Rico-Straffon, Jimena
Jimena Rico-Straffon is a Ph.D. Candidate in Economics at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB). She holds a Master of Public Policy from Duke University and a B.A. in Economics from Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM). Prior to joining UCSB, she worked at the Bank of Mexico’s Economic Research Division where she conducted research on labor markets, inequality, monetary policy, and deforestation.
Research interest
Jimena’s research areas include environmental, development, and labor economics. She has estimated how logging rights, eco-certification, and protected areas affect forest outcomes in tropical countries using applied econometric techniques. She is currently studying how water scarcity affects urban households in developing countries.
Mentoring
She enjoys mentoring undergraduate, master’s, and Ph.D. students both in Latin America and the United States. She has also served as an undergraduate committee member at ITAM.
Grants and consultancy
- Graduate Student Research and Training Grant, Broom Center for Demography, UCSB, 2023
- Sustainable Development Research Grant, CAF Development Bank of Latin America, 2022
- Travel grant, UCSB Economics, 2022
- Travel grant for Women in Environmental Economics Workshop in Sweden, EfD Initiative, 2018
- Social Mobility Research Grant, Centro de Estudios Espinosa Yglesias, 2010
Twitter: @jimenarstr
Personal webpage: www.jimenaricostraffon.com