Guillermo Paraje

Ph.D in Economics - Director de Investigación

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Guillermo Paraje

Ph.D in Economics - Director de Investigación

Ph.D in Economics, University of Cambridge, Reino Unido, 2004.

Guillermo Paraje D.Phil. en Economía por la Universidad de Cambridge (Reino Unido, 2004).Es Licenciado en Economía por la Universidad de Córdoba (Argentina), un Máster en Economía de Georgetown Univeristy (EEUU), un MPhil y un DPhil en Economía por la Universidad de Cambridge (Reino Unido).

Profesor titular de la Escuela de Negocios de la Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez (Chile).

Su investigación se centra en economía de la salud, con énfasis en equidad sanitaria, sistemas de salud y políticas económicas para el control de enfermedades no transmisibles.

Fue miembro de la Comisión Asesora Presidencial para la Reforma del Sistema Privado de Salud en Chile, del Grupo Científico en Análisis de Equidad e Investigación de la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS), del Comité Consultivo del GES (Chile) y del grupo de expertos de la Agencia Internacional de Investigación en Cáncer (Francia). Además, es consultor frecuente de organismos internacionales como la OMS, la Organización Panamericana de la Salud, el Banco Mundial, el PNUD, FAO, UNICEF, la CEPAL, el Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo, entre otros. Fue Director de Investigación de la Escuela de Negocios de la UAI.

Es Editor Asociado de Addiction y miembro del Editorial Advisory Board de Tobacco Control. Fue Editor Invitado en la Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública y de Tobacco Control. Ha obtenido financiamiento para sus investigaciones de la Agencia Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo (ANID, Chile), del International Development Research Centre (IDRC, Canadá), de Bloomberg Philanthropies (EEUU), del Canadian Cancer Society Research Institute (Canadá) y de la Universidad de Illinois at Chicago (EEUU), entre otros.

En 2018 recibió el Premio Día Mundial sin Tabaco otorgado por la OMS en reconocimiento a sus contribuciones a la economía del control del tabaco. Es Miembro Internacional Distinguido del Comité Consultivo de Evaluación Global del Programa de Investigación Global en Alimentación de la Universidad de North Carolina (Chapel Hill) y Director del Hub Regional sobre Impuestos al Tabaco (Tabaconomía) de la Iniciativa Bloomberg para Reducir el Uso de Tabaco.

D.Phil. in Economics from the University of Cambridge (United Kingdom, 2004).
Full Professor at the Business School of Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez (Chile).
His research focuses on health economics, with an emphasis on health equity, health systems, and economic policies for the control of non-communicable diseases.
He has served as a member of the Presidential Advisory Commission for the Reform of the Private Health System in Chile, the Scientific Group on Equity Analysis and Research of the World Health Organization (WHO), the Advisory Committee of the GES (Chile), and the expert group of the International Agency for Research on Cancer (France). He is also a frequent consultant for international organizations such as the WHO, the Pan American Health Organization, the World Bank, UNDP, FAO, UNICEF, ECLAC, and the Inter-American Development Bank, among others. He was Director of Research of the Business School of Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez.
He is an Associate Editor of Addiction and a member of the Editorial Advisory Board of Tobacco Control. He has served as Guest Editor for the Pan American Journal of Public Health and for Tobacco Control. His research has received funding from the National Agency for Research and Development (ANID, Chile), the International Development Research Centre (IDRC, Canada), Bloomberg Philanthropies (USA), the Canadian Cancer Society Research Institute (Canada), and the University of Illinois at Chicago (USA), among others.
In 2018, he received the World No Tobacco Day Award granted by the WHO in recognition of his contributions to the economics of tobacco control. He is a Distinguished International Member of the Global Evaluation Advisory Committee of the Global Food Research Program at the University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill) and Director of the Latin American Hub on Tobacco Taxation (Tabaconomia) of the Bloomberg Initiative to Reduce Tobacco Use.
He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from the Universidad de Córdoba (Argentina), a Master in Economics from Georgetown Univeristy (USA) and an M.Phil. and D.Phil. in Economics from the University of Cambridge (United Kingdom)."

WEBSITE RESEARCH GATE GOOGLE ACADÉMICO

The impact of Chile's multipronged food labelling and advertising law on early childhood excess weight</>

Paraje, G., Valdés, N., Macaya, A., Corvalán, C. & Popkin, B., 2026, In: Lancet (London, England).

