I am currently working at CPAR as a student research assistant on literature reviews, gathering, coding, analyzing and organizing data, and assisting the director with research assessments. This summer I worked on data organization for the 6 Regions, One Nebraska regional initiative. My research interests are fiscal decentralization in Latin American countries, public policies in education, and comparative public finances. I was recently awarded an Honorable Mention in the Mexican National Award of Public Finances Research, organized by the Mexican Federal Congress.
Education
M.P.P., Universidad de Chile, Santiago de Chile
B.A., in Economics, Universidad Autonoma de Aguascalientes, Mexico
Selected Publications
- Ruelas I., Jimenez, J.P., Letelier, L. (2023). Debt decisions in Mexican municipalities in the face of a Subnational fiscal rule: Evidence and policy lessons. Gestión y Política Pública, CIDE, Vol XXXII, 2, pp. 97-129.
- Cardenas, S., Ruelas, I., Sanchez, E. (2023) Understanding potential causes of learning loss in Mexico: Teachers´ perceptions regarding educational challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic. In Reimers F. (ed.) (2023). Schools and Society During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Springer Nature.
- Cárdenas, S., Lomelí, D., Ruelas, I. (2022). COVID-19 and Post-pandemic Educational Policies in Mexico. What is at Stake? In: Reimers, F.M. (eds) Primary and Secondary Education During Covid-19. Springer, Cham. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-81500-4_6
- Radics, A., Vázquez Ahued, F., Pérez Benítez, N., & Ruelas, I. (2022). Panorama de las relaciones fiscales entre niveles de gobierno de países de América Latina y el Caribe. Interamerican Development Bank (IDB) and Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) https://publications.iadb.org/es/panorama-de-las-relaciones-fiscales-entre-niveles-de-gobierno-de-paises-de-america-latina-y-el
- Ruelas Ávila, I., & Izquierdo Reyes, A. D. (2021). Fiscal Fatigue, Debt limits and Fiscal Space of Mexican State Governments. In Gestión y Política Pública, Vol. 30, Issue 2, CIDE. https://doi.org/10.29265/gypp.v30i2.878
- Jiménez, J.P., Brosio, G., Ruelas I. (2019). Territorial Inequality, Equalization Transfers and Asymmetric Sharing of Non-Renewable Natural Resources in Latin America. ECLAC Review, No. 126: https://www.cepal.org/en/node/47980
- Cárdenas, S. and Ruelas, I., (editors). (2018). Profesiones en Riesgo. Ediciones CREFAL. Pátzcuaro, Michoacán, Mexico.
Teaching Experience
- Seminar in fiscal decentralization. Graduate remote learning course, “Decentralization, Territorial Development and Financing of Sub-National Governments” Instituto de Asuntos Públicos, Universidad de Chile.
- Introduction to Economics. Graduate in-person course., Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes, 2019.