Assistant Professor of Economics · Universidad de los Andes, Chile

Andrés
Barrios-Fernández

I am an economist studying how education systems, social networks, and public policy shape opportunity.

Director, Human Development Lab · Associate, Centre for Economic Performance at LSE · Affiliate, CEPR and IZA

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Santiago, Chile · Working across education, labor, and public economics

Research themes

How institutions and social connections shape opportunity.

Education & access Social & family networks Inequality & mobility Crime & local institutions

Selected work

Research with real-world questions.

AMERICAN ECONOMIC REVIEW · 2026

Elite Universities and the Intergenerational Transmission of Human and Social Capital

How do elite colleges shape the social and educational paths of the next generation?

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SIBLINGS
COLLEGE CHOICES Choices travel
through families.

THE QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS · 2021

O Brother, Where Start Thou? Sibling Spillovers on College and Major Choice in Four Countries

Evidence from four countries on how siblings shape college and major choices.

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News & updates

Recent news

2026 Awarded a Fondecyt grant to study barriers to higher-education access
2026 Hosted the Fourth Workshop on Economics of Education in Valle Nevado
2025 Luksic Visiting Scholar at Harvard University

Beyond research

Teaching and collaboration are part of the work.

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At a glance

Research in numbers

Updated October 2026

Published papers: 7; Published research
Citations: 525; Google Scholar · all-time citations
Ongoing projects: 7; Submitted, working papers & ongoing work
Grants awarded: 7; Research grants listed in my CV
Total grant funding: $647.5k; USD · total listed grant amounts

Publication and project counts reflect the Research page. Grant totals sum the seven research grants in my CV, excluding fellowships and the teaching award; funding represents listed award amounts, not a personal share.