Research

Main research areas

My broad research area is comparative politics and public policy, especially social, health and family policy. Specifically, I examine the conditions under which governments in formal democracies respond to policy issues that disproportionately affect disadvantaged groups. Empirically, most of my research focuses on Latin America, a region where formal democracies co-exist with the world's highest economic inequalities. I have co-authored with political scientists, sociologists, public health specialists and economists.