Researchers

Alan Sánchez Jiménez

Senior Researcher
PhD in Economics - University of Oxford
asanchez@grade.org.pe

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Alan has a DPhil in Economics from the University of Oxford, where hi also holds a Master’s degree in Economics for Development. Currently, he holds dual affiliations as a Senior Researcher at the Oxford Department of International Development (ODID) at the University of Oxford, and a Senior Researcher at the Group for the Analysis of Development (GRADE).  Between 2012 and 2023, he was a Senior Researcher for the Young Lives Study and a Visiting Resarcher at ODID. Previously, he was an Economic Research Specialist in the Economic Research Division of the Central Bank of Peru and taught courses on quantitative methods for impact evaluation and social development policies. His areas of interest include impact evaluation, economics of education, health economics, labor economics, and behavioral economics. He is particularly interested in measuring the causes and consequences of accumulating human capital throughout the life cycle, evaluating public programs through experimental and quasi-experimental methodology, and survey design.