translated from Spanish: Takes on new national director(s) of the National Institute of Statistics

On Tuesday she took over as national director (s) of the National Institute of Statistics (INE), Sandra Quijada Javer, commercial engineer with mention in Economics of the University of Chile, master in Economics of the same house of studies and graduate Statistics of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile.La new authority, who held to this day the position of technical assistant director of the statistical body, appointed by Senior Public Management, was technical director of the Microdata Center of the Department of Economics of the University of Chile, head of the Department of Social Research of the Social Observatory Division of the Ministry of Social Development, and advises on Survey Methodologies of the Labour Council and Equity of the Presidency of the Republic.With extensive experience in the design and implementation of cross-cutting and longitudinal surveys such as the Casen Survey, Social Protection Survey, Employment and Unemployment Survey in greater Santiago, Household Financial Survey, Microentrepreneurship survey, among others, has participated in the publication of methodological documents and results of various studies such as the National Study of Dependency on the Elderly and “An Empirical Analysis of Determinants Marriage Dissolution in Chile” of the University of Chile, among others. Until 2019 she was a professor of the Statistical Analysis and Evaluation of Public Policy of the Master’s Public Policy in Public Policies at the University of Chile.It should be remembered that the Minister of Economy, Lucas Palacios, confirmed the departure of the director of the National Institute of Statistics (INE), Guillermo Pattillo, after the error in the Electricity CPI item in January.

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