Associate Professor

Stanford University
Visiting Scholar, Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center

Fields of Interest

• Health Economics, Applied Microeconometrics, Population Economics, Climate change Economics

Academic Fellowships and Visiting Scholarship

• Stanford University (2026)
  Visiting Scholar at Asia Pacific Research Center
• Global Labor Organization (2019-Present)
  Fellow
• University of Manchester, Global Development Institute (2017)
  Visiting Research Fellow
• Stanford University (2012 – 2013 )
  The Walter H. Shorenstein Asia Pacific Research Center
  Asia Health Policy Postdoctoral Fellow in Developing Asia, 2012-2013

Educational Attainment

• University of Hawai’i at Manoa (2011)
  PhD in Economics

International Publications (SSCI-indexed and SCI-indexed journals)

• Ramel, R. C. D., Legaspi, J. D., & Pajaron, M. C. (2026). Illuminating the land: the effects of nighttime lights on land values in the Philippines. Remote Sensing Letters, 17(5), 465–477. https://doi.org/10.1080/2150704X.2026.2650396
• Pajaron M., Vasquez G. 2020. Weathering the storm: Weather shocks and international migrants from the Philippines.” Journal of Population Economics 33, 1419–1461.
• Pajaron, M. 2017. “The Role of Remittances as a Risk-Coping Mechanism: Evidence from Agricultural Households in the Philippines.” Asian and Pacific Migration Journal 26 (1): 3–30.
• Pajaron, M. 2016. “Heterogeneity in the Intrahousehold Allocation of International Remittances: Evidence from Philippine Households.” Journal of Development Studies 52 (6): 854–875.

Academic Awards and Grants (University of the Philippines, Diliman)

• Centennial Professorial Chair Awards
  2024, 2019, 2018, 2017
• International Publication Awards
  2023, 2020, 2017, 2016
• Balik-PhD Grant (2016-2018)
  2016-2018

**Other working papers please see Stanford University AHPP working paper series, Global Labor Organization discussion paper series and UPSE discussion paper series)