VinicioArcos-Naranjo

Economist and MSc in Development Economics. I study Ecuador's labour market and education system with microdata, and I build digital tools for better teaching and research. Research professor at Universidad Técnica de Cotopaxi, facing the volcano.

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Econometrics in the service of public decisions

More than a decade across university teaching, applied research and advisory work for the public sector. What interests me is a model that answers a concrete policy question, not one that looks good in a table.

Education
MSc in Economics, Development Economics track, FLACSO Ecuador, on a graduate scholarship. Economist, Universidad Católica de Cuenca. Doctoral fellow at FLACSO.
Public sector
Advisor at the IESS, Ecuador's social security institute: financial and actuarial studies for the Labour Justice Act and for the coverage of unpaid household work. Director of Participation at the Superintendency of Information.
Training
Trainer on labour and social affairs for the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES-ILDIS), at its Permanent Training School for Social Actors.
Methods
Impact evaluation of social policy, econometrics, inferential and predictive statistics, economic modelling, investment project appraisal and environmental economic valuation.
Tools
Python, R, Stata, SPSS, QGIS, GeoDa, KoboToolbox, Power BI and Tableau.
Languages
Spanish and advanced English.

What the microdata show

I work with household surveys and censuses from INEC, Ecuador's statistics institute, to understand who lands a job that matches their training, how wages are distributed, and how identities pass from one generation to the next.

Research projects, Universidad Técnica de Cotopaxi

In progress

  • Overeducation in Ecuador

    ENEMDU 2025, the ORU method and Mincer equations with selection correction. Under editorial review.

Research lines: development economics, labour economics, environmental economics, economics of education and public policy.

Publications

Articles written, for the most part, with students and colleagues at Universidad Técnica de Cotopaxi.

Books

Conference paper

  • Poverty, Wellbeing and Health in the Developing World: The Impact of Public Health and Wellbeing Policies in Ecuador during an Oil Boom

    Health, Wellness and Society, University of California, Berkeley, September 2019.

In the classroom

I am a research professor in the Economics Program at Universidad Técnica de Cotopaxi, where I teach Econometrics, Research Methodology, Macroeconomics and Statistics.

Undergraduate
Universidad Estatal de Milagro, Universidad Nacional de Chimborazo, Universidad Técnica de Ambato, Universidad Tecnológica Equinoccial and Universidad de Especialidades Turísticas (online).
Graduate
Public Policy (UNEMI), Environmental Economic Valuation (UNACH) and Intersectoral Relations in Local Development (Universidad Estatal de Bolívar).
FLACSO
Master's and doctoral fellow: teaching assistantships, review of theses and projects, and directed-readings courses.

Courses taught: econometrics, economic modelling, research methodology, macroeconomics, statistics, development economics and public policy.

  • Econolab

    Python and econometrics for faculty and students writing a thesis, with challenges on real ENEMDU data in Google Colab.

Tools I build

When an academic process repeats itself every semester, I would rather turn it into software.

  • ARCDATA

    Economics, data and digital products.

  • Manuscrito

    Imports a paper, breaks it into parts and walks you through writing your own.

  • Campus

    Academic and administrative management for the Faculty of Administrative and Economic Sciences.

  • Degree programme design and redesign

    Dashboards and curriculum documentation for accreditation and quality assurance.

Let's talk

If you are looking for a coauthor, data consulting or a course in applied econometrics, write to me.

contacto@arcdataconsulting.com Visit ARCDATA

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