Stephy Riega Escalante

Economist

About Me

I am a Research Analyst at the Education & Crime Urban Labs at the University of Chicago. Currently, my work focuses on Causal Inference and Machine Learning methods. Previously, I've worked as a Research Assistant at Group of Analysis for Development (GRADE) and as a Research Analyst at Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA).

Interests

  • Applied Microeconomics
  • Public Policy
  • Data Science

Awards

  • Awarded with the Extraordinary Student Research Fund
    VRI - PUCP
  • Awarded First Place, Thesis Summary Category, XXX CIES Annual Research Competition
    CIES & UNFPA

Resume

You can download my updated resume with more details here.

Summary

Stephy Riega

Economist with 3+ years experience in academic research.

Education

Diploma in Artificial Intelligence for Social Science & Public Policy

Bachelor of Science in Economics

  • Graduate level courses: Social Policy Design and Evaluation, Advanced Econometrics: Cross-Sectional and Panel Econometrics, Fundamentals of Real Analysis
  • First Class Honours: 3/73 of graduated class

Professional Experience

Research Analyst

Education & Crime Urban Labs at the University of Chicago

Research Assistant

GRADE

Research Analyst

IPA

Research projects

  • All
  • Complete
  • In progress

The education crisis and the poverty of learning in Peru

When migrating is not enough: A comparison of migrant and non-migrant job quality in urban Peru between 2019 and 2020

Not one less in the labor market: The vulnerability of women’s employment in urban Peru in 2020

Coding projects

Python QLAB scripts

Repository done with my colleagues at QLAB - PUCP

Dashboard for data collection in R Shinny

Created to use in field work of an endline project

Machine Learning and Causal Inference

Respository done with my colleagues at ECO224 PUCP

Contact

You can write me an email or send me a message through my social media.

Surquillo, Lima, Peru

sriega@uchicago.edu

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