Silvia Edith Aguirre Rodriguez
PhD Student

Profile

Biography

Edith is a PhD student at the Department of Economics and Related Studies, supervised by Karen Mumford. She holds a degree in Economics from Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon (UANL), and a Master in Economics from Centro de Investigacion y Docencia Economicas (CIDE). After eleven years of working in the public and private sector, she decided to start her PhD focusing her research in Applied Microeconomics and Applied Econometrics. Among her professional experience, she has worked for the Mexican government in the Tax Administration Service, the Ministry of Economy and the Presidency of the Republic, and in the banking sector for Citigroup. In addition she has also collaborated as an international consultant for the Inter-American Development Bank. 

Teaching

Undergraduate

• International Economics. Universidad Panamericana, Mexico City.
• Evaluation of projects. Universidad del Norte, Monterrey Mexico.

Research

Overview

Research Interests

Applied Econometrics and Applied Economics with emphasis in evaluation of public policies and programs, income polarisation, economics of education, and gender economics.

Supervision

• Professor Karen Mumford

Thesis Advisory Panel (TAP) Members

• Dr. Thomas Cornelissen
• Dr. Emma Tominey

Publications

Selected publications

"Do changes in divorce legislation have an impact on divorce rates: The case of unilateral divorce in Mexico" https://latinaer.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s40503-019-0071-7 

"The (non) impact of education on marital dissolution  (Abstract), 1915 (PDF , 562kb) [Paper with full text]

"Domestic violence and women's earnings: Does frequency matter? (Abstract), 1916 (PDF , 615kb) [Paper with full text]