Rafael J.

Santos

Office Address:
Calle 19A No. 1-37 Este / Office W828
Department of Economics - Universidad de Los Andes
Telephone: (571)3394949 Ext. 4498

E-mail: rj.santos@uniandes.edu.co

Personal web page: http://economia.uniandes.edu.co/Profesores/planta/Santos_Rafael

Fields of Interest: Development Economics, Political Economy.

Degrees:
Ph.D., Economics, Yale University, May 2013
M. Phil., Economics, Yale University, 2012
M. A., Economics, Yale University, 2010
M. A., Economics, Universidad de Los Andes (Colombia), 2007
B. A., Economics, Universidad de Los Andes (Colombia), 2005

Current Position: Assistant Professor of Economics, Universidad de los Andes, Bogot,

Colombia.

Languages: English, French, Spanish.

Experience:
2011-2012: Teaching Assistant, Department of Economics, Yale University.
2010: Invited Lecturer, Department of Economics, Universidad de Los Andes.
2007-2008: Lecturer, Department of Economics, Universidad de Los Andes.

Fellowships, Honors and Awards:

Sasakawa Research Grant, Yale Economic Growth Center, 2011
Dissertation Fellowship, Yale University, 2012-2013
Doctoral Fellowship, Yale University, 2008-2012

Teaching Experience:

Assistant Professor at Universidad de Los Andes: Introductory Microeconomics (2013-II, 2014-I),

Poverty and Economic Development (2014-I)

Teaching Assistant at Yale University: European Economic History (2010-II), Intermediate

Macroeconomics (2011-I), Introductory Macroeconomics (2011-II), Introductory Microeconomics
(2012-I).
Lecturer at Universidad de los Andes: Intermediate Macroeconomics (2007), Introductory
Macroeconomics (2007), Econometrics I (Summer 2010).

Publications:

The Monopoly of Violence: Evidence for Colombia. With Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson.
Lead article in the decennial issue of the Journal of the European Economic Association (2013).

Working Papers:

To Share Is to Keep: Politicians, Firm Ownership and Property Rights in Post-Apartheid South
Africa. (Job Market Paper)

From Political Exclusion to Land Inequality in Colombia.

Work in Progress:

Giving Information and Motivation to Voters: A Field Experiment in the Legislative Elections of
Bogot.

Not All that Shines Is Gold: The Gold Boom and Child labor in Colombia.