Alejandro Abarca Email & Phone Number

Lubbock, TX, US

Lubbock, Texas, United States

I work as an economist and a data analyst, where I am in charge of managing large administrative datasets of recipients of social benefits in Costa Rica. I also conduct impact evaluations of Costa Rica´s social programs and provide technical advice to government officials in Costa Rica´s social sector.

I have taught various courses in economics, and I have also undertaken applied research in development economics and applied economics

I was part of the research team in the project "Fiscal Transfers in Latin America" by the Inter American Development Bank. More specifically, I was one of the researchers for the Costa Rican case.For this project, we analyzed long time series data of Costa Rica´s fiscal transfers with Time series models to study the cyclicality patterns of these transfers.

I worked as a consultant for the "Programa Estado de la Nación". In this particular project, I analyzed large administrative data bases of the ministries of education in Central America in order to determine deficiencies, challenges and shortcomings in their educational systems.

I worked as a research assistant in various research projects. I was also a professor in the "Public policy evaluation method" course at the graduate level program offered at this institution.

I was the professor of the "Introduction to economics" course in the Master´s of Diplomacy program

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Applied Economics

Master'S Degree, Economics

Licentiate Degree, Economics