Data Analyst &
​Research Economist 
 EXPERIENCE
  • University of Leon, Spain. PhD Assistant Lecturer (Applied Economics)
  • Academia CID. Zaragoza. Teacher. 
  • Grupo Piquer. Zaragoza.Teacher.
  • University of Bolonia. Visiting researcher.
  • Programa Estado de la Educación, San José, Costa Rica. Visiting researcher. 
  • ​National Statistics Institute, Madrid, Spain. Postgraduate grant. 
  • Instituto Cervantes, Dublin, Ireland.
 EDUCATION
  • PhD Candidate in Economics. University of Zaragoza, Spain. Thesis supervisor: Gregorio Gimenez
  • Research Master in Economics. University of Zaragoza, Spain.
  • Degree in Economics.University of Zaragoza and  Universitá degli Studi di Padova, Italy.
GRANTS AND RECOGNITIONS
  • Aragon's Economics and Social Council.Collaboration Scholarship. Government of Aragon.
  • Banco Santander Research Grant Programme. 
  • Erasmus + International scholarsip​
SKILLS
  • Research and analytical skills 
  • ​Statistical Languages –STATA, SPSS, SAS.
  • Spanish, Italian and English.
RESEARCH FIELDS
  • ​Development economics
  • Economics of education
  • Economic growth
  • Violence
PROJECTS AND PUBLICATIONS

Barrado, B; Gimenez, G.;  Sanau, J., (2021). The use of decomposition methods to understand the economic growth gap between Latin America and East Asia. Sustainability. Forthcoming 

Gimenez, G..; Ciobanu,, D. & Barrado, B. (2021).A Proposal of Spatial Measurement of Peer Effect through Socioeconomic Indices and Unsatisfied Basic Needs. Economies, 9:72. DOI: 10.3390/economies9020072 

Gimenez, G..; Tkacheva, L. & Barrado, B. (2020).Are homicide and drug trafficking linked to peer physical victimization in Costa Rican schools?. Psychology of Violence. DOI: 10.1037/vio0000358 Forthcoming. homicide_rate_drug_trafficking_and_peer_physical_victimization.pdf

Gimenez, G. & Barrado, B. (2020). Exposure to crime and academic achievement: A case study for Costa Rica using PISA data. Studies in Educational Evaluation​. Volume 65, 100867 doi.org/10.1016/j.stueduc.2020.100867
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Gimenez, G.; Barrado, B. & Arias, R. (2019). El papel del profesorado y el entorno de aprendizaje en el rendimiento de los estudiantes costarricenses: Un análisis a partir de PISA. Revista Complutense de Educación. n.4, vol. 30, 1127-1145. ​https://doi.org/10.5209/rced.60189

Gimenez, G.; Svitková, K.; Tkacheva, L. & Barrado, B. (2020). Cities and Violence: An Empirical Analysis of the Case of Costa Rica. DADOS. Forthcoming.

Molina, A. & Barrado, B. Macroeconomic factors that boost entrepreneurship. An analysis for developed and developing countries. Faculty of Economics and Business Administration. University of Zaragoza.
 
Barrado, B. & Remirez, J. Perception of the severity of diseases and their possibilities of cure depending on socioeconomic characteristics(In spanish). Report for ​Spanish Cancer Association.
Details and updates about my projects are available on my   ResearchGate profile