Using discarded packs collection to estimate illicit trade in Colombia</>

Maldonado, N., Llorente, B., Herrera, J., Rodríguez-Lesmes, P., Soto, V., Romero, L., Finot, I. & Paraje, G., nov. 2025, In: International Journal of Drug Policy, 145.

The associations between prices and taxes and the use of tobacco products in Latin America and the Caribbean</>

Guindon, G., Finot Cornejo, I., Flores Muñoz, M., Pruzzo, L. & Paraje, G., nov. 2025, In: Health Policy, 161.

The IARC Perspective on the Effects of Policies on Reducing Alcohol Consumption</>

Gapstur, S., Mariosa, D., Neamtiu, L., Nethan, S., Rehm, J., Huckle, T., Jernigan, D., O'Connor, E., Štelemekas, M., Allebeck, P., Assanangkornchai, S., Carah, N., Chaiyasong, S., Cukier, S., Dao, T., John, R., Matzopoulos, R., Meier, P., O'Brien, P., Paraje, G., Room, R., Wilkinson, C., Maldonado, N., Stockwell, T., Neufeld, M., Rekve, D. & Lauby-Secretan, B., may. 2025, In: The New England journal of medicine, 392, 17, p. 1752-1759.

Comparación de impuestos como porcentaje del precio de las bebidas azucaradas en América Latina y el Caribe</>

Roche, M., Alvarado, M., Sandoval, R., Gomes, F. & Paraje, G., 2025, In: Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica/Pan American Journal of Public Health, 49.

Tobacco kills</>

Paraje, G., Muñoz, M., Wu, D. & Jha, P., 2025, In: BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 390.

Tobacco consumption, gender and caregiving</>

Cruces, G., Puig, J., Lunghi, I., Muñoz, M. & Paraje, G., 2025, In: Tobacco Control.

Impact ofTotal Indoor Smoking Ban on Cardiovascular Disease Hospitalizations and Mortality:The Case of Chile</>

Montes de Oca, D., Paraje, G. & Cuadrado, C., sep. 2024, In: Nicotine and Tobacco Research, 26, 9, p. 1166-1174.

Would plain packaging and health warning labels reduce smoking in the presence of informal markets? A choice experiment in Colombia</>

Rodríguez-Lesmes, P., Góngora-Salazar, P., Mentzakis, E., Buckley, N., Gallego, J., Guindon, G., Martínez, J. & Paraje, G., ago. 2024, In: Social Science and Medicine, 354.

Inequality of the crowding-out effect of tobacco expenditure in Colombia</>

Gallego, J., Paraje, G. & Rodríguez-Lesmes, P., may. 2024, In: PLoS ONE, 19, 5 May.

Tobacco price elasticity by socioeconomic characteristics in Ecuador</>

Mena, A. & Paraje, G., abr. 2024, In: PLoS ONE, 19, 4 April.

Off-premises demand elasticities for pure alcohol in five Latin American countries</>

Paraje, G., Araya, D. & Monteiro, M., feb. 2024, In: International Journal of Drug Policy, 124.

Erratum</>

Gallego, J., Paraje, G. & Rodríguez-Lesmes, P., 2024, In: PLoS ONE, 19, 12, p. e0315977.

Reductions in smoking due to ratification of the Framework Convention for Tobacco Control in 171 countries</>

Paraje, G., Flores Muñoz, M., Wu, D. & Jha, P., 2024, In: Nature Medicine, 30, 3, p. 683-689.

What is the purpose of ultra-processed food? An exploratory analysis of the financialisation of ultra-processed food corporations and implications for public health</>

Wood, B., Robinson, E., Baker, P., Paraje, G., Mialon, M., van Tulleken, C. & Sacks, G., dic. 2023, In: Globalization and Health, 19, 1.

Taxation of tobacco, alcohol, and sugar-sweetened beverages</>

Paraje, G., Jha, P., Savedoff, W. & Fuchs, A., oct. 2023, In: BMJ Global Health, 8.

Evolution of food and beverage prices after the front-of-package labelling regulations in Chile</>

Paraje, G., Montes De Oca, D., Corvalán, C. & Popkin, B., jul. 2023, In: BMJ Global Health, 8, 7.

Socioeconomic Patterns in Budget Share Allocations of Regulated Foods and Beverages in Chile</>

Paraje, G., Montes de Oca, D., Corvalán, C. & Popkin, B., feb. 2023, In: Nutrients, 15, 3.

Monitoring and Measuring Health Taxes</>

Sandoval, R., Roche, M., Perucic, A., Alvarado, M., Belausteguigoitia, I., Galicia, L. & Paraje, G., ene. 2023.

