{"id":745,"date":"2019-12-13T19:33:59","date_gmt":"2019-12-13T19:33:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/education.ufl.edu\/eprc\/?page_id=745"},"modified":"2025-12-10T17:34:16","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T17:34:16","slug":"sandoval","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/education.ufl.edu\/eprc\/faculty-and-researchers\/sandoval\/","title":{"rendered":"Hector Sandoval"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; next_background_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_color=&#8221;#00539b&#8221; use_background_color_gradient=&#8221;on&#8221; background_color_gradient_direction=&#8221;348deg&#8221; background_color_gradient_stops=&#8221;rgba(43,135,218,0) 20%|#0c71c3 100%&#8221; background_color_gradient_overlays_image=&#8221;on&#8221; background_color_gradient_start=&#8221;rgba(43,135,218,0)&#8221; background_color_gradient_start_position=&#8221;20%&#8221; background_color_gradient_end=&#8221;#0c71c3&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||0px||true|false&#8221; top_divider_height=&#8221;113px&#8221; bottom_divider_style=&#8221;slant2&#8243; bottom_divider_height=&#8221;0px&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;33px||30px||false|false&#8221; top_divider_color=&#8221;#efefef&#8221; bottom_divider_color=&#8221;#e2e2e2&#8243; bottom_divider_height=&#8221;37px&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;32.2656px|0px|60px|0px|false|false&#8221; border_color_bottom=&#8221;#e2e2e2&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; column_structure=&#8221;1_3,2_3&#8243;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/education.ufl.edu\/eprc\/files\/2020\/01\/Hector-Sandoval.jpg&#8221; align_tablet=&#8221;center&#8221; align_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_css_before=&#8221;background: #00529b;||position: absolute;||z-index: -1;||top: -30px;||left: -30px;||right: 30px;||bottom: 30px;||content: &#8221;;&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; align_phone=&#8221;center&#8221;]<br \/>\n[\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;2_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.24.0&#8243; custom_margin=&#8221;0px|||&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px|||&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<h2>Hector H. Sandoval, Ph.D.<\/h2>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #1b3664;\"><strong>Faculty Affiliate \u2013 Economics<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #1f242b;\"><strong>Research Interests:<br \/><\/strong><em> Applied microeconomics, education, social interactions, and poverty.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Hector H. Sandoval received his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2015. Professor Sandoval joined the University of Florida in 2015 as the Director of Economic Analysis Program in the Bureau of Economic and Business Research (BEBR) and as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics. Before pursuing his Ph.D., Professor Sandoval worked for the Poverty Analysis Division of the National Council for the Evaluation of Social Development Policy (Coneval) in Mexico. He has also served as a consultant for the World Bank and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Human Development Office, Mexico. 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