He also presented one of his most notable achievements: designing efficient systems for kidney exchange between donors and recipients. “Chile is one of the leaders in school choice but not a leader in kidney transplantation,” he said.

The research of the American academic, visiting the campus where he will give a keynote talk this Wednesday, December 20, has left a deep mark on social applications with global impact, from the efficient exchange of kidneys to the optimization of the School Admission System (SAE). ) in the country, demonstrating its commitment to the improvement of society through the economy. “I think that in Chile the focus should be on alleviating and abolishing poverty rather than on the degree of inequality,” he says in this interview with Prensa Uchile.

The solution proposed by academics from the University of Chile, including Marcel Goic, a researcher at the Milenio MIPP Institute, establishes attractive routes for delivery people and also allows companies to reach sectors with their products that are not covered until now.

The researcher from the MIPP Milenio Institute was one of the five academics from the Faculty of Physical and Mathematical Sciences of the University of Chile who received this tribute on Monday, November 13 in the Hall of Honor of the Central House.

The researcher at the MIPP Millennium Institute and Uchile Industrial Engineering academic, Daniel Schwartz, was awarded the “Global MOOC and Online Education Alliance Awards”, a distinction awarded by the Global Mooc Alliance, an association of 17 universities and three online education centers. , whose goal is to become a leading platform to contribute to the quality of online education.