Andrés Ham is an associate professor at the Alberto Lleras Camargo School of Government at the Universidad de los Andes. He has a PhD in Agricultural and Applied Economics from the University of Illinois in the United States, with a Master's degree in Economics from the National University of La Plata, Argentina and a Bachelor's degree in Economics from the National Autonomous University of Honduras. He investigates labor markets, education, poverty and inequality, crime and violence, and the effects of public policies on the well-being of people in Latin America.