Felipe Barrera-Osorio is a Colombian economist and associate professor of Public Policy, Education and Economics at Peabody College of Education and Human Development at Vanderbilt University.[1] Barrera-Osorio's work on the economics of education earned him the Juan Luis Londono Medal, Colombia's equivalent to the John Bates Clark Medal in 2008.[2]
Felipe Barrera-Osorio | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Colombian |
| Academic career | |
| Field | Economics |
| Institution | Vanderbilt University |
| Alma mater | Universidad de los Andes (Colombia) |
| Awards | Juan Luis Londono Medal |
Biography
editFelipe Barrera-Osorio earned a B.A. and master's degree in economics from the Universidad de los Andes (Colombia) in 1992, followed by a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Maryland, College Park in 2003. During his graduate studies, Barrera-Osorio specialized on public economics, labour economics and political economy and published a thesis on the relationship between decentralization and education under Jonas Gelbach, Robert Schwab, Wallace Oates, Jennifer Rice and Seth Sanders. After his graduation, Barrera-Osorio became deputy director of the Higher Education and Development Foundation (Fedesarrollo) (2004–06) before accepting a position as Senior Economist in the World Bank's Human Development Network on Education (2006–11). During his work for the World Bank, Barrera-Osorio led impact evaluations of educational programmes in e.g. Kenya, Ghana, Pakistan, Cambodia and Indonesia. In 2011, he left the World Bank to accept a position as assistant professor of education and economics at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, where he was promoted to associate professor in 2015. Besides his academic work, Barrera-Osorio also serves as Head of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association's Impact Evaluation Network.[3]
Research
editFelipe Barrera-Osorio's current research focuses on the impact of educational incentives on the learning of children in primary and secondary school.[4] In the past, his research has included the role and impact of public-private partnerships in education (with Harry Anthony Patrinos and Juliana Guáqueta),[5] the computerization of education (with Leigh Linden),[6] the design of conditional cash transfer programmes (with Marianne Bertrand, Linden and Francisco Perez-Calle),[7] and the theory and empirics of school-based management (with Patrinos, Tazeen Fasih, and Lucrecia Santibánez).[8]
References
edit- ^ Profile of Felipe Barrera-Osorio on the website of Peabody College at Vanderbilt University. Retrieved August 21st, 2020.
- ^ Portafolio (March 6th, 2008). Felipe Barrera ganó premio Luis Londono. Retrieved March 21st, 2018.
- ^ Curriculum vitae of Felipe Barrera-Osorio from the website of the Harvard Graduate School of Education (Status: 2017). Retrieved March 21st, 2018.
- ^ Profile of Felipe Barrera-Osorio on the website of the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Retrieved March 21st, 2018.
- ^ Patrinos, H.A., Barrera-Osorio, F., Guáqueta, J. (2009). The Role of Public-Private Partnerships in Education. Washington, D.C.: World Bank Publications.
- ^ Barrera-Osorio, F., Linden, L.L. (2009). The Use and Misuse of Computers in Education: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in Colombia. World Bank Policy Research Working Paper Series, No. 4836.
- ^ Barrera-Osorio, F. et al. (2011). Improving the Design of Conditional Cash Transfer Programs: Evidence from a Randomized Education Experiment in Colombia. American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 3(2), pp. 167-195.
- ^ Barrera-Osorio, F. et al. (2009). Decentralized Decision-Making in Schools: The Theory and Evidence on School-Based Management. Washington, D.C.: World Bank Publications.