Illicit trade and real prices of cigarettes in Chile</>

Paraje, G., Pruzzo, L. & Flores Muñoz, M., 2023, In: Tobacco Induced Diseases, 21, September.

Expenditures on sugar-sweetened beverages in Jamaica and its association with household budget allocation</>

Paraje, G. & Gomes, F., dic. 2022, In: BMC Public Health, 22, 1.

Comparing taxes as a percentage of sugar-sweetened beverage prices in Latin America and the Caribbean</>

Roche, M., Alvarado, M., Sandoval, R., Gomes, F. & Paraje, G., jul. 2022, In: The Lancet Regional Health - Americas, 11.

Use of medical services in Chile</>

Chovar Vera, A., Vásquez Lavín, F., Paraje Pisoni, G. & Barrientos Cifuentes, M., may. 2022, In: International Journal of Health Planning and Management, 37, 3, p. 1583-1635.

Benchmarking alcohol policy based on stringency and impact</>

Casswell, S., Huckle, T., Parker, K., Romeo, J., Graydon-Guy, T., Leung, J., Byron, K., Callinan, S., Chaiyasong, S., Gordon, R., MacKintosh, A., Meier, P., Paraje, G., Parry, C., Pham, C., Williams, P., Randerson, S., Schelleman-Offermans, K., Sengee, G., Torun, P., van Dalen, W. & Harker, N., abr. 2022, In: PLOS Global Public Health, 2, 4 April.

Illicit trade in tobacco products</>

Paraje, G., Stoklosa, M. & Blecher, E., mar. 2022, In: Tobacco Control, 31, 2, p. 257-262.

Front-of-Pack Labeling in Chile</>

Paraje, G., de Oca, D., Wlasiuk, J., Canales, M. & Popkin, B., ene. 2022, In: Nutrients, 14, 2.

Seguir avanzando en las Américas</>

Marquizo, A., Bianco, E., Paraje, G., Gouda, H., Birckmayer, J., Welding, K., Reynales-Shigematsu, L., Foster, N., Roa, R., Sandoval, R. & Bialous, S., 2022, In: Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica/Pan American Journal of Public Health, 46.

Moving forward in the Americas</>

Effective alcohol policies and lifetime abstinence</>

Leung, J., Casswell, S., Parker, K., Huckle, T., Romeo, J., Graydon-Guy, T., Byron, K., Callinan, S., Chaiyasong, S., Gordon, R., Harker, N., MacKintosh, A., Meier, P., Paraje, G., Parry, C., Pham, C., Williams, P., Randerson, S., Schelleman-Offermans, K., Sengee, G., Torun, P. & van Dalen, W., 2022, In: Drug and Alcohol Review, 42, 3, p. 704-713.

Prices, taxes and alcohol use</>

Guindon, G., Zhao, K., Fatima, T., Garasia, S., Quinn, N., Baskerville, N. & Paraje, G., 2022, In: Addiction, 117, 12, p. 3004-3023.

The impacts on food purchases and tax revenues of a tax based on Chile’s nutrient profiling model</>

Arantxa Colchero, M., Paraje, G. & Popkin, B., dic. 2021, In: PLoS ONE, 16, 12 December.

Changes in parental smoking behavior and children's health status in Chile</>

Paraje, G. & Valdés, N., dic. 2021, In: Preventive Medicine, 153.

Price and expenditure elasticity of cigarette demand in El Salvador</>

Paraje, G., Araya, D., De Paz, A. & Nargis, N., jul. 2021, In: Tobacco Control, 30, 4, p. 422-427.

The effects of the Chilean food policy package on aggregate employment and real wages</>

Paraje, G., Colchero, A., Wlasiuk, J., Sota, A. & Popkin, B., abr. 2021, In: Food Policy, 100.

Excise taxes on sugar-sweetened beverages in Latin America and the Caribbean</>

Sandoval, R., Roche, M., Belausteguigoitia, I., Alvarado, M., Galicia, L., Gomes, F. & Paraje, G., mar. 2021, In: Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica/Pan American Journal of Public Health, 45.

Prices, alcohol use initiation and heavy episodic drinking among Chilean youth</>

Paraje, G., Guindon, G. & Chaloupka, F., mar. 2021, In: Addiction, 116, 3, p. 485-494.

Understanding the role of values in health policy decision-making from the perspective of policy-makers and stakeholders</>

Vélez, M., Wilson, M., Abelson, J., Lavis, J. & Paraje, G., may. 2020, In: International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 9, 5, p. 185-197.

