Cristóbal Otero
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Assistant Professor @columbia_biz. PhD in Economics @berkeleyecon
New York, NY
Joined December 2010
A pesar de que Chile es más rico que Uruguay, el ingreso promedio para el 90% es mucho mayor en Uruguay que en Chile (más de 5,000 dólares de diferencia!). Algunos me preguntaron por qué, así que hice la tarea. Hilo 🧵 [1/N]
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Can better managers save lives? Lessons from Chile’s civil service reform in public hospitals Last week on VoxDev w/ @Blopa1988 (@uchile) & @cristobalotero (@Columbia_Biz):
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Merit-based recruitment and higher pay in Chile’s public hospitals attracted better-trained managers – leading to lower mortality rates and improved healthcare performance.
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📢@annastansbury and I are hiring a full-time predoctoral researcher to work with us at MIT on projects in labor (e.g. inequality, imperfect competition, institutions). Application Deadline: December 1st. Start date: June 2026. Link to apply in next tweet!
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Merit-based recruitment and higher pay in Chile’s public hospitals attracted better-trained managers – leading to lower mortality rates and improved healthcare performance. Read this week's article to learn more: https://t.co/Z69AdCWZDR
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Live today from Cambridge, MA! Org. Econ. @nberpubs Working Group (program and livestream below). Organized by @raffasadun and @andreapratnyc Papers by @joshgans, @I_Am_NickBloom, and @erikbryn (among many others) I’ll also be talking about my latest paper: Automation, AI,
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We are hiring in the Economics Division @Columbia_Biz 🔥! We are looking for two juniors, in any field. Apply here to join our community: https://t.co/K3sShn3quG Please send us your application (and letters..) ASAP, we are looking forward to start reading your work soon!
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P.S. We are also considering lateral hires for recent graduates..so non-rookies are welcome to apply!
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We are hiring in the Economics Division @Columbia_Biz 🔥! We are looking for two juniors, in any field. Apply here to join our community: https://t.co/K3sShn3quG Please send us your application (and letters..) ASAP, we are looking forward to start reading your work soon!
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Excited to announce that with Emmanuel Saez we are making our working hours database publicly available. It covers hours worked in 160 countries, including long time series in 87 countries. Hope it can be useful for research and feedback welcome! 👇 🔗 https://t.co/Ttn2yuzIih
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Merit-based recruitment and higher pay in Chile’s public hospitals attracted better-trained managers – leading to lower mortality rates and improved healthcare performance. Read today's article to learn more: https://t.co/JxRdjhy0jp
🆕 Can better managers save lives? Lessons from Chile’s civil service reform in public hospitals Today on VoxDev w/ @Blopa1988 (@uchile) & @cristobalotero (@Columbia_Biz):
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🆕 Can better managers save lives? Lessons from Chile’s civil service reform in public hospitals Today on VoxDev w/ @Blopa1988 (@uchile) & @cristobalotero (@Columbia_Biz):
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"America’s got talent: The case for investing in public education" (@SIEPR) ⬆️ Excited to also share this non-technical summary, incl. new data on the US's pioneering role in providing education for all. (Paper with Harriet Brookes Gray & @ReichardtHugo)
Terrific new paper by @AlthoffLukas, Harriet Brookes Gray, and @ReichardtHugo. The paper develops compelling empirical evidence on the role of mass education in facilitating intergenerational mobility in the US. This provides a great example of how equality and efficiency can
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We really value having post-docs come to CBS and join our group for the year, so please consider applying if you're on the market!
🚨🚨 Join us for a postdoc year at @Columbia_Biz with @JosephEStiglitz and the rest of our economics group — applications are open now: https://t.co/4XPThVPw1Z
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🚨🚨 Join us for a postdoc year at @Columbia_Biz with @JosephEStiglitz and the rest of our economics group — applications are open now: https://t.co/4XPThVPw1Z
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Forthcoming in the AER: "Competition under Incomplete Contracts and the Design of Procurement Policies" by Rodrigo Carril, Andres Gonzalez-Lira, and Michael S. Walker.
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(Forthcoming Article) - We study the effects of intensifying competition for contracts in the context of U.S. Defense procurement. Leveraging a discontinuous regulation that mandates agencies to...
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Professor Cristóbal Otero's (@cristobalotero) paper Managers and Public Hospital Performance has been published in the November issue of the @AEAjournals. Read it here: https://t.co/qhXbMfWCwT
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(November 2025) - We study whether the quality of managers can affect public service provision in the context of public health. Using novel data from public hospitals in Chile, we show how the...
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A win double for gooners last night. One in Prague and one in New York.
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An Arsenal fan is the mayor of New York City. Another Arteta masterclass.
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❤️🤍🇪🇺 Official: Max Dowman becomes youngest player in Champions League history aged 15 years and 308 days. Dowman beats Moukoko’s record with 16 years and 18 days.
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ここ最近で一番好きな論文。チリの公立病院で、経営者を「医師出身」から「マネジメント経験のある専門家」に変更し、報酬も引き上げた結果――病院での死亡率が 約8％減少とのこと。
And it's a wrap. The last chapter of my dissertation is out today. It's hard to explain to those outside the profession how much work goes into a paper — and how personal they become. I hope you enjoy reading it. [continues]
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Absolutamente fascinante, evidencia dura de impacto do Sistema de Alta Direcao Publica do @ServicioCivilCL! Lindo ler esse trabalho. Obrigado ao @cristobalotero e ao Pablo pela autoria! Vai ajudar o trabalho de muitos de nós no advocacy pela profissionalização do serviço público!
And it's a wrap. The last chapter of my dissertation is out today. It's hard to explain to those outside the profession how much work goes into a paper — and how personal they become. I hope you enjoy reading it. [continues]
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