Alejandro Montoya Castano
Ph.D. in Agricultural and Applied Economics (May 2023)
Field: Development Economics, Regional Development, Household Economics
am26@illinois.eduEducation
Ph.D., Agricultural and Applied Economics, expected May 2023
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
M.S., Economics, 2013
University of Rosario, Colombia
B.S., Economics, 2010
University of Antioquia, Colombia
Thesis Information
Thesis Advisor(s)
Teaching Experience
Teacher
1503701: Principles of Microeconomics
University of Antioquia, Medellin, Col.
Undergraduate Credit: 6 Hours
Semesters: 2015-2, 2016-1, 2016-2, 2017-1
1503608: Microeconomics
University of Antioquia, Medellin, Col.
Undergraduate Credit: 6 Hours
Semesters: 2014-2, 2015-1, 2015-2
1503730: Sources and Research Methodology in Economics
University of Antioquia, Medellin, Col.
Undergraduate Credit: 2 Hours
Semesters: 2016-2, 2017-1
Teaching Assistant
Topics on Econometrics
Instructor: Jesus Otero
University of Rosario
Master's Credit: 2 Hours
Semester: 2012-1
Publications
Lyons, A.; Kass-Hanna, J.; and Montoya Castano, A. (2022) A multidimensional approach to measuring vulnerability to poverty of Syrian refugees in Lebanon (Revise and Resubmit, Journal of International Development)
Working Papers
“How does a rural poverty alleviation program affect parents' expectations about their children? Evidence from BRAC-TUP in Bangladesh” Alejandro Montoya Castano and Mary Arends-Kuenning (Job Market Paper)
“The soybean expansion in Brazil: Does it increase formal jobs?” Alejandro Montoya Castano and Thiago Arruda de Oliveira
“A Machine Learning approach to identifying multidimensional poverty and targeting cash assistance among Syrian refugees in Lebanon” Angela Lyons, Josephine Kass-Hanna, Alejandro Montoya Castano, Aiman Soliman, and Yifang Zhang
References
Mary Arends-Kuenning
Associate Professor; Acting Associate Dean of International Programs
Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
marends@illinois.edu
Angela Lyons
Associate Professor and Director of the U of I Center for Economic and Financial Education
Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
anglyons@illinois.edu
Catalina Herrera-Almanza
Assistant Professor
Department of Agricultural Economics
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
cataher@illinois.edu
