JRNJefferson Rodriguez-Najera

Projects · 08

Research

Building causal evidence on development and public policy — from impact evaluation to applied econometrics.

012025–2026

Impact Evaluation of Costa Rica's National Judicial Facilitators Service

University of Virginia

Building the first causal evidence on a nationwide judicial-access program in Costa Rica.

  • Difference-in-differences
  • Causal inference
  • Administrative panel data
  • Robustness testing
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022021–2024

From Invisibility to Evidence: Inclusive Data Collection in the Costa Rican Judiciary

Judicial Branch of Costa Rica

Systematizing the country's first inclusive-data pilot in judicial registry systems.

  • Action research
  • Systematization of experience
  • Qualitative research
  • Framework analysis
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032025–2026

Electricity Subsidies and Firm Performance in Argentina

Center for Social Innovation, University of Virginia

Estimating how energy subsidies shape firm revenue and exports nationwide.

  • Econometric analysis
  • Large-scale microdata
  • Data cleaning
  • Stata
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042025–2026

Public Investment and Development Outcomes in Colombia

Center for Social Innovation, University of Virginia

Does public investment improve sanitation, education, and health outcomes?

  • Instrumental variables
  • LASSO
  • Machine learning
  • Administrative data
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052025–2026

Flood-Induced Displacement and Planned Relocation in Esparza, Puntarenas

National Emergency Commission (CNE), Costa Rica

Policy alternatives for climate-driven displacement in three communities.

  • Policy analysis
  • Cost-benefit analysis
  • Literature review
  • Monitoring & evaluation
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062018–2022

Perceptions of Costa Rican Public Administration

Idea Pública / Innovaap, University of Costa Rica

Coordinating the research team behind one of the lab's early peer-reviewed studies.

  • Research coordination
  • Survey data analysis
  • Team leadership
  • Quantitative analysis
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072020–2021

Strategic Linking of Cultural Public Policies (Belén, Santa Ana & Escazú)

University of Costa Rica

Comparative analysis of municipal cultural-policy management models.

  • Comparative policy analysis
  • Qualitative research
  • Literature review
  • Academic writing
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082019–2021

Working Conditions of Public-Transport Drivers (ARESEP)

CICAP, University of Costa Rica

Mixed-methods regulatory study informing national transport policy.

  • Mixed-methods research
  • Time-motion analysis
  • Focus groups
  • Policy briefs
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