Our Team

  • Julio Elias

    Julio J. Elias is professor in the Department of Economics and Business School of the University of CEMA (UCEMA), Argentina and Executive Director at JILAEE. His research focuses on health economics, economic development, the economics of education and labor economics.

  • John A. List

    John A. List is the Kenneth C. Griffin Distinguished Service Professor in Economics at the University of Chicago and Scientific Director at JILAEE. His research focuses on questions in microeconomics, with a particular emphasis on using field experiments to address both positive and normative issues.

  • Gwen-Jiro Clochard

    DIRECTOR

    Gwen-Jiro Clochard is an Assistant Professor at the Institute of Social and Economic Research at Osaka University and part of the Director's team at JILAEE since 2023. His research focuses on experimental and development economics, with a particular interest in discrimination issues.

  • Jared Gars

    DIRECTOR OF PARTNERSHIPS

    Jared Gars is an Assistant Professor at the Food and Resource Economics Department of University of Florida and part of the Director’s team at JILAEE since 2021.

  • Luca Henkel

    DIRECTOR

    Luca is a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Finance at the Erasmus School of Economics in Rotterdam. His research fields are behavioral economics and household finance. In particular, he examines determinants and consequences of financial and moral decision-making using experiments, surveys, and linked survey-administrative data.

  • Julia Seither

    DIRECTOR

    Julia Seither is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Economics of Universidad del Rosario and part of the Director’s team at JILAEE since 2020. Her research is on the intersection of behavioral and development economics.

  • Karen Ye

    DIRECTOR

    Karen J. Ye is an Assistant Professor of Economics at Queen’s University and part of the Director’s team at JILAEE since 2020. Her research focuses on behavioral and experimental economics with a particular interest in education.

  • Diana Smith

    ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR

    Diana Smith is the Project Manager for the Economics Incubator at the University of Chicago, Executive Assistant to John List, and Associate Director of JILAEE in Chicago.

  • Carolina Bayón Echenique

    MANAGING DIRECTOR

    Carolina is the Managing Director of the initiative, she formerly has been a Community Manager.

  • Juan Cruz Duhalde

    RESEARCH PROFESSIONAL

    Juan Cruz is JILAEE’s Predoctoral Research Professional. He has graduated from Universidad del CEMA with a Bachelor of Economics

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