Previous Fieldwork
Ongoing
Survey on the Causes of Migration.
Since early 2022, I am part of a DevLab@Duke team that designed and implemented a survey on the causes of migration in Guatemala. The main objective of the survey is to understand how climate change, economic circumstances (land ownership, job availability) and corruption shape people’s decision of migrating internally or internationally. Data collection is still ongoing.
Tasks:
- Developed the sample.
- Participated in the design of the survey instrument.
- Trained enumerators in Guatemala (June 2022).
- Performed data quality checks and remote supervision of the teams of enumerators.
The Human Impact of Mass Deportations – Longitudinal survey.
Since the spring of 2019 I have been part of the DevLab@Duke (now DevLab@Penn) team that designed and implemented (ongoing) the Human Impact of Mass Deportations longitudinal survey. We interview deportees as they arrive in Guatemala city from the United States, and then we follow up with them one and three months after their arrival.
Tasks:
- Participated in the designed of the three survey waves.
- Trained and supervised the initial team of enumerators (April and October 2019)
Completed
Model Police Precinct (MPP) endline survey.
During the summer of 2019, I was part of the DevLab@Duke team that collaborated with RTI International and ASIES in designing and implementing the endline survey to measure the impact of the MPP project in Guatemala.
Tasks:
- Participated in the design of the survey.
- Trained 6 enumerator teams throughout the country (June-August 2019).
- Checked data quality.
Pilot study for my dissertation.
In the spring and summer of 2018 I designed and implemented a survey of my own. I developed the questionnaire, determined the sample, hired a team of 10 enumerators, trained them, and supervised them on the field with the help of a friend at a Guatemalan NGO called Guatecambia and the support of prof. Erik Wibbels.
I conducted this household survey (n=970) in 65 populated places located in 56 municipalities of 16 of the 22 departments of Guatemala. The resulting data and complementary informal interviews I conducted in the towns constituted the exploratory study for Chapters 2 and 3 of my dissertation project.