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I am an applied microeconomist studying labor markets, migration, and discrimination, with a broader focus on casual inference and policy evaluation. I currently work as an Economics Associate at Cornerstone Research in Los Angeles, where I conduct empirical analyses on labor markets, discrimination, and market structure in applied, high-stakes settings, including work involving large institutions in complex, closely scrutinized environments. 

My research examines how public policies and institutional setting shape labor market outcomes across populations, with particular attention to heterogeneity and distributional effects. I am especially interested in studying context where policy impacts differ across groups and are difficult to measure credibly. 

I received my PhD in Economics and my MSc in Applied Statistics from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, following earlier training at El Colegio de Mexico and the National Autonomous University of Mexico. My work has been published in journals including the Journal of Political Economy: Microeconomics, Labour Economics, Demography, among others, and has been recognized with globally competitive awards such as the Banamex Prize in Economics and the Victor Urquidi Economics Prize. 

Across both academic and applied work, I am interested in producing rigorous empirical evidence that informs private and public policy designs and improves our understanding of labor market dynamics. 

Contact Information

Email: emedinacortina@gmail.com

Tel: +1 (217) 778-4302

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