Could Tobacco Control Policies Be a Smokescreen? - Reply</>

Guindon, G., Paraje, G. & Chaloupka, F., ene. 2020, In: JAMA Pediatrics, 174, 1, p. 102-103.

Illicit cigarette trade in Metropolitan Santiago de Chile</>

Paraje, G., Araya, D. & Drope, J., ene. 2020, In: Tobacco Control, 29, 1, p. 68-73.

The association between flavor capsule cigarette use and sociodemographic variables</>

Paraje, G., Araya, D. & Drope, J., oct. 2019, In: PLoS ONE, 14, 10.

Association of Tobacco Control Policies with Youth Smoking Onset in Chile</>

Guindon, G., Paraje, G. & Chaloupka, F., ago. 2019, In: JAMA Pediatrics, 173, 8, p. 754-762.

Economics of tobacco control (part 3)</>

Van Walbeek, C. & Paraje, G., may. 2019, In: Tobacco Control, 28, p. S1-S2.

Illicit Cigarette Trade in Five South American Countries</>

Paraje, G., may. 2019, In: Nicotine and Tobacco Research, 21, 8, p. 1079-1086.

Healthy Ageing and Health Equity</>

Sadana, R., Budhwani, S., Blas, E., Posarac, A., Koller, T. & Paraje, G., 2019.

El impacto de los precios e impuestos sobre el consumo de productos de tabaco en Ameérica Latina y el Caribe</>

Guindon, G., Paraje, G. & Chaloupka, F., dic. 2018, In: American Journal of Public Health, 108, p. S503-S514.

The impact of prices and taxes on the use of tobacco products in Latin America and the Caribbean</>

Guindon, G., Paraje, G. & Chaloupka, F., dic. 2018, In: American Journal of Public Health, 108, p. S492-S502.

The impact of prices on alcoholic beverage consumption in Chile</>

Araya, D. & Paraje, G., oct. 2018, In: PLoS ONE, 13, 10.

Own-price, cross-price, and expenditure elasticities on sugar-sweetened beverages in Guatemala</>

Chacon, V., Paraje, G., Barnoya, J. & Chaloupka, F., oct. 2018, In: PLoS ONE, 13, 10.

Relationship between smoking and health and education spending in Chile</>

Paraje, G. & Araya, D., sep. 2018, In: Tobacco Control, 27, 5, p. 560-567.

PRICES, INFLATION, AND SMOKING ONSET</>

Guindon, G., Paraje, G. & Chávez, R., ene. 2018, In: Economic Inquiry, 56, 1, p. 424-445.

Asequibilidad de cerveza y bebidas azucaradas para 15 países de América Latina</>

Paraje, G. & Pincheira, P., 2018, In: Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica/Pan American Journal of Public Health, 42.

Tobacco advertisement exposure and tobacco consumption among youths in South America</>

Plamondon, G., Emmanuel Guindon, G. & Paraje, G., 2017, In: Salud Publica de Mexico, 59, p. S80-S87.

El impacto de los precios e impuestos sobre el consumo de productos de tabaco en América Latina y el Caribe</>

Guindon, G., Paraje, G. & Chaloupka, F., oct. 2016, In: Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica/Pan American Journal of Public Health, 40, 4, p. 272-284.

Healthy Ageing</>

Sadana, R., Blas, E., Budhwani, S., Koller, T. & Paraje, G., abr. 2016, In: Gerontologist, 56, p. S178-S193.

The effect of price and socio-economic level on the consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB)</>

Paraje, G., mar. 2016, In: PLoS ONE, 11, 3.

Changes in socioeconomic inequalities in the use of dental care following major healthcare reform in Chile, 2004–2009</>

Cornejo-Ovalle, M., Paraje, G., Vásquez-Lavín, F., Pérez, G., Palència, L. & Borrell, C., mar. 2015, In: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 12, 3, p. 2823-2836.

The impact of prices and taxes on the use of tobacco products in latin america and the caribbean</>

Guindon, G., Paraje, G. & Chaloupka, F., mar. 2015, In: American Journal of Public Health, 105, 3, p. e9-e19.

Assessing Latin America's progress toward achieving universal health coverage</>

Wagstaff, A., Dmytraczenko, T., Almeida, G., Buisman, L., Eozenou, P., Bredenkamp, C., Cercone, J., Diaz, Y., Maceira, D., Molina, S., Paraje, G., Ruiz, F., Sarti, F., Scott, J., Valdivia, M. & Werneck, H., 2015, In: Health Affairs, 34, 10, p. 1704-1712.