Rate My Professor Pablo Troncoso

Pablo Troncoso is an Instructional Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Houston. In Business & Economics, his research specializations include Labor Economics, Macroeconomics, Pension Systems, Health Economics, and Intergenerational Mobility. He studies Social Security Systems, Annuity Markets, and Means-tested Programs. Troncoso teaches courses such as Introduction to Economic Data Analysis and Intermediate Microeconomics. He earned his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Georgia in 2023, an M.A. in Economics from the University of Georgia in 2019, an M.A. in Economics from the University of Chile in 2014, and a B.A. in Economics from the University of Chile in 2013.

Troncoso's career history encompasses diverse academic and policy roles. Since 2023, he has been an Instructional Assistant Professor at the University of Houston and a Visiting Scholar at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, after serving as a Research Assistant there from 2022 to 2023. He was also a Visiting Professor at American University in June 2023 and a Research Assistant at the University of Georgia from 2017 to 2023. Earlier, in Chile, he served as an Economist at the Ministry of Social Development from 2015 to 2017 and as a Lecturer in the Department of Economics at the University of Chile from 2014 to 2017. His key publications include "Decentralizing the Chilean Miracle: Regional Intergenerational Mobility in a Developing Country" (Regional Studies, 2022, with Javier Cortés Orihuela, Juan Díaz, Pablo Gutiérrez Cubillos, Alexis Montecinos, and Gabriel Villarroel), "Intergenerational Earnings Persistence and the Provision of Public Goods: Evidence from Chile’s Constitutional Process" (The Journal of Economic Inequality, 2022, with Javier Cortés Orihuela, Juan Díaz, and Pablo Gutiérrez Cubillos), "Impacts of Carbon Dioxide Emissions on Global Intense Hydrometeorological Disasters" (Climate, Disaster and Development Journal, 2020, with Vinod Thomas and Ramón López), and forthcoming "How Much Should We Trust TSTSLS Intergenerational Mobility Estimates? Evidence From A Developing Country" (International Tax and Public Finance, 2023, with Javier Cortés Orihuela, Juan Díaz, and Pablo Gutiérrez Cubillos). Notable awards and fellowships include the Swift Undergraduate Teaching Fellowship Award from the University of Georgia (2022), Ph.D. Fellowship from CONICYT Chilean Government (2018-2022), Graduate Assistantship from the University of Georgia Department of Economics (2017-2023), Master Fellowship from CONICYT (2013-2014), Master Assistantship from the University of Chile (2013-2014), and Academic Excellence Circle (top 5% of students) from the University of Chile (